The deluxe edition was to include a DVD documentary on their previous 18 months of touring/ recording and a remix of the title track "Hollow Crown" by the guitarist and drummer Tom and Dan Searle.

Also, they use a 7 string baritone (ESP LTD SC-607B Stephen Carpenter Signature) on the track "Dead March", which is tuned to drop A. Stylistically, the band considered Hollow Crown as a natural progression from its predecessor.

Also in this album, there is a further departure from the band's mathcore roots, utilising more traditional song structures, simplified riffs and more melodic musicianship,[2] as well as a fair usage of keyboards and drum programming.

[4] Dan Searle in interview was asked why the band gave it the title and he stated to him it refers to "those people you meet in life that earn nothing, but are given everything.

[10] In 2012, British publication Rock Sound added Architects' album Hollow Crown into their 101 Modern Classics placed at number 76.

Stating that "back when they were young, hungry and out to impress, Architects wrote this face-melting collection of rippers and made the world sit up.