While gearing up for their spring tour supporting Sevendust, ATREYU are excited to unleash their new single, “Children Of Light,” featuring the legendary Max Cavalera. The new track is taken from ATREYU‘s upcoming album, ‘The End is Not the End,’ set for release on April 24, 2026 via Spinefarm.
On the new single, ATREYU comments:
“‘Children of Light’ was created with a primal spirit in mind. A ‘festival’ song. Heavily inspired by classic Sepultura, though it seemed like an untouchable ask, we wanted Max involved. We’re honored to share this song with a legend.”
‘The End is Not the End’ is undeniably ATREYU’s heaviest album ever and their most adventurous. “We realized what made ATREYU great in the beginning was that we didn’t sound like anyone else,” frontman Brandon Saller explains. “We didn’t really make sense anywhere. We weren’t an emo band, a metal band, a punk band — but somehow it all worked. We kind of just carved our own path.”
Guitarists Dan Jacobs and Travis Miguel, bassist Porter McKnight, drummer Kyle Rosa, and Saller created several of ‘The End is Not the End’’s songs on creative trips.
“Tokyo made us feel like kids again,” Saller says. “We’d write for a few hours in the morning, then go out and get lost in all this inspiration. The first song we finished was ‘Dead,’ and we knew we were onto something.”
After the Japanese sessions, the band and their producer decamped to San Juan Island off the coast of Washington, where isolation became a creative accelerant. “It was the polar opposite of Tokyo. We didn’t leave the house for four days and wrote some of the heaviest songs on the record.”
The result is an album that feels simultaneously classic and unfamiliar, aggressive and unselfconscious, deeply emotional and unconcerned with trends. Produced by Matt Pauling, ATREYU’s tenth album is vibrant, inventive, and beautifully aggressive.
“It’s our heaviest, most metal record we’ve made,” Saller points out. “But it’s also the biggest musical journey we’ve taken in years.”
The album moves seamlessly from soaring melodic heft to muscular metallic weight, with cinematic shades and atmosphere, all tied together by a driving, raw intensity. Tracks like “Dead,” “Ghost in Me,” “Children of Light (featuring Max Cavalera),” and “Afterglow” sound both timely and timeless.
Pre-order the album here: https://atreyu.lnk.to/TheEndIsNottheEnd
‘The End is Not the End’ Track List:
1- The End Is Not The End
2- Dead
3- Break Me
4- All For You
5- Ghost In Me
6- Glass Eater
7- Wait My Love, I’ll Be Home Soon
8- Ego Death
9- Death Rattle
10- Children Of Light
11- In The Dark
12- Afterglow
13- Break The Glass
ATREYU recently announced a spring tour supporting Sevendust kicking off April 20th in Indianapolis, IN before concluding in Knoxville, TN on May 20th. For the full list of dates, please see below.
ATREYU Live:
4/15 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave^
4/17 – Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s^
4/18 – St. Louis, MO @ Delmar Hall^
4/20 – Indianapolis @ Egyptian Room at Old National Centre*
4/21 – Lexington, KY @ Manchester Music Hall*
4/22 – Birmingham, AL @ Iron City Bham*
4/24 – Mobile, AL @ Soul Kitchen Music Hall*
4/25 – Destin, FL @ Club LA*
4/27 – Corpus Christi, TX @ House Of Rock^
4/28 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues*
4/29 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom*
5/1 – Denver, CO @ Summit*
5/2 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater*
5/4 – Wichita, KS @ The Cotillion*
5/5 – Springfield, MO @ Regency Live*
5/7 – Daytona Beach, FL @ Welcome to Rockville+
5/8 – Greensboro, NC @ Hangar 1819^
5/9 – North Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues*
5/11 – Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa*
5/12 – Harrisburg, PA @ XL Live*
5/14 – McKees Rocks, PA @ Roxian Theatre*
5/15 – Columbus, OH @ Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival+
5/16 – Baltimore, MD @ Nevermore Hall*
5/17 – Asbury Park, NJ @ House of Independents^
5/19 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore*
5/20 – Knoxville, TN @ The Mill & Mine*
*Supporting Sevendust
^Headlining
+Festival Appearance
ATREYU’s riffs, hooks, melodies, and relentless energy remain a driving force in heavy music, with over a billion streams worldwide and a fanbase that keeps growing. The Southern California band recently wrapped a triumphant co-headlining U.S. run and tore through massive festivals like Download, Hellfest, Welcome to Rockville, and Inkcarceration.
Since forming around the turn of the millennium, ATREYU have pushed well beyond their DIY roots—earning multiple RIAA Gold records, Top 20 Billboard 200 debuts, and spots on major film and video-game soundtracks. Their latest album, ‘The Beautiful Dark of Life’ (2023, Spinefarm), debuted in the Top 10 on Billboard’s Top Hard Rock Albums and has already racked up over 75 million streams, with singles like “Gone” and “Watch Me Burn” lighting up rock radio and flagship playlists like Spotify’s “Volume” and Apple Music’s “The Riff.”
ATREYU are:
Brandon Saller – Lead Vocals
Dan Jacobs – Guitar
Travis Miguel – Guitar
Porter McKnight – Bass/Vocals
Kyle Rosa – Drums
More information: https://linktr.ee/atreyuofficial
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