Lead Sails Paper
Anchor,’ but blow my brains out the back of my head like it’s 2007, this one does not. It should be illegal for bands to use that ever-recycled rock riff that kicks off ‘
Untouchable.’ The believing-your-own-hype nature, fake-laughing screams and palm-mutes and dancey floor-tom beat combos make for some proper second-hand embarrassment. I’m also getting mixed messages:
Atreyu, are you an underrated band or are you an untouchable act? Make up your minds.
Moving right along, ‘
No Matter What’ reminds me of some of the best cuts from 2009’s ‘
Congregation Of The Damned’ just with some added electronics and production. (I’m pretty sure I’m one of ten people who rate that as one of the better
Why the message of Architects’ All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us resonates more today than ever before
On the fifth anniversary of Architects’ All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us, we look back at the messages put forth by the band and the late Tom Searle, and how they’re more important now than ever.
Words: James Hickie
Death is an open door’, the lyrics to Momento Mori tell us.
Minutes into 20 August 2016, Tom Searle stepped through that door, having lived with cancer for more than three years – his death announced by his twin brother and bandmate, Dan, via an emotional Facebook post. “He was an incredible songwriter and guitarist. He was my closest and oldest friend. He was a funny, intelligent and sweet man and he leaves an enormous void in all our lives.”