A BRIGHTON metal band are breaking into the big time with a gig at Wembley Arena.

Architects have just announced their biggest European tour so far, which includes four dates in the UK.

The biggest is Wembley, where they will headline on January 19.

Architects will release their eighth studio album, Holy Hell, on November 9.

To tie in with this, they have released a video for their new single Hereafter.

It all adds to the build-up as they prepare for their tour which kicks off on January 14.

The 12,500-capacity Wembley Arena is a venue most groups dream of playing, and for rock and metal groups in particular, a gig there cements them as big names in the industry.

Holy Hell is the band’s first release since the death of their friend and drummer Tom Searle, who passed away in 2016 following a three-year battle with skin cancer.

Architects’ founding member Dan Searle, Tom’s twin, said: “In those first months after Tom’s death, I didn’t deal with it at all and I felt so unhappy and anxious.

“I’d ignored it and just tried to cope but I knew that at some point, I had to learn from it.

“Ultimately, there were two choices.

“Feel sorry for yourself and believe the world to be a horrible place and let it defeat you.

“Or let it inspire us to live the life that Tom would have wanted us to live.

“I was very worried about people taking away a despondent message from the album.

“I felt a level of responsibility to provide a light at the end of the tunnel for people who are going through terrible experiences.”

All the members of Architects had been prominent in the Brighton music scene prior to forming the band in 2004.

The group’s frontman Sam Carter studied at the British Institute of Modern Music (BIMM), before joining the band.

Following the release of their 2006 debut album, Nightmares, some members of the band were so young that they had to book time off college to embark on their tour in support of the record.

Over the course of their careers Architects have supported huge names in the rock and metal genres such as Enter Shikari and Bring Me The Horizon, as well as playing the main stage at Download Festival.