Ruin (album)
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| Studio album by Architects | ||||
| Released | June 25, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | March–April 2007, @ Outhouse Studios, Reading, Berkshire | |||
| Genre | Metalcore, mathcore | |||
| Length | 39:31 | |||
| Label |
United By Fate Distort Entertainment Century Media (August 5, 2008) | |||
| Producer | John Mitchell, Ben Humphreys & Architects | |||
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
Ruin is the second album by the metalcore band Architects. This was the first album to feature the vocalist Sam Carter and bassist Alex "Ali Dino" Dean.
Stylistically, this album displays a minor change in the band's style, with a more fluid metalcore sound. Clean vocals are implemented again in a few songs, to a larger extent than on Nightmares, although not as prominently as in later releases.
As well as a change in style this album marks a change in guitar tuning, from drop C (which was used on Nightmares) to drop B, for all tracks, except Low, which features the same tuning as drop B, but with the low B tuned to F# (the bass string on an 8 string guitar).
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Architects.
| No. | Title | Length | |
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| 1. | "Buried at Sea" | 3:42 | |
| 2. | "Hunt Them Down" | 3:19 | |
| 3. | "You'll Find Safety" | 3:33 | |
| 4. | "Always" | 4:11 | |
| 5. | "Sail This Ship Alone" | 1:55 | |
| 6. | "Heartless" | 4:28 | |
| 7. | "North Lane" | 3:15 | |
| 8. | "I Can't See the Light" | 4:24 | |
| 9. | "Low" | 2:24 | |
| 10. | "Running from the Sun" | 3:43 | |
| 11. | "Save Me" | 4:38 | |
Total length: |
39:31 | ||
| 2008 re-release bonus track | ||||||||||
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| 12. | "Broken Clocks" (featuring Nick Worthington of Dead Swans) | 3:42 | ||||||||
Reception
Ruin was released to positive reviews but seen as a departure from their previous work Nightmares, which was more akin to the works of The Dillinger Escape Plan or Botch.
Ruin was the first Architects album to feature new vocalist Sam Carter. His vocal style was a marked change from that of previous vocalist Matt Johnson, being more of a hardcore shout than a metalcore scream. This is most obvious on the re-recording of "To The Death" (from Nightmares) in May 2008 that was available for download for a short period.
Personnel
- Sam Carter – vocals, lyrics
- Tim Hillier-Brook – guitar
- Tom Searle – guitar
- Alex "Ali Dino" Dean – bass
- Dan Searle – drums
- Produced by John Mitchell, Ben Humphreys & Architects
- Engineered by Ben Humphreys & John Mitchell
- Mixed by John Mitchell
- Mastered by Tim Turan, @ Turan Audio, Oxford, Oxfordshire
- A&R by Melanie Schmidt (EU), Ray Harkins (US) & Greg Below (CAN)
- Management & publicity by Leander Gloversmith
- Booking by Marco Walzel (Avocado Booking)
- Artwork design & layout by Seldon Hunt
References
- ↑ Alex Henderson. "Architects - Ruin review". AllMusic. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
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