For Those That Wish to Exist
by Architects
  • Record Label: Epitaph
  • Release Date: Feb 26, 2021
Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
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  1. Kerrang!
    Feb 25, 2021
    100
    Through all this existential and unremitting bleakness, the music is vital and vibrant, using a broader palette and brighter colours than they’ve ever used before.
  2. Clash Music
    Feb 24, 2021
    90
    Soaring vocals and clean-cut production allow for an easy listen where listeners can grasp the feelings of the collective. This new release was needed, not just for the fans who have been dying to hear new music, but needed for the music community in general. The current climate is dark, moody, uncertain with the pandemic in mind, but this new album brings joy and happiness in a time where it is needed most.
  3. The Independent (UK)
    Feb 26, 2021
    80
    Thematically and sonically, For Those That Wish to Exist feels limitless.
  5. DIY Magazine
    Feb 25, 2021
    80
    ‘For Those That Wish to Exist’ is both furious in spirit and epic in scope. A sprawling fifteen-track opus that runs just shy of an hour, it tackles the weighty issues of the day head on.
  6. New Musical Express (NME)
    Feb 24, 2021
    80
    ‘For Those That Wish To Exist’ isn’t exactly the kind of sonic reinvention one-time scene mates Bring Me The Horizon pulled off with 2019’s ‘Amo’, but it pushes Architects into unexplored territory and a bold new future where even bigger venues and audiences surely await.
  7. Classic Rock Magazine
    Mar 2, 2021
    70
    The Brighton metalcore band turn their attention both outwards and inwards: ferocious, barely contained rage directed towards global dysfunction and the looming, ever-increasing threats to mankind and the notion of personal responsibility, taking control of destiny. [Apr 2021, p.86]
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  8. The Line of Best Fit
    Feb 24, 2021
    70
    Are there a few weaker moments here and there? Sure. ... But it’s impossible to be bored as you move from the filthy heaviness of "Giving Blood" to the punchy, melodic "Meteor", all the way through to the gorgeous choral rapture on "Dying Is Absolutely Safe".
  9. Exclaim
    Feb 24, 2021
    70
    Other than a few lapses, the hooks, synths and classical instruments effectively recontextualize Architects' musicianship. For Those That Wish to Exist proves these guys can successfully diversify their sound.

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User Score
6.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 80 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 51 out of 80
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 80
  3. Negative: 15 out of 80
  1. Melce
    Feb 26, 2021
    5
    Quotation from Teal's review over at Sputnik:

    It’s hard to blame Architects for wanting to switch up their approach to music. The band has    Quotation from Teal's review over at Sputnik:

    It’s hard to blame Architects for wanting to switch up their approach to music. The band has been delivering nasty guitar riffs, manic screaming, and crushing breakdowns for just shy of twenty years. With that being said, For Those That Wish to Exist disregards the idea of a subtle transition to a gentler sound and instead delivers fifteen songs daringly showcasing a more refined, restrained, and undoubtedly radio-friendly version of the band. Now the burden lies on the band’s fans to decide for themselves if experimentation featured here is genuine artistic expression, a premeditated shift for commercial viability, or a combination of both. Regardless, listeners of SiriusXM Octane are going to eat this up – and I think that’s the point.    … Full Review »
  2. hakametal
    Feb 27, 2021
    9
    One word: polarizing.

    This album is the equivalent to BMTH's Sempiteral or even more so Amo, you're either gonna be on board with the    One word: polarizing.

    This album is the equivalent to BMTH's Sempiteral or even more so Amo, you're either gonna be on board with the direction they're going in or you're gonna hold on to what the band made in the past. For me, I absolutely love it. If you're expecting All Our God's Have Abandoned Us, this is absolutely not it and you're going to be disappointed. However, if you're open to a more melodic, electronica influenced album with all of the emotion still there, then give this album your attention.    … Full Review »
  3. dkajch
    Feb 26, 2021
    4
    Idk about this one tbh. While there's some songs on here that I enjoy a lot, a good majority of the album is just mediocre dime a dozen bringIdk about this one tbh. While there's some songs on here that I enjoy a lot, a good majority of the album is just mediocre dime a dozen bring me the horizon-esque arena rock that just doesn't do it for me. What reviewers see in this album I have no idea… Full Review »
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