All Is Not Lost

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All Is Not Lost
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 23, 2007
RecordedAugust 2006
Genre Mathcore, metalcore, sludge metal, post-rock
Length30:25
Label Black Market Activities
Producer Eric Bukowski
Architect chronology
Dulling Occams Razor
(2003)
All Is Not Lost
(2007)
Ghost of the Salt Water Machines
(2008)

All Is Not Lost is the first full-length album by Architect. It was released on January 23, 2007.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "The Awakening"
  2. "Sic Semper Tyrannis"
  3. "11"
  4. "Trepanning for Oil"
  5. "13"
  6. "Hell of the Upsidedown Sinners"
  7. "The End of It"
  8. "Collapse the War Engine"
  9. "33"
  10. "Broke Dick Dog"
  11. "The Giving Tree"

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 9/10 [2]
Decibel favorable [3]
Stylus B+ [4]

The album was described by Decibel as a "startlingly accomplished debut", [3] while Stylus commented that the band's "rhythms resemble the speech patterns of a screaming match". [4]

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References

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  2. Popoff, Martin; Perri, David (2011). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 4: The '00s. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 33. ISBN   9781-926592-20-6.
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