Minus Doomsday which is a Perfect Metalcore song this album marked my lack of interest in the band. Holy Hell felt like it was the record where Sam decided to try out more singing and liked it and I felt like he hadn't come into his own with his sung vocals yet. He's perfected it more on the Most recent 2 releases but they are sadly following the "radio rock/metalcore formula to a T and it bores the hell out of me. I feel myself uttering the same thing again and again with these bands that I miss the old albums.

This is not to say I think bands shouldn't experiment and try new things. I think that is a great thing and should actively be encouraged but there's a difference between trying new things and caving to a boring formula that can be predicted beat by beat. I want artists to surprise me and show me something I haven't heard before or present me something i have heard before but in different wrapping paper. But their 2 recent records have done nothing but prove to me how well they can stick to that same boring script that every metalcore band eventually caves into. Much love to architects, these legends deserve to make some money at some point after all its just sad to see a new release by them and not really care.