ARCHITECTS - BUILDING HOPE WITH A NEW ALBUM

ARCHITECTS have released their ninth studio album For Those That Wish To Exist this week and I couldn’t be happier.

Singer Sam Carter, drummer Dan Searle, bassist Ali Dean and guitarists Josh Middleton and Adam Christianson have tackled questions facing the future of our planet with some of their most elaborate tunes, including horns, choirs and even orchestral strings. Self-produced and limitless in its originality they’ve depicted their journey from post-metalcore to an absolute sonic masterpiece.

The songs give the listener hope, even in these bleak times. We can all make a difference, as they clearly suggest in the song For Those That Wish To Exist. ARCHITECTS  have always been outspoken about their much loved causes, from organisations like Sea Shepherd, to opposing fox hunting, and who have always focused on sustainability in everything from their touring to merch production. 

The album’s singles “Meteor,” “Dead Butterflies,” “Black Lungs,” and colossal single “Animals” have amassed 30M+ streams and 13M+ YouTube views. 

EARLY REVIEWS FOR 'FOR THOSE THAT WISH TO EXIST' HAVE INCLUDED

"For Those That Wish To Exist is a long and constantly shifting album. It also sounds like it could be a crucial one in Architects’ ongoing evolution."
Kerrang!, (5/5)

"With a cleaner sonic palette and orchestral flourishes, it's proof of their enduring creativity" - NME (4/5)

"Put simply, ‘For Those That Wish To Exist’ is the most textured, thoughtful and utterly fearless Architects have ever been, and kicks off a new bright and boundless new chapter for one of the UK’s most incredible and intoxicating bands."
Rock Sound (Album of the Month)

"thoughtful, interesting, finely wrought compositions and gleefully hulking exercises in metal" - The Guardian

"They’re too good a band for us to keep to ourselves forever, and with For Those That Wish To Exist, a lot more people are going to discover just how great Architects are."
Metal Hammer (8/10)

"Cohesive, coherent and demanding of us an explanation, ‘For Those’ shall not relent until wrongs have been righted, and being this righteous never sounded so good."
Dork Magazine (4/5)

 

'FOR THOSE THAT WISH TO EXIST' TRACK LISTING 
Do You Dream of Armageddon?
Black Lungs
Giving Blood
Discourse Is Dead
Dead Butterflies
An Ordinary Extinction
Impermanence ft. Winston McCall (Parkway Drive)
Flight Without Feathers
Little Wonder ft. Mike Kerr (Royal Blood)
Animals
Libertine
Goliath ft. Simon Neil (Biffy Clyro)
Demi God
Meteor
Dying Is Absolutely Safe
 

THIS ALBUM WILL BE MY REFUGE DURING THESE WEIRD AND NOT SO WONDERFUL TIMES.

FAVE TWO NEW RELEASES

Can we just start with SLIPKNOT please? Rock is not dead and they have just proved it.

I used to be scared of SLIPKNOT. Proper scared. I loved their music, but as an MTV-generation kid, their videos freaked me out; I could never add the two together and never got the masks. Then my 13-year-old kid took me to my first ever gig, confessing I never partook in the Meet & Greet he had the pleasure of attending. The rest is history, as they say…

Their first two albums “Slipknot” and “Iowa” were aggressive and full of attitude, but their third album “Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)” was a genuine masterpiece. You can argue the next two albums all you like, e.g. a little more mainstream followed by a homage to Paul Gray, but this, their sixth album “We Are Not Your Kind” is by far the best music SLIPKNOT have released since “Vol.3”.

I have read reviews of this album, that it isn’t hard core enough, but surely musicians have to grow rather than play the same old over and over again. With Jay Weinberg on drums, songs like “Birth of the Cruel” are a testament to a musical evolution by the band and for those who really need to vent “Red Flag” (Rockculture’s favourite) and “Solway Firth” are surely enough to keep the vocal chords (un)happy. Corey Taylor’s voice has matured and the production of the album is altogether a lot warmer than many would expect.

SLIPKNOT have worked with a lot of samples this time around, but so clever and so in tune with a solid metal album, that the only thing we can really criticize about their latest release, is that they are taking so bloody long to play it live. Though, I guess, it gives us enough time to learn the lyrics by heart. Every single word.

Live Nation are in charge of their German tour, with Special Guest BEHEMOTH, kicking off on

29.01.20 in Frankfurt, Festhalle then the following dates along with more dates throughout Europe

08.02.20 Stuttgart Schleyerhalle

09.02.20 München Olympiahalle

12.02.20 Zürich Hallenstadion *

14.02.20 Wien Stadthalle

16.02.20 Hamburg Barclaycard Arena

17.02.20 Berlin Mercedes-Benz Arena

18.02.20 Dortmund Westfalenhalle

For more information, follow any of these links

www.slipknot1.com

www.facebook.com/slipknot

www.instagram.com/slipknot

www.twitter.com/slipknot

www.youtube.com/user/slipknot

ANOTHER ALBUM RELEASE AND UPCOMING TOUR

Another sixth album release, i.e. counting their twin release of “Juggernaut Alpha & Omega” as two separate releases, came about for the Djent masters of PERIPHERY.

The unbelievably gifted musicians from Washington have only just gone ahead and perfected their art with this album “Periphery IV: Hail Stan”. Not phased by their Grammy nomination, Spencer Sotelo (vocals), Misha Mansoor, Jake Bowen and Mark Holcomb (guitars) and Matt Halpern (drums) have furthered anything you have ever wanted to label Prog Rock.

Holcomb says “our new material is not what is expected of us. It would be great to be known for our unpredictability.”

We can predict their shows in November to be something which will leave you flabbergasted. Their German dates are

01.11.19 Köln Essigfabrik

02.11.19 Hamburg Greenspan

04.11.19 München Backstage Werk

(Promoter FKP Scorpio)