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.”