Breaking news: Sam Carter from ARCHITECTS is basically the coolest guy ever, and we’re all just jealous of his awesome tour experiences with METALLICA and LINKIN PARK 🤩. In a recent interview, he gushed about how these legendary bands treated him and his crew like royalty, withMETALLICA frontman James Hetfield delivering cakes and flowers on the first day of their tour together 🎂. We mean, who wouldn’t want to be buddies with Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, right? 🤘
It turns out that METALLICA really knows how to roll out the red carpet for their supporting acts, and Sam Carter is still fangirling about the whole experience 🤩. He said: “METALLICA really know how to treat bands… METALLICA, it’s, like, the first day we got flowers, we got a cake delivered by [METALLICA frontman James] Hetfield… [METALLICA drummer] Lars [Ulrich] was hanging out with us most days. Hetfield would come in and hang out with us.” We’re not sure what’s more impressive, the fact that METALLICA is so down-to-earth or that Sam Carter is still talking about it like it was the best thing that’s ever happened to him 🤷♂️.
And it’s not just METALLICA that’s been treating ARCHITECTS like VIPs – LINKIN PARK has also been showing them some serious love 🤜. Sam Carter continued: “After the shows [METALLICA] invited us for dinner every night and we would go to a closed-off restaurant with them and eat in insane places. And they don’t need to do that. And they’re doing this — there’s no cameras. There’s nothing there. There’s no one following them around with a video camera. It’s just their TM [tour manager] and them bringing that stuff and just being, like, ‘Welcome to the tour. You need anything, we’ve got you,’ which is so sick. And the same with LINKIN PARK. Yeah. The first day, LINKIN PARK invited us into their dressing room. Mike’s [Shinoda] texting me, asking me to go and sing with them.” We’re starting to think that Sam Carter is just trying to make us all jealous with these stories 🤣.
Last September, Sam described METALLICA and LINKIN PARK as his ideal bands to tour with, and it’s pretty clear why 🤩. He said: “It felt like a dream come true. It was a real line-in-the-sand moment of, like, ‘Oh, you are doing well.’ You’ve got that opportunity to support these two bands that when you were kids would be shocked if they knew we existed, you know?” We’re not sure what’s more surprising, the fact that Sam Carter is still in awe of these bands or that he’s not tired of talking about them yet 😂.
Sam added: “We were apprehensive, especially going into METALLICA, because we thought that we might get sort of treated like second-class citizens, but it wasn’t like that at all. They made time to hang with us and go for dinner.” We’re starting to think that METALLICA and LINKIN PARK are just really nice guys who like to make their supporting acts feel welcome 🤗. Who knew that being a rockstar could be so… nice? 🤷♂️
ARCHITECTS released their eleventh album, “The Sky, The Earth & All Between”, in February 2025, and it’s been getting some serious praise from critics 🤩. The album has been described as “serious, fun, deep, kneejerk, angry, and beautiful. It’s like life, then, only louder” by Kerrang!, and BLABBERMOUTH.NET has called out the “band’s pristine instrumentation.” The album even earned a #23 spot on the Billboard Rock Albums chart 📈.
The album shifts between aggressive, melodic, and experimental sounds while maintaining a cohesive vision, which is pretty impressive if you ask us 🤯. From the ferocious single “Blackhole” to the pop-metal brilliance of “Everything Ends”, which charted at No. 1 on the Mediabase Active Rock chart, ARCHITECTS is proving that they’re a force to be reckoned with in the rock music scene 🤘.
From their early days playing pub shows in Brighton to sharing stadium stages with METALLICA and LINKIN PARK, ARCHITECTS have consistently pushed the boundaries of heavy music 🤩. “The Sky, The Earth & All Between” represents a bold evolution, fusing ferocious energy, intricate melodies, and emotional depth. We’re not sure what the future holds for ARCHITECTS, but one thing’s for sure – they’re going to keep on rocking, and we’re all going to be jealous of their awesome tour experiences 🤣. Photo credit: Ed Mason 📸.
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