Architects (British band)

Architects

Architects is a metalcore band based in Brighton, UK.

Overview

They are currently signed to Century Media Records worldwide and Distort Entertainment in Canada. The band have toured the UK and Europe with the likes of Bring Me The Horizon, Sikth and The Chariot. They have played at a number of independent UK festivals, as well as the prestigious Download Festival in 2007. 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 June 26, 2007, and released a split EP with UK band Dead Swans in 2008, following the release with a double headed tour of the UK.

The band has recently recorded their third album, 'Hollow Crown', which was released in the UK and Australia on January 26th, 2009. It will be released in USA and Canada on February 10th, Mainland Europe on the 20th, and Japan on the 21st.

They recently toured the US with Suicide Silence, Emmure, Beneath The Massacre, and The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza followed by the European Altamonte Never Say Die! tour 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."

Line-Up

Current members

• Sam Carter - vocals
• Tom Searle - guitar
• Dan Searle - drums
• Alex "Ali Deano" Dean - bass
• Tim Hillier-Brook - guitar

Former members

• Matt Johnson - vocals
• Tim Lucas - bass
• Nick "Nicky" Jagels Bass guitar

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, it became clear that the touring life was not suited to vocalist Matt Johnson, and so during their first headline UK tour in January 2007 it was announced that the show at Oxford was to be Matt's last with the band. New vocalist Sam Carter joined the band onstage for 'The Darkest Tomb' as an introduction to the fans.

Trivia

• Tom and Dan are twin brothers.
• Ali and Sam used to play together in a band called Fractures.
• Sam also used to play drums for the UK hardcore band Nervous Wreck.
• Sam also played drums for This City and did a video with the band prior to joining Architects.
• The band's youtube videos often focus on Ali's travels whilst on tour.
• Ali, Sam and Tom make up punk sensation, 'PUNX'.
• The original bassist of the band was called Dollar.
• Their first-ever tour was with Beecher.
• Sam was found through the band's merch guy, as he was in a band with Sam called Monuments, who supported Architects.
• Every Architects release to date has featured a different guitar tuning. On Nightmares, the guitars were tuned to Drop C. On Ruin, the guitars were tuned to Drop B. On the Architects/Dead Swans Split EP, the guitars were tuned to C# standard. On Hollow Crown, the guitars are tuned as low as Drop Я# (ЗДАРОВА ФЭНТЮГА!!!!) This was achieved by tuning down the lowest string to an Ab from the aforementioned C# Standard.
• Architects re-recorded the song "To The Death" in 2008, which was originally featured on Nightmares. The re-recorded version is a semitone lower than the original.
• Sam contributed the clean vocals to Bring Me The Horizon's 2008 album Suicide Season. He appeared on the song "The Sadness Will Never End".
• Artist Lights covered song "I Can't See the Light" on her Youtube video blog.

Discography

Date of Release	Title	Label
2005	Demo	Self Released
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

External links

• Architects MySpace
• The Architects Army
• Architects Rocksnail Interview