Architects - 'Animals' (Orchestral Version) - Live at Abbey Road

"WARNING: This video has been identified to potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Viewer discretion is advised."

Arranged and orchestrated by Rosie Danvers

Original Version of "Animals" by @Architects​ from the album 'For Those That Wish To Exist,' available now

Lyrics

I do my best but everything seems ominous
Not feeling blessed, quite the opposite
This shouldn’t feel so monotonous
It never rains but it pours

We’re just a bunch of fucking animals
But we’re afraid of the outcome
Don’t cry to me because the fiction that we’re living in
Says I should pull the pin

Should I just pull the pin?

I dug my heels
I thought that I could stop the rot
The ground gave way
Now I’ve lost the plot
Fucked it again
That was all I’ve got
It never rains but it pours

Life is just a dream within a….

Buried under dirt
A diamond in the mud
Infinity is waiting there
‘Cause nobody can burn a glass cathedral

….dream within a dream within a….

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[tonethief]

You know you’ve reached the top of the metal mountain when you get a whole orchestra to play a breakdown

[Wehttamman]

Orchestras with metal bands is one of my favourite things

[alexrobinson]

Don't care what anyone says, an orchestra puts so much more oomph and power behind a song like this.. Now it's on a completely different level 🥵

[ersha]

We need a “Architects: Live at the Royal Albert Hall” when shows are back

[sanjacobs]

Whoever mixed this deserves multiple awards.

[gageandres]

I think the coolest part of this video is seeing the orchestra members in the beginning looking very stiff and unsure, but as it goes they feed off the energy of the band, and by the end they're just as into it and the energy magnetism in the room is so palpable you can feel it through a YouTube video. Masterpiece.

[rad.yall]

I’m a violinist in an orchestra and I listen to Architects. This is like the best thing ever happened in my life

[snooch]

That old man getting hype on the violin at 1:29 made this entire video 100x better.

[ae.]

If you don't enjoy this performance, you don't like music. I don't care what anyone says. So much respect to them for this.

[kerrangradio]

"What do you play in the orchestra?"
"I play the hammer"
1:39

[OscarCardozomasuno]

The orchestral breakdown got me in an "elegant" headbanging

[GT-fxfd]

Why is it sick when violinists are head banging and cutting in deep into the strings haha.
Love it, great combo and what a tune and performance.

[branschneidermusic]

Sign the petition for Architects to make a live orchestral album

Edit: Also why isn't this on Spotify? Another petition to get this on Spotify.

[ZackNewell]

The guy just hammering the piece of iron has the most bad ass and (literally) METAL job in the world..

[slowmotionfirefight]

Architects need to do the next James Bond theme tune. This was both beautiful and brutal. Damn.

[ericsullivan]

Why aren't more bands doing this, its incredible.

[griftide]

I’m just making an educated guess, but I don’t think they got this orchestra together for just one song. So everyone asking for Dead Butterflies... Definitely not out of the realm of possibility. That being said, this is so good.

Edit: They’re doing the whole album like this in December via stream.

[kenjoda]

There’s no way that with this production value that it isn’t a teaser for something more

[gmdragon]

Sam's vocals were on point!! Dude!!

[DudesCover]

I grew up listening to heavy music, and now working with orchestra, this song is the greatest combination I've ever heard