Details for Atreyu’s ‘Covers of the Damned’ Free Digital EP Revealed

by | Sep 29, 2010

Atreyu will release a free digital EP called “Covers of the Damned” in support of their upcoming Congregation of the Damned tour with Chiodos, Architects, Blessthefall, and Endless Hallway on October 12.

The release will feature renditions of tracks originally performed by Aerosmith, Deftones, Dead Kennedys, Volbeat, and Thin Lizzy. Two songs on the EP will be cover songs performed by Atreyu; three songs are collaborations with members from the other bands on the tour.

A rundown of tracks is as follows:

Aerosmith “Livin’ on the Edge” (Atreyu)
Dead Kennedys “Holiday in Cambodia” (performed with Endless Hallway)
Volbeat “Guitar Gangsters and Cadillac Blood” (Atreyu)
Thin Lizzy “The Boys Are Back in Town” (Atreyu vocalist Alex Varkatzas, guitarists Travis Miguel and Dan Jacobs, along with Endless Hallway members Evan and Joe Mullen, Chiodos vocalist Brandon Bolmer, Architects UK singer Sam Carter, and Blessthefall vocalist Beau Bokan)
Deftones “My Own Summer” (Atreyu guitarist Travis Miguel and bassist Mark McKnight with Brandon Bolmer and Tanner Wayne of Chiodos, Sam Carter of Architects UK, and Jono Evans of Endless Hallway.

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