Architects (British band)

Architects
Origin	Brighton, England, UK
Genres	Metalcore, mathcore, post-hardcore, melodic hardcore
Years active	2004-present
Labels	Century Media, United By Fate, Distort Entertainment, Thirty Days of Night, In at the Deep End
Associated acts	Whitemare, Atreyu, Bring Me the Horizon, Comeback Kid, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Your Demise, Stick to Your Guns
Members
Tom Searle Dan Searle Tim Hillier-Brook Sam Carter Alex "Ali Dino" Dean
Past members
Matt Johnson Tim Lucas

Architects are an English metalcore band from Brighton, England, formed in 2004. The band went through several name changes before they decided upon Architects. Their first name was Inharmonic, which was swiftly changed to Counting the Days. After a couple of years this was in turn changed to Architects.

Biography

Architects was founded in 2004 and are currently signed to Century Media Records worldwide and Distort Entertainment in Canada. The band has toured the UK and Europe with bands such as Bring Me the Horizon, SikTh and The Chariot. They have played at a number of independent UK festivals, as well as the Download Festival 2007 and 2009, and Sonisphere 2009 and 2011. The band have completed a European tour and a Canadian tour, receiving great receptions from crowds in different countries and gradually spreading their fan base. They released their second album Ruin on 26 June 2007, and released a split EP with UK band Dead Swans in early 2008, following the release with a double headed tour of the UK.

They released their third album, Hollow Crown, on 26 January 2009 in UK and Australia. It was released in the USA and Canada on 10 February, Mainland Europe on the 20th, and Japan on the 21st.

In early 2008 Architects toured the US with Suicide Silence, Emmure, Beneath the Massacre, and The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza followed by the European Altamont Never Say Die! tour in November 2008 with Whitechapel, Protest the Hero, Carnifex, Parkway Drive, Unearth and Despised Icon.

The band's success has been gradual. They said in an interview that they were happy when they got signed to Century Media: "We’re really excited to have finally got the deal finished and signed, so much so that we all went out for a pizza the day that everything was finally made 100% official." In January 2010, Architects began recording demos at Riverside Recording Studio for their fourth studio album, The Here And Now, the follow-up to Hollow Crown (2009).

In early 2009 they supported Parkway Drive along with August Burns Red on Parkway Drive's DVD Tour in Australia. In October and November 2009 they headlined the 2009 Imperial Never Say Die! tour England dates, whereas Despised Icon headlined the Mainland European dates. The line up was as followed Despised Icon, Architects, Horse the Band, As Blood Runs Black, Iwrestledabearonce, Oceano and The Ghost Inside. They also toured the US as openers on the 2009 Epitaph Records tour alongside Every Time I Die, Bring Me The Horizon, and Oh, Sleeper.

Architects were main support to A Day to Remember on their UK headline tour in March 2010.

Architects played the Australia-wide Soundwave Festival 2010 in late February to early March. They played alongside alternative metal legends Faith No More, as well as bands such as Paramore, Glassjaw, Jane's Addiction and Placebo.

The band headlined tours of the UK in October 2010 (with Norma Jean, Devil Sold His Soul and Lower Than Atlantis supporting) and Australia in December (with Comeback Kid as co-headliners and This is Hell and Rolo Tomassi supporting). Architects supported Atreyu

On 26 August, the band announced that the first single from the upcoming album, The Here and Now, would be entitled "Day In Day Out", and was premièred on BBC Radio 1 to a positive reception from host Daniel P. Carter.^{[citation needed]}

During December 2010 Architects made their debut headline tour across Australia. Support came from Comeback Kid, This Is Hell and Rolo Tomassi.

Architects have also been revealed to be playing on the Main Stage at the 2011 Reading and Leeds Festivals

Drummer, Dan Searle will play the rest of Bring Me The Horizon's April UK Tour as Matt Nicholls broke his arm playing football.

On 31 October, they released a new single entitled 'Devil's Island', with a video accompanying it featuring clips from the 2011 England riots.

In December 2011 the band embarked on a five day UK headline tour with supporting acts Heights, Tek-One and Deaf Havana

On 28 February 2012 the band announced the release of their fifth studio album, Daybreaker. The album will be released May 28th in Europe and June 5th in the USA.

Line-up changes

The band had travelled around the UK on many tours supporting a number of different bands in support of their debut album Nightmares. After a lengthy stint around the country as an opening act to SikTh and Dead Man In Reno, vocalist Matt Johnson decided he no longer wished to be a part of the band, so during their first headline UK tour in January 2007 it was announced that the show at Oxford was to be his last. New vocalist Sam Carter joined the band onstage for "The Darkest Tomb" as an introduction to the fans. After this amicable departure, Matt Johnson went on to form the band Whitemare with ex-members of Johnny Truant and Centurion, and also briefly Architects guitarist Tim Hillier-Brook on bass.

In 2006 the band's original bassist, Tim Lucas, decided to leave the band to pursue his academic career. He was replaced by Alex "Ali Dino" Dean.

In February 2011, Architects announced the departure of bassist Alex "Ali Dino" Dean, due to family commitments. On 3 July 2011 it was announced that Dean had rejoined the band.

Members other projects and guest appearances

Before Architects, all members of the band had their own musical projects. Sam Carter and Alex Dean used to play together in a band called Fractures. Sam used to play drums before becoming a vocalist, and played drums in a UK hardcore band named Nervous Wreck. He also played drums for This City (UK band) and did a video with the band prior to joining Architects. This City are still going to this day, and even played the 2009 Download Festival on the Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage. Alex, Sam and Dan also have a current side project from Architects, a punk band named P*U*N*X.

Sam has also contributed guest vocals to some other bands. He contributed clean vocals on Bring Me The Horizon's 2008 release Suicide Season on the track "The Sadness Will Never End", as well as contributing vocals to Your Demise's album Ignorance Never Dies on the track "All I Never Want To Be". Recently, Sam provided guest vocals for the 2010 Comeback Kid album Symptoms + Cures for the track "Pull Back the Reins", which was recorded close to The Here and Now. In return, Andrew Neufeld of Comeback Kid provided guest vocals for the track "Stay Young Forever" on the latest Architects album.

Band members

Current members

• Sam Carter – lead vocals, keyboards (2007–present)
• Tim Hillier-Brook – guitars (2004–present)
• Dan Searle – drums, percussion (2004–present)
• Tom Searle – guitars (2004–present)
• Alex "Ali Dino" Dean – bass guitar (2006–present)

Former members

• Matt Johnson – lead vocals (2004–2007)
• Tim Lucas – bass guitar (2004–2006)

Touring members

• Casey Lagos – bass (2011)
• Bobby Daniels - bass (2011)

Discography

Date of Release	Title	Label
2006	Nightmares	In At The Deep End Records and Distort Entertainment
2007	Ruin	United By Fate Records, Distort Entertainment and Century Media Records
2008	Architects / Dead Swans E.P	Thirty Days of Night Records
2009	Hollow Crown	Century Media Records
2011	The Here And Now	Century Media Records
2012	Daybreaker	Century Media Records

External links

• Architects on Myspace
• Interview with Architects