- Country: UK
- Style: Metalcore / Alternative metal
- Label: Epitaph Records
- Release date: 21 October 2022
Architects’ tenth album arrived less than two years after For Those That Wish to Exist, and it plays like a sharper, shorter follow-up to it. Drummer Dan Searle and guitarist Josh Middleton produced it themselves, partly at the band’s own Electric Studios in Brighton, and the sound is all industrial stomp, programmed pulses and huge, clean choruses.
When it works, it really works. “Tear Gas” has a groove you can feel in your teeth, and “When We Were Young” is a proper arena anthem with Sam Carter at full stretch. “Deep Fake” is a tight, nasty opener.
The problem is how little of the old Architects is left. The breakdowns are mostly gone, the riffs rarely go anywhere unexpected, and by “Born Again Pessimist” the stomp-and-chant formula starts to feel like a template. If you came for the older, heavier records you may miss the edge. If you want a big, polished rock record with metal muscle, this delivers.
Best tracks:
Deep Fake
Tear Gas
When We Were Young
All the Love in the World
Author’s rating: 7.3/10
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