Sam & Ali from Architects on the new album, getting older and exploring themselves

[@WheresSeamus]

Tom's riffs were very unique so I think it's fair to explore new sounds instead of trying replicate what he brought to the band.

[@jasont1234]

you can see the pain in sams face when ali mantions tom. we all miss him but i cant imagine what it must be like for you guys. much love from south africa

[@mavrickloewen1543]

Sam's voice sounds sooo much different than when he sings

[@drbrowny90]

Double animal print? What a hero of our time! Can’t wait for the new album!

[@rocioiribe5841]

yea i thought the same, what a bold move! lol

[@jordanjacklin9400]

The energy in this band is just incredible. Still listening to the last album over and over again it will go down as a masterpiece.

[@blackmamba5659]

0:26 Sam is right here: I consider their classics album total masterpieces and their best works but I don't listen to them very often beacuse they have a kinda sad and depressing vibe and they put me in a dark mood, instead their recent stuff has a much more bright and positive atmosphere but still BANGS tha house and so I find myself listen to this stuff everyday!

[@SuyAwee]

Nice profile pic

[@metalheadjhbeing]

u r so right here. of the new songs When we were young was so cool

[@wllulu]

Nice profile pic

[@WhereOceansMeeet]

Dear member of Architects, While I prefer your albums from Nightmares the entire way up to Hollyhell, which oddly is likely my favourite album from you guys... Aside from a few songs on your last record, I wasn't really a fan of that one. I liked "When we were young," and I don't like "Tear Gas" at all. But it's not my band and I have no say in what you guys write. And while I'll likely listen to your older albums until I die, I'm just not big on the newer sound in comparison to what I've grown to know. It's fine though, I accept that everyone changes and I wish you guys luck with the newer styles. I'll still check out the newer album and maybe there will be more songs that are heavily. If not, I'll always have the older material and you'll have everyone else who does like the new style. Oh, and my neighbour will still have his chinchilla! Sincerely, a random idiot on KZbin.

[@ccslimy3306]

I wish everyone would just accept changes in a band like you do. I don’t get why people hate them so much just because they don’t like their newer stuff. So thank you for not hating them just because you don’t like the newer songs haha

[@lefebvreplourde6793]

Love you guys. Architects are definitely part of my life and ill be glad everyday to being able to listen to them. I have a lot to share with the band and i can relate to a lot as well. Love and support from Montreal. Their music changed my life.

[@PM-vv3uc]

I am a big fan since Hollow Crown and my favorite album is Lost Forever//Lost Together. These songs really shaped me and helped. I am free for new musical sounds and I listened to the new songs. I didn't really see the creativity they're famous for. The tracks sound trivial and I missed a sound which would stand out so this will be the first time I won't go to their concerts. Miss the old sound - miss the smaller venues.

[@drphilbangedme]

That band seemed to have died with Tom Searle, sadly. I've seen them live a couple times, once touring on daybreaker and once on lflt They were incredible. The talent is most certainly there to evolve into what they claim to be looking for, and to keep the "architects touch" that got them where they are. Granted, I haven't seen them live since 2015 and Sam seems to have regressed, but still, he's better than 99% of the other guys out there. Josh Middleton is a tank of a player also. Why get him if you're just going to throw him powerchords and a few bends? Massive tease, thanks guys. I get it, it's their jobs, they want money and success and they certainly deserve it, I mean I used to tell literally everybody that liked metal about them if they hadn't heard of them before they blew up. But they're following the bring me the horizon blue print. But even bring me the horizon's newer stuff is more tolerable than this shit. It's like a slap in the face to the fans that brought them to the stage they're at. I never imagined the band that put out the master piece that is these colours don't run would ever stoop to these levels.

[@PM-vv3uc]

@@drphilbangedme Even BMTH try a lot of different stuff and I liked a few tracks on their last EP so if Architects would try to collaborate with other artists I'm fine with it but the last few releases were just plain boring. You're absolutely right

[@misfitmaik6213]

Can't wait for the album, I love the new direction, I love the fact that they explore music and make the music they love.

[@PrisonMike-_-]

I agree! Just like almost every band!

[@KevinQ25]

Or make the music that makes them the most money

[@toyotaecw]

@@KevinQ25 Nah, this new album is probably all b-sides from the last one. They said they almost considered releasing it as a double LP at one point.

[@edwardrummer]

Great questions and great answers from the band , thoroughly enjoy this! 👏👏👏

[@Andrew_-nr7zt]

I’m looking forward to the new direction with this record and I can’t wait to see them live at some point 🤘

[@nobodykayaks1041]

I'd say Architects sound change over time is the best compared to other bands, they always have stuff for the old fans but continue to experiment and make new forms of art. Architects has in my opinion never released a bad album. There aren't many bands that can say that considering just how long they have been around. A few of the newest songs weren't my favorite but the album as a whole is really good and something I don't mind owning in completion. Their music is always uplifting and just great and powerful music. The lyrics are specific and generate vivid imagery

[@leandroantelo7154]

If we are lost forever, then we are lost together

[@metalheadjhbeing]

thank you very much for the interview! love the Architects ❤️❤️❤️. Pity that they will never come to my country 😭

[@irahmayala6460]

One of my favorite bands can’t wait to see them in October

[@kirby_yt3366]

Just in case you seeing them in October is part of their North American tour, they had to cancel that tour :(

[@Dontlettheworldrot]

I really love when bands explore new sounds, new directions, but that happened with Northlane, and now with Architects, two of my favourite bands with new music that says nothing to me, of course I can still listening to their old records, but I don’t know, this is my opinion

[@chalksmiles4036]

In doing so though they have wrote songs that speak to new fans such as myself. Northlane honestly only came into my world with clockwork, as my music taste has been slowly developing to heavier stuff. That wax a gateway track for me to get into alien etc. The same will happen with architects. Like he said, you can't just keep writing music and staying in your parents basement to keep the old fans happy. They want to expand, and at least with this new music you know it's coming from a passion for them rather than just to tick boxes

[@Dontlettheworldrot]

@@chalksmiles4036 Everyone can make whatever they want, for example “Node” for me is the their best work, and Architects “Daybreaker” those albums really change my perspective in music, they’ll keep being successful, and i wish the best for them! But it’s kinda sad not being excited for their new records because is not my cup of tea. That’s all

[@murcielago7247]

@@Dontlettheworldrot It be like I think sort felt the same with Parkway Drive when Vice Grip first hit and wasn't feeling fortunately that grown on me and love the change psyked for the new stuff from them and Architects. Sad that not all will appreciate. It's a Renaissance for me. Beside other new gen will carry that torch of metalcore.

[@chalksmiles4036]

@@Dontlettheworldrot yeah i get that. It's nice to see someone just me like "fair play, it's not my thing anymore, but all the best" instead of all the people slating it cos it's not what it used to be!

[@toyotaecw]

I always give bands time to perfect the sound change. Last Architects album had some ideas I liked and ones I despised. So far I like the energy and the focus on the guitars from the last two singles. I hope that continues on the album even if the songs aren’t as heavy as we’re used to.

[@MikeDunne]

been a fan of architects since daybreaker saw them with the th ghost inside and thought they were cool. All gods have abadon us is my favorite record.

[@briarsimon5858]

Sam is the best in the genre. Tell me otherwise. This band is top tier.

[@MegaUltranerd]

These comments really prove the points they are making..

[@Crotes1990]

Not really, if anything they sound very arrogant in this interview.

[@itsfenyx1585]

Love that they roasted the metal gate keeping nerds

[@vincenthamilton09]

It angered me.....I'm not even a gate keepest but I'll be damned if they are gonna mock us for wishing they still sounded good

[@niallshannon_tattoo]

@@vincenthamilton09 it’s not like Dan of sylosis couldnt Chuck alittle tec in, but I’m not gatekeeping just would never go out my way to listen to the last 2 albums, granted live it sounds great but doesn’t get me hyped on my commute to work!

[@twostepghouls]

@@vincenthamilton09 it’s not that they don’t sound good, they just sound different. That’s okay. Whether it’s to your taste or not.

[@marcuszaiatz4153]

@@vincenthamilton09 I love how people like you play the victim card when they don’t do what you want. Mean while some not all, are bashing this band and saying super disrespectful shit to them that’s uncalled for, just because they aren’t doing the same stuff that they said here “they stopped getting satisfaction out of writing music like that”. Then when they say something about it you play the victim. Get the fuck out. If you don’t like it that’s fine. But stop being beyond disrespectful and expect not to get smacked back at some point.

[@Thgrandfinale]

gotta be honest, I miss their "old sound" cuz it feels so important to me but still like their new stuff

[@Thgrandfinale]

and yes, I sing along out loud in my room with animals

[@RyeRyeL]

Ali sounds so much like Dan to me. Their voices are so similar. It's nice to finally hear Ali speak though

[@fanrosefabrose9457]

They're from the same area, so it makes sense

[@jordanf4402]

Holy Hell to me was the best album.. not disappointed for the new one tho

[@vincenthamilton09]

All Our God's is the best

[@alexkenley1]

fair enough but at the same time the reason you get the backlash is because people are so passionate about your band and yes they should provide better and more constructive feedback but don't write people off just because they don't get it stright away. it sometimes takes time to get your head around a new sound

[@kkacperowski]

As i have gotten older, i have learned bands change and let them change. If they are a good band, no matter what they write, it will be good just like all the other shit you loved of theirs. New Architects SLAPS.

[@s0phs_x]

You make me happy!🖤🤘🏻 Can’t wait to see them in November w Biffy!

[@jessezimmermann3570]

Love the new tracks and direction. Good interview. Congrats on the success boys. Keep pushing forward I’m here for it 🍻

[@willdasilva1478]

Architects sold out when they released nightmares tbf

[@Mario7JD]

COME TO THE US!!!!

[@CassandraJeffers]

I love the sound of the new stuff!!! Also Sam's outfit!

[@philippklober8463]

You somehow lost me completely at the moment. I loved Architects with all records prior to the last one, wearing sea shepherd shirts during live concerts and standing for something meaningful and really authentic. I don’t get that feeling at the moment. Especially the last two single releases were really deflating.

[@stikks]

I get you completely. Personally I really enjoyed FTTWTE and the last two singles, but there is just something on the emotional side that feels like it's missing ever since after Holy Hell. The lyrics have definitely gotten a bit less creative, I feel like for me that's a big part of it. I also prefer the old sound way more, but to be fair that's just an opinion.

[@alanh.5458]

I loved FTTWTE but the last two singles have felt so flat to me

[@drphilbangedme]

@@stikks the lyrics have been absolutely horrendous. "You can't stand without a spine" is even worse than "enough pressure can create a diamond" Sounds like some fortune cookie shit. Unfortunately I think alot of that is the fact they lost the biggest writer in the band.

[@lolicek4863]

I couldn't agree more

[@stikks]

@@drphilbangedme While I'd agree, I feel like the whole take of their lyrics getting worse because Tom isn't around isn't the whole reason to it. I think Holy Hell as a whole probably has the best lyrics in their discography (let's also not forget the fact that back when Tom was writing the lyrics they would either be amazing or "yeah I hate the way the world works" (Downfall and Phantom Fear for example)) and it was basically a toss up between what you'd get. I just think it's about the fact they don't want to write more thought provoking lyrics anymore because that would mean having to write more sad stuff, and that's a no for their new direction. I respect that, I just really wish it wasn't so.

[@pvlinddo]

Yeahhh can't wait, Love from Indonesia 🇲🇨

[@D__Sync]

It's always funny to me when i hear "fans" say "they've sold out and more people listen to them"...like i WANT more people to hear Architects, i WANT Architects to suceed and play massive shows for people! if you're a fan of a band surely that's what you want? I'm always down for bands changing their sound and experimenting and if i don't like a certain album I'll just go back and listen to their other albums that i love, that music is still there

[@TheNOBODY2810]

Can’t wait

[@Greenignitor]

Love the people behind this band, sadly I personally can't say the same thing about their new stuff. AOGHAU is peek metal for me. They took the sound from LF// LT and improved on every level. I feel like Tom was their crown jewel and when they lost him their crown became worthless.

[@DizzyMan24]

Never heard Sam talk before. Thought he'd have a lighter talking voice lol

[@Nacnud92]

“Nobody’s listening to the same music they were when they were thirteen…” …oh

[@aaronash8571]

well i do , and im sure that alot of people with a good taste of metal music do also

[@matalan12]

Double animal print is a massive shout, just saying

[@ryansibley7315]

surely you boys miss melting faces with early grave and other hollow crown bangers? :P

[@DNed08]

You didn't made success with the Animals, you made it with the Broken Cross, Gone With The Wind, and other stuff. So you've sold out with the All our gods have abandoned us and Lost forever lost together, which can't be true. You just made success with what you are.

[@TheMusicftw1]

Shut up

[@jordanf4402]

What you think about the new parkway drive then

[@DNed08]

@@jordanf4402 Power metal parkway drive, hell no, better change the name of the band do a side project 😅

[@stormiauunfriur4282]

dem nails. so beautifuuuuuul

[@LetoDim]

Whatever, just listen to Sylosis

[@818cantfail]

i wish i could say with age i would get into their new sound but i cant and even the lyrics have suffered after Tom they were so good...

[@Batmanisme]

Same here

[@dadbod4038]

what in gods green earth has that man got on his feet lol

[@Batmanisme]

They keep bringing up animals having so many streams but doomsday still is their most viewed song on KZbin. Animals is a good song but the rest of the album is just not for everyone

[@PreFXDesigns]

I guess because Animals is far from close to their 'original metalcore sound' whereas Doomsday is a lot closer. That song also has a lot more screams in general whereas in Animals there are none. Despite that, it's an absolute banger because it has their energy. Just like many other songs from 'for those that wish to exist'. An album is always not for everyone unless you make an album with a very specific sound, not something you see a lot anymore in the metalcore scene.

[@Hitch-82]

No Sam the reason we don't like the latest albums is not because you have more fans but because you don't play heavy metal any more and you prefer a pop rock style to make you more rich

[@paulreckless]

That music clip was rammstein wasnt it?

[@Demigodking]

The one in between questions is from their ding Animals I’m pretty sure

[@TheMusicftw1]

@@Demigodking no

[@cole.2531]

It’s their song “tear gas”

[@noseqnombreponer7589]

I felt a bit of arrogance on some of Sam's declarations about theor new music which I don't like it, I grew up with this guys as an influence, I hope he isnt becoming pretentious

[@KevinQ25]

Well their music is getting boring and he probably knows it, so he gets defensive.

[@jameslavis4660]

he’s right tho. as you get older you don’t listen to the same shit. no one wants 20 years of the same album.

[@larissa-en2ot]

@@KevinQ25 people get older, people change, music change. Fans come and goes. Nothing is forever. Noone wants the same shit for decades. And they have success with their concerts and streams. As long they have passion I don't see any problems.

[@rydarthur4485]

I have no problem with them get all the success in the world I just don’t like the music they made nowadays!

[@drphilbangedme]

They come across hypocritical and condescending here. Rolled my eyes multiple times. They can definitely make whatever they want, but don't act like your fan base needs to blindly follow you into whatever shit music you make. The whole animals being the biggest song they've put out thing means nothing. That was achieved after years of releasing good music and building a reputation and a loyal fan base. Plus as we all know, what's most popular certainly does not equal what's best. No, nobody is hating on you guys because you got bigger and are popular. Everyone is hating because your sound and talent demonstration are 180 ° from what you released as "angry kids". Ironically, the song "dethroned" off the album hollow crown touches on the concept of the hollow crown album, speaking of all "fake" bands in the metal scene that just want the image and success that comes with making music at the sacrifice of their music. This is literally according to them in interviews at that time. Sad days.

[@deadlyninjafish]

They didn't say their fans have to "blindly follow" but if you don't like it, just don't listen to it. Rather than feeling entitled to them making art specifically for you, just ignore it, it's really not that hard. If you drew something that you were really proud of and meant something to you and then someone came along and said "I don't like that personally, so therefore it's shit, draw this instead because that's why I want" you'd tell them to fuck off, it's your art not their's. At the end of the day, if enough people don't like their music and stop listening, then they'll stop making money from it. Whinging about it on their socials won't change anything, so just move on and listen to something else, nothing hypocritical or pretentious about them saying that.

[@drphilbangedme]

@@deadlyninjafish wow what a cookie cutter and stereotypical reply! Gurgle their sacks harder brad

[@Alexkkification]

@brad you’re bang on here 👌👍

[@AdamKadill]

@@deadlyninjafish I agree with that they don't come across as condescending etc. But it's not necessarily similar to the drawing/painting style of art that you mention. Within that sense artists tend to keep the same style because it's synonymous with them, and everyone recognises it as theirs. When a band makes a massive shift in what they produce, people are fair in saying this isn't the same band anymore, because they can easily begin to sound like many other bands out there. At the time, architects had a sound that no one could do as well as them, but on the new songs you see a lot of people drawing parallels to other bands that have released songs like them before. It's not necessarily a negative, and I have no issues with the new architects sound, but to say "don't listen to it and if they see a reduction in sales/streams they will change" doesn't really work here, because the new sound will appeal to a large new audience and will more than likely gather more interest than their older stuff, so it will seem to be the right musical choice. Which fair enough, get paid well for what you do, they've absolutely earned it. What I do question is them saying how long it takes them to get a song out, when both Dan and Josh, the main writers, have previously said how it took them about 1 day to write and record some songs from the last album. Whereas Tom had said he would personally spend multiple days tracking just the guitar for one song before helping with other areas. Seen a lot of people say it seems they were more of a Tom fan of writing than an architects fan, but didn't realise until he was gone, and I would say that's fair if it's what you're in to, but you have to expect that people who have followed a band for a decade or more to be a bit sad about the change of sound if it's not to their taste, everyone gets excited for their favourite bands new songs after all. Anyway, TLDR; classic architects is amazing, new architects is good, but even if old fans are sad, new ones will replace them and they won't mind so much

[@duradrian1]

@@AdamKadill Dude there's a video of Tom tracking. He was absolutely meticulous and dedicated, going through many takes on a single note to get it just the way he envisioned it.

[@mr.izanami1796]

Aaah its our bois Buttrockchitects.

[@pigslaughter]

Yea, we are exploring new things and that's why we have become a cheap copy of rammstein

[@Crotes1990]

Dunno fam, since Tom died this band has lost it's sense of direction (musically and thematically). I used to go to Architects shows because their songs really meant something for me. The new music just doesn't do that for me, it just doesn't click. Sadge.

Can I just say: Sam's drip is next level. Puma print shirt + zebra boots? You need charisma and selfconfidence to pull that off 👌🐆🦓

[@KevinQ25]

He dresses like the music they play. Try hard and bad.

[@cursedshinobi5769]

The arrogance. Cringe.

[@DNed08]

03:44 HAHAHAHAH whaaaaaat

[@joshhill5002]

The shoes hahahaha

[@lastxprophecy]

Architecs Buttrockcore coming soon.

[@DashhunterLP]

Cope and seethe oldhead

[@doodlebrain4446]

​@@DashhunterLPyou cope and seethe faggotron

[@abhaykumarsingh7081]

Meh

[@carn1fex_]

cringe.🤡

[@oceangilboa-way4163]

Not a fan of the new sound?

[@Batmanisme]

@@carn1fex_ the interview or dudes comment?

[@DashhunterLP]

Cope and seethe

[@fredericgauthier2751]

Hope they don't go too pop...

[@lilyns99]

Yes the new sound gets moaned about but Jesus Christ gatekeepers let people have fun