Architects Share 'A New Moral Low Ground'

UK metalcore megastars Architects have shared a thunderous new single A New Moral Low Ground. 

The third preview of their new album, the classic symptoms of a broken spirit, which will be out via Epitaph on October 21,  A New Moral Low Ground continues the band’s exploration of industrial and electronic influences 

A New Moral Low Ground opens with moody synths before erupting in a maelstrom of riffage, the hooky refrain of “you cut me close to the bone” layered with harmonies. 

 A New Moral Low Ground follows the previous single, the industrial metal-inspired banger deep fake.

the classic symptoms of a broken spirit will be the band’s 10th studio album and is the follow-up to last year’s critically acclaimed ARIA No.1 album For Those That Wish To Exist. The band barely had time to celebrate success when they began the process of writing the songs that make up the new record.  Produced by band members Dan Searle and Josh Middleton, with additional production from Sam Carter at Deacon’s Middle Farm Studios and their own HQ, Electric Studios in Brighton.

The band were buoyed by finally being back in the room together after their last album was made mostly remote due to COVID restrictions, the result was something altogether more “free, playful and spontaneous” the band's drummer and songwriter Dan explains. “This one feels more live, more exciting and more fun – it has that energy. We wanted it to be a lot more industrial and electronic,” agrees frontman Sam Carter.

Layers of electronic and industrial elements infuse the album with a blast of energy that sets the cinematic moodscape for the 11-track ride. There is more than a passing nod to the band’s post-rock influences as well as now familiar fist-pumping anthems such as when we were young, and lead single tear gas, an arena-ready anthem packed with an industrial stomp.