Hollow Crown
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| Studio album by Architects | ||||
| Released | 26 January 2009 | |||
| Recorded | July 2008 | |||
| Studio | Outhouse Studios, Reading | |||
| Genre | Metalcore, mathcore | |||
| Length | 41:13 | |||
| Label | United By Fate Distort Entertainment Century Media (10 February 2009) |
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| Producer |
John Mitchell Ben Humphreys |
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| Source | Rating |
| Absolutepunk | (83%) |
| Allmusic |   |
| Alt Sounds | (89%) |
| Alter The Press! | |
| Exclaim! | (Favourable) |
| Kerrang! | |
| Rock Sound | (8/10) |
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 band's recording sessions. The album was leaked on the internet on 12 January 2009. Kerrang! magazine gave it their maximum KKKKK rating.
On 18 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 16 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, the band considered Hollow Crown as a natural progression from its predecessor. Hollow Crown 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, simplified riffs and more melodic musicianship, as well as a fair usage of keyboards and drum programming.
Carter has stated that the lyrics on the album are of a personal nature. He has said that he wrote about everyday life and things that happen to him, these are as simple as sitting in a car with friends or hating girls.
The album title has had different value to each member of the band. Dan Searle in interview was asked why the band gave it the title and he stated to him it refers to "those people you meet in life that earn nothing, but are given everything." During an interview in October 2009 vocalist and lyricist Sam Carter stated that the inspiration for him when picking the name was because despite the band's hard working nature they never seemed to progress, saying "we’ve always felt like we were a band that worked really, really hard and we never got appreciation for it".
The album was well received by critics. Kerrang! magazine described it as a "carefully layered and brilliantly crafted [record]".
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