Hollow Crown (album)
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Hollow Crown is the third album by British metalcore
band Architects
.
It was recorded at Outhouse Studios, Reading.
On their Youtube
channel, there are several videos documenting the bands recording sessions.
The album was leaked on the internet on 12 January 2009. Kerrang!
magazine gave it a KKKKK rating, which is the equivalent of 5 stars.
On 18th of July 2010 it was announced from the "Architects" Facebook
account that they would be re-releasing "Hollow Crown" (in the UK only) as a deluxe edition on the 16th of August 2010. The deluxe edition was to include a DVD documentary on their previous 18 months of touring/ recording and a remix of the title track "Hollow Crown" by the guitarist and drummer Tom and Dan Searle.
This album marks a change in guitar tuning for the second time, now using C# standard on a majority of the tracks (drop B tuning being used on Ruin) and an alternate tuning similar to C# standard, but with the low C# tuned to G#. This tuning is featured on the tracks Early Grave and Borrowed Time. Also, they use a 7 string baritone (ESP LTD SC-607B Stephen Carpenter Signature) on the track Dead March, which is tuned to drop A.
Stylistically, this album displays a significant increase in clean vocals from Sam Carter, as well as a change in his harsh vocals, from the lower register on Ruin to more high-pitched screams. Also in this album, there is a further departure from the band's mathcore roots, utilising more traditional song structures and simplified riffs, as well as a fair usage of keyboards and drum programming.
Metalcore
Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...
band Architects
Architects (British band)
Architects are an English Metalcore band from Brighton, England, formed in 2004. The band went through several name changes before they decided upon Architects. Their first name was Inharmonic, which was swiftly changed to Counting the Days...
.
It was recorded at Outhouse Studios, Reading.
On their Youtube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
channel, there are several videos documenting the bands recording sessions.
The album was leaked on the internet on 12 January 2009. Kerrang!
Kerrang!
Kerrang! is a UK-based magazine devoted to rock music published by Bauer Media Group. It was first published on June 6, 1981 as a one-off supplement in the Sounds newspaper...
magazine gave it a KKKKK rating, which is the equivalent of 5 stars.
On 18th of July 2010 it was announced from the "Architects" Facebook
Facebook
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account that they would be re-releasing "Hollow Crown" (in the UK only) as a deluxe edition on the 16th of August 2010. The deluxe edition was to include a DVD documentary on their previous 18 months of touring/ recording and a remix of the title track "Hollow Crown" by the guitarist and drummer Tom and Dan Searle.
This album marks a change in guitar tuning for the second time, now using C# standard on a majority of the tracks (drop B tuning being used on Ruin) and an alternate tuning similar to C# standard, but with the low C# tuned to G#. This tuning is featured on the tracks Early Grave and Borrowed Time. Also, they use a 7 string baritone (ESP LTD SC-607B Stephen Carpenter Signature) on the track Dead March, which is tuned to drop A.
Stylistically, this album displays a significant increase in clean vocals from Sam Carter, as well as a change in his harsh vocals, from the lower register on Ruin to more high-pitched screams. Also in this album, there is a further departure from the band's mathcore roots, utilising more traditional song structures and simplified riffs, as well as a fair usage of keyboards and drum programming.
Track listing
Personnel
- Sam Carter (Vocals)
- Tom Searle (Guitar, Keyboards)
- Tim Hillier-Brook (Guitar)
- Alex «Ali Dino» Dean (Bass)
- Dan Searle (Drums, Programming)
- Produced and engineered by Ben Humphreys and John MitchellJohn Mitchell (musician)John Mitchell is guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for the UK band It Bites. He also plays guitar for a number of other progressive rock bands including Arena, The Urbane, Kino, Frost*, and John Wetton.In 2008, Mitchell joined A, playing bass in place of original bass player Daniel P...
- Mixed by John Mitchell