All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us

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All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us
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Studio album by Architects
Released 27 May 2016 (2016-05-27)
Recorded October – December 2015
Studio Studio Fredman, Gothenburg, Sweden
Length 46:11
Label Epitaph, UNFD, New Damage
Producer Henrik Udd, Fredrik Nordström
Architects chronology
Lost Forever // Lost Together
(2014)Lost Forever // Lost Together2014		 All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us
(2016)
Singles from All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us
  1. "A Match Made in Heaven"
    Released: 06 March 2016
  2. "Gone with the Wind"
    Released: 11 April 2016
  3. "Downfall"
    Released: 20 May 2016
  4. "Phantom Fear"
    Released: 22 May 2016

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All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us is the seventh studio album by British metalcore band Architects, released on 27 May 2016 globally through Epitaph Records; with the exception of UNFD in Australia and New Damage in Canada. It is the band's first album to feature guitarist Adam Christianson, following his addition to the band as a full-time member after his tenure as a touring guitarist through 2012 to 2015.

Music videos for the singles "A Match Made in Heaven", "Gone with the Wind" and "Downfall" were released on 6 March, 11 April and 20 May 2016, respectively.

Recorded in Gothenburg, Sweden, it was described by Blabbermouth.net as the "heaviest and darkest work to which Architects have ever put their name to" and "an album that challenges and progresses a genre long thought to have stagnated, and embraces its inspirations at a time when many rock and metal bands seek to hide them in search of mainstream acceptance".[1]

Writing and recording

In an article published by the band's Australian record label UNFD, it is stated that the band flew to Gothenburg, Sweden in October 2015 to begin recording the album at Studio Fredman, where they had recorded their previous album Lost Forever // Lost Together nearly two years prior. The album was recorded in "seven gruelling weeks" with producers Hendrik Udd and Fredrik Nordström.[2]

On March 30, 2016, the band's record label Epitaph uploaded the first part of a video documentary on the writing and recording process surrounding All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us, to their official YouTube channel. In the video, the band spoke on how they had entered the recording process with much more confidence than they previously exhibited when working on their past material. The initial loss of confidence was largely due to the backlash from fans surrounding their 2011 album The Here and Now. The band were dissatisfied with the album, which created a feeling of "uncertainty" amongst Architects as to what course of action needed to be taken in order to move on from the album.

The band chose to follow a similar style of music to their previous album Lost Forever // Lost Together, as it was the album that propelled the band forwards in terms of popularity and reception amongst critics and fans. Partly because of this, the band elected to re-unite with producers Henrik Udd and Fredrik Nordström for their seventh record. Dan Searle, the band's drummer, expressed great enthusiasm for the sound that these producers had shaped for their previous album, reminiscing on hearing the initial demo for the track "Naysayer". Searle felt that there was no need to "roll the dice again" by looking for a different producer to work on their new album, stating that the band were confident with their two established producers and were largely impressed with their previous album.[3]

Blabbermouth.net described the album's lyrical themes as showcasing "worldwide anger and disillusion", saying the album "wrestles with contemplations of death, god and faith in search of some semblance of hope for a world increasingly consumed by fear, anger and confusion. This album is [Architects'] statement of intent to the world, it is time to stand up, take notice and be counted."[1]

The album's title is derived from a lyric within the album's first track, entitled "Nihilist". In an interview with HMV, vocalist Sam Carter described the title as being "a statement about the dark and weird place the world is these days, we seem to have abandoned the simpler ways of living life and moved to a place where we’re just trying to fuck each other over. Whether our gods have abandoned us or we’ve abandoned them, it’s a statement with real impact. When you see that title you know this is going to be a heavy record. Heavy in title, heavy in songs.”[4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (84/100) [5]
Review scores
Source Rating
Rock Sound 9/10 [6]
Clash Music 8/10 [7]
AllMusic 4/5 stars [8]
Exclaim 8/10 [9]
Kill Your Stereo 10/10 [10]
Blunt Magazine 4/5 stars [11]
DEAD PRESS! 10/10 stars [12]

On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to review from mainstream music critics, the album received an average score of 84, based on 6 reviews, which indicates universal acclaim. [5]

In a positive review of the album, Rob Sayce of Rock Sound said of the album, "...All Our Gods... is a wake up call in more ways than one. Though shrouded in apocalyptic imagery, this is no advert for defeatism: songs like Phantom Fear underling that, even in the darkest of times, we can rage against the dying of the light. And within an increasingly staid, predictable metalcore scene, Architects' sheer adventurousness could hardly be more inspiring.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Tom Searle, all music composed by Tom Searle.

No. Title Length
1. "Nihilist"   2:51
2. "Deathwish"   3:52
3. "Phantom Fear"   4:06
4. "Downfall"   4:04
5. "Gone with the Wind"   3:45
6. "The Empty Hourglass"   4:11
7. "A Match Made in Heaven"   3:48
8. "Gravity"   3:18
9. "All Love Is Lost"   4:20
10. "From the Wilderness"   3:44
11. "Memento Mori"   8:12
Total length:
 46:11

Initially, the track 11 "Memento Mori" appeared to be misspelled on the album's iTunes pre-order page, as "Momento Mori". This misspelling was also present on external publications documenting the album and on external merchandise websites. However, it was fixed before the album's official release.[13][14]

Personnel

Architects
Studio personnel
  • Henrik Udd – production, engineering, mixing, mastering
  • Fredrik Nordström – additional production
  • Johan Henriksson – assistant engineer
  • Randy Slaugh – strings and brass session production, arranging and engineering
  • Linda Seare – violin
  • Rebecca Bill – violin
  • Jennifer Allen – violin
  • Michael Rollins – viola
  • Sara Cerrato – cello
  • Elizabeth Clarke – cello
  • Elizabeth Shill – French horn
  • Tom Francis – bass trombone

References

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