Ruin is the second studio album by British metalcore band Architects. It was released on 25 October 2007 through United by Fate, Distort and Century Media Records. The album was produced by John Mitchell, Ben Humphreys and the band themselves. It is the first album to feature vocalist Sam Carter and bassist Alex Dean.
| Ruin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 25 October 2007 | |||
| Recorded | March–April 2007 | |||
| Studio | Outhouse Studios, Reading, Berkshire, UK | |||
| Genre | Metalcore | |||
| Length | 39:23 | |||
| Label |
| |||
| Producer |
| |||
| Architects studio album chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
Composition
editStyle
editStylistically, this album displays a minor change in the band's style, with a more fluid yet darker metalcore sound. Clean vocals are implemented again in a few songs, to a larger extent than on Nightmares, although not as prominently as in later releases. The album features 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 eight string guitar).
Ruin was the first Architects album to feature new vocalist Sam Carter. His vocal style is quite different to that of previous vocalist Matt Johnson, marking a shift from screaming towards hardcore punk-style shouting. This is most obvious on the 2008 re-recording of "To the Death" (from Nightmares) that was available for download for a short period.
Track listing
editAll lyrics are written by Sam Carter; all music is composed by Architects
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Buried at Sea" | 3:42 |
| 2. | "Hunt Them Down" | 3:18 |
| 3. | "You'll Find Safety" | 3:33 |
| 4. | "Always" | 4:11 |
| 5. | "Sail This Ship Alone" (instrumental) | 1:55 |
| 6. | "Heartless" | 4:28 |
| 7. | "North Lane" | 3:15 |
| 8. | "I Can't See the Light" | 4:23 |
| 9. | "Low" | 2:23 |
| 10. | "Running from the Sun" | 3:43 |
| 11. | "Save Me" | 4:27 |
| Total length: | 39:23 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 12. | "Broken Clocks" (featuring Nick Worthington of Dead Swans) | 3:42 |
| Total length: | 43:05 | |
Personnel
editWriting, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.[2]
|
Architects
Additional musicians
|
Additional personnel
|
References
edit- ^ Henderson, Alex. Ruin – Architects at AllMusic. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^ Ruin (liner notes). Architects. Century Media. 2008.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)