

The band released the album's lead single, "Hereafter", in conjunction with the public release of the album art, release date and track listing.

On 10 September 2018, Architects released teaser videos online which utilised instrumental versions of "Doomsday" and "Memento Mori", which were later that day taken down. It's where we learn, it's where we grow." He was inspired by his brother's lyric writing, focusing on religion and particular juxtaposed metaphors "heaven and hell" and "angels and demons". Searle stated the theme "for me, broadly speaking Holy Hell is about pain: the way we process it, cope with it, and live with it. Elements of songs used on the album are based upon writing Tom Searle had written before his death, however Dan Searle in an interview said that they do not want to disclose which songs were derived from Tom's work, saying "We don't want to say because we don't want people's perspectives of the songs to be swayed by having that information." ĭan Searle had a major role in writing of the album's lyrics. Tom Searle had written the main guitar riff "Doomsday" was based on. By the time the band had selected "Doomsday" to release as a single they had written that and five other songs. This period of writing new music brought confidence to the band about continuing to perform. Middleton along with Searle became dominant songwriters on the record. Writing and recording įollowing the band's performance in Brixton Academy on their 2017 European tour, Josh Middleton, Sylosis guitarist and touring member for the band, sent demos of songs to Searle. Architects' drummer and brother of Tom, Dan Searle, addressed the crowd and thanked them for their continued support. Much like how he had at Glastonbury festival, however it was decided against by the party. Due to the close relationship Carter and the rest of the band had established with Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party, there was a discussion as to whether Corbyn could speak before their performance. This was the largest headline performance the band had played in their career. After the successful release of the song the band organised a one date, sold-out performance at the 10,000 capacity venue Alexandra Palace in London, with support from While She Sleeps and Counterparts. An alternative piano reprise version of the song was released on 13 July 2018. However, it did not make the album's final tracklist but it was later added to the tracklist of Holy Hell as the tenth track.

On 7 September 2017, Architects released the song " Doomsday", which Tom Searle had started to write during the production of their seventh album All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us, as a single. Sam Carter, the band's lead vocalist, noted at the final date of a European tour in the Brixton Academy in London he felt "this could be the last time I do this". His death had a traumatic effect on the other members of the band.
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Hell Architect is a title inspired by games such as Dungeon Keeper, Oxygen Not Included and Prison Architect but does everything in its own, hellish style.Architects' guitarist Tom Searle passed away on 20 August 2016, after his three-year battle with skin cancer.
