Hell Architect takes the classic survival-sim genre and adds a devilishly new twist to the gameplay. Dropping you into the role of an architect of hell, you will be tasked with creating and building ever more inventive ways of managing (and torturing) the sinners who arrive there. With a host of hell themed building and crafting options at your disposal you will be able to research and construct evermore intricate rooms and put your sinners to work harvesting materials to construct your torture devices! Expect dark humour and gory themes aplenty! Let your imagination run wild and craft the hell of your dreams (or nightmares!) and don’t forget to impress the big boss, Lucifer himself.Ĭreate the Hell of your dreams: Flex your creative muscles to design, build and furnish 9 infamous levels of Hell in the single player campaign mode, or spend a hellish eternity designing your own chaotic masterpiece from scratch in sandbox mode. If you build it, they will suffer!: Begin with basic buildings like power stations (yup they need those in Hell too!) and canteens for your hungry workers and expand your empire to include shrines and intricate torture contraptions to increase the level of suffering for your weary residents. Management is key: Harvesting resources, building an infrastructure and expanding your Hell will be key in your success. While the album flows together there are times vocal seem stressed but Architects are still in stride throughout the whole album making it immersive and fresh.A constant stream of new lost souls will provide more hands to use, but will require managing to keep them working.Ĭrack the whip: Treat the sinners sent to your humble abode to different fun (or not so fun) sources of suffering, be it punishing them for disobedience or just for fun. It is done in such a way that Tom himself would be proud of this evolution in delivery. I feel the album is a sort of ‘in honor’ of their lost bandmate. Overall, “ Holy Hell” encompasses the journey of grief and loss. Pre-order here Architects album, “Holy Hell” available Nov 9th “ Royal Beggars” is melodic, but don’t let that fool you, this song is complimentary to the album. The track offers some excellent guitar and drum work for intensity with shrill vocals and anguish for delivery. Tom wrote a good portion of “Doomsday” and some of his actual guitars made it into the song, but the majority of the album was unfortunately written without him. “ Doomsday,” was the first song done after Tom Searle’s passing. Video still from the video, “Royal Beggars” The album still has alot to offer without Tom Searle but it seems his creative input he was working before he passed on was implemented in subtle ways such as guitar riffs that keep the album going in a fresh sense. There are some twists and turns in this album, but they are welcomed. The track offers up some intense delivery with heavy drums shadowing screaming vocals. You can hear the anguish and sorrow in the delivery. ![]() It clearly is on the subject matter of loss and the possibility of a higher power while dealing with said loss. ![]() Title track, “ Holy Hell” gives you that exact reaction upon first listen. But, they persevered and now enter, “ Holy Hell” bringing a new edge to the band. The release of the record “ All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us“, brought the tragic news about the founding guitarist and songwriter Tom Searle’s passing, this had a huge impact on the band, and thought of not going on. With this date creeping up on us, the hype around the album is peaking. ‘ Holy Hell‘, is the eighth full studio album to be released on the 9th of November. Hell Architect Prologue is a title inspired by games such as Dungeon Keeper, Oxygen Not Included and Prison Architect but does everything in its own, hellish style.
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