Artist research for A2 Media Coursework.

1. Architects
Artist Research

2. Contents
 Biography
 Nightmares (Discography)
 Ruin (Discography)
 Hollow Crown (Discography)
 The Here And Now (Discography)
 Daybreaker (Discography)
 Labels
 One Hundred Days

3. Architects
Architects are a Metalcore band, originating in
2004 in Brighton, England.
The band are known for there religious (atheist),
ethical and political beliefs as these are the
common concepts of their songs. Sometimes,
sharing their beliefs through lyrics and music
videos has brought up some controversy,
particularly in the lyric video for “These Colours
Don’t Run,” as it was slated for being about
America. All of the band members are currently
vegan, voicing that they do not agree with the
cruelty that animals go through to provide people
with meat.
Sam Carter
~Vocalist~

4. Architects
Architects have been summarised as being "pumped with both
controlled rage and unhindered heart, accessible and
ambitious, aggressive and beautiful.”
Metal Hammer – 2012
When commenting on their influences singer Carter has said that "The
Dillinger Escape Plan are such a massive influence on Architects. Back
in the day, that’s what we wanted to sound like when we were younger".
Blare Magazine - 2013

5. Discography
Nightmares - In At The Deep End, 2006
Nightmares is Architects’ debut album. It's the only album featuring the original
line up with Matt Johnson on vocals (replaced by Sam Carter) and Tim Lucas
on bass (replaced by Alex Dean). Stylistically the album features
a mathcore sound similar to that of bands like The Dillinger Escape
Plan, Sikth and Meshuggah. It is also the only album to feature guitars tuned to
Drop C and only features a very small amount of clean vocals, unlike the
band's later releases.
Personnel
Matt Johnson – vocals
Tim Hillier-Brook – guitar
Tom Searle – guitar
Tim Lucas – bass
Dan Searle – drums
1. "To the Death"
2. "You Don't Walk Away from
Dismemberment"
3. "Minesweeper"
4. "They'll Be Hanging Us Tonight"
5. "This Confession Means
Nothing"
6. "In the Desert"
7. "A Portrait for the Deceased"
8. "The Darkest Tomb"

6. Discography
Ruin -United By Fate, 2007
Ruin is the second album by Architects. This was the first album to feature
the vocalist Sam Carter and bassist Alex "Ali Dino" Dean.
Stylistically, this album displays a minor change in the band's style, with
the mathcore of Nightmares being melded with a more fluid Metalcore sound.
Clean vocals are implemented again in a few songs, to a larger extent than
on Nightmares, although not as prominently as in later releases.
Personnel
Sam Carter – vocals, lyrics
Tim Hillier-Brook – guitar
Tom Searle – guitar
Alex "Ali Dino" Dean – bass
Dan Searle – drums
1."Buried at Sea"
2. "Hunt Them Down"
3. "You'll Find Safety"
4. "Always"
5. "Sail This Ship Alone"
6. "Heartless"
7. "North Lane"
8. "I Can't See the Light"
9. "Low"
10. "Running from the
Sun"
11. "Save Me"
Re-release (2008)
:
12. "Broken
Clocks" (Feat.
Nick Worthington
of Dead Swans)

7. Discography
Ruin -United By Fate, 2007
Reception
Ruin was released to positive reviews but seen as a
departure from their previous work Nightmares, which
was more akin to the works of The Dillinger Escape
Plan or Botch.
Ruin was the first Architects album to feature new
vocalist Sam Carter. His vocal style was a marked
change from that of previous vocalist Matt
Johnson, being more of a hardcore shout than a
metalcore scream. This is most obvious on the re-
recording of "To The Death" (from Nightmares) in May
2008 that was available for download for a short period.

8. Discography
Hollow Crown - Century Media, 2009
- Hollow Crown is the third album by Architects. It was recorded at Outhouse
Studios, Reading. On their Youtube channel, there are several videos documenting the
bands recording sessions. The album was leaked on the internet on 12 January
2009. Kerrang! magazine gave it a KKKKK rating, which is the equivalent of 5 stars
- Stylistically, the band considered Hollow Crown as a natural progression from its
predecessor. Hollow Crown album displays a significant increase in clean vocals from
Sam Carter, as well as a change in his harsh vocals, from the lower register on Ruin to
more high-pitched screams. Also in this album, there is a further departure from the
band's mathcore roots, utilising more traditional song structures, simplified riffs and more
melodic musicianship, as well as a fair usage of keyboards and drum programming.
- Carter has stated that the lyrics on the album are of a personal nature. He has said that
he wrote about everyday life and things that happen to him, these are as simple as sitting
in a car with friends or hating girls.
- The album title has had different value to each member of the band. Dan Searle in
interview was asked why the band gave it the title and he stated to him it refers to "those
people you meet in life that earn nothing, but are given everything."During an interview in
October 2009 vocalist and lyricist Sam Carter stated that the inspiration for him when
picking the name was because despite the band's hard working nature they never
seemed to progress, saying "we’ve always felt like we were a band that worked
really, really hard and we never got appreciation for it".

9. Discography
Hollow Crown - Century Media, 2009
1. Early Grave"
2. "Dethroned"
3. "Numbers Count
for Nothing"
4. "Follow the
Water"
5. "In Elegance"
6. "We're All Alone"
7. "Borrowed Time"
8. "Every Last
Breath"
9. "One of These
Days"
10. "Dead March"
11. "Left with a Last
Minute"
12. "Hollow
Crown"
Bonus Track:
13: "To the Death"
Personnel
Sam Carter – vocals
Tim Hillier-Brook – guitar
Tom Searle – guitar, keyboards
Alex "Ali Dino" Dean – bass
Dan Searle – drums, programming
In 2012, British publication Rock Sound added
Architects' album Hollow Crown into their 101 Modern
Classics placed at number 76. They considered the
album more of a classic than The
Offspring's Americana and Bullet For My Valentine's The
Poison. Stating that "back when they were
young, hungry and out to impress, Architects wrote this
face-melting collection of rippers and made the world sit
up.“

10. Discography
The Here and Now - Century Media, 2011
As with the previous album, Hollow Crown, all tracks are tuned to C# standard
apart from two tracks; Stay Young Forever and Year In Year Out/Up and
Away, which are tuned C# standard, but with the low C# dropped to G#. On this
album the band continued to move further away from their technical metal
roots, incorporating more nuanced, melodic songwriting, their influences changing
dramatically; on earlier releases a sound influenced by bands such as Dillinger
Escape Plan, Every Time I Die, Meshuggah and other technical bands, while here
Architects developed more of a post-hardcore/Metalcore style influenced by bands
such as Alexisonfire, Thrice, This Is Hell, Comeback Kid and Have Hear.
Reception
A lot of Architect’s fans saw this album as a massive change from previous albums.
Some fans have said that “it is a good album, it just isn’t Architects.”

11. Discography
1. "Day in Day Out"
2. "Learn to Live"
3. "Delete, Rewind"
4. "BTN"
5. "An Open Letter to Myself"
6. "The Blues"
7. "Red Eyes"
8. "Stay Young Forever(featuring Andrew
Neufeld of Comeback Kid)
9. "Heartburn"
10. "Year in Year Out/Up and
Away" (featuring Greg Puciato of The Dillinger
Escape Plan)
2012 special
edition:
11. "Devil's
Island"
12. "Untitled"
13. "Day in Day
Out" (Big
Chocolate remix)
Personnel
Sam Carter – vocals
Tim Hillier-Brook – guitar
Tom Searle – guitar, keyboards
Alex "Ali Dino" Dean – bass
Dan Searle – drums, programming
The Here And Now - Century
Media, 2011

12. Discography
Daybreaker - Century Media, 2012
Daybreaker is the fifth studio album by
British metalcore band Architects, released on 28 May 2012 in the United
Kingdom and in the majority of Europe, and 5 June 2012 in the United States. It
marks a music shift back towards the technical sound of their earlier albums;
particularly Hollow Crown. This is the last album to feature guitarist Tim Hillier-
Brook, who left on 16 April 2012 to pursue other interests.
Reception
Upon its release, Daybreaker received "generally favourable reviews" with
a Metacritic score of 73 out of 100. Differing opinions have been generated by
critics about the album's sound, some have said that it "sounds stripped down, not
a step up“ while other reviewers considered the album "a powerful return to form.”
In the United Kingdom the album debuted at number 42 on the UK Album
Charts with 3,208 albums sold. This is the highest charting release by Architects
in their five album career, being the chart success of The Here And Now which got
to number 57. While in the United States the album debuted on the Top
Heatseekers chart at number 28 with 1,200 CDs sold in its first week.

13. Discography
Daybreaker - Century Media, 2012
1. "The Bitter End"
2. "Alpha Omega"
3. "These Colours Don't
Run" (featuring Jon
Green of Deez Nuts)
4. "Daybreak"
5. "Truth, Be Told"
6. "Even If You
Win, You're Still a
Rat" (featuring Oli Sykes
of Bring Me the Horizon)
7. "Outsider
Heart" (featuring Drew
York of Stray from the
Path)
8. "Behind the Throne"
9. "Devil's Island"
10. "Feather of Lead"
11. "Unbeliever"
Personnel
Sam Carter – vocals
Tim Hillier-Brook – guitar
Tom Searle – guitar,
keyboards
Alex "Ali Dino" Dean –
bass
Dan Searle – drums,
programming
Bonus Tracks:
12. "Rise Against"
13. "Black Blood"
14. "Cracks in the
Earth"
15. "Blood Bank" (Bon
Iver cover)
16. "Of Dust and
Nations" (Thrice cover
)

14. Record Labels
Architects have been signed to three record labels
as a band, Century Media being there most
consistent one as they have released three albums
with them. They are currently unsigned however,
having already released three songs (Black Blood,
Blood Bank (Bon Iver Cover) and Of Dust And
Nations (Thrice Cover)) as an independent band.

15. One Hundred Days
In mid April, Architects released a trailer of a their own documentary "One Hundred
Days: The Story Of Architects Almost World Tour". Directed by Tom Welsh, the
documentary is a story about Architects' Almost World Tour. The funding for the film
was done as a community funded project on indiegogo where they asked for
£30,000 in donations. The band decided to release the film since they had left
Century Media. After the target amount had been reached and even exceeded for
the film, Architects posted a song clip of a new song "Black Blood" online for people
to listen. The film is rumoured to release September 2013 and has already
premiered in June 2013.