![]() ![]() This is a beautiful, dark album that envelops me from Chrissy Wolpert’s haunting guest vocals on opening piece Wanderings, to the Liars-esque Two Snakes, to the final distorted chaos of closer The Myth Arc, and everything in between. Not many bands can champion a sound so terrifying and huge, while incorporating synths, 808s and pop influences throughout. On first listen it hit me instantly, and it hit me hard. The Body have long honed their skills for challenging one’s conception of what heavy, like, really heavy, music can entail, and on this record they perfect those intersecting moments where metal meets other elements. No One Deserves Happiness did not take time to settle in like some albums do. They’ve released two albums this year, both of which are on this list, and last year they released three collaborative records. It’s been a busy few years for experimental duo The Body. Whether or not we can achieve that is something that we will have to discover in time.” – LZ ![]() Me and Tom started playing in a band together when we were 13 and, really, Architects is just an evolution of the band that we started all the way back then, over half my life ago… We want to carry on, that is important to say, and we will strive to do so, but we will not release any music unless we truly believe that it is something that Tom would have been proud of. At the time, Searle’s brother and Architects drummer Dan Searle announced, “I don’t know what will become of Architects. On a more intimate note, this album has great meaning for Architects fans and the band themselves, as guitarist Tom Searle passed away from cancer just three months after it was released. “Just let me burn the bridge that leads me nowhere, because it’s gone and it’s never coming back.” Metalcore doesn’t always grab me, but Architects have a knack for kicking you in the guts and enchanting your ears all at once. Lyrically it’s nihilistic as fuck (the opening track is indeed called Nihilist) “Sorry son, but we destroyed your home, we murdered your family, now you’re on your own,” he spits on A Match Made In Heaven. ![]() The UK band’s seventh outing is their best, and heaviest yet dramatic and intense reinterpretations of the sounds they had already familiarised fans with on previous records. This year has been as outstanding for the world of heavy music as it has been for every other genre, so we thought to showcase some of our favourite picks from Australia and beyond.Ĭurated by your two heavy-loving Howlies Alasdair and Lauren, here are our favourite metal albums of 2016 (in alphabetical order).Īrchitects, All Our Gods Have Abandoned Usīefore you even listen to this record, the album title and bleak artwork was clear indication that Architects were going deep. Unbeknownst to some, hip-hop isn’t our only love here at Howl & Echoes we don’t discriminate when it comes to great music, whether it’s rock, pop, electronic or metal. ![]()
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