Alex Varkatzas found himself at such a crossroads when his tenure as vocalist for Atreyu, the band he fronted for over two decades, ended abruptly. No longer tethered to the music and people he’d defined himself by his entire adult life, the California native resolved to rebuild from the ground up.

DEAD ICARUS is the result. An uncompromising, brutal, impassioned, confessional assault. ... more