All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us

I've been a casual Architects fan since seeing the British riff titans play my first Warped Tour in 2009. The band, like their UK brothers in Bring Me The Horizon, have evolved with each release. Sometimes these shifts manifest in a complete 180 in direction (The Here & Now), others just taking the bits of their metalcore formula and tweaking it to near perfection (Hollow Crown, LF/LT). I could confidently say All Our Gods, like That's The Spirit, not only sounds like a band coming into their own and writing the songs they always wanted to. It sounds really freaking good.The big selling point on "New Architects" is their mastery of the wall-of-sound. Each song is filled with thick, organic grooves that flirt with spurts of wanky technicality while keeping the background alive with ominous strings & ambient electronics. Songs like Gone With The Wind & All Love Is Lost use the wall to tremendous effect, letting the ambiance either quicken the pace or paint a picture of impending doom. The rhythm section is as tight as it's ever been, and the GUITARS...the riffs alone are worth the purchase......which would make the vocals the coconut icing on the groovy cake (i like coconuts and ran out of analogies, sue me). Sam's melodic scream is one of the best harsh vocals I've ever heard, and help make a lot of these songs...catchy! (Who knew I'd be humming "I found God clutching a razorblade" happily for days?)The choruses on this album are BIG, with highlights being Nihilist, Gone With The Wind, The Empty Hourglass & my personal favourite, All Love Is Lost. Even better, the lyrics are strong, passionate & quite well written.The album deals mostly in real issues and the degradation of humanity's compassion as we become more and more jaded through violence, religion, government & our own apathy. These hard issues mix with the tight grooves, harsh vocals and massive atmospheres to make Architects' strongest release to date. A STRONG contender for not just the best -core album of 2016, but one of the best in all of metal.Sidenote; I bought the vinyl edition, which while simple its packaging, sounds EPIC. It comes with a free download card, but seeing that the album is currently Autorip elligable I'll be giving my card to a friend. I encourage you to spread the word as well.For fans of; mid-period BMTH, anything mildly djenty, good ol' Hardcore-centric Metalcore.

I love this album. Architects are one of the few metalcore type bands that I still follow. The vocals are far more melodic than any other band with harsh vocals. This is the last record with guitarist Tom Searle who past away from cancer. I also really like all the existential elements to the song writing. This is one of my go to albums in my car.

This is one of these bands that have a strange effect on people. Admittingly if you hear any random 10 seconds of any song, you would possibly skip the song and the band all together. But then you would miss out on the emotion granduer Architects produce. I am a huge fan of the atmosphere created in a songs that create strong eemotions ions within me. This band is easily one of my top 10, and this new album reiterates how amazing their music is and how hard it is not to repeat a song after hearing it. Far and away my favorite song on this record is "gone with the wind" which I really identify with. The title track is solid and "nihilist" really makes it hard not to repeat for an hour. All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us really shines and reaffirms the power of this band of metallers. Just put the headphones on and close your eyes...

A few of my favorite songs are on this album. I'm so thankful for their music, somehow nihilist and deathwish explain my feelings towards the world in a nutshell

Album is a MUST for Architects Fans! I love every single song on this album but my favorites are "Gone with the Wind", "Match made in Heaven", and "Nihilist" as my Top 3 Favorites but like I said I love every song on this album its a straight MASTERPIECE! I respect this band a lot.

Lead singer screams the lyrics to the point of making me nauseated.

Great album recorded before Tom Searle passed. Heavy as hell and some immensely important ideas on the future of humanity and facing death.

I first found Architects last year when I picked up Lost Forever // Lost Together, which I wasn't too into at first, but really grew on me. All Our God Have Abandoned us has more of what I loved about that release with a much more concentrated dose of misanthropy, which came at the perfect time in my life.

Bit heavier than expected but music great

Magistral trabajo de Architects, último con la participación de Tom Searle (Q. E. P. D). Letras que, sin lugar a dudas, dejarán a más de uno con importantes reflexiones, además de ofrecer un estilo de metalcore muy solido y característico de esta gran banda que ya los ha posicionado como un referente muy importante del metalcore contemporáneo.

No hay mucho que decir, pues todo el disco es increíble, calidad, música, arte en la portada. Todo es impresionante, sin lugar a dudas hace ver lo increíble de músicos que son

The physical cover material feels like it lacks the protective coating (the plastic or laminated like feel), but the vinyl record itself is perfect.

Sin duda éste disco es bastante profundo, el concepto que manejó la banda en el llega bastante a la raíz de cada persona que la escuche, sin duda tenía que tener semejante trabajo en mis manos