Architects - "Modern Misery" 

"Hell must be empty All the devils are here" I love that Shakespeare is still a thing in modern lyrics

i need friends who listen to this kind of music badly

The band we need but don’t deserve.

There’s a reason why this band is having incredible success, ‘cause they deserve it. You don’t just hear it, you FEEL it.

It took me 12 years to realize that I like hard music. 6 years more to realize that music can be so much more than something you listen to. That was when I found Architects. I started to really getting into bands (not only this one), reading backstorys, interviews, lyrics. Search for things I could learn from songs. I fell into a hole because of bullying, anxiety and shit like that. I bought All our god have abandoned us. And it fucking saved my life. Short moments of bliss, 3 to 5 minutes each, made me rethink many things. Listening to the album over and over again kept dragging me out of my personal hell. At the next Architects show I visited, I cried my soul out. All the emotions. The ability to actually let them out triggered by simple words, sung by a normal person. September '18, I fell into another hole. Broken heart, more anxiety, the fear of losing my job. Then Hereafter was released, Holy Hell was announced. And I just couldn't stop smiling. Probably one of the biggest smiles in my entire life. For me this band is more than just music. They made me understand what music means to me. They kept me alive. They brought light into my darkest days. And the sad thing is, I will never be able to thank them in person for doing more for me then most people on this planet. So I will write it down here. Thank you Architects, for giving me the strength to fight my depression. For saving my life twice. And for making the fucking best music, I could listen to. I look forward to your show in munich next year ❤ So. this was my story. Short version but still longer than i thought it would be. And Thank you to everyone who made the effort to read this.

The lyrics, the emotion, the melody, the heavy riffs, the message behind it and this band. You guys are

Architects keeping Metalcore alive that's for sure. Holy Hell is one of the best albums of all time

3:35 Everytime when I hear this, I just imagine myself flying through outer space ... absolutely beautiful

Damn, they're going hard for that AOTY title.

Sam is a beast vocalist, he can scream like that with an arrow in his heart? Goddamn...

"Seeing red" just release 10 minutes ago... and its so damn good that brought me here😂 **10x on repeat already and still going..

Most powerful, passionate vocal performance and lyrics I've heard in the past decade. This guy deserves a fucking medal. I'm not sure harsh vocals can get much better.

Wow Architects did it again, each singles is better than the previous one WOW!!!

The synths and ambience progression around the chorus remind me of "all Love is Lost". Rather than finding it repetitive, I find it interesting how a lof of the songs on this records are actually a follow up To AOGHAU. The gods have ACTUALLY ABANDONED US and we are now left in this "holy hell". holy fucking guitars in this song, Holly fucking video, And holy fucking Vocals for the GOAT himself. B L E G H N I F I C E N T

am i the only one who got goosebumps from all released yet songs?

Tom would be proud, Dan.

Best album of 2018 is coming. My body is ready.

Architects is deadass THAT band I'm so stoked for the record

Man I really wish my friends listen to this kind of music..

4 years ago another fellow fan said Tom would be proud…it’s 2023 and I think if Tom was alive he’d be more upset with how the comment section doesn’t understand the meaning of the music. Rest in metal Tom, you’ll forever be a fucking legend.

*Holy Hell I'm ready for this album.*

They just keep churning out bangers like nobodys business. 11/10, much enjoy.

Masterpiece. This "we used to run with the wolves" sticks in my head.

This song is more than perfect.

Must be pretty uncomfortable singing with an arrow sticking out of your chest. Proves that Sam truly is the best metal vocalist

The only thing saving me from Modern Misery is this band 🤘🤘🤘

This song perfectly encapsulates the absolute state of this world and our 'lives'. We are slaves who live a monotonous existence in concrete jungles, never able to switch off, connect with nature or live our lives. Just work work work, stress stress stress. It is a disgrace. So many are miserable and fed up with the system, yet nothing ever changes..

How is it possible for a band to have this many amazing singles back to back to back?!?!? Massively impressed!!!!!

I dont know but some parts sounds like "All love is lost" Great song!

- Hey Sam, what is the secret to achieve harsh vocals as you do? - An arrow to the chest helps

Parkway Drive: Metalcore is dead. Architects: Hold my Blegh mate, I got this.

Parkway Drive: we’ve got the metal album of the year Architects: hold my beer

when you think it can't get better, but every single song it does

You guys okay? Between this and Royal Beggars, you've been losing a lot of blood lately...

Does no one realize how hard it is and how much talent goes behind screaming AND screaming on key for a melody? Not many bands do that. Keep it up guys

I am so happy. This album is going to be amazing. Album of the year already

that opening riff might just be more infectious than A Match Made In Heaven

Man, these songs hit me straight in the feels. This year has been so hard with my father in law being killed and one of my pets dying shortly after has me grasping for any sense of sanity. Luckily, this album dropped and though I m still having to fight to breathe, it helps hearing such raw emotions that I can relate to. I break down and just cry when I hear the song Doomsday. So many regrets I have to live with for the rest of my life. Hopefully the band reads these comments and knows that this music helps us cope with the demons in our lives. Thank you.

Their lyrics are just so beautiful. I love this band so much, it is just so unique, carries a message with every song. I wish that other people would see that...

Note to everyone: like the video before you play it because you might forget it after YOU SMASH YOUR PC WHILE HEADBANGING ON THIS EPIC SONG

Best vocals in the scene

Listening to this past midnight makes you realise how much this song is wonderful

This hits harder than my abuela with her chancla!

God save the BLEGH. So fkn good. From year to year.

architects never fails to produce amazing music, MODERN MISERY!

as much as I like new architects, this sound is the reason why I love metalcore and that's why I miss it

He sings/screams with so much emotion, this is a goosebump band. Amazing

Architects and While She Sleeps are two of the greatest bands in business right now. WSS is a bit underrated but they'll get there. I can't wait for this album.

"I won't live like a slave BEGGING FROM MY KNEES" Damn, such a powerful line

First song i have heard from this band. Holy sh*t so amazing

So many feels every time he sings “we used to run with the wolves” amazing song

its beautiful the best band of the planet.... 🖤🖤

I showed this song my cat. Now its a tiger!

I can't describe with words how much I love this song.

To be one of the people who have grown up with them since the album ruin, it’s just awesome to get the goosebumps every time a new album comes out. TOM it’s been a great ride thank you so much for all you’ve done to move my heart. I love seeing the band progress every album. Keep it guys. R.I.P Tom Searle!

the best metalcore band of all time!!!!!! 🤟🏾🤟🏾🤟🏾🤟🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥

The feels and message coming from these singles are so powerful. The 9th can't come fast enough. Dat look at 3:02 tho. You know it's about to go down

"There's not enough water in the world. To wash the blood from our hands." NEVER HAS BEEN truer than now... I keep thinking of this quote from time to time wherever I go.

I love this song to death!Bringing in the feeling of emptiness right from the start!2:55 - that angry and so sober from reality guitar riff is a killer!God bless Architects for this majestic lifeline when they face tragedy of their own! You need to know you're not alone in this guys! Your music has enormous healing power!

I'm here everyday listen to this Masterpiece

I like it more than Royal Beggars but not as much as Hereafter. However, make no mistake, I love every song they have released so far. "We used to run with the wolves..." I interpret that as Mankind having strayed so far from our true nature. It's hard to judge a song from one listen. First impression is I love it. Will listen many more times. Can't wait to listen to the full album, from start to finish, over and over!

Its refreshing to see a metalcore band that hasn't "Matured and evolved" into another pop-rock band. Looking at you BMTH, UnderOath

I'm not quite sure, feel like I'm guessing way more than with "Royal Beggars" but I think I got my very own interpretation of what this track is about. Throughout the video we have this glass-cube in which they all perform but Sam, who at some point towards the end has managed to break out of it - I believe this cube to symbolise a cage, putting your mistakes on display for everyone, being transparent to others, a 'messiah not wearing any clothes' (Reference to lines 3-4). The fact that Josh, Ali and Adam have in some way a connection to the computer or smartphone in the video and are not being shown to live outside of the that cube, somehow leads me to the thought, that this cage of glass is supposed to reflect our identity online. We are transparent, we are flawed without showing shame, we are naked in a very abstract way. And most importantly, we are caught in this image of ourselves on the web. "This is a prison for lost souls" Then, there's Dan, who suffocates on the table with Ali facing him and not caring at all. It seems like the mobile in Ali's hands is not only distracting him from the situation, it became more important and hinders him from feeling empathy. He watches Dan die, stands up and takes pictures of the scene, rather than feeling connected to what's happening in any way. The whole verse "We planted a seed..." and so on seems to underline that once more. Josh is starting to bleed from the eyes in a very similar manner he did in "Royal Beggars", where he sat in front of a TV and smoked, Ali is on his phone, not quite yet effected by it. Adam is busy working, handing Josh stuff to do and thereby contributing to Josh's destructive behaviour (I mean, that sentence sounds weird but Josh is literally bleeding so I guess...). Adam too lives in the box but on a passive level, while it's slightly more of an active act for Ali, even more so for Josh who destroys himself. On the other side we have the very frequently occuring picture of Sam with an arrow in his chest, hit like a hunted animal, like a wolf that has been shot down. 'Running with the wolves' to me stands for a more natural way of living than being caught in this horrific crate of glass and "now we can't see the forest" basically reminds us of how far we have strayed from living freely, how far from being wild and not killing ourselves. He is in his room, not falling for the destructive lifestyle - "I won’t go to the grave, with the song still in me, and I won’t live like a slave, begging from my knees". He lives with the pain, because he believes it is what's right and doesn't trust false 'emperors' or saviours. That's all I got, I'm sorry for it being a bit rough and way to long. And now - please, someone finally explain to me what the sunflower in every room but the cage is supposed to mean...I can't make sense of it. Thank you all for reading and if you stuck with me, I really appreciate it. Of course this is just my take on the song, dunno if it's any better than guessing. Cheers!

almost every single these guys release... I break down in tears. I feel I can relate so much the shit cuts me deep man!

Good songs never trend

NEW ARCHITECTS > NEW HORIZON

This song revokes so many feelings in me. Been having it on repeat all day, probably my favorite song throughout the whole year. Thank you Architects for yet another masterpiece. ❤️

I miss this Architects ...

Ребята спасибо что вы есть,каждое утро с вашими песнями поднимает моё настроение и заставляет идти вперёд! Жду новый заряженный альбом!

These lyrics hit hard, lots of folks waking up to this.

I'm old. 44. Love everything from Richard Marx to Slayer to Tool and back. Heard it all until I listened to Architects for the first time. I can't believe how beautiful their music is. The lyrics and the music go hand in hand. I typically don't listen to lyrics because I'm a music guy but this stuff is off the charts. I can't wait to see you guys live. I'll be the one with tears in his eyes rocking out!!

so far, every song is a masterpiece, this band is out of this world!

Makes a lot more sense now than ever before thanks architects!! Great show last year in Phoenix AZ never will forget!!🤓👍

Masterpiece

Always producing the best lyrics. One of my favorite bands.

I just started listening to these guys a few weeks ago and now I can't stop. The entire album has such aggression and meaning behind it, I love it

We Used To Run With The Wolves , You're Right Sam , We Are So Lost Now!!

They help me in my darkest days and make me feel alive in my brightest days. Architects: Building my confidence and lifting motivation since I first started listening to them all those years ago. Thank you guys \m/

I've have recently discovered this band and I'm a lil obsessed. I just love the raw emotion you can hear in Sam's voice along with the badass music being played. This is now one of my favorite bands of all time.

Fav band. It's amazing that they keep getting better and better. Love you guys, your music is one of the best things i've ever heard. Thank you.

With so many people listening to rap, the hard hitting screamers are the reason that music is still good.

Why is no one mentioning the way he screams "are these our new messiah's?" That shit is incredible!

Architects keep on doing it. Every song is an amazing part of work. Love their style!

This song... its energy, its intensity, its emotion... and those fucking lyrics.... sparking a light in my heart. I won’t go to the grave with the song still in me ❤️✌️

"Just a parasite killing its host"

The square room Sam is singing in is the prison cell, mentioned in "this is a prison for lost souls" Each member has something they are suffering from (addiction, pain, disease etc.) The fog inside the room is a metaphor for the haze or cloud of confusion after losing a loved one The dinner table is showing how people can ignore the suffering of others by distracting them The TV crew that shows up as Sam is on his deathbed is supposed to be the people who were supposed to be there for Tom during his final days The grey room Sam is in could be symbolic of the purgatory someone is in during their dying days? Of course these could all be just me over analyzing the visuals and the lyrics of the song but if you squint, it makes sense Holy Hell is a fucking master piece, and hopefully they release a video for each song

Architects kill it every damn time. It's amazing how the lyrics are always the best part of their master pieces. Second to none.

just wow ❤ there is so much going on musically and the vocal layering! I can not wait for the rest of holy hell. everything is so emotional charged and the lyrics are amazing. I can't stop listening to this.

You guys are an absolute gift... this album is already amazing so far 🤘🏼🖤

I was a little scared about what would happen to the band after Tom's passing 'cause he was the principal composer and lyricist in the band, but they are keeping that good level from the last two albums and Josh Middleton was the best option to follow Tom's legacy... Tom would be proud of them, they're such an amazing band. Forever Tom, forever Architects.

One of the most talented metal bands. Vocal range off the hook. Ready for this CD release

I love how they've stayed architects throughout all these years.

Architects: we are buried by modern misery Silent Planet: this is a love affair with consumer despair great minds think alike

years ago I was told that I'm too old for this kind of music, but I think some will be too young to unterstand for the rest of their life

2:05 is probably one of the most emotion filled lines in any of their songs, especially when Sam sings "Begging from my knees".

God protect this band. I am gonna grow old with this band. I can never stop listening to these great men.

Damn this hits heavy

Why do people have to express hate to other bands under videos that don't belong to the ones. Can't we just admire what we see and hear here?

I've been following you guys since I can remember, one of the first bands I listened to and my most watched live band around the UK. You kill it every single time! Thank you so much for producing consistent high quality music for all these years!

Architects have been a band I grew up on back in Hollow Crown days. I first picked that album up in HMV at 16 back in 2010, and I fell in love with them on first listening. It was energetic. It was melodically creative. It was honest. Something was different about them and as people. Taken me time to understand, and several listenings, but they grew on me naturally. And after every other album from HC, I had taken hiatus from them after The Here and Now. Then I started listening to them again at All Our God Have Abandoned Us. Honestly, it felt like they matured with me! They brought inspiration again... Until I heard about Tom. It hit me so hard. Still does to this day. The amazing music he left behind when I was growing up... This will always be for Tom. Architects push boundaries. Holy Hell is promising. I feel hope in their progress. And it feels good to know that they are fighting back the grief with beauty and creativity. They’ve always been a huge inspiration. And now, they always will be. I hope they heal from what they’ve experienced. I too lost somebody I loved last Christmas. They were a guiding light in my darkest nights. I understand them. And they understand me. I connect with them musically and as a human being. Architects, thank you for making a man happy whenever your music plays. You give insight. “Momento Mori. Be mindful of death.”