![]() I wanted to get out of that hole."īlabbermouth: And DEAD ICARUS is part of that, right?Īlex: " DEAD ICARUS is something I always wanted to do, not always, but ATREYU had changed so much musically over the years. I wanted them to see the hard-working, go-getter of a person. I don't want my kids to perceive that this is normal. It's like, what am I doing? What example am I setting? Even though I don't have to work every day and do stuff, I'm lucky to have other hobbies and interests that make a little money, like painting and art. I have three children: Nine, seven and three. ![]() I let myself feel sorry about myself and the situation. ![]() Not like a drunk, but regularly drinking, which is something I hadn't done in years. I stopped working out and started drinking. I maintained a certain mindset and attitude. I worked out my entire adult life pretty vigorously. I'm all about other people's mental health, but I don't want to talk too much about mine other than to let people know we share the same things in the same ways. I'm not a religious person, but I would say that if somebody was putting some big tests in front of me to see what I was made of and what I was going to do, and I failed at first. We were told we were not able to have any more children. My wife was also six months pregnant with our third and final kid. It was not announced, but I was out of the band in April 2020 at the peak of everything, which is when the shoe dropped behind the scenes. Aside from my family, I found myself without a job and any friends, or the majority of my friends were gone. If I'm being totally emotionally honest, I lost my life, sort of. Very abruptly, you could say we parted ways and everything changed for me. I'm all about the future and learning from the past rather than harping on it and living there. I never remember saying that or instigating that.' People will do what people will do. All these people are hitting me up, like, 'I'm so happy you decided to leave and be with your family. We legally agreed upon and posted terminology, and as far as I know, the band and I have parted ways. The words 'I left ATREYU.' I never made that statement. With DEAD ICARUS having just issued a series of singles and a proper full-length due sometime in 2024, BLABBERMOUTH.NET hooked up with Varkatzas to learn more.īlabbermouth: Can you detail what the last few years have been like since you left ATREYU?Īlex: "It's been a crazy experience. And once out of ATREYU, it wasn't exactly sunshine and lollipops for the frontman, who battled depression during the pandemic only to re-emerge with a greater sense of focus and purpose. ![]() Varkatzas's final years in ATREYU appear to be stained by ongoing disagreements with producers and his bandmates. Joined by the ENTERPRISE EARTH pair of producer/guitarist/bassist Gabe Mangold and drummer Brandon Zackey, Varkatzas has emerged with an aggressive, if not sometimes extreme band that is best suited for his full-throated vocal delivery - a defining trait of early ATREYU, but used less frequently in subsequent outings. ![]() Given the band's gradual drift from the sounds that made them one of the defining bands of the early-to-mid-2000s metalcore scene (lest we forget how frequently they appeared on MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball"), Varkatzas's departure makes sense in light of his new band, DEAD ICARUS. Frontman Alex Varkatzas and long-running California metalcore leaders-turned-rockers ATREYU announced their parting of ways in September 2020. ![]()
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