The album opener seemed to speak as a person on the cusp of dying, or at least someone recognising the inevitable cycle of life that affects us all. In my exploration of the album, I was only at the first verse of first track “Death Is Not Defeat” and was already tearing up. So you couldn’t really think of anything more personal.” And there, emblazoned on the vinyl insert – fittingly encircled and fading into a dark kaleidoscopic void are the words “For Tom”. So it sort of engulfed my life, and everything to do with it is about my life. He died, and we’re carrying on without him and I’ve written the album about that. In Dan’s words “My brother was the songwriter. Holy Hell marks a regrouping for Architects, and a glimpse at the personal world one finds themselves in when they lose someone they love. They’d also welcomed Josh Middleton into the band a guitarist that the members of Architects were not only close to, but someone that Tom had wanted to have on board. Architects described it as a team process in bringing the songs to life, including songs that Tom had created prior to his death. The contrast of their stature as a band and newbie uncertainty was something that understandably inspired nervousness. Within the documentary Holy Ghost, the members of Architects were honest in saying that the process of making the album came with insecurities this band hitting significant peaks of success was suddenly having to start anew. The band have had to process the loss in more ways than one, losing their primary songwriter as well as their beloved brother and bandmate. Released on 9th November via Epitaph Records, the album is the first release for the UK quintet since founding guitarist and songwriter Tom passed away in 2016 of melanoma skin cancer. Writer(s): Thomas Duncan Searle, Alex Anthony Dean, Daniel Joseph Searle, Samuel David CarterLyrics powered by down a dark tunnel of grief after the loss of their bandmate Tom Searle, Architects created Holy Hell with their pain. As above, so below Dismantled piece by piece, what′s left will not decease As within, so without The seasons bring relief, let me live and die in peace (Let me live and die in peace, let me live and die in peace) (Let me live and die in peace, let me live and die in peace) I will be consumed, returned into the Earth Only passing through, nothing left to hold on to Like the thaw against the snow, into the undertow Cut the chord and cast me out, and cast me out It's a promise that you cannot break Was your life worth dying for? The universe survives on give and take Death is an open door It′s a promise that you cannot break Was your life worth dying for? The universe survives on give and take Decay is the only law As above, so below Dismantled piece by piece, what's left will not decease As within, so without The seasons bring relief, just let me live and die in peace "Change, and everything is change, nothing can be held on to" "To the degree that you go with a stream" "You see, you are still" "You are flowing with it" "But to the degree you resist the stream, then you notice" "That the current is rushing past you and fighting you" "So swim with it, go with it" "And you're there, you′re at rest" It′ll wear you down through skin and bone, through skin and bone It's as if my mind has a mind of its own, has a mind of its own It′ll wear you down through skin and bone, through skin and bone It's as if my mind has a mind of its own, has a mind of its own When my heart skips two beats I am hidden deep, fast asleep The sea will part where oceans meet Finally complete It′s a promise that you cannot break Was your life worth dying for? The universe survives on give and take Death is an open door It's a promise that you cannot break Was your life worth dying for? The universe survives on give and take Decay is the only law Swan song, a declaration of endlessness I swear I will not look back as I return into the black When the veil lifts, how will I know? How will I know? Will I see God? As above, so below Dismantled piece by piece, what′s left will not decease As within, so without The seasons bring relief, just let me live and die in peace "You can't hang on to yourself" "You don't have to try not to hang on to yourself" "It can′t be done, and that is salvation" "′Memento Mori', be mindful of death"
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