Architect announced that Yuval Kramer, axeman of the Israeli holy prog-rock band Amaseffer, will take the lead guitar player role in the band. The band posted the following on their MySpace page about Kramer's recruitment:

"Hello friends, it is a pleasure to notice you that, Yuval Kramer, Guitarist from Amaseffer, will be the new lead guitar of Architect. This will be a new and Magic horizon for Architect. Welcome Yuval!"

The band is now comprised of:

Mauricio Bustamante - Drums (Mexcio]
Kyle Honea - Bass (USA]
Jonas Hörnqvist (Treasure Land) - Guitars (Sweden)
Gus Monsanto (ex-Adagio) - Vocals (Brazil)

The band has already featured guest appearances by Joost Van Den Broek (keyboards) from After Forever and Ayreon, Julie Kiss (vocals) from To-Mera and Tom MacLean (guitars) from To-Mera.

Architect is said to be nearly finished writing their first album, wrapping up the final songs and preparing to record the news songs.

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myspace.com