Architects

Architects are easily one of my Top 5 favourite bands of all time. I feel they have a particular connection with their audience that many other heavy bands lack. I've seen them a few times throughout their career and as much as I love them I would have to say that the intimacy with the fan base feels like it has withered somewhat. This may not exactly be the reality as I could just be me getting older and not really connecting with live environments as I used to. This was definitely one of the main issues with the concert as a lot of people saw it as an opportunity to get blind drunk and consistently bump into people (nowhere near the mosh pit) with no concern for other people. As hard as this band played the atmosphere can be dictated by those around you, and on this occasion it was.

As far as the support acts, they were not to my liking. They came across as a parody of my teen years rolled into a Kevin & Perry like homage. One comment from a band seemed really at odds with the crowd, when saying "we welcome all people of all types" when the crowd was one of the least diverse places I've been in recent memory.

Architects played their new material strongly. I was a bit put off by how dominant the snare drum was over the mix, and the guitars seemed to blur a lot of the time into a wall of sound (sometimes losing Adam almost entirely). I was amazing at the strength of Sam's vocals and how he's able to main that throughout. Also, Dan's power really stood out to me; incredibly compelling.

Overall, I think I find myself wondering if I'm a Roger Murtaugh in all of this. I may be a little too old for this shit. I'll definitely buy their records, but I'm not sure this live environment is entirely for me.

PS: is Sea Shepherd seen as a fashion now? I get that Sam is a spokesperson for them but when I see people wearing their gear and drinking from these plastic cups and throwing them about without a care in the world, it makes me wonder if anyone really has absorbed their message. Also, I think I saw a total of 2 people talk to Sea Shepherd.

PPS: am I the only one who finds it totally unnecessary to say "fuck" every other word in a sentence? I get that someone can be hyped, but it gets a little funny after a while.

PPPS: Can someone with epilepsy ever see Architects live? I don't think I saw a warning for the amount of strobes, which at times was blinding.

Signing off - a miserable sod.

The service was pretty good and we entered pretty easily. Vega is a small place, but it's allright. The warmup band was Polaris, and although their music was okay, they did to mamy things with the crows. 1 wall pit, 2 circle pits within the first 20 minutes. I stood next to a dude that started jumping so much that I spilled my beer. The next time he did it, I "accidentally" spilled my bear onto his shoes. The next band was beartooth, by far my favorite of the three, they asked people to jump, but not move to much. The singing was great and the crowd was feeling it. A good experience in my opinion. Then achitects came, and while some warmup music played, I started getting scared, the crowed moved and jumped the chop suey, that they were playing while setting up. A guy jumped so much that I had to push him back to his place. So I grabbed my girlfriends hand and we went up to the balcony. Best decision yet. When they got on stage people got wild, not like wild for the music. No, they made pits and ran around, crowd surfing and taking of clothes. Honestly, I think they came for the pit more than the band. I'm only familiar with one of architects songs, and you know it's bad when I thought they were playing the song I like, only to find out that all their songs sound fucking simular. It became more entertaining to look at the people falling down from crowd surfing and pushing each other, than the band. At last we went out a couple hours before, we bought a beartooth t-shirt on the way out. We also met the kind people that we stood next to, and they had to leave because of a wrist and a back injury. On top of that, they said that they kept getting a shoe in their head from people crowd surfing. From the resturant across we could see an ambulance, but that doesn't really surprise me. Overall I'd say the beartooth part was good, but the rest was chaotic and at times brutal.

Describing their music as unreal, the band Architects have conquered the world gaining adoring fans as they bring their metal to the core. Originating from Brighton, the band released their debut album 'Nightmares' which enabled them to secure a support slot for Prog Metal band SikTh. After the departure of their originally vocalist, Sam Carter joined the line-up in 2007 solidifying and defining the unique sound we would come to recognise as Architects. In 2008 they signed with the independent label Century Media Records and took part in the renowned Never Say Die! Tour in Europe alongside Parkway Drive and Protest The Hero.
In 2009 they released their pivotal album, 'Hollow Crown' demonstrating the band stylistic progression featuring anthems such as the title track “Hollow Crown” and “Follow the Water.” Experimenting further with their later releases 'Daybreaker' and 'Lost Forever // Lost Together' allowed Architects to incorporate a more melodic approach and brave politically driven subjects.
It’s no surprise that Architects are able to put on an incredible live show. With the ‘A’ from the “Hollow Crown” album cover is a prominent feature on their backdrop. As soon as Sam Carter hits the stage, energy levels are already at 110% as he paces up and down performing directly to not only those at those pressed against the barrier adorning Architects merchandise but to the whole room. With strobes at full blast, the crowd can’t help but jump in perfect unison, some even taking the opportunity to crowdsurf to the front of the stage.
If you thought you came for a sit down show, you’re sadly mistaken.

For some reason, Architects has me coming back to see them if they're even remotely in my area. This was the 5th time I've seen them live, and let me tell you, it just gets better and better every time. The vocals are usually something that (for some reason) isn't loud enough usually; but hey, maybe I've just been standing in the wrong part 5 times (: Other than that, expect an upbeat crowd that's filled with people that truly enjoy melodic hardcore. The riffs and the drums are just the beginning of the beauty of seeing Architects live, as Sam is ALWAYS super energetic during every single lyric he sings. This was the first Canadian show on their 'Lost Forever // Lost Together' tour, debut-ing their album. They continued to play a good, even, mix of songs from Hollow Crown and Daybreaker.
One thing I look forward to when going to a concert of this genre is being able to yell the lyrics at the lead as loud as I can, because I know that they mean something to everyone there; it brings a sense of community right in that venue. Architects values that greatly, and have continued to show that at every show played.
The Rio Theatre was an.. interesting choice of venue for.. well, any concert really, but Architects made it work by owning the 5"0 stage and making their sound echo throughout the whole venue. With such outstanding and catchy riffs, Architects will always be a band to go see.

There are plenty of bands who started off with a heavy sound - perhaps they were metalcore, or screamo - who ultimately ended up with a musical identity so watered down that it’d be difficult to argue that they were actually anything more than glorified boy bands, aimed at the disaffected rather than the typical One Direction fan. You Me at Six and We Are the Ocean are both good examples of that particular phenomenon, so fair play to Architects for managing to bring a metalcore sound forwards, in crisp, polished fashion, without actually conceding creative control or changing their image for the sake of commercial viability. The Brighton outfit, at ten years into their careers, have long had a cult fanbase, but it was one they managed to expand considerably with the release of The Here and Now in 2011, which leant towards more of a post-hardcore sound than before. Since then, they’ve continued to go from strength to strength, despite the departure of Tim Hillier-Brook on guitar; their most recent record, this March’s Lost Forever // Lost Together, went in at number fourteen on the UK charts, and saw them play to the biggest crowds of their career so far on a five-date UK tour. They’ll bring their incendiary live show to Reading and Leeds next month, second from top at The Pit - on this form, they’re not to be missed.

First of all it was an awesome choice of supporting bands. Polaris is a band I love listening to for a year now and Beartooth always surprises with catchy refrains and great breakdowns.

In my opinion Architects is one of the greatest live bands i have ever seen. They truly show what they're able to do, play as if it was playback because of the pure sound they bring along quite directly from their albums and catch you in an emotional way not many would think is possible. It was an absolutely amazing evening.

The only thing i realized over the past few months/years is that the "Gasometer" in Vienna can't quite convince me with the sound in the arena. It's always very echo-y and fuzzy. Not quite my favourite place to go to concerts to.

At last i would like to thank Songkick for making it possible for me to always keep track of the concerts in my area.

TERRIBLE! Strictly because of the security staff they are terrible I go there to mosh pit and have a sick time and mosh to my favorite bands and these guys at the front lines in front of the stage at telling me I can't concert because I crab serve four times in a row within 15 minutes so basically I'm just done Crown surfing in the start of the night if they're going to kick me out the stuff there are a goddamn joke basically almost ruin my night terrible I paid my money to go there and do my thing like lots of other guys do and telling me I can't concert that's half of fun when I go to my concerts just simply terrible to me it's not fair it's a bit of a joke they should do something else if they can't handle it in front of the stage

The show was amazing, Architects were strong and offered one of the best shows recently.
But the location, Tonhalle in Munich... i would not recommend it in any way. They have a problem with the air circulation or something. In less than 1h you couldn’t breath, everything was wet, the floor, the walls, water dripping from the ceiling, literally no air circulation whatsoever. Luckily this didn’t affect the show, because the guys are true to their fans and committed to hold a great show. But man.. I’ve never been to such a concert in such conditions...

Holy Hell! That concert was phenomenal, I've seen Architects for the second time now and I completely forgot just how good Sam Carter's voice is, his projection is unlike anything else, now while I did not come souly for the Architects, While She Sleeps & Thy Art Is Murder were f***ing bone shatteringly good, I've never seen a more hardcore set like Thy Art Is Murder. Lawrence Taylor & While She Sleeps hit every string right, after that concert last night my entire body aches from so much moshing, Metal for life!

Architects had a very high energy show, but it was distracting how much smoke and lights they had as part of that show. I could not see dan (drummer) most of the time and the guitars were often overshadowed visiuallt by the intense strobes being used so you could not see them much of the time, either. It made for a dazzling show, but not if you like watching the artists. Other than that, there were plenty of sing along parts and the different instruments and voice were well mixed.