Architects have dropped their first single since April, "Whiplash," along with the announcement of their eleventh record, " The Sky, The Earth & All Between," to be released on February 28th via Epitaph Records.
Vocalist Sam Carter stated via an interview with NME, "We were talking about having a bouncy, Limp Bizkit-type party riff, and making a heavy song – in the world of Slipknot’s Iowa era – that had a catchy chorus. Dan came up with the big boy riff.”
Carter continued, “I think Architects at their best is me being really pissed off. That’s something we’ve really locked in, our unique thing [is that] nobody sounds quite as pissed off as I do when I’m yelling. That’s been apparent since I was a kid – I’ve always been yelling, I have a potty mouth. You have that character throughout, which helps lead to the intense nature of the song. I think we had visions of KoRn and Limp Bizkit at Woodstock ’99 when we were coming up with that breakdown.”
The track itself keeps a lot of Architects' more modern era that has really influenced a lot of the metalcore world since 2018's Holy Hell, but with a definitive drive for bouncier riffs and a vocal delivery by Carter which have the sort of raised attitude and hip hop-influenced cadence that Slipknot and Limp Bizkit made themselves known for. The bridge bounce riff and ending breakdown certify it nu metal, no questions about it.
To pre order the record, go to https://architects.ffm.to/theskytheearthallbetween. Check out the video for "Whiplash" below.
The Sky, The Earth & All Between track listing:
01 – “Elegy”
02 – “Whiplash”
03 – “Blackhole”
04 – “Everything Ends”
05 – “Brain Dead” (feat. House Of Protection)
06 – “Evil Eyes”
07 – “Landmines”
08 – “Judgement Day” (feat. Amira Elfeky)
09 – “Broken Mirror”
10 – “Curse”
11 – “Seeing Red”
12 – “Chandelier”
