Tag: Architects

Playthrough: “Solstice” from Absalom!

Released back in April, Manchester Progressive Tech-Metallers Absalom shared their self titled debut EP for us to review. A fine piece of work, they count amongst their influences Erra, August Burns Red and Architects. Here’s a freshly released playthrough video for “Solstice” that sees their string section get a close up. Steven Brown wrote an

Playthrough: “The First Will Be Last” from Stray From The Path!

Architects and Sylosis guitarist Josh Middleton once again steps up to the plate and mixes the audio on this drum playthrough video from Craig Reynolds as he blasts through new single “The First Will Be Last” from his bands upcoming new album. Stray From The Path will be upon our shores in December with Loathe,

NEWS: Spoil Engine gearing up with “The Hallow”!

Joined by Jeff Walker of Carcass fame, female fronted part Belgian part Dutch Arising Empire signings Spoil Engine have dropped single “The Hallow” from their upcoming 15th November years in the making “Renaissance Noire” album! Henrik Udd, famed for his work with Architects and Bring Me The Horizon handled its mix so keep an eye

Review: “You Got Me All F***ed Up” by Deez Nuts

If you look at it there are a fair amount of comparisons you could make between Alex Erin and JJ Peters. They both might come from opposite ends of the Globe with Peters hailing from Australia and Erin from Canada but they both have a similar look facially with baseball caps and designer stubble. They

Review: “Deadringer” by Meltdown

There is more to Norway and Scandinavia than frostbitten Black Metal, frozen riffs, corpse paint, Skiing, Viking landmarks and breathtaking fjords?  Hailing from Fredrikstad in South East Norway are Meltdown, a five piece comprising guitarists Jorgen C. Hansen and Tor Audun Johansen-Sorli beside vocalist Stephan Hay, drummer Hans-Jacob Silvery and bassist Morten Nilsen who have

Review: “Paradigm” by More Than Machines

More Than Machines, an unsigned Electronic Djent Metalcore (a pun on EDM?) band based in Dublin, Ireland have spent the last two years writing and recording their debut album “Paradigm” and citing influences as wide ranging as Pendulum, Northlane and Architects the band have a press statement comment that reads: “‘Paradigm’ is all about models. The word

Playthrough “Fortune Teller” from Stray From The Path!

Stray From The Path sticksman Craig Reynolds has been practising for the bands upcoming European Tour with Loathe, Gideon and The Devil Wears Prada in December with Architects and Sylosis Guitarist Josh Middleton filming a series of playthrough videos. “Internal Atomics” will be appearing on 1st November so here’s a preview in the form of

Playthrough: “Kickback” from Stray From The Path!

….with audio mixed by Sylosis and Architects guitarist Josh Middleton, Stray From The Path sticksman Chris Reynolds has laid down a drum playthrough video for the freshly ground coffee that is “Kickback”. It’s not going to be long now before they not only land the right hook of “Internal Atomics” but also the left handed

Riff Police! Pull Over! #69: Architects Vs Wage War!

What is there to say about Brighton Progressive Metalcore heroes Architects that hasn’t been said? A little known fact is that we had the pleasure of seeing them perform at a venue called Pressure Point in Brighton with original vocalist Matt Johnson at the helm sometime in 2007 and have the event flyer to prove

Review: “Pressure” by Wage War

Following the 2015 release of their debut full length album “Blueprint”, Ocala Florida quintet Wage War, who hail from the same city as A Day To Remember enjoyed some success but it was the phenomenal rise with 2017’s “Dead Weight” which caught the eye. An album that took the band around the Globe on a