Architects Announce 2023 Australian Tour

Architects have announced a 2023 Australian tour, their first shows since performing at Unify in January 2020 and a broader tour in August 2019.

The announcement is welcomed on the British metalcore band's release date of their tenth album, the classic symptoms of a broken spirit. 

Live Nation Australia, Unify, and triple j present one of the rock shows of 2023. Architects will begin their run through the country on Friday, 17 February, in Adelaide, before heading to Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane.

the classic symptoms of a broken spirit follows the ARIA #1 album, For Those That Wish To Exist. The albums share Architects' latest songwriting style, blending industrial and electronic elements into metal music. The band barely had time to celebrate success when they began the process of writing the songs that make up the new record—produced by band members Dan Searle and Josh Middleton, with additional production from Sam Carter at Deacon's Middle Farm Studios and their own HQ, Electric Studios in Brighton. 

The singles promised a banging album, with when we were young having explosive energy from the get-go, tear gas bringing a big fat riff, deep fake pitting gritty synths against wailing guitar leads, and a new moral low ground coming in with an industrial stomp, moody synths and a maelstrom of riffage.

The band were buoyed by finally being back in the room together after their last album was made primarily remote due to COVID restrictions; the result was something altogether more "free, playful and spontaneous", the band's drummer and songwriter Dan explains. "This one feels more live, more exciting and more fun – it has that energy. We wanted it to be a lot more industrial and electronic," agrees frontman Sam Carter.

On the tour announcement, Carter revealed, "We are honestly so excited to get back to one of our favourite places in the world. Australia always makes us feel like home and has given us some incredible memories and we can't wait to get back out and make more!"

The Live Nation pre-sale begins next Monday, 24 October, at 10 am until Wednesday, 26 October, at 9 am. General sale tickets are on sale from Wednesday, 26 October, at 10 am local time. For more information and tickets, go to the Live Nation website.

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AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2023

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Friday 17 February - AEC Theatre, Adelaide
Saturday 18 February - Festival Hall, Melbourne
Sunday 19 February - Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
Tuesday 21 February - Riverstage, Brisbane