Song · Architects
“Animals” by Architects
From the album For Those That Wish to Exist (2021)
“Animals” by Architects appears on 6 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2020 and 2021. It was first released in 2021 on the album For Those That Wish to Exist. Its best result is #1 on the SiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of 2021.
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"Animals" arrived in October 2020 as the lead single from For Those That Wish to Exist, the ninth album by English metalcore band Architects, released in 2021. Drummer Dan Searle and lead guitarist Josh Middleton produced it, Searle wrote it with the rest of the band and directed the video too, and the result laces its riffs with industrial crunch and electronic menace, landing somewhere critics placed between metalcore and hard rock. It rides a slow, heavy groove that grinds rather than sprints.
The band later cut a live orchestral version at Abbey Road Studios in London, which went up on their YouTube channel in March 2021.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 79 | 98KUPD Phoenix, AZ | 98KUPD Top 98 of 2020 | 98 |
| 2020 | 14 | SiriusXM Octane National (SiriusXM satellite radio) | SiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of 2020 | 30 |
| 2020 | 47 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2020 | 100 |
| 2021 | 1 | SiriusXM Octane National (SiriusXM satellite radio) | SiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of 2021 | 30 |
| 2021 | 11 | 94.3 KILO Colorado Springs-Pueblo, CO | KILO's Top 30 Kountdown of 2021 | 30 |
| 2021 | 11 | 98KUPD Phoenix, AZ | 98KUPD Top 98 of 2021 | 98 |
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