Ruin (album)

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Ruin
Artwork by
Studio album by Architects
Released 25 June 2007 (2007-06-25)
Recorded March–April 2007
Studio Outhouse Studio, Reading, UK
Genre Metalcore, mathcore
Length 39:31
Label United by Fate, Distort Entertainment, Century Media
Producer John Mitchell, Ben Humphreys, Architects
Architects chronology
Nightmares
(2006)
Ruin
(2007)
Architects & Dead Swans
(2008)

Ruin is the second studio album by British metalcore band Architects. This was the first album to feature the vocalist Sam Carter and bassist Alex Dean.

Style

Stylistically, this album displays a minor change in the band's style, with a more fluid 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.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Ruin was released to positive reviews but seen as a departure from the band's previous album Nightmares, which was more akin to the works of bands such as The Dillinger Escape Plan or Botch.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Sam Carter, all music composed by Architects.

No. Title Length
1. "Buried at Sea"   3:42
2. "Hunt Them Down"   3:19
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"   4:24
9. "Low"   2:24
10. "Running from the Sun"   3:43
11. "Save Me"   4:38
Total length:
39:31
2008 re-release bonus track
No. Title Length
12. "Broken Clocks" (featuring Nick Worthington of Dead Swans) 3:42
Total length:
42:13

Credits

Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.[2]

Personnel

Architects
Guest musicians
Production
Artwork and design

Studios

References

  1. Henderson, Alex. Ruin – Architects at AllMusic. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  2. Ruin (liner notes). Architects. Century Media. 2008.

External links

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