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A Death-Grip on Yesterday is the third studio album by American metalcore band Atreyu. It was released on March 28, 2006, through Victory Records.

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A Death-Grip on Yesterday
Studio album by Atreyu
Released	March 28, 2006 (2006-03-28)
Recorded	2005 Pulse Recording Studios Los Angeles, California
Genre	Metalcore
Length	32:49
Label	Victory
Producer	Josh Abraham, Atreyu
Atreyu chronology
The Curse (2004) A Death-Grip on Yesterday (2006) The Best Of... Atreyu (2007)
Singles from A Death-Grip on Yesterday
"Ex's and Oh's" Released: March 14, 2006 "The Theft" Released: August 29, 2006

It was leaked onto P2P and BitTorrent sites on February 24, over a month before its official release. A week after its release, it had sold more than 69,000 copies and started out at #9 on the Billboard 200.[1] It has gone on to sell more than 340,000 copies.

The album was released with a Victory Records DVD featuring the making of the album and promotional videos by Victory Records artists.

An instrumental version of the album, as well as The Curse, was released on iTunes on January 9, 2007.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Blistering	(average)[3]
IGN	6.2/10[4]
Kerrang!	[citation needed]
PopMatters	5/10[5]
Punknews.org	[6]

Track listing

Song appearances

• The censored version of the song "Ex's and Oh's" is featured in EA Sports' Madden NFL 07 video game.
• The song "Ex's and Oh's" is also part of a downloadable track pack for Guitar Hero II on the Xbox 360.
• "Shameful" was played during the TNA 2006 recap at the end of the December 28, 2006 edition of TNA iMPACT!. It was also used in the TNA Sacrifice replay video.
• The song "My Fork in the Road" was used on The Hills Have Eyes 2 soundtrack.
• The song "My Fork in the Road" was used for a recap video of 2007 edition of TNA Lockdown.
• A sample of "My Fork in the Road (Your Knife in My Back)" was also used to recap the results of a vehicle modification on the MTV2 show Pimp My Ride.
• The songs "Ex's and Oh's" and "Our Sick Story (Thus Far)" were briefly played on MTV's Jersey Shore.
• A sample of "We Stand Up" was on Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory during the zip lining scene.

Personnel

Band line-up

• Alex Varkatzas – lead vocals
• Dan Jacobs – lead guitar
• Travis Miguel – rhythm guitar
• Marc McKnight – bass
• Brandon Saller – drums, percussion, clean vocals, additional guitar, keyboards, programming

Additional credits

• Alex Varkatzas – lyrics
• Jeff Gros – photography
• Brian Warwick – assistant mixing
• Ted Jensen – mastering
• Josh Abraham – production
• Ryan Williams – engineering, mixing
• Scott Adair – management
• Atreyu – production
• Don Clark – artwork, layout design
• Tim Smith – management

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Chart (2006)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)[7]	92
US Billboard 200[8]	9
Top Independent Albums[9]	1

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2006	"Ex's and Oh's"	Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	24

References

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[es] A Death-Grip on Yesterday

A Death Grip On Yesterday es el tercer álbum de estudio de la banda metalcore/metal Atreyu. Fue publicado el 28 de marzo de 2006. Tiene mucho de la corriente que caracterizó a Atreyu en los álbumes previos y también posee secciones vocales diseñadas por Varkatzas, quién se opone a gritar en todas sus letras. Para agosto de 2006, dos sencillos fueron editados de A Death-Grip on Yesterday, "Ex's and Oh's", y "The Theft".

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