Architects - Holy Hell | Entire Album REACTION!

[@DrewFortune97]

This album has grown on me massively since first listen, take all comments with a pinch of salt 🫡

[@mckeoncrawford9262]

Noted. This album is fantastic for the feels. Musically, it’s probably going to be a bit cookie cutter for you I’m guessing. Their album directly before this “AOGHAO” is more varied and raw. May be worth checking IF you wanted more of that style from these guys.

[@Spot-t]

Great to hear Drew, any tracks in particular?

[@Bjornsguitarspecials]

I had the same. It grew on me too🤘🏼

[@chipzor]

Understandable! I do agree with others, go back to ANY of their older albums for a better taste of what they brought to the genre.

[@Kenjames10]

Top 3 songs atm?

[@andreimarasigan]

"This sounds like Erra to me" Indeed, Erra draws heavy inspiration from Architects, that's why

[@kambion]

LOL exactly. That shit was so fucking funny.

[@bart.pietrzak]

XDDD

[@cheezface94]

Everything you've heard so far has been released after Tom died (Their original guitarist). Go listen to the 2 albums before this and you will see why Architects will always be at the very top

[@cheezface94]

All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us will forever be my number 1 album of all time

[@wastwhite2565]

@@cheezface94 Same. 🖤

[@dillanger5065]

I concur

[@alexanderpluck]

God bless Tom searle the architect of song writing for architects

[@alexanderpluck]

Lost forever // lost together ❤

[@rottenapple_12]

I think to fully appreciate this album you have to first understand the backstory behind it and be familiar with the previous albums. It’s essentially the bands expression of grief after Toms passing, there is a lot of call backs to ‘All our Gods’ which is essentially Toms musical goodbye.

[@pawsan69]

Lost Forever//Lost Together and All our Gods are peak Architects IMO, if you are going to listen, i'd start with LF//LT then All our Gods to hear the progression between the albums. Both are masterpieces.

[@ERNVK]

100% Aggree!

[@kambion]

this album is right there though

[@lnhocsignovinces]

Definitely becoming one of my favourite "reactors" mainly due to the honest opinions, although, Architects are one of those bands for me that any bad word against them is like a knife in the heart 😂. I have to ask though, Drew, seeing a lot of your reactions, like where have you been? Living under a rock? You seem to have been snapped away by Thanos for 2 decades and missed loads of music (in this Genre). If that's the case some highlight albums have to be; Hollow Crown by Architects, Horizons by Parkway Drive, Matriarch by Veil of Maya, When the End Began by Silent Planet and VIA by Volumes just name a very tiny few.

[@DrewFortune97]

Thanks man! It’s refreshing to not be shit on for my honest thoughts🤣 If I was to jump on here and pretend to like everything I’d be praised and all of the super fans would come flocking, but what would that even achieve? lol

[@yBazo82]

Accurate

[@johnwolfhooker4992]

It's funny, I'm watching this right now, you're in the Holy Hell song reaction and you instantly thought it's the best of the songs till that time stamp. What's funny is that song and Doomsday were the last ones and the only ones on the album that were written by Tom before he died. I don't comment on yt at all, but I watch your journey as you find out about all these metalcore/djent/thall albums and it's really fun. Lost forever//Lost together and All Our Gods have abandoned us are the albums that shaped modern metalcore. The Holy Hell album seems like something you've heard before. If you listen to the other two that I mentioned, it will probably seem like that too(or may not). My point being that Architects leaned themselves into the atmospheric metalcore spectrum before all these bands. I personally haven't heard of a metalcore band after Lost Forever//Lost together that didn't incorporate these "technical tapping open note riffs" or the atmospheric backgrounds. Northlane(they named their band of the Architects song North Lane, that's how they started), Polaris, Currents, Erra, Wage War etc. Not to say there is not evolution, in these bands, everyone progresses, but what I'm stating is that the more you dig into their previous albums, the more you'll find a samey sound. Tom was an incredibly unique guitar player for me, I would blast his two last albums and then one day I hear the news. I mention this to justify the weight of the lyrics. If you listen to all our gods, you'll face a whole bunch of dark themes and that's because they come from a man that deals with cancer. Shit I almost wrote an essay, I just got emotional because you reminded me the first time I listened to Architects about 10 years ago in high school. Rock on! Edit: That's why Doomsday feels repetitive haha, Tom wrote the riff and he died before turning it into a song.

[@Sanatani7331]

Missing old architects that era was pure gold 😔❤️🔥

[@kambion]

this is their best album, so... idk

[@sebastianschmohl6494]

I felt similar when the album came out but it grew on me over time, still I felt like it was a bit lackluster in comparison to their previous album "All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us" which to this day is my all time favorite. To be fair it was their first attempt at writing music after their songwriter and guitarist passed away... RIP Tom Searle... and keeping that in my mind I thought it was a great album. Hope you give Tom Searles Legacy a.k.a. "All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us" & "Lost Forever // Lost Together" a listen because damn was he a phenomenal songwriter in any aspect of his work... lyrics as well as instrumentals

[@naamanvasquez8226]

I believe this album was a great introduction (at least to me) to the metal genre; been meaning to discover and widen my music taste and my friend shared this album and I was blown away by how much I liked. Artwork at its finest.

[@hpviolaguy]

Sam does all the vocals in architects the only times where there is other vocals are on the newest albums so for those that wish to exist and the next one with josh middleton screaming sometimes and adam doing backing but otherwise sam is doing all the screams and the cleans it s just that his voice is more pure I would say on the previous records than on the new ones

[@Greenignitor]

There are some features on previous albums as well like: Youth Wasted On The Young, Outsiders Heart and Even if you win you're still a rat

[@hpviolaguy]

@@Greenignitor Yea true but like it's features from other vocalists of other bands if I am not mistaken but on the all vocals (from the members of the band) Sam did almost everything

[@samubmth7316]

you need to check out all our gods have abandoned us, their best album by far

[@kraken2017]

You NEED to listen to Lost Forever//Lost Together. Truly a masterpiece

[@rhyswebster3614]

Great reaction. The lyrics on this album are really special imo. Lots of emotion and grief can be heard in Sam’s singing after the loss of Tom. I really enjoy the use of “Hope is a prison” on the track Damnation as this is a throwback and tie into Gone With the Wind from AOGHAU. Lots of talk about his process of dealing with cancer. Keep up the great videos. Hope you do a reaction to AOGHAU.

[@Greenignitor]

Never really got into Holy Hell but All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us is one of my favorite albums of all time and LF//LT is right next to it

[@elitefirebox6724]

You gotta listen to All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us, and Lost Forever//Lost Together by Architects. Those 2 albums set the blueprints for what Modern Metalcore would end up being. Please take a listen to those 2 albums

[@allosanthrwpos542]

God I love this album from start to finish ! So emotional !

[@d1g1talbath]

IMO "All our Gods" is one of the Top 3 albums of the genre. Absolute Masterpiece.

[@HumanGarbage270]

This and Daybreaker will always be my favorite Architects albums

[@GrotesqueSmurf]

One of the best breakdowns they ever did in the FIRST song of the album. Freakin legends. Best Architects album hands down.

[@idobrom]

Holy Hell is by far their best album imo. 100 out 10

[@pauleta48]

I agree. Pure and genuine rage and sadness.

[@SimplySideStep]

Imo holy Hell and All our gods are on the same level

[@Wojtek3522PL]

This album is my favourite album of all time. Every song blows me away and give me goosebumps and brings a tear to my eye. Even to this day in 2023

[@LotsOfCome]

I found this band last year, immediately got hooked on most of their songs. 🤟🏼 It’s okay to not like every single track. I’m glad you’re always honest about your opinion of the songs! One can’t love everything. Great reaction anyways! Hope you’ll have a great rest of the day! 🥰

[@DrewFortune97]

your username is wild 😂😂

[@LotsOfCome]

@@DrewFortune97 haha! I know it’s a bit random, at least there’s only one me! 😂

[@Crotes1990]

Fun fact, the title track (Holy Hell) + Damnation were mostly written by Tom (their olf guitarist that died in 2016, rip), the rest of the album is mostly written by Josh + Dan (with some snippets of Tom riffs)

[@Kenjames10]

Didn't know that! Well that explains why "Holy Hell" still managed to be great...

[@Bajannez]

Holy Hell and Seventh Circle were the two finished as instrumentals before Tom died (and you can really tell from thier ferocity imo). And parts of Doomsday.

[@frenzygang]

Looking back to your older videos and seeing you now is pretty awesome how far you've come

[@Kenjames10]

This is a great album though not their best which says a lot. It just has no bad songs in it. For me 8.5/10. This was their first album after their main guitarist and song writer Tom Searle sadly passed away. Their music haven't been as techincal or complex since. That being said you should definately check out "Lost Forever//Lost Together" which is one of/if not the best metalcore album ever. "All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us" is just as good.

[@alexz1lla307]

Yo I love the Bad Omens cover you got on your wall, mate

[@JonaKebab]

YES! Now this, I have been waiting for. ❤

[@bornajajetic5169]

Just wait until you hear the Album before and LF//LT. They will blow your mind

[@MrThunderilla]

Literally the band with sound that everybody rip off, so influential and big. Great reaction mate!

[@RenalDistress]

I didn't see the poll, but I'm genuinely surprised that All Our God's Have Abandoned Us wasn't chosen. Holy Hell is the bands artistic expression of their emotions following Tom's passing, but AOGHAU was written primarily by Tom during his darkest moments prior to his passing. Gone With The Wind is an incredibly heartbreaking song

[@DrewFortune97]

Holy Hell was the only Architects album on the poll man!

[@RenalDistress]

@@DrewFortune97 ah, that's fair then. Still a great album!

[@sirdo946]

As you said, but to expand, Architects basically spawned this whole djent-core wave (tapping/technical melodic riffs with chugs in-between) between Daybreaker (2012) and Lost Forever Lost Together (2014), mostly with the latter. They're pretty much the forefathers, or rather Tom is the forefather, of that riffing style which is now used by Erra, Invent Animate, Spiritbox in the more complex tracks and A LOT of other modern metalcore bands. In fact, this sub-style of metalcore is called Architects-core by some people and it has spread itself so much that there definitely are some boring examples of it being used with a distinct lack of creativity. Main song that comes to mind for me is Low by Wage War which sounds very similar to Doomsday from this album (the main riff) Edit: yes, ambientalism is a huge topic for them. One of their best songs imo is Colony Collapse which is about the Fukushima disaster (i mean i'm pro-nuclear but it's a great song lol). Also Deathwish is clearly about global warming.

[@nathanoconnell6348]

Spot on - needs pinned!

[@xeqtioner0660]

I mean, Erra dropped Impulse in 2011, so to call Architects the forefathers of the genre is a real stretch.

[@sirdo946]

@@xeqtioner0660 i wouldn't call Impulse modern metalcore or Architects-core though. It was more in the vein of "classic" djent with the distinct (constant) chugs, also used by bands like After The Burial, Northlane pre-Singularity, The Contortionist pre-Language, Structures and most likely some others which i can't think of rn. It was almost more influenced by math rock than djent. Architects kind of streamlined and simplified certain elements creating a more accessible but creative (and still somewhat technical) sound that was then copied by, like, half the scene

[@esdrasvidalpereira6688]

Loved to see your perspective on this one. It's interesting to see the comparisons with Erra because Architects (alongside BMTH, which is fitting since Sam and Ollie are BFFs) influenced a lot of the 2010's metalcore scene. But that aside, I think this album is very contextual because it came out after the passing of their guitarist Tom Searle. So this had a huge impact on their sound, approaching it in a more emotional way than previous records (not that they haven't done that before, but it's way more noticeable here), and it is also a culmination of the two past albums before moving on to a new sound. I would recommend checking out "Lost Forever//Lost Together" and "All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us", which I think are their best albums to date.

[@AingebildetS55]

I would be really interested in seeing your opinion on Breakdown of Sanity - Perception, Coexistence or Mirrors album 😁

[@Kenjames10]

They are absolutely filthy albums. The amount of times Drew would drop to the floor not remembering his headphones are plugged in would be absolutely insane...

[@thebuckethatguy]

All I’m saying is add Lovelorn by Before I Turn to your album polls!

[@daredevil2724]

I prefer the previous 2 albums but hereafter sold me on architects when i first heard them, that main riff hits everytime

[@Sobek15]

24:41 always loved this part of the album

[@eamonnhiggins7388]

Drew you need to listen to “These colours don’t run”, also just letting ya know that they are playing the SSE Area with Biffy Clyro in Belfast on the 9th of November…

[@Bugga-Ray-Dudley]

they cancelled all their North American shows☠ .They been my favorite band for a little minute now I gotta see them next time they tour in the states.

[@davidwoods7221]

This album is fantastic and I love, however, like the rest of the comments say: All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us is a masterpiece. Now that you have some context with newer Architects like For Those That Wish To Exist, and this album Holy Hell which kinda began the transition to the newer sound but still has lots of the old elements in it, you need to listen to #1 with All Our Gods. Based off your preferences having watched a few of your album reactions, you probably wont like anything like Hollow Crown or earlier.

[@thedoms9786]

I would love you to come back to this album and listen to it in context, now you’ve been through All Our Gods. Listen to Doomsday and read the lyrics from Dans perspective. Hits so hard

[@mudvayne20056969]

Their albums All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us and Lost Forever // Lost Together 🔥 EDIT: Daybreaker is amazing too

[@jonnyhollis8523]

Great reaction 🙌🏻 Agreeing with most comments below - all their albums are good. Lost Forever // Lost Together if pushed to an objective best but Hollow Crown will always hold the most nostalgic place. All worth checking out, I feel the influence on the scene is more clear further back.

[@jonnyhollis8523]

Can’t believe Hollow Crown doesn’t get more love tbh 🤙🏻

[@seifdog6244]

This album brings me back to such a good time in my life. High school senior year. I remember listening to the song holy hell the morning it came out while driving to school. Architects had such a huge influence on me back then

[@seifdog6244]

And on top of this i saw them live in chicago a week after i graduated high school with my brother and best friend. I will never forget that

[@CruciaLou]

Also Doomsday is a song you have to FEEL. It’s basically a send off to their guitarist who passed away from cancer.

[@8JFJK8]

Never liked that song. Could never understand the hype about it. Super mid track. Cant believe it has that many views.

[@sirdo946]

@@8JFJK8 I'm guessing you probably didn't know the band before?

[@yBazo82]

@@8JFJK8 its a song that got me into architects.. its legendary, the intro, the screams, the cleans, the video, everything; still probably the top 3 architects songs for me along with royal beggars and hereafter... These gems have something undescribable in them

[@8JFJK8]

@@sirdo946 I was listening to the band long before Holy Hell was released. Why?

[@sirdo946]

@@8JFJK8 eh seems weird because obviously it was so big for a very specific reason... Ya know, first song released after Tom and everything... And the meaning behind it (Dan learning to cope with Tom's passing) was also huge

[@cosmokramar8766]

Damn, we need Drew to react to Diamond Construct, RIGHT NOW!

[@aidanmaley8905]

Loved your reaction yet again man!! Thank you for doing this ❤👏

[@yBazo82]

You could consider City State - Equinox if you will have some time in the future; you look like the guy that might enjoy it, given your taste... A lesser known band with very unpredictable song structures and lots of meaningful lyrics and excellent breakdowns

[@lukejohnston5993]

This album isn’t the origin or peak of anything. The two albums before this are!

[@Dutch_Garrett1221]

All our gods have abandoned us is my fav metalcore album of all time

[@advanced_darkness6509]

I love doomsday, but I definitely feel like context is a big part of the love for that song. It was the very first thing they released after Tom passed, and the lyrics are very, *very* topical. Would definitely recommend listening to All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us though

[@callumw5772]

Gone but never forgotten RIP Tom

[@blackmazinger_z]

Great and honest reaction. All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us is their best work hands down, you might want to give it a listen 👌

[@BabyBatPlays]

definitely gotta hear the three albums before this!

[@alexz1lla307]

This is my favorite album from these guys and the only one I own on vinyl

[@RyanCogar]

LF//LT is chock a block of awesome riffs, themes & lyrics. If you wanna venture back a little further than 2014 I'd recommend eventually checking out the track "These Colours Don't Run" for some real lyrics...or just the whole Daybreaker album. 🤘😂😂

[@ColdShadeShi]

Me suggests: Imminence - Heaven in Hiding. Me thinks You'll love it. Cheers.

[@gundamfans45]

Why does "Fuck this self pity" in holy hell hit like a fucking meteor.

[@CruciaLou]

Speaking of ERRA check out pre JT era (no pun intended) of Augment, you’d LOVE it

[@BabyBatPlays]

many lyrics in this album call back to their past albums, this was the first album after tom died and he was their lyricist as well

[@polarnightaudio]

Listen to The Callous Daoboys - Celebrity Therapist or The Armed - Ultrapop if you want more modern and unique heavy albums. Can be very hard to get into tho

[@aleksitakalo1523]

You need to react to Aviana -Corporation when it comes out tomorrow 30.9.2022, it's the best fucking modern metalcore there is!!

[@MrDoBaKflips]

Lost Forever // Lost Together and All Our God's Have Abandoned Us are even better than this and legendary albums as far as metalcore goes. Definitely need to do them soon my man.

[@WastedLight]

Damn I haven't heard this album in so long. I thought we were listening to northlane at some points. In ways Sam and Marcus sound kinda similar. Anyways I love both bands and this album is Quintessential to modern metalcore

[@mattforthelikes]

Surprised that Patreon opted for Holy Hell over All Our Gods but still excited to watch your reaction!

[@mattforthelikes]

Gotta throw a dislike sir. You called Doomsday very shouty. lmao!

[@artjensen994]

Check out their earlier stuff. Gravedigger and early grave are my favs

[@artjensen994]

And castles in the air

[@renasmatevicius1012]

I think architects are kings of writing lyrics into the song and the feelings of it, maybe that's what they are missing in their newest music

[@log6n]

AOGHAU, Lost forever and Daybreaker are also fantastic

[@LuisJustino11]

Check “ All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us” my favorite album of all time

[@Al3xWZ]

Daaaaaamn that hurst, but I apreciate your sincerity

[@log6n]

You should listen to Veil of Maya, False Idol is my favourite album from them

[@velkan98]

20:47 I had the same reaction when listening to this same song hahah, I miss the old architects

[@simonhitt5791]

This is probably just my perspective so take it with a grain of salt. While I enjoy the fuck out Sam's voice and all the catchy riffs, that's not Architects main draw for me. I was just getting sober when i first heard Doomsday and the lyrics and delivery absolutely blew me away so i dug in deeper and this album in particular, for me, lyrically is a masterpiece. The overarching themes of grief, loss, soul searching, "one foot in front of the other" mentality just touch me in my soul. Several of their lyrics have brought me to tears multiple times "the embers still glow when I'm sober, the gold in the flames burn brighter now" that's some real shit and a perspective i would have just glossed over prior to sobriety. I'm probably ascribing meaning to the songs that just narratively fit for me but i guess that's the beauty of music lol not that it matters but Hereafter, Holy Hell, Death is not Defeat, Doomsday, Mortal After All, and Wasted Hymn for me are top tier Architects. I enjoyed the review 🤙

[@kyjunruu]

this album slaps

[@georgemayatt896]

The thing is you have been spoiled because pretty much bands like thorn hill Currents erra ect have gotten ideas of there sound of architects. But I would suggest go back through catalog and you see how they have influenced the metal scene.

[@sirdo946]

Yeah exactly. I was lucky enough to get into Architects in early 2017 which is basically when the style ("Architects-core") was just starting to really gain traction, so i managed to live both eras lol. LFLT and AOGHAU are incredible, but so are albums like TDP (i love Heroine as well but it's not Architects-influenced) and TPIFS

[@nathanoconnell6348]

I agree. Architects are the gateway/foundation and the newer bands have really honed the sound and took it to new places. I used to be a massive architects fan but don’t listen as much anymore - not because of their direction since Holy Hell, but because the newer bands are going to new heights with their instrumentation. It's also why I don't agree with the people who think architects fell off and "should make albums exactly like the old ones", it was the right career choice to go more mainstream because they'd not be able to make metalcore albums as good as the new kids on the block. They've had their golden era in which they made groundbreaking albums that helped paved the way!

[@Highpriestessgabagool90]

My guy, All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us will blow you away. They’ve been on a steady decline since that album, which happens to be the last album that Tom was with the band. You’ve heard stadium rock Architects… you deserve to know their true form lol

[@JSAiKO]

All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us is my favourite album of theirs but this one comes a close 2nd. I wish they were still making music like this, not a fan of the current basic riffs and radio rock.

[@Darkstarex2]

All our Gods have abandoned us is my favorite album by them, but to me; Gravedigger is the best song they have written. Song just slaaaaaps

[@BabyBatPlays]

damnation is so underrated!

[@pickleh9017]

you should react to New Normal by Archers for heavy melodic riffage

[@TamagoSenshi]

Modern Misery is such an odd song, because you can clearly tell that Tom wanted it to be an environmental song, but only got the lyrics for the verses done. All throughout the album, you can see parts that are definitely Tom's work, but then there's everything else

[@joshcooley6340]

Mate you need to listen to all our gods have abandoned us, the story nd lyrical content are absolutely incredible do a little research..and the closing track is probably the best in metalcore

[@aaronbaudoin6427]

I haven’t listened to any albums before this one, they’ve just gotten away from me for some reason, and it isn’t musically technical or anything but since it’s following the death of Tom searle you can literally feel the raw emotion in every track and that’s what makes this album on of my favorite metal core releases in recent years

[@aryamaulanahidayat3645]

Doomsday is the best one heartbreaking song 💔

[@souiguera]

Architects created Doomsdaycore

[@Deady5225]

Their new sounds is more Industrial and less technical, it's a different approach for a bigger audience. Holy hell and All gods have abandonned us are peak architects IMO slappy blegh metalcore

[@dang2564]

Brother, if you’re only experience with Architects is their latest singles, then you have NO idea what Architects really sounds like…

[@mayonice3577]

funny how you describe the music repetitive after listening to vildhjarta ;P

[@cime62]

I love for thos that wish to exist just as much, just different style. Think it just gets boring for the drummer for example, cause its less elaborated :/

[@_Forza]

Architects is one of those bands with a loud fan base. I can only take so much of Sam's vocals before I just have to skip

[@Oath95]

Am I the only one hearing "Bad Almonds" instead of "Bad Omens" ? XD

[@SynysterGates70]

Daybreaker is the album brotha

[@jonnieinthe256]

A soft 6 for me

[@nicolasluque5097]

Sometimes a little more lyrical analysis is needed, not only musical, as in Modern Misery. Even more so in bands like Architects. For example in "Royal Beggars" along with his video. Only opinion. I'm sorry for my English. Take a look at All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us

[@Jamieip]

Please do the older stuff as a review/reaction. Totally different without tom. One of on fav writers when he was with us.

[@djentlemanSerg]

Modern architects definitely sounds way more plain from the perspective of someone who has listened to them for a long time which is why it doesnt resonate with us as much. The beauty and technicality that we grew to love sort of fell off after this album. Modern architects embraced the more traditional song structure and sort of industrial metal vibe which is not something any of us saw coming aside from the catchy riffs.

[@8JFJK8]

Lol I honestly never understood the hype about the track “Doomsday”. Its honestly super mid. Like even in 2018 i could never understand the hype about this song, its Architects #1 listened to song idk how. Im so perplexed. Can someone explain what is so good about it?

[@benedekistvan2655]

It was my first introduction to metalcore.I think it is very catchy and easy to listen to for non-metal listeners too.

[@Immo99.]

Same, it was the first metalcore song I've ever liked

[@8JFJK8]

@@benedekistvan2655 Yeah i guess maybe it sounds good to a metalcore newbie. I just never found the chorus or instrumental that catchy.

[@Sanatani7331]

@@benedekistvan2655 yea true

[@alctaurion9038]

Metalcore in general just doesn't have the staying power for me anymore. I do like this album but I haven't listened to it in years.

[@XAVR_]

Bleugh

[@alwaysright3943]

The last good Architects album

[@cdmanjak]

This and All gods have abandoned us our my favs not a massive fan of the new album