Released to stellar reviews on November 11th, Architects’ 8th full-length Holy Hell has had ample time to bury its intensely proficient metalcore sound in the hearts of listeners. It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that the record has managed to record some of the highest Architects chart records to date – including a big debut in the USA, their highest to date.
The album ended up debuting at #89 in the Billboard Top 200 in its first week of release, outdoing 2 previous records (LF/LT and AOGHAU) by a fairly significant margin, along with clocking in at #18 in the overall UK charts. Oh, and in Australia, the record brought in a top 10 chart debut overall.
The record, which has been seeing waves of incredible hype surround it, can be streamed below. Buoyed by definitively huge songs like “Doomsday” and the Hollow Crown-era throwback “The Seventh Circle”, the album is a solid introduction to Architects as well.
