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''Daybreaker'' is the fifth studio album by British metalcore band Architects. It was released on 28 May 2012 in the United Kingdom and most of Europe and on 5 June 2012 in the United States. It was the last album to feature guitarist Tim Hillier-Brook, who left the band on 16 April 2012. ''Daybreaker'' was co-produced by the band and Ben Humphreys at Outhouse Studios in Reading, Berkshire, and used the same team and studio that were used for recording the band's third studio album, ''Hollow Crown''. ''Daybreaker'' was praised by music writers for its variety and marks Architects' return to the technical sound of their earlier albumsespecially ''Hollow Crown''while incorporating several melodic elements from their fourth album, ''The Here and Now''. The album debuted on charts in five countries but failed to appear on any mainstream top 40. To promote it, Architects released five music videos, toured five continents (2012's ''Almost World Tour'' was filmed for the documentary One Hundred Days) and issued a re-release of the album to commemorate their departure from Century Media Records. ''Daybreaker'' received a mixed to positive response from critics; some praised its use of atmospheric elements and the return to a heavier style, while others criticised it as uninspired. ==Background and recording== In the band's fourth album, 2011's ''The Here and Now'', the band set out to mix their typical sounds with the music they were listening to at the time. The response was polarised: critics applauded the style while many fans criticised the album and accused the band of selling out.〔 During the publicity for ''The Here and Now'', the band praised it as a progression for them; they did not want to reject an album they had just released. But their own lack of belief in the record and their growing concern that they were irrelevant started to severely affect the band's confidence in themselves and their style. Songs recorded during early demo sessions after ''The Here and Now'' became b-sides for re-releases. During this time, the band became certain they wished to make another "heavy" record. Tom Searle said, "some people might say we've regressed, but I think we've found our enthusiasm for playing heavy music again. I'm excited again by what I've come up with on guitar and lyrically it's much more political and less personal." The band started to write socially aware lyrics during the writing phase of ''Daybreaker''; vocalist Sam Carter said this was a result of the band touring the world and seeing things he felt were downplayed by the media.〔 The band recorded ''Daybreaker'' at Outhouse Studios in Reading, Berkshire, where they had previously recorded ''Ruin'' (2007) and ''Hollow Crown'' (2009).〔 ''Daybreaker'' had the same production and engineering team as did ''Hollow Crown''; John Mitchell acted as ''Daybreaker's'' mixing engineer, and Mitchell described ''Daybreaker'' as "the album they should have made after ''Hollow Crown''". Tom Searle said that during the recording, he and Hillier-Brook were constantly practising to perfect the highly technical guitar riffs. Architects invited Jon Green from Deez Nuts, Oliver Sykes from Bring Me the Horizon, and Drew York from Stray from the Path to sing on the album. They invited Green because they believed his screaming vocals had a "Satanic" quality,〔 while a collaboration with Sykes was something the band considered "long overdue", since Carter had sung on Bring Me the Horizon's 2008 album ''Suicide Season''. On 16 April 2013, shortly before ''Daybreaker'' release, Hillier-Brook announced he would leave the band to pursue other projects. The band had thought Hiller-Brook seemed unhappy while he was a member of Architects. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Daybreaker (Architects album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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