The Faction has unveiled the results for its latest Hardest 100 countdown, with lovers all of all things heavy tuning in to hear Architects take out the top spot two years in a row.

Last March, Australian music-lovers tuned into The Faction, Australia’s heaviest digital radio station, to hear the results of the inaugural Hardest 100 countdown.

Following a tight race, Architects managed to take out the #1 track with their stunning ‘Doomsday’. Undoubtedly a worthy recipient of the highest honour, the group were in fine company throughout the whole list.

Earlier this year, it was announced that the Hardest 100 would be coming back, but this time with a bit of a difference. Rather than opening up voting to any song from any time period, this year saw votes limited to songs only released in the 2018 calendar year.

Over the weekend, the full countdown took place, with some of the year’s biggest tracks getting a look-in. Kicking things off with the likes of Parkway Drive and Hands Like Houses, listeners could tell this countdown was set to be pretty brutal.

In the end though, the Hardest 100 ended up belonging to Architects, who not only scored the top spot with ‘Hereafter’, but managed to take out three tracks in the top ten, and eight positions overall.

This level of success is also rather timely for Architects, with the band recently announcing a tour of Australia, set to take place in August of this year.

Check out the full list below, along with the official playlist of the countdown as well. Now go check out The Faction to start scoping out what your top tracks will be for 2019!

Check out a Spotify playlist for The Faction’s Hardest 100 of 2018:

The Faction’s Hardest 100 for 2018

#100: ‘I Hope You Rot’ – Parkway Drive
#99: ‘Overthinking’ – Hands Like Houses
#98: ‘Repressed’ – Lost Without Life
#97: ‘Dakota’ – Between You & Me
#96: ‘Elysian’ – Kaskeid
#95: ‘Trash Bat’ – AFI
#94: ‘Alone In A Room’ – Asking Alexandria
#93: ‘Unseen’ – Carbon Black
#92: ‘Blackbird’ – Alkaline Trio
#91: ‘Game Over’ – Grizzlyshark

#90: ‘Are You Ready’ – Disturbed
#89: ‘Black Flame’ – Bury Tomorrow
#88: ‘Mad Hatter’ – Avenged Sevenfold
#87: ‘Chapters’ – Lycanthrope
#86: ‘Armour You Own’ – Dead Letter Circus
#85: ‘RETURN OF THE DREGG’ – DREGG
#84: ‘Bliss’ – Artisan
#83: ‘Get Dark’ – AFI
#82: ‘Endless War’ – Chasing Lana
#81: ‘Configuring Reality’ – Prophecies

#80: ‘Let It In’ – Dream On Dreamer
#79: ‘Skin ‘ – Lycanthrope
#78: ‘Plutocracy’ – Zeolite
#77: ‘The Moister Within’ – Seraphic
#76: ‘Losing My Life’ – Falling In Reverse
#75: ‘Lavender Bones’ – Stand Atlantic
#74: ‘Fuck Love’ – All That Remains
#73: ‘Insinuate’ – ATLVS
#72: ‘Hangman’ – RELIQA
#71: ‘Sociopath’ – Visioner

#70: ‘Regicide’ – Nautical Mile
#69: ‘Distortion’ – BABYMETAL
#68: ‘Dame Macabre’ – Ghost
#67: ‘Blood Eagle’ – 生 Conform 死
#66: ‘Catastrophe’ – Crossfaith
#65: ‘Monster’ – Hands Like Houses
#64: ‘Burn It’ – FEVER 333
#63: ‘Anti-Social’ – While She Sleeps
#62: ‘Bad Listener’ – Beartooth
#61: ‘End Of This’ – Carbon Black

#60: ‘My Paradise’ – SCVRED
#59: ‘Hostage’ – Chelsea Grin
#58: ‘Friday Forever’ – Trophy Eyes
#57: ‘Birthday’ – All Time Low
#56: ‘FEEL NOTHING’ – The Plot In You
#55: ‘No Brother, No Frierd’ – Justice For The Damned
#54: ‘Ruination’ – Zeolite
#53: ‘Rats’ – Ghost
#52: ‘Mortal After All’ – Architects
#51: ‘The Seventh Circle’ – Architects

#50: ‘Never See It Coming’ – Like Thieves
#49: ‘Over ‘ – These Four Walls
#48: ‘Prodigal’ – Ænon
#47: ‘Disease’ – Beartooth
#46: ‘Colours’ – Die In A Dream
#45: ‘The Middle’ – Cog
#44: ‘Drag The Lake’ – The Amity Affliction
#43: ‘Death Perception’ – Thy Art Is Murder
#42: ‘When In Rome’ – Virtues
#41: ’27’ – Make Them Suffer

#40: ‘New Infinite’ – Windwaker
#39: ‘Begotten//Forgotten’ – Overpower
#38: ‘Shadow Boxing’ – Parkway Drive
#37: ‘Love’ – ATLVS
#36: ‘A Question Of Faith’ – As I Destruct
#35: ‘Absolute Power’ – Parkway Drive
#34: ‘Death Is Not Defeat’ – Architects
#33: ‘Glass Gloss’ – Ocean Grove
#32: ‘medicine’ – Bring Me The Horizon
#31: ‘Zombie’ – Bad Wolves

#30: ‘Reptile’ – Thornhill
#29: ‘Villain’ – The Gloom In The Corner
#28: ‘Lifelike’ – Gravemind
#27: ‘You Can Count On Me’ – Trophy Eyes
#26: ‘Vultures’ – Northlane
#25: ‘Kill All My Friends’ – Void Of Vision
#24: ‘Beyond The Mosaic Garden’ – Above, Below
#23: ‘The Void’ – Parkway Drive
#22: ‘Ivy (Doomsday)’ – The Amity Affliction1
#21: ‘X (Mwah)’ – Hellions

#20: ‘Modern Misery’ – Architects
#19: ‘Nightmare’ – Isotopes
#18: ‘Perpetuate’ – Elison
#17: ‘Holy Hell’ – Architects
#16. ‘wonderful life (feat. Dani Filth)’ – Bring Me The Horizon
#15: ‘Simple Life’ – HighView
#14: ‘The Day Is Coming’ – Inovo
#13: ‘Stay Awake’ – Serene
#12: ‘Void’ – The Daily Chase
#11: ‘Coward’ – Blight

#10: ‘Smile’ – Hellions
#9: ‘Prey’ – Parkway Drive
#8: ‘No Name’ – Alpha Wolf
#7: ‘Royal Beggars’ – Architects
#6: ‘Wishing Wells’ – Parkway Drive
#5: ‘All Out Life’ – Slipknot
#4: ‘MANTRA’ – Bring Me The Horizon
#3: ‘Doomsday’ – Architects
#2: ‘Black Mamba’ – Alpha Wolf

#1: ‘Hereafter’ – Architects

Check out Architects’ ‘Hereafter’:

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Architects Holy Hell Australian Tour 2019

Tuesday, August 6th
Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide, SA

Thursday, August 8th
Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane, QLD

Saturday, August 10th
Big Top, Sydney, NSW

Sunday, August 11th
Festival Hall, Melbourne, VIC

Tickets on sale now through Live Nation

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