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In their debut Alternative Press cover story, Architects' Sam Carter and Dan Searle discuss their latest record 'For Those That Wish To Exist.'

Music has always played a role in helping to define cultural moments throughout history. Take a look back at over two decades of music to find out which album is the best of the best.

For Those That Wish to Exist has crushed the band’s former chart records. It took Architects nine album to hit No. 1. Their next highest-charting album was 2016’s All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us, which reached as high as No. 15 on the U.K. album charts. The record also did very well in Australia, peaking at No. 2 down under. Architects’ eighth album, Holy Hell, slipped ever so slightly by peaking at No. 18, but For Those That Wish to Exist has outshined them all. “I cannot begin to te...

Architects Announce For Those That Wish To Exist UK Album Release Shows Wednesday, 03 March 2021 Photo: Ed Mason Architects have confirmed intimate UK shows to celebrate their new album For Those That Wish To Exist. The Brighton metalcore giants will take over the O2 Academy Liverpool and Leeds University Union Stylus on July 23 and 24, respectively, with tickets on general sale at 6pm today (March 3).  The announcement follows news that theyll play Pryzm in Kingston, London for th...

Architects - For Those That Wish To Exist (Album Review) Friday, 26 February 2021 Photo: Ed Mason “I wanna sing you a different song, one that’s easier to swallow,” Sam Carter opines during the chorus of Little Wonder, summing up the MO of Architects’ new record ‘For Those That Wish To Exist’. Where the fuel behind the metalcore giants’ 2016 LP ‘All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us’ was nihilistic rage at the fragility of life, and 2018’s ‘Holy Hell’ processed the tra...

(Epitaph) Cobweb-blasting singing, brain-invading melodies and skin-scouring riffs offer no relief from this wrestling match with impending disaster Finely wrought compositions and gleefully hulking exercises in metal obviousness … Architects. Photograph: Ed Mason Finely wrought compositions and gleefully hulking exercises in metal obviousness … Architects. Photograph: Ed Mason Fri 26 Feb 2021 03.30 EST Climate crisis rock hasn’t exactly taken off in recent years. Mainstream musi...

Architects. CREDIT: Ed Mason/Press Architects: “People will recoil in horror at this record – and then find they actually like it”   The Brighton metalcore band channelled unimaginable hardship into their last album, 2018s Holy Hell. The follow-up, For Those That Wish To Exist, finds them liberated, they tell In November 2020, Architects played only their second show of the year – from a deserted Royal Albert Hall. The livestreamed gig began by following frontman Sam Car...

song like ‘Flight Without Feathers’, which sees vocalist Sam Carter eschewing lung- collapsing screams for a gentle vocal over blissful, weightless synths. Nor have they recorded anything as openly anthemic as ‘Meteor’ or danceable as ’Little Wonder’, which features a verse from Royal Blood’s Mike Kerr, a long-time friend of the band. But it’s the stunning ‘Dead Butterflies’, with its epic strings, soaring chorus and Spielbergian sense of wonder...

The hidden secrets of Architects’ game-changing new album Architects’ Sam Carter, Dan Searle and Josh Middleton exclusively take you deep inside the heart of new album For Those That Wish To Exist like never before… Words: James Hickie Photos: Tom Barnes Architects’ ninth album has been rather a long time coming. While For Those That Wish To Exist features the Brighton titans’ first new music since 2018’s molten, mournful Holy Hell, several of the songs on this follow-up have be...

The Brighton metalcore band channelled hardship into 2018's 'Holy Hell'. The follow-up, 'For Those That Wish To Exist', finds them liberated