I actually like this single compared to the other two. The breakdown SLAPS. The chorus sounds exactly the same as the other two though. Now I don’t know what to expect from the album.
What noise gate you use? Noise gates typically have 2 controls threshold and attack/decay. Threshold is going to control the level at which the bypass turns off/on, and attack is going to adjust the time it takes to switch between on/off once threshold is reached. Your goal should be to have the threshold set just below your quietest speaking voice and above background levels. The attack should be set to where the switch is the least noticable/jarring. Hope this helps!
Honestly, even if the guy before me phrased it kinda rude, it's probably the best advice. Play around with it for yourself, find what suits you best. There's no go-to setting that works for everyone. Personally I like to keep it subtle. Make sure to set up your compressor first and then base the noise gate on that. Not the other way around. They kinda work hand in hand. If you push the gate too far, you'll lose frequencies you'll want to keep, so don't overdo it. If you crank it up to 11, you'll get the typical modern metal sound that works well for the staccato stuff that's really popular right now. Which works especially well with synth and such (think, WBTBWB or Electric Callboy, maybe even Architects to some degree). But it's not everyone's cup of tea. When a guitar stops sounding like a guitar and sounds more like a distorted snare drum, I'll see myself out. Just my personal opinion obviously. Just play around with it, maybe follow some rough guidelines, but don't just copy someone else's setting. No matter how popular they are. You'll get there!
@@kostast1707 you have the threshhold, attack and fade knobs. threshhold is how much noise should be gated, attack is how early the gate starts to cut the noise and fade is for how much noise it still lets through after you stop playing. At least this is the best explanation i can give. I just use these things. But for guitar I'd set up the attack at 1ms, and the fade also very very small. At least for very tight stuff. You gotta play around with that threshold a bit. just record something where you put some breaks in it so you can test out the gate. Then proceed to reduce the threshold value until you think that it gates enough noise :)
Ok so though that this was a “deep fake” Architects song. Like I thought someone trained a neural network on Architects songs and this is what the net created. I was genuinely super impressed.
The riffs are good and heavy but i think the choruses always fall flat. Its like they have the energy and the heavyness we like but it doesnt go somewhere. I dont hate it but I prefered the last album. Anyways i love this band and i will still listen to wtv they put out but the last two singles werent my thing. After a second listen that breakdown slaps fr.
@@bloatmax4420 they're missing everything that made this band so good. It's all gone (riffs, vocal hooks, clever bridges / breakdows), everything is dumbed down.
My favorite is Daybreaker. Offers all the variety I want from Architects in an album. There's not enough of Sam's singing voice on Holy Hell, although Holy Hell is one of their best songs of all time I will agree.
On a second listening I've come to appreciate the breakdown fakeout after the first chorus, switching up the predictable structure is always welcome in my book
@@alaskayoung3413 I think he means that the drums are a lot simpler nowadays, which is right. It's not the double-kick-metalcore craziness of "All Our Gods..." anymore, instead it's a lot more of 2-step breakdowns and half-time grooves, also a lot of four-on-the-floor, as exemplified by the "Tear Gas" drums, which follow that pattern to a T.
@@alaskayoung3413 sorry, if i do get you wrong, but i think that the drummer is f*ing incredible. i would be really happy if i would be that skilled ^.^*
I quite like this one, and when we were young was quite catchy. I just couldn’t wrap my head around tear gas, it sucked so much ass for me. The last album wasn’t my favourite, but I didn’t mind it. I just really hope they pull something huge in the last minute. It’s been interesting seeing how they’ve changed, I don’t like it as much but power to them. Just hurts knowing how much talent they all have and can shred like fuck, but it kinda seems very uninspired and tired.
Some of the comments under the actual video are straight up bizarre. People complaining about no screaming, terrible riffs, no breakdowns, etc. It's like did you even listen to the song? Yeah, it's hella poppy but it's still got everything, just not in the flavour/arrangement they're used to. Needs more Josh though.
I really want to continue to enjoy architects but the most recent album and now the new singles are so uninspired and boring. Novelists are following suit, same with parkway drive.
I got massive Linkin Park vibes from this and it’s so rad to see Josh scream along with Sam going into the chorus but this single was awesome and I can’t wait for the new album in October 🤘
ill admit that im not a fan. its just not my taste in music and is not sound that originally got me hooked on the band. much like BMTH, i respect the change in sound and still think they are talented but a little saddening to hear both Architects and BMTH making new music that just isnt my taste or what made me love the band in the first place. nothing wrong with it and i know people will still love it because it is still good music. just in my head for me, its just realizing that they wont be making new music that ill be excited for. but who knows. the future is always changing. just to make it clear, im not hating, nor am i saying its bad music. just not for me.
I mean I really disliked ADTR's last album but their last single was incredibly good, so you never know, also BMTH put out post Human after AMO as well
@@TermiJP yeah but post human still wasnt close to their albums from everything sempiternal and before. they used to be deathcore which was really good and then they faded to more metalcore which was also really good but after sempiternal, everything just felt really different. theres some songs from there new stuff ill listen to if they come on but i dont really go out of my way to listen to it. just not for me. i do like how the new stuff gets new bmth fans hooked and then those fans will explore their old music and sound then at times will start to enjoying the heavier music. i think thats pretty cool.
@@imperfect_cliche well that's is just a taste difference then, I would argue anything in post Human is better than anything on the first 2 albums, as much as I enjoyed their deathcore stuff it wasn't really good imo
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like Architects are getting a fair amount of hate from old-school fans lately... Although I can understand the feeling, as someone who discovered them 3 months ago (don't ask...), I enjoy these new songs much more than their old material. To each his own, I guess
I think it's because you discovered them recently that you formed a perception around their current sound, while old fans had theirs formed when they were metalcore. Same thing happened to me with BMTH. The first album I heard from them was Sempiternal, so That's The Spirit and Amo didn't seem so awkward to me.
[WARNING: BIG ANALYSIS OF THE NEW SINGLES INBOUND] I gotta be honest, When We Were Young, Tear Gas and Deep Fake have all been decent songs however I neither love them nor hate them, I have the same issue with the new Parkway Drive right now, the songs that both of these bands are putting out are definitely well put together and a lot of work goes into them however the main complaint I've seen is that both bands are releasing songs that are quite safe. I think I agree and I disagree with that statement, for Architects, "Safe" would be to release the same album that the band have been doing for the last near decade but instead they released For Those That Wish To Exist which I suppose is safe in the sense of it'd be radio friendly but that album was a risk for Architects due to it being so different. Parkway Drive too are in a similar state, the band have been more of an anthem focused band since Ire but Darker Still is seeming to be a vastly different album from Reverence and Ire and very different to Deep Blue and Atlas, it seems to be much more 80s metal influenced and again, it's experimental for the band, they dabbled in this a bit on past albums, I Hope You Rot from Reverence gives off big Iron Maiden vibes in the chorus for example. So I wouldn't say either For Those That Wish To Exist or Darker Still are necessarily safe albums, rather they're experimental albums that are going in a more accessible direction which I don't think it's done because the bands want to be played on the radio, rather their music tastes have changed over the years. With Architects though currently, the next album is in October and it's called The Classic Symptoms of a Broken Spirit and it's the second album after their experimental album of For Those That Wish To Exist and it seems more like it's trying to marry The Here and Now era of the band with the For Those That Wish To Exist era and it's obviously not working for some people because again, it's still a departure from the bands sound and on the other end of the spectrum, it's not working for people because it's not heavy and I think another reason.... no bleghs, ok I don't mind the blegh being gone tbh but I'm sure some people are still not happy that it's not being used by Sam anymore. Though back on topic, When We Were Young released and everyone said that it was average or just ok but could've been much more, Hard Core and MetalBirb are the two that come to mind, Tear Gas comes out and again, it had a more negative response from what I can gauge and now we've got Deep Fake and the response seems to be much more positive but not necessarily a glowing review. I think the issue with the three songs that the band has put out recently isn't due to them feeling very safe or generic or even because they sound similar because I think they've all got something different to offer, ones heavy, ones more industrial and this ones more reminiscent of the early 2000s nu metal scene, I think the issue with the songs themselves just don't have much of an energy to them anymore. The songs feel a bit more downbeat and slow paced compared to All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us or Lost Together // Lost Forever for example and I also think lyrically the songs feel a lot less introspective and less relatable in some cases or less striking, sure the newer Architects from FTTWTE onwards has had some good lyrics (Such as Black Lungs for example) but the songs themselves are much less inspiring or invigorating like they used to be. Again, that's just my take on the songs themselves, I just think that the songs are decent but I don't have much to love nor hate about any of them, FTTWTE was pretty fresh and unique but these last three singles I've just felt nothing in particular about them. I'm interested to see if anyone agrees with me or sees it in a different way but I don't see it as Architects or Parkway Drive "Selling Out" or going Radio Rock, or copying what Bring Me The Horizon have and are doing but the bands perspectives and focuses changing.
@@DaveHazard95 I’ve been listening to Orbit Culture since 2019, they’re the gift that keeps on giving and the new song, Vultures of the North is excellent, it’s a shame they don’t get much attention but they have their fan base, I’d consider them like Cane Hill, another great band that doesn’t get the attention they deserve but they have a very loyal fan base.
I'm actually a fan of their recent musical direction. I know the "real" fans disagree, but bands grow. I don't love how In Flames changed, but I'm still seeing them live soon. Life goes on.
@@omegazx7236 The worst In flames record is still better than this ! I wonder if Josh is the one who's doing the songwriting because his stuff with Sylosis is a masterpiece. Sylosis aged like a fine wine, Architects aged like moldy cheese (you gotta admit that was a great analogy)
a good song for music fans in general & horrible song for r/metalcore. nothing surprising about internet's reaction about the song because it's somewhat a gateway song in my pov, to ease up more people to get into the band and i hope they nail the album because from what I've learnt about how things work here. The more you're hated by the metalcore community because of you branching out, the more you're loved by more people out there instead of just a small, niche group of people
As a core kid I understand metalcore is not the most complex subgenre and hits its boundaries, but meh, this is a move towards sounding more generic/mainstream than before. This might be a step forward for Architects on a personal level, but not for metal/music at all. BMTH from 10 years ago sounds fresher than this :/
THANK YOU ! This is nothing, they say that this style will reach a bigger audiance ... The bigger audiance is already taken by Kpop and rap music and there are otehr bands that do better with this clean style like Bad Omens for exemple, their last album is a musical rollercoaster
When are people going to start being honest and say that this is just garbage radio trash. You can still love architects and admit that this is horrible
Yeah. I’m tired of people beating around the bush and saying that bands evolve, they don’t do the same thing over and over. I get evolution; when it’s done right, though, but this is just pandering to radio/Sirius XM.
Hey man it would be so cool if you posted a reaction to Tallah’s new single/video: Shaken (not stirred). Definitely a unique tune that a lot of metal fans should hear
Love the breakdown, and the guitar and synth, but the vocals and chorus are just too bland, really doesn't showcase any of Sam's range, I hope they find their new sound, this sounds atleast had a identity, but the vocals lack it for me
Kind of over people saying they don't like the direction that architects have taken, architects was never going to be the same after they lost their main songwriter/guitarist. R.I.P Tom, these guys have done amazing by keeping it going!
Admittedly, I was a little disappointed because I geared myself up for the previous albums and got something different. Nevertheless, Im a die hard architects fan and the new stuff is growing on me. if I want to hear gravedigger, I'll go listen to it but to expect that on every fucking track and record is just insane.
They should've called it a day or make a new band, because the trash they released without Tom's material is just not worthy of the band name Architects.
@@Crotes1990 and what do you think is going to happen if they dropped the architects name and started fresh, they'll just be heavily compared to what they done as architects. Constantly. Sure it's clear they've changed their sound, but it's not a drastic change unlike with bmth when they did Amo. But they still have a heavy sound, they haven't dropped a pop song. I honestly think everyone complaining about the change in sound are overreacting. I wasn't a fan of the last album, but It's grown on me, and I've learnt to appreciate it.
@@comebackkid625 I couldn't agree more, and it's the same for most bands out there. Parkway drive, the amity affliction, dream on dreamer, ADTR, BMTH's (just to name a few) old tracks will always be there to listen too, and even though their new stuff is all very different and for all very different reasons, it grows on you the more you listen to it and you learn to understand why certain bands head in the direction they do. Expecting people to keep making the same material for 10/15 years on end is bonkers. we or you or I or whoever may be stuck in that same mindset and refuse to change but most people change as they age and so does the outcome of they choices they make.
Not too bad. Honestly though it just didn't make me feel anything at all. Im sure its catchy but that seems to be mostly what it is. I may give it a second listen another day and see if maybe i like it that time around but the only thing that stuck out to me was the end of the song and the fake out scream at 1:55. As someone who has seen plenty of people say that architects is the big metalcore band of today, they just always disappoint me. I don't mean that to say that they are definitively bad, but i would much rather listen to plenty of other bands.
It's definitely better than the other two. Still not to my liking but I guess it's one of those that I'll come back to later to have my fill of Imagine Dragons with noises. Still gotta say though, every track on FTTWTE is better. It is one of their weaker albums but I really like it for what it is. This one is building up to be a huge disappointment in comparison tbh
Idk dude…. I just don’t like the direction they’re going I guess. It’s all very straightforward, albeit well done…. But they’re headed to a place where bands like Chevelle already live and they have already set the bar for radio friendly jams…. This is all just opinions, folks. Unfortunate ones at that cuz I adored them up till All Our Gods….
I think Holy Hell was the best version of their old sound, but after 7 albums, they deserve the space to change into a different sound, and I think that this industrial-doom fits them very well. Tear Gas is boring as hell IMO, and WWWY is alright, but this song sounds like Animals but hitting harder.
@@billybob4794 oh no, I fuckin love chevelle. The point I’m trying to make is that architects are not turning into to anything special in my opinion. If you ask me, they’re now following a trend that a lot of metalcore bands are doing now. They have every right to do whatever they want, but they used to stand out to me and I personally don’t think they do anymore.
The fact that every song is political in some way makes it really hard to listen to them. This is not to say that I agree or disagree with their messages, but it just gets really old. Kind of reminds me of rage against the machine in that aspect.
Riffs: simple and boring Vocal hooks: the same as the last 2 singles (dogshit) Interesting tempo changes / gimmicks: none. Verdict: trash song. Architects died when Tom died. Sadge but true.
Honestly architects are literally using the same (Riff,verse,chorus,verse variation, chorus,breakdown,chorus,breakdown again) formula. Not to say its a bad thing but its just so repetitive now that i knew what the song was before clicking on it. I think the riffs save the song along with a cool breakdown. Idk is it just me?
I don't really know anything about Architects but I thought they were like a post hardcore/metalcore band or something? This sounds like some Octane Rockfest Dad music
It's...fine. Seems really cookie-cutter. Nothing bad about it, it just does not sound like a new song. I think other bands have already done this sound plenty enough.
*I love Metal day*
isn't every day Metal day? 😢
Listen to the lone wolf's Grand theft audio album it's very good
I thought it would be deep fake
Hey Nik, when will you react to the new Fit For A King "End (The other side)"? It's such a goood song.
Blegh? :(
“Didn’t need to go to Berkeley to know that CHONKED” is probably my favourite Nik Nocturnal quote of all time.
This sounds kinda like new muse
70% BMTH ,20% LINKIN PARK, 5% ARCHITECTS, 5% RAMMSTEIN
React to Currents - The Death We Seek
Can you react to Neon Empire Famine please! The vocals are wild!!! ❤️
i’m a simple guy. i like a catchy chorus and a breakdown. architects don’t disappoint yet again
I actually like this single compared to the other two. The breakdown SLAPS.
The chorus sounds exactly the same as the other two though. Now I don’t know what to expect from the album.
I hate how they sound so identical
@@Ketamaniac199 yeah same
Breakdown is generic meh
this song is dogass
@@AS-ok6mq agreed. overused new metal breakdown over and over and over
Hi Nik! How are you? I'm having trouble setting up my noise gate. Do you have any tips? P.S. I love your videos (also I follow on twitch).
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What noise gate you use? Noise gates typically have 2 controls threshold and attack/decay. Threshold is going to control the level at which the bypass turns off/on, and attack is going to adjust the time it takes to switch between on/off once threshold is reached.
Your goal should be to have the threshold set just below your quietest speaking voice and above background levels. The attack should be set to where the switch is the least noticable/jarring.
Hope this helps!
@@BodisBomas I use the GGate vst plugin
Honestly, even if the guy before me phrased it kinda rude, it's probably the best advice. Play around with it for yourself, find what suits you best. There's no go-to setting that works for everyone.
Personally I like to keep it subtle. Make sure to set up your compressor first and then base the noise gate on that. Not the other way around. They kinda work hand in hand. If you push the gate too far, you'll lose frequencies you'll want to keep, so don't overdo it.
If you crank it up to 11, you'll get the typical modern metal sound that works well for the staccato stuff that's really popular right now. Which works especially well with synth and such (think, WBTBWB or Electric Callboy, maybe even Architects to some degree). But it's not everyone's cup of tea. When a guitar stops sounding like a guitar and sounds more like a distorted snare drum, I'll see myself out. Just my personal opinion obviously.
Just play around with it, maybe follow some rough guidelines, but don't just copy someone else's setting. No matter how popular they are.
You'll get there!
@@kostast1707 you have the threshhold, attack and fade knobs. threshhold is how much noise should be gated, attack is how early the gate starts to cut the noise and fade is for how much noise it still lets through after you stop playing. At least this is the best explanation i can give. I just use these things.
But for guitar I'd set up the attack at 1ms, and the fade also very very small. At least for very tight stuff. You gotta play around with that threshold a bit. just record something where you put some breaks in it so you can test out the gate. Then proceed to reduce the threshold value until you think that it gates enough noise :)
Ok so though that this was a “deep fake” Architects song. Like I thought someone trained a neural network on Architects songs and this is what the net created. I was genuinely super impressed.
What lmao
Glad to know I wasn't the only one lol
why would it have a video if it was?
The riffs are good and heavy but i think the choruses always fall flat. Its like they have the energy and the heavyness we like but it doesnt go somewhere. I dont hate it but I prefered the last album. Anyways i love this band and i will still listen to wtv they put out but the last two singles werent my thing.
After a second listen that breakdown slaps fr.
I actually thought this chorus is much better than the last two. I liked this one a lot so now I'm a bit optimistic about the new album.
I thought the chorus was great tbh.
It's stale ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ it sounds like linkin-core / new bmth.
I don't hate it, it's not bad.
It just doesn't deliver anything to me.
They're missing the nasty riffs that choruses can resolve into
@@bloatmax4420 they're missing everything that made this band so good. It's all gone (riffs, vocal hooks, clever bridges / breakdows), everything is dumbed down.
Not bad. I agree though I like their older albums more. The breakdown is sick.
Honestly they haven't topped Holy Hell for me. That album was just a banger start to finish.
Yes. great angst and heavily emotional
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I love holy hell, that album is amazing. It’s probably my favorite architects album to date
I barely like lost together lost forever better than holy hell, both are in my top metalcore albums tho with eternal blue
My favorite is Daybreaker. Offers all the variety I want from Architects in an album. There's not enough of Sam's singing voice on Holy Hell, although Holy Hell is one of their best songs of all time I will agree.
“That was a nice pounding” Nik 2022
On a second listening I've come to appreciate the breakdown fakeout after the first chorus, switching up the predictable structure is always welcome in my book
I liked that too...and I really dug the "Sam is talking in the other room" part!
All 3 singels grew on me eventually, not the first time these 2 years. With other bands t2
The drummer been getting the break of a lifetime on their new material. Lars would be proud.
Like he’s super basic and luckily to be in this level band?
@@alaskayoung3413 I think he means that the drums are a lot simpler nowadays, which is right. It's not the double-kick-metalcore craziness of "All Our Gods..." anymore, instead it's a lot more of 2-step breakdowns and half-time grooves, also a lot of four-on-the-floor, as exemplified by the "Tear Gas" drums, which follow that pattern to a T.
Fun fact: the drummer wrote most of the album
Insanely talented drummer
@@alaskayoung3413 sorry, if i do get you wrong, but i think that the drummer is f*ing incredible. i would be really happy if i would be that skilled ^.^*
I quite like this one, and when we were young was quite catchy. I just couldn’t wrap my head around tear gas, it sucked so much ass for me. The last album wasn’t my favourite, but I didn’t mind it.
I just really hope they pull something huge in the last minute. It’s been interesting seeing how they’ve changed, I don’t like it as much but power to them. Just hurts knowing how much talent they all have and can shred like fuck, but it kinda seems very uninspired and tired.
Some of the comments under the actual video are straight up bizarre.
People complaining about no screaming, terrible riffs, no breakdowns, etc. It's like did you even listen to the song?
Yeah, it's hella poppy but it's still got everything, just not in the flavour/arrangement they're used to. Needs more Josh though.
Yeah my only gripe is the breakdown should've been longer because it was filthy 😆
“Didn’t need to go to Berkeley to know that chonked” 😂😂😂👌🏻
“Complain cause Sam doesn’t do the noise anymore”
Accurate
This whole comment section is proving him right lmao
@@BodisBomas not at all but ok lol
Nah man, turned poppy, hard pass
I really want to continue to enjoy architects but the most recent album and now the new singles are so uninspired and boring. Novelists are following suit, same with parkway drive.
Novelists are at least interesting
I LOVE Animals, Black Lungs and When We We're Young
Sounds like you've had enough of metalcore. It's easy to OD on a subgenre
Truuue this feels so fucking uninspired...
@@p4fizzle oceans ate alaskas new album is a lot more interesting and also Boundaries is releasing a second album soon
Pleeeeeeease react to the new Currents, its amazing🔥🖤💀
I dont think hes gonna react to currents, copyright reasons
I think I enjoy when we were young more, but the synth work on this was INCREDIBLE. The video was phenomenal too! Can't wait for the album!!
I got massive Linkin Park vibes from this and it’s so rad to see Josh scream along with Sam going into the chorus but this single was awesome and I can’t wait for the new album in October 🤘
I'm trying to figure out where you found similarities between this and linkin park
@@simonedimaso Sam’s cleans kinda did but for the most part some the electronic components of this song is what gave me the Linkin Park vibes
@@Andrew_-nr7zt mhhh okay i see your point but i don't fully agree
“Andrew Cepeda” The synth also reminds me of One Step Closer
@@simonedimaso that’s completely fine
Wish Josh could just focus on Sylosis instead of this. But I get it, gotta pay the bills
😂😂😂
ill admit that im not a fan. its just not my taste in music and is not sound that originally got me hooked on the band. much like BMTH, i respect the change in sound and still think they are talented but a little saddening to hear both Architects and BMTH making new music that just isnt my taste or what made me love the band in the first place. nothing wrong with it and i know people will still love it because it is still good music. just in my head for me, its just realizing that they wont be making new music that ill be excited for. but who knows. the future is always changing. just to make it clear, im not hating, nor am i saying its bad music. just not for me.
Agree, i decently liked this one though
If only metal community had more polite people like you
I mean I really disliked ADTR's last album but their last single was incredibly good, so you never know, also BMTH put out post Human after AMO as well
@@TermiJP yeah but post human still wasnt close to their albums from everything sempiternal and before. they used to be deathcore which was really good and then they faded to more metalcore which was also really good but after sempiternal, everything just felt really different. theres some songs from there new stuff ill listen to if they come on but i dont really go out of my way to listen to it. just not for me. i do like how the new stuff gets new bmth fans hooked and then those fans will explore their old music and sound then at times will start to enjoying the heavier music. i think thats pretty cool.
@@imperfect_cliche well that's is just a taste difference then, I would argue anything in post Human is better than anything on the first 2 albums, as much as I enjoyed their deathcore stuff it wasn't really good imo
Liked the song overall, but the breakdown was meh. It was no doubt the weakest part of the song.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like Architects are getting a fair amount of hate from old-school fans lately... Although I can understand the feeling, as someone who discovered them 3 months ago (don't ask...), I enjoy these new songs much more than their old material. To each his own, I guess
I think it's because you discovered them recently that you formed a perception around their current sound, while old fans had theirs formed when they were metalcore. Same thing happened to me with BMTH. The first album I heard from them was Sempiternal, so That's The Spirit and Amo didn't seem so awkward to me.
Watching your reaction actually changed how I first felt about the song 😂🤟
tbh for me t2
I just can't get over how someone said they sound like Imagine Dragon's core and now that's all I hear
But they don't tho? So that logic automatically makes zero sense.
when we were young 👍🏼
tear gas 👎🏼
deep fake 👍🏼
React to the new álbum by I Prevail TRUE POWER...youre gonna love it
This song sounds similar to Animals. Huge chorus and an awesome riff/breakdown :)
Ive never heard songs be so similar
Their newer stuff is insanely disappointing, lets be real.
This band name reminds me a little bit to Architects, but Arhitects sounds promising too 👀
[WARNING: BIG ANALYSIS OF THE NEW SINGLES INBOUND]
I gotta be honest, When We Were Young, Tear Gas and Deep Fake have all been decent songs however I neither love them nor hate them, I have the same issue with the new Parkway Drive right now, the songs that both of these bands are putting out are definitely well put together and a lot of work goes into them however the main complaint I've seen is that both bands are releasing songs that are quite safe.
I think I agree and I disagree with that statement, for Architects, "Safe" would be to release the same album that the band have been doing for the last near decade but instead they released For Those That Wish To Exist which I suppose is safe in the sense of it'd be radio friendly but that album was a risk for Architects due to it being so different.
Parkway Drive too are in a similar state, the band have been more of an anthem focused band since Ire but Darker Still is seeming to be a vastly different album from Reverence and Ire and very different to Deep Blue and Atlas, it seems to be much more 80s metal influenced and again, it's experimental for the band, they dabbled in this a bit on past albums, I Hope You Rot from Reverence gives off big Iron Maiden vibes in the chorus for example.
So I wouldn't say either For Those That Wish To Exist or Darker Still are necessarily safe albums, rather they're experimental albums that are going in a more accessible direction which I don't think it's done because the bands want to be played on the radio, rather their music tastes have changed over the years.
With Architects though currently, the next album is in October and it's called The Classic Symptoms of a Broken Spirit and it's the second album after their experimental album of For Those That Wish To Exist and it seems more like it's trying to marry The Here and Now era of the band with the For Those That Wish To Exist era and it's obviously not working for some people because again, it's still a departure from the bands sound and on the other end of the spectrum, it's not working for people because it's not heavy and I think another reason.... no bleghs, ok I don't mind the blegh being gone tbh but I'm sure some people are still not happy that it's not being used by Sam anymore.
Though back on topic, When We Were Young released and everyone said that it was average or just ok but could've been much more, Hard Core and MetalBirb are the two that come to mind, Tear Gas comes out and again, it had a more negative response from what I can gauge and now we've got Deep Fake and the response seems to be much more positive but not necessarily a glowing review.
I think the issue with the three songs that the band has put out recently isn't due to them feeling very safe or generic or even because they sound similar because I think they've all got something different to offer, ones heavy, ones more industrial and this ones more reminiscent of the early 2000s nu metal scene, I think the issue with the songs themselves just don't have much of an energy to them anymore.
The songs feel a bit more downbeat and slow paced compared to All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us or Lost Together // Lost Forever for example and I also think lyrically the songs feel a lot less introspective and less relatable in some cases or less striking, sure the newer Architects from FTTWTE onwards has had some good lyrics (Such as Black Lungs for example) but the songs themselves are much less inspiring or invigorating like they used to be.
Again, that's just my take on the songs themselves, I just think that the songs are decent but I don't have much to love nor hate about any of them, FTTWTE was pretty fresh and unique but these last three singles I've just felt nothing in particular about them.
I'm interested to see if anyone agrees with me or sees it in a different way but I don't see it as Architects or Parkway Drive "Selling Out" or going Radio Rock, or copying what Bring Me The Horizon have and are doing but the bands perspectives and focuses changing.
I agree I use to be so excited for architects but now it's just like eh they released a new song.
Amen
If you want something heavy and energetic go and listen Orbit Cultue. ;)
Too bad they are not metalcore and won’t as much attention from Nik
@@DaveHazard95 Orbit Culture is fantastic.
@@DaveHazard95 I’ve been listening to Orbit Culture since 2019, they’re the gift that keeps on giving and the new song, Vultures of the North is excellent, it’s a shame they don’t get much attention but they have their fan base, I’d consider them like Cane Hill, another great band that doesn’t get the attention they deserve but they have a very loyal fan base.
I'm actually a fan of their recent musical direction. I know the "real" fans disagree, but bands grow. I don't love how In Flames changed, but I'm still seeing them live soon. Life goes on.
2000s In Flames was great despite the change in sound, the problem is 2010s In Flames
@@omegazx7236 The worst In flames record is still better than this ! I wonder if Josh is the one who's doing the songwriting because his stuff with Sylosis is a masterpiece. Sylosis aged like a fine wine, Architects aged like moldy cheese (you gotta admit that was a great analogy)
Yea this is just yet another "post human: survival horror" wannabe track.
Architects always delivers. But PLEASE!!! Currents - The death we seek!
a good song for music fans in general & horrible song for r/metalcore. nothing surprising about internet's reaction about the song because it's somewhat a gateway song in my pov, to ease up more people to get into the band and i hope they nail the album because from what I've learnt about how things work here. The more you're hated by the metalcore community because of you branching out, the more you're loved by more people out there instead of just a small, niche group of people
TALLAH: SHAKEN (NOT STIRRED)
TALLAH: SHAKEN (NOT STIRRED)
TALLAH: SHAKEN (NOT STIRRED)
TALLAH: SHAKEN (NOT STIRRED)
TALLAH: SHAKEN (NOT STIRRED)
New architects is all the same - theyve lost what they had... BMTH happening all over again. :(
Why are architects so good? Since 2014 they haven’t made. A single bad song
As a core kid I understand metalcore is not the most complex subgenre and hits its boundaries, but meh, this is a move towards sounding more generic/mainstream than before. This might be a step forward for Architects on a personal level, but not for metal/music at all. BMTH from 10 years ago sounds fresher than this :/
THANK YOU ! This is nothing, they say that this style will reach a bigger audiance ... The bigger audiance is already taken by Kpop and rap music and there are otehr bands that do better with this clean style like Bad Omens for exemple, their last album is a musical rollercoaster
This is definitely more generic, but it's not mainstream lmao.
Please ! Make a review on a song from the new album of Ocean Ate Alaska !! :o
It's just animals again and I'm upset.
Oh look, BMTH setting the trend for metalcore once again
don’t know if you saw, but sam teased a blegh on the album on twitter 👀👀
Please "space of variation"!!!! Ukraine metalcore
And again, chorus sounds the same as previous ones. Third time, man...
They will make whole album using one chorus?
This song is not "GOOD". I've heard it 5 times now and can't remember any of it. It is too busy and the chorus is bleh
I miss the architects of old :(
When are people going to start being honest and say that this is just garbage radio trash. You can still love architects and admit that this is horrible
Yeah. I’m tired of people beating around the bush and saying that bands evolve, they don’t do the same thing over and over. I get evolution; when it’s done right, though, but this is just pandering to radio/Sirius XM.
Well another good band going downhill so long architects
Bring back The Here and Now!
maaaaaaaan they get lazier, some awful bmth stuff
Hey man it would be so cool if you posted a reaction to Tallah’s new single/video: Shaken (not stirred). Definitely a unique tune that a lot of metal fans should hear
I literally got an ad for this song right before this video, what are the odds?
you misspelled the band in the title ;)
Choruses are mid tbh. Which is a shame because Architects used to have the best choruses in metalcore
But nik, everyday is metal day
Architects without "Bleagh"? That's something new :)
upd. Im just forgot that animals was also without it :.)
Nik let’s get a reaction to the new Currents! You won’t be disappointed
1st listen I hated it. 2nd listen I loved it. Weird.
I miss the old days with real math core riffs etc. This one (and the other two before) are simply nothing special.
Hey Nik. You should showcase more Tallah. They just dropped a new song that I think you'll have a blast reacting to.
Love the breakdown, and the guitar and synth, but the vocals and chorus are just too bland, really doesn't showcase any of Sam's range, I hope they find their new sound, this sounds atleast had a identity, but the vocals lack it for me
but them eyelashes why.
you should give tallahs new single a listen, imo its their best track so far
guitar cover?
I'm prefering to listen to the new songs with your reaction on them haha
3:16
Ayo pause?? 🤨📸
Nik my friend, you HAVE to react to TheDooo's new song "...but I pretend I'm a beginner" it's a BANGER.
Kind of over people saying they don't like the direction that architects have taken, architects was never going to be the same after they lost their main songwriter/guitarist. R.I.P Tom, these guys have done amazing by keeping it going!
Admittedly, I was a little disappointed because I geared myself up for the previous albums and got something different. Nevertheless, Im a die hard architects fan and the new stuff is growing on me. if I want to hear gravedigger, I'll go listen to it but to expect that on every fucking track and record is just insane.
They should've called it a day or make a new band, because the trash they released without Tom's material is just not worthy of the band name Architects.
@@Crotes1990 and what do you think is going to happen if they dropped the architects name and started fresh, they'll just be heavily compared to what they done as architects. Constantly.
Sure it's clear they've changed their sound, but it's not a drastic change unlike with bmth when they did Amo. But they still have a heavy sound, they haven't dropped a pop song.
I honestly think everyone complaining about the change in sound are overreacting. I wasn't a fan of the last album, but It's grown on me, and I've learnt to appreciate it.
@@comebackkid625 I couldn't agree more, and it's the same for most bands out there. Parkway drive, the amity affliction, dream on dreamer, ADTR, BMTH's (just to name a few) old tracks will always be there to listen too, and even though their new stuff is all very different and for all very different reasons, it grows on you the more you listen to it and you learn to understand why certain bands head in the direction they do. Expecting people to keep making the same material for 10/15 years on end is bonkers. we or you or I or whoever may be stuck in that same mindset and refuse to change but most people change as they age and so does the outcome of they choices they make.
Not too bad. Honestly though it just didn't make me feel anything at all. Im sure its catchy but that seems to be mostly what it is. I may give it a second listen another day and see if maybe i like it that time around but the only thing that stuck out to me was the end of the song and the fake out scream at 1:55. As someone who has seen plenty of people say that architects is the big metalcore band of today, they just always disappoint me. I don't mean that to say that they are definitively bad, but i would much rather listen to plenty of other bands.
I liked their last album as a creative change of direction, but each single so far, especially this one, feels so forgettable and hollow
The intro was basically "Doom slayer has entered the building"
It's definitely better than the other two. Still not to my liking but I guess it's one of those that I'll come back to later to have my fill of Imagine Dragons with noises.
Still gotta say though, every track on FTTWTE is better. It is one of their weaker albums but I really like it for what it is. This one is building up to be a huge disappointment in comparison tbh
The editing on this is great. I mean, it's never bad, but this was fun. Nice job, editor!
First?
Oh hell yeah boiis for once I'm first on niks channel.
Bro I dig that choruas.
It’s not bad by any means. It’s just not as special as those 2 god tier albums and it’s kinda boring. Hoping this isnt a parkway drive album incoming.
I knew this was coming.
Guyliner Sam… yas.
Nik I'll give you my eternal gratitude if you can react to my band Neon Empire - Famine 😁❤️
Hey Nik, have you heard Shivering from Illenium/Spiritbox yet?
Its just OK.
No,. its bad
BLEGH!!?
Idk dude…. I just don’t like the direction they’re going I guess. It’s all very straightforward, albeit well done…. But they’re headed to a place where bands like Chevelle already live and they have already set the bar for radio friendly jams….
This is all just opinions, folks. Unfortunate ones at that cuz I adored them up till All Our Gods….
What’s wrong with Chevelle? Ik they’re more hard rock at most, but they still slap
I think Holy Hell was the best version of their old sound, but after 7 albums, they deserve the space to change into a different sound, and I think that this industrial-doom fits them very well. Tear Gas is boring as hell IMO, and WWWY is alright, but this song sounds like Animals but hitting harder.
@@billybob4794 oh no, I fuckin love chevelle. The point I’m trying to make is that architects are not turning into to anything special in my opinion. If you ask me, they’re now following a trend that a lot of metalcore bands are doing now. They have every right to do whatever they want, but they used to stand out to me and I personally don’t think they do anymore.
Oh god.... maybe i just dont understand this new direction..... Loved Holy Hell but this new stuff meh.
The fact that every song is political in some way makes it really hard to listen to them. This is not to say that I agree or disagree with their messages, but it just gets really old. Kind of reminds me of rage against the machine in that aspect.
Well this song sucks lol. Another bland and recycled Architects-core song
Haven't finished but hoping there isn't a breakdown. I'm over it...already! It came in as I was typing...lol!!!
maaaan, correct the name of the video, it is written ARHITECTS, the algorithm will break you up hehe
Riffs: simple and boring
Vocal hooks: the same as the last 2 singles (dogshit)
Interesting tempo changes / gimmicks: none.
Verdict: trash song.
Architects died when Tom died. Sadge but true.
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Please react indonesian deathcore!!!
Revenge The Fate - Sinsera
Honestly architects are literally using the same (Riff,verse,chorus,verse variation, chorus,breakdown,chorus,breakdown again) formula. Not to say its a bad thing but its just so repetitive now that i knew what the song was before clicking on it. I think the riffs save the song along with a cool breakdown. Idk is it just me?
I don't really know anything about Architects but I thought they were like a post hardcore/metalcore band or something? This sounds like some Octane Rockfest Dad music
I love the new and experimental direction.
Damn, i know where this is heading.... Ehemmmm! BMTH
It's...fine. Seems really cookie-cutter. Nothing bad about it, it just does not sound like a new song. I think other bands have already done this sound plenty enough.