Brandon Kyle Saller (born June 24, 1983) is an American musician, singer and multi-instrumentalist. He is the lead vocalist, keyboardist and former drummer of the metalcore band

Atreyu Atreyu is an American metalcore band from Yorba Linda, California, formed in 1998. The band currently consists of clean vocalist Brandon Saller, guitarists Dan Jacobs and Travis Miguel, bassist and unclean vocalist Marc "Porter" McKnight, and ...

. He is responsible for the melodic singing found in the band's music. He is the band's primary songwriter, along with guitarist Dan Jacobs. Following Atreyu's hiatus in 2011, Saller focused on his side project Hell or Highwater, where he is the lead vocalist. In 2011, the group released their debut album, ''Begin Again'', in 2011. The band released an EP, ''The Other Side'', in August 2013. Saller returned to Atreyu in 2014 and has remained a full-time member of the group since.

Atreyu

At 13, Saller was invited by his older brother Ryan to join a band started by some of his friends, Dan Jacobs and

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. The three of them formed a street punk band called Retribution, which by 1998, had adapted a heavier sound and changed names to Atreyu after the

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. The band signed to

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in 2001 and released 3 albums under the label, Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses in 2002, The Curse in 2004, and A Death-Grip on Yesterday in 2006. The band later joined major label Hollywood Records and released 2007's

Lead Sails Paper Anchor ''Lead Sails Paper Anchor'' is the fourth studio album by American metalcore band Atreyu. It is the band's first release with Hollywood Records, and the album had a significantly different sound to it than their previous albums, moving away from ...

and 2009's

Congregation of the Damned ''Congregation of the Damned'' is the fifth studio album by American metalcore band Atreyu. It was released through Hollywood Records and Roadrunner Records on October 27, 2009. The album debuted at No. 18 on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 26,00 ...

. After over 10 years of worldwide success, the band embarked on hiatus, but returned in 2014. They released their sixth studio album,

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in 2015.

Vocal duties

Saller did not sing on the band's 1998 EP, ''

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'', as he only played drums for the band at that time. Between ''Visions'' and ''

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'', Saller learned to sing while playing drums and became the band's clean vocalist. On '' Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses'', his vocals were largely confined to choruses, however, as Atreyu's career went on, Saller's vocals would get more and more frequent, and they would become a major part of Atreyu's sound. After vocalist

departed from the band in 2020, Saller began performing as the band's primary vocalist alongside Porter McKnight.

Hell or Highwater

Formerly the Black Cloud Collective, Hell or Highwater resulted out of Saller's solo material and eventually became a full band. He is solely the band's vocalist. The band released their debut album, Begin Again, independently on iTunes in 2011. After touring for over a year, the band recouped and released an EP, entitled The Other Side in August 2013. May 19, 2017, the band released their 2nd LP "Vista". Available on iTunes.

Equipment

Early days

In the early days of Atreyu, Saller used Spaun Custom Drums and

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. He would later endorse

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cymbals in late 2004. Drums 22x20 Kick 12x8 Rack Tom 16x16 Floor Tom 13x7 Snare Drum Cymbals 14" A New Beat Hi Hats 18" A Custom Projection Crash 19" A Custom Projection Crash 20" A Custom Projection Ride 18" China Boy High Brandon also used a set of 14" A Custom Mastersound Hi Hats, an 18" oriental China Trash, a 6" Zil Bel, and two 19" Z Custom crashes throughout the early days of Atreyu. With Istanbul, Saller used the Alchemy series. He used a set of 15" hi hats, two 20" crashes, a 20" ride, and a 20" china.

2006 to 2010

In 2006, Saller endorsed Truth Custom Drums and Zildjian cymbals, of which he had an iconic black acrylic drum kit that featured three bass drums. Drums 22x20 Bass Drum (3x) 10x7 Rack Tom (added on in 2009) 12x8 Rack Tom (added on in 2007) 13x9 Rack Tom 16x16 Floor Tom 18x16 Floor Tom 14x8 Snare Drum Cymbals 15" A New Beat Hi Hats 19" A Custom Medium Crash 20" A Custom Medium Crash 19" K Custom Hybrid Crash 20" A Custom Projection Ride 12" A Custom Splash 20" China Boy High

2014–present

When Atreyu reformed in 2014, Truth created a new drum kit for Saller for use on the Aftershock and Knotfest festivals, as well as to record Atreyu's 2015 album,

24x16 Kick Drums (3x) 10x7 Rack Tom 12x8 Rack Tom 13x9 Rack Tom 16x16 Floor Tom 18x16 Floor Tom 14x8 Brandon Saller Signature Snare Saller also uses

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, DW hardware, DW 9000 pedals, and

Vic Firth Everett Joseph "Vic" Firth (June 2, 1930 – July 26, 2015) was an American musician and the founder of Vic Firth Company (formerly Vic Firth, Inc.), a company that makes percussion sticks and mallets. Biography Vic Firth was born June 2, ...

drumsticks.

References

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