Saarang, the annual cultural festival of Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M), is all set to feature the British metalcore giants, Architects. The Brighton-based band will be performing at the Open Air Theatre (OAT) inside the IIT-M campus on January 11, 2014 as the headliner of the festival’s pro-event, Rock Show. The festival, one of the biggest in South India, is known for bringing in massive rock and metal bands every year to create a stir among the music lovers. Opeth, HammerFall, Pain Of Salvation, Vildhjarta and Anathema are few artists that rocked the crowd in the last few editions.
Architects are known for their downright melodious tracks which are loaded with power-packed galloping riffs, ingenious keyboard harmonies and of course stupendous combination of clean and harsh vocals. The band was formed in 2004 and has released their five full length albums and one split EP with Dead Swans. The band currently consists of the vocalist Sam Carter, drummer Dan Searle and his twin brother, guitarist and keyboardist Tom Searle and Alex Dean on bass guitar. They are currently running an Indiegogo campaign to fund One Hundred Days – Almost World Tour, a film documenting their extensive 2012 world tour.
They released their debut album ‘Nightmares’ in 2006 on In At The Deep End records. After their original vocalist, Matt Johnson, left Carter joined and made his first appearance on Architects second album ‘Ruin’, which released in 2007 through United By Fate records. ‘Ruin’ was also voted as the album of the year by Radio One and received massive critical acclamation. The band released their next three albums, ‘Hollow Crown’ (2011), ‘The Here And Now’ (2011) and ‘Daybreaker’ (2012), through Century Media before ending their terms with them. The last studio album, ‘Daybreaker’ marks a music shift back towards the technical sound of their earlier albums; particularly Hollow Crown’ and received mixed reviews from fans and critics.
