{"id":486,"date":"2011-02-15T00:00:38","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T00:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=486"},"modified":"2013-06-01T14:01:24","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T14:01:24","slug":"album-review-the-famine-the-architects-of-guilt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-the-famine-the-architects-of-guilt\/","title":{"rendered":"THE FAMINE – The Architects Of Guilt (2011) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE FAMINE
The Architects Of Guilt<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSolid State (2011)<\/span>
Rating: 5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Talk about the biggest sophomore slump in recent memory! No, this isn\u2019t a bad record. But The Famine calling it quits less than two months after releasing this disc has to be some kind of record. Life got in the way, which is understandable and even admirable.<\/p>\n

That aside, The Architects Of Guilt<\/em> is certainly brutal. Mark Garza plays like his life depends on it, solidifying his place as an incredible drummer. Andrew Godwin\u2019s guitar riffs are lightning fast and precise, although the solos leave a bit to be desired. Jon Richardson\u2019s bass keeps the low end intact, and vocalist Nick Nowell provides high screams and low guttural tones of diversity throughout.<\/p>\n

With production by D. Braxton Henry (ex-Devourment) and mixing duties by Jason Suecof (Trivium, DevilDriver, All That Remains), the album is sonically excellent. Musically, this is more like Garza and Godwin\u2019s former band Embodyment from the Embrace The Eternal<\/em> era. And while that incarnation of Embodyment was technically precise, it lacked the emotionally improved songwriting that came with their heralded The Narrow Scope Of Things<\/em>. Only on album closer \u2018To The Teeth\u2019 do we get the grinding groove of that past greatness.<\/p>\n

The Famine\u2019s debut The Raven And The Reaping<\/em> was a superior album. Give me more of the aforementioned \u2018To The Teeth\u2019 any day.<\/p>\n

Chad Olson<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THE FAMINEThe Architects Of Guilt Solid State (2011)Rating: 5\/10 Talk about the biggest sophomore slump in recent memory! No, this isn\u2019t a bad record. But The Famine calling it quits less than two months after releasing this disc has to be some kind of record. Life got in the way, which is understandable and even […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-the-famine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11966,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486\/revisions\/11966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}