ARCHITECTS (UK)

They are currently signed to Century Media Records worldwide and Distort Entertainment in Canada. The band have toured the UK and Europe with the likes of Bring Me the Horizon, SikTh and The Chariot. They have played at a number of independent UK festivals, as well as the Download Festival in 2007 and 2009. The band have completed a European tour and a Canadian tour, receiving great receptions from crowds in different countries and gradually spreading their fan base. They released their second album Ruin on June 26, 2007, and released a split EP with UK band Dead Swans in 2008, following the release with a double headed tour of the UK. The band has recently recorded their third album, 'Hollow Crown', which was released in the UK and Australia on January 26, 2009. It was released in the USA and Canada on February 10, Mainland Europe on the 20th, and Japan on the 21st. They recently toured the US with Suicide Silence, Emmure, Beneath the Massacre, and The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza followed by the European Altamonte Never Say Die! tour with Whitechapel, Protest the Hero, Carnifex, Parkway Drive, Unearth and Despised Icon. The band's success has been gradual. They said in an interview that they were happy when they got signed to Century Media: "We?re really excited to have finally got the deal finished and signed, so much so that we all went out for a pizza the day that everything was finally made 100% official." Their 2009 touring plans are some of the bands biggest tours yet, they are currently supporting Parkway Drive on their DVD Tour in Australia. In October 2009 they headline the 2009 Imperial Never Say Die! Tour with support from Despised Icon, As Blood Runs Black, HORSE The Band, Iwrestledabearonce, Oceano and The Ghost Inside. They are also set to be touring the US as openers on the 2009 Epitaph Records tour alongside Every Time I Die, Bring Me The Horizon, and Oh, Sleeper. Line-up changes The band had travelled around the UK on many tours supporting a number of different bands in support of their debut album 'Nightmares'. After a lengthy stint around the country as an opening act to SikTh and Dead Man In Reno, Matt Johnson did not want to be part of the touring lifestyle, so during their first headline UK tour in January 2007 it was announced that the show at Oxford was to be Matt's last with the band. New vocalist Sam Carter joined the band onstage for 'The Darkest Tomb' as an introduction to the fans. Members other projects and guest appearances Before Architects, all members of the band had their own musical projects. Carter and Dean used to play together in a band called Fractures. Carter used to play drums before becoming a vocalist, and played drums in a UK hardcore band named Nervous Wreck. He also played drums for This City and did a video with the band prior to joining Architects. This City are still going to this day, and even played the 2009 Download Festival on the Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage. Dean, Carter and Searle also have a current side project from Architects, a punk band named Punx. Carter has also contributed guest vocals to some other bands. He contributed clean vocals on Bring Me The Horizon's 2008 release Suicide Season on the track "The Sadness Will Never End". He has also contributed vocals to Your Demise's newest album Ignorance Never Dies.