Ruin (album)
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Ruin is the second album by the metalcore
band Architects
and the first to feature current vocalist Sam Carter.
Stylistically, this album displays a minor change in the band's style, with the mathcore sound on Nightmares being replaced with a more fluid metalcore sound, with more simple song structures, but maintaining aspects of the first album, such as changes in time signature, technically proficient riffs and screamed vocals. Also, clean vocals are observed for the first time for a few songs, but not as prominent as in later releases.
As well as a significant 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).
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. This album was also the first to feature bassist Alex "Ali Dino" Dean.
Metalcore
Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...
band Architects
Architects (British band)
Architects are an English Metalcore band from Brighton, England, formed in 2004. The band went through several name changes before they decided upon Architects. Their first name was Inharmonic, which was swiftly changed to Counting the Days...
and the first to feature current vocalist Sam Carter.
Stylistically, this album displays a minor change in the band's style, with the mathcore sound on Nightmares being replaced with a more fluid metalcore sound, with more simple song structures, but maintaining aspects of the first album, such as changes in time signature, technically proficient riffs and screamed vocals. Also, clean vocals are observed for the first time for a few songs, but not as prominent as in later releases.
As well as a significant 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
Personnel
- Sam Carter (Vocals)
- Tom Searle (Guitar)
- Tim Hillier-Brook (Guitar)
- Alex «Ali Dino» Dean (Bass)
- Dan Searle (Drums)
- Engineered by Ben Humphreys and John Mitchell
- Produced by John Mitchell and Ben Humphreys
- Mixed by John Mitchell
- Mastered by Tim Turan at Turan audio
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. This album was also the first to feature bassist Alex "Ali Dino" Dean.