I feel like Sam only sings the same two-note melody with the same cadence throughout the entire album with very few exceptions.

Feels like all these metalbands are playing catch-up with BMTH.

FTTWTE felt complete because they had different ideas and used them all to the maximum. Almost every song on this album feels completely different. The new album feels like an in-between to me. Like Architects took their favourite style from the last album (Animals and An Ordinary Extinction), put it in a blender and made an album out of it.

you can see the pain in my mans eyes

I understand wanting to experiment with a sound, but really only "a new moral low ground" felt that experimental. Everything else felt like a cheap coat of Architects paint over sounds i've heard done better before.

I feel like I came out of every single song on this album like “that was alright.” Every songs sounds more or less the same and it’s all just very serviceable

I think the reason every song feels to long is because they're playing a style of modern hard rock that I feel like usually has 2.5 to 3 minute long songs but all the songs on this album are like 4 minutes long and repeat too much.

I remember a comment I read a while back, that architects and parkway drive are in a contest about who can disappoint more, which is starting to get more based by the day

burn down my house is my fav track off this record, perfect fall nightime driving song. thinkin bout life lol

I think it’s a fun album. I like to think I can listen to a different architects album now depending what mood I’m in, and I respect them for trying something new and not just giving in to what everyone expects from them.

I'm gonna be honest I love Sam as a vocalist but he sometimes sounds awkward or out of place on this record, whether it's his pitch or just the lyrics in general. There's a few decent tracks on this album but It's mostly a miss for me, which is a shame because I actually quite enjoyed FTTWTE

This album really feels like their first foray into developing a newer sound and for whatever reason it felt half-baked to me. Not that spending endless time in the studio is the answer but I think if they're looking to grow stylistically their next album will probably hit the mark. Plenty of good songs on this album, but nothing that's made me stop and have a moment like FTTWTE. Still a brave effort and trying to not just make the same album over and over is difficult.

The 'I feel nothing' perfectly sums the album up.

interesting you mentioned royal blood, some of the vocal melodies also gave me royal blood vibes. Not seen anyone else mention the similarities until you.

“Burn down my house” is a beautiful song

I really like this album, as a whole piece it's repetitive indeed, but I've listened to it a couple of times and I suddenly realized, that I like every single song and I wanna jump into it again

I try to like this album but I can't

Fuck it, amongst the negativity I’ll just say I like it a lot 🕺🏻

So weird my favorite band went from hard hitting Progressive Metalcore to Imagine Dragons core

I like the album, some songs are better than others but I can't consider it a step forward from the previous one. It's a different album with a different story, not a cohesive work as the previous album, but more a playlist of tracks put together. Three Days Grace in some songs is a strong influence, this was unexpected.

I understand that a lot of ppl don't like when a band rly differs from their bread & butter with their core sound but honestly imo as long as they don't totally derail from wut they know they're capable of as a band & are able to introduce new/different aspects & concoct a cool new type of sound thru an album then honestly it's not that bad to me. And personally, I fucking love this album front to back it's rly well thought out & it's a whole separate vibe from everything else they've done. But as with any album of theirs, I do have my personal favorites. From 1 to 5, my faves are Deep Fake, When We Were Young, A New Moral Ground, Tear Gas & Be Very Afraid.

Im getting tired of the two step architects songs Doomscrolling and be vey afraid are the best songs from the album

Didn’t know the album title could describe how I feel ab this album

I really dislike the industrial vibes personally, i'm getting bored real quick of the Ta-Dum, Ta-Dum, Ta-Dum. I don't mind them exploring their sound and not just doing heavier stuff but taking out most of the riffs and the complex structures to bring this Industrial vibes is a huge regression for my part

Bro. Your videos are epic cause I actually get a summarized version of an album. Not just blahblahblah. Thank you

I agree a 100% with you.

Please do lorna shores album, pain part 1,2 and 3 are masterpieces

Coming back after listening to it more, it's a 50/50 album for me. I love All The Love in the World and A New Moral Low Ground, but other than that it ranges from good, to alright, to forgettable. Nothing is really bad on the album, but it doesn't stand out to me as much as FTTWTE

This is nowhere close to the likes of Holy Hell, or All Our Gods, but I don't know, I still enjoyed the record as a whole. I can vibe with it.

It was a rough experience wasnt it 😔

I’m a huge architects fan. I didn’t have high expectations coming into this album because the singles were pretty mid to me. However, having listened to it, I’m not upset as I expected to be. As an artist myself (3D artist), I admire what they did. They knew many people would hate this album but made it anyways as a genuine expression from where they’re at in life. That is ultimately what being an artist is about. It’s not just about making music others will like or even making something insanely innovative believe it or not. I agree some parts are boring, but many people have been overreacting. It’s not a bad album. It’s just a different hard rock sound which many of us metal heads typically find boring. Maybe a 6/10 for me but the people saying “this is just sad” should put themselves in the bands shoes for a second. It’s a period of growth and change. I’m sure they expect it to be difficult finding exactly what type of music they want to make right now. They are not stupid. Im sure they know they can’t fully live up to the expectations of Holy Hell and AGHAU. They likely even accept they’ll never top those in many peoples eyes. I’m sure they’ll make more A grade bangers over the years too. It’s just a totally different phase of life for them now. They probably feel a strong urge to make something entirely different from their old records for many reasons and I can’t blame them. I agree the lyrics aren’t as great as they used to be. The album could have used more time in my opinion. Some songs are close to being great but just miss the chefs touch. All things considered, it’s a decent hard rock album with a couple highlights and very genuine message behind it. People are acting like it’s fucking Parkway Drives new album which just isn’t the case lol. That shit is actually comically bad.

'Living Is Killing Us' is the one track that really stuck out to me on this one and even that is just the chorus.

the only song I liked was burn down my house. It's weird not enjoying an architects album

I feel like this album is well done it’s just not what I want from Architects hopefully they’ll go back to something similar to the holy hell sound

Doomscreaming feels so long because there's SO much singing in it.

Apart from Burn Down My House, this album was a big miss for me. For me personally Holy Hell was the peak for Architects.

Like with new Parkway Drive, all of the excitement and pure energy from FTTWTE is lost. Except maybe the one song When We Were Young

i feel like a lot of the verses and choruses just repeat throughout most of the songs, and there’s no super memorable thing from most of the songs. but i definitely like a lot of the songs, and will take whatever they give me.

It's an Album that if they learn from and take the good bits of the last 3 and bring that together cohesively, good play a big part in an unbelievable record next time. But this just didn't grab you as an architects album should.

The writing just feels very hard rock bleh. We can't be stopped, we won't give up, we're so tough, nothing will stop us lyrics. Drums all sound the same and just keep a basic groove, guitars are the same, really basic rhythm and generic solo's if there are any. There's maybe a handful of moments in some tracks that you're like "finally!" then it's back to just hazing out waiting for something to keep your attention and after so far into the album when something does mix things up it's too late cause you're just glazed over

"For those that wish to exist" has entered the chat...

Look, I love Architects. What I don't love is the "arena rock" sound. I respect the fuck out of them as players and human beings, and the album has some really nice moments. However, I do miss cool and intricate riffs and patterns. Kick on 1 and snare on 3 for a whole song gets boring really fast, especially when it's done on half the songs.

"Coffee is bad for you".. As I sip my coffee 😔

Be very afraid is my fav

The last couple of songs on the album are insane, it just sucks that 2/3 of the album is such a slog to get to those last couple of songs

Aside from "When we were young" I don't like any other songs on the album. I love the band but I can't stand the new album. I wasn't too fond of the last one but at least it had some heavier songs on it. This one feels like an entirely different band. That's just my opinion, though.

The comments at the end sum up my feelings entirely. I'm glad they're experimenting and I think the industrial shoe-gazey rock space could be a good fit for the band but the execution just isn't there for me. I also can't help but compare it Rotoscope by Spiritbox that explores some of the same sounds and ideas with a cleaner and more matured final product. All really subjective stuff, but idk, this one just didn't do it for me.

Slipping into PWD territory and moving towards stadium dad rock

Being a huge fan for many years now the thing that disappointed and pissed me off is their day before release statement damage controlling this thing, saying they are too old for "angry music" and metalcore is exactly that, however Dan proceeds to post this a few days back: "other than the singles the album is classic metalcore". I really trusted these guys but it feels completely opposite of genuine, from the lazy artwork, using Cevini once again drowning the mix, making it complete static and times and Sam's voice in oversaturation effects and what not, lazy 3 riffs the whole album (trying to be objective as possible as a guitar player myself) , 9 out of 11 songs with the 2-step drumming 0 variation and/or accents. I don't know man, I don't hate it , I am just disappointed, having 0 expectations still let down...

I don't hate the band for what they're doing and I still listen to their old songs but to sum up my thoughts... Every song sounds the same, I have listen to all the songs because the previous album was not for me so I had to gave this one a try but every song sounds the same to me even though there are lots of differences...but I do wish the band well to continue making music. tbh I can't wait for Sylosis new album 🙌🏻😅 sorry if that's mean.

When i first heard previous Album i was 50/50, Love some song like Meteor, Animals, Black Lungs but after listening to this album i give up. I miss the old style and riffs from "All your gods has abandon us", "Lost forever/ lost together". Listening to this is even more sad to me when i look right to my youtube recommendations and see "Morning Warm Up with Tom", he is playing "A Match Made In Heaven" I dont like a single song in this Album. Cheers

I love that he Bleghed in Times New Roman

So in all reality, they didn't write this record for anyone but themselves. I personally enjoy the sonic experimentation going on. This is their tenth album. After holy hell I totally get why they changed direction. Without Tom, they were gonna shift directions one way or the other. And for all of you that hated FTTWTE, that album was top of a few charts, and this one might do the same. If you look at this as a concept album with the name implied, it's pretty easy to see that this album is meant to be "dull" and "empty". Just let them enjoy themselves and if you don't enjoy it then go back to holy hell or daybreaker or anything before or after that. There's 9 other albums to pick from. Cheers

Honestly half of these songs sound like Three Day Grace, especially "all the love in the world". I like Three Days Grace but I expect Architects to sound like themselves, but now I don't know what they really sound like. I Honestly really liked FTTWTE, but this album is so different from it, not to mention Holy Hell and stuff before that. It's an ok album, but I expect more than "ok" from Architects.

Sams heavy deep vocals are on the last song I think

I struggled with this album too. I felt super empty after listening to it.

Favorite songs on this album are burn down my house and born again pessimist

Tear Gas intro sounds like a weird Sonne demo from Rammstein

I love this album, deep fake and be very afraid are absolute bangers, the rest of the songs is quite diverse and also enjoyble

Hot take: this is in my top five favorite albums of all time

I like architects since a few years and i really like ftwte. I also enjoy Post-Hardcore music alot so instrumentally I would enjoy this album alot but i don't think Sam's vocals fit well with the music they went for and lyrics were pretty meh. If the vocals were sung by someone else whose voice suit the music, i would've enjoyed this album alot more

I really like the singles so far, but I tend to agree if you listen to this album from start to finish it kinda feels like a lot of the same tone. I feel like it needed another song that was different than the rest, whether that’s heavy or something completely different.

I feel outside of Tear Gas and Born Again Pessimist, this album is great and really gets better and better with each listen!

I've loved these guys since Daybreaker, FTTWTE was incredible as well imo. This album though... it just aint it

damn the whole album sounds like a B-Side of FTTWTE the songs that feels like it didn't make the cut so they just decide to make an whole album from it... Sam is a top tier vocalist but the tones and melodies he does in this record all sounds the same but with different lyrics

I honestly don't think I could differentiate a single song from another in this album. They all sound the same

Everything after "When We Were Young" was a banger for me

Love the whole album, feels very cohesive and I like the progression from song to song

HOLLOW CROWN

i really enjoyed this personally, I get what bogdan means by it doesnt feel like a story album its just aton of songs existing. I got into architects at ftwwte so I dont have an attachment to their older sound much snd overall love mostly anything theu do and idk i just love the overall vibe and feel of this album even if its pretty short. I just hope Architects enjoyed what they made tbh, people say its "uninspired" but its the oppisite, they were inspired and just wanted to do things they had not fully embraced anymore

Oh my how far they have fallen. At least we have their old stuff to enjoy cause this new shit just isn’t it.

I kinda like these dreamy choruses and chill songs that have a nice breakdown at the end opposed to constant screaming and heaviness. Its just a different vibe altogether. I really liked Meteor of their last record so I dont hate most of this. Its not mind blowing but just some pretty solid tracks.

You can tell some of Toms influence was left in Holy Hell, because since then its been downhill. Same flat passionless vocals. Look at the raw grittyness of vocals on songs like early grave, broken cross, hollow crown etc now its just flat radio rock.

You know what, I thought exactly the same thing and couldn't understand the shift towards the generic over the last two albums. However, if you go and see them play the new stuff live it instantly makes more sense! This album especially seems to be geared toward the live performance, potentially at the expense of the record itself. It's just a theory though, the true test will be at the O2 next month with Biffy Clyro and I cannot wait! I'll make sure to report back my findings from the pit 😉.

Architects themselves have said that they were better at writing heavy songs and this album is proof of that...

I actually really like this one. Not a masterpiece by any means, but I knew what was coming and think they did well. From here on they need to get some variation away from those 3 vocal notes and half step structure.

Ohrion did have a field day. It was great. Nik went pretty nuts too. Both are worth checking out if anyone reads this.

Their still following BMTH and trying to change with them, but their way too behind at the minute. Some bands just change better than some others I guess

I think the problem is that all the songs sound very much the same. You can click anywhere in the video and it'll sound the same 9/10 times. It gets very boring very quickly. The other problem is the 2nd song in the album is messy and really drives the attention down because you spend so much time trying to figure it out instead of enjoying it. It really needed a good "just listen and enjoy" song on the second track and more variety in sound beyond that. they literally just sound like Three Days Grace over the last decade.

I have very mixed opinions about that synthy sounding guitar lead that just coats this entire album. It works on the title track but it comes off as diet BMTH or Bad Omens for the majority of the songs. It's like they can't decide if they want to go for a more synthy atmospheric sound or stay metalcore out of fear of offending the core metal fans, and that indecisiveness really shows on this record

Yeah I’m not feeling this one, I respect the hell out of the band and always will but I don’t have to like everything they do. The only song I think I’ll come back to is be very afraid

The album felt very You Me At Six/Royal Blood (who I love). As a stand alone record, I really enjoyed it. Just, again, have to detach it from their previous work to not expect the nostalgia

Check out the new Inclination album, good ol Hardcore from Kentucky

Ok where's the Taylor Swift album reaction though

Big problem is Architects barely ever tries to fucking use diffrent keys, 99% of their songs are in F# minor and sams range has been getting lower so him staying in his mid range this whole album made shit blend together

when Holy Hell came out, all of those songs gave me goosebumps. LF//LT and AOGHAU were both God tier. I miss those vocal styles, breakdowns, and riffs

Do an album react of Alter Bridges new album, it’s not metal but has some heavy moments and way better songs than this album

a love it but the doomsday era was just better

The songs mostly revert to versions of the main animals hook (Animals: 0.50 - 1.10) A new moral low ground: 1.42 - 1.53 Be very afraid: 1.45 - 2.03 Born again pessimist: 1.08 - 1.23 Burn down my house: 1.08 - 1.33 (slow version) Deep fake - 0.49 - 1.00 Spit the bone: 0.33 - 0.49 Tear Gas: 1.00- 1.30 - 1.54 When we were young: 0.51 - 1.14 Hit the nail on the head, some interesting snippets but mostly meh. It'll get them a lot of commercial radio play though, and why not cash in at this stage of their career. Best of luck to them.

As a big fan of architects this album isn’t it for me. The singles was okay and outside of the singles be very afraid was the only other song that i kinda liked. The lyrics to me for the album seems very generic now and the songs starts blinding together sound wise and it felt like a long listen where i was ready for it to be over with so i can listen to the other releases of that week. Out of the past three albums: Holy Hell was a master piece that (that for me at Least) a long time fan can enjoy, FTTWTE was a fun little experiment album with some quirks of songs that wasn’t to good imo, and this is just feels like a one time listen album for me.

I get how they can't just change the name because labels and marketing and all of that jazz, but this is so very clearly a different band. Send this album back a few years and call it Architects and everyone laughs. People change and what they want to do musically changes as well, but this is just so utterly boring to me. I'm into rock as well as the heavy-bang-bangs, but this is so repetitive and boring. They're all talented but it's all so very meh.

Dude react to LORNA SHORE - Pain Remains III: In a Sea of Fire. I want you to be happy

It's a 2/10, at best. Not because it doesn't sound like the old Architects, I'm over that... but because the songwriting is just so basic and corny.

I’d enjoy this album more if it wasn’t an Architects album

For some reason this album feels rushed, like in a way you can say it is because it came a year after FTTWTE, but it shows honestly. Like others, I tried to like it lol

Bogdan has felt the classic symptoms of a broken spirit so much he turned blue. Funny album btw, not perfect, but has some nice songs to listen to from time to time.

I tried to like it. I really did. But it’s just not very good.

Is this their AMO or Transit Blues album? I wouldn’t be surprised if the next album is an absolute masterpiece. They’re finding a new sound.

Coffee is absolutely not bad for you. Quite the opposite in the correct timings and doses.

I miss fast riffs and double bass pedals