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Track List
01) Dear Diary
02) Parasite Eve
03) Teardrops
04) Obey (with YUNGBLUD)
05) Itch for the Cure (When Will We Be Free?)
06) Kingslayer
07) 1x1
08) Ludens
09) One Day the Only Butterflies Left Will Be in
01) Dear Diary
02) Parasite Eve
03) Teardrops
04) Obey (with YUNGBLUD)
05) Itch for the Cure (When Will We Be Free?)
06) Kingslayer
07) 1x1
08) Ludens
09) One Day the Only Butterflies Left Will Be in
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First Released
2020
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Epic
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Post Human: Survival Horror (stylised in all caps) is a commercial release by British rock band Bring Me the Horizon. It was released on 30 October 2020. It was preceded by four singles: "Ludens", "Parasite Eve", "Obey", and "Teardrops". The release was produced by frontman Oliver Sykes, keyboardist Jordan Fish, and Mick Gordon.
Background
On 20 March 2020, the band announced that they were in a home studio, writing and recording material for their eighth record, which was expected to be an EP, with part of it being co-produced by video game composer Mick Gordon. After playing the video game Doom Eternal and being inspired by the games' soundtrack, lead vocalist Oliver Sykes contacted the games' composer, Mick Gordon to help produce the song, "Parasite Eve" and the release as a whole. In August 2020, the band's keyboardist Jordan Fish teased that the band was planning on releasing a series of releases. Speaking about the releases, keyboardist Fish stated:
"When we get into the other EPs, it'll give us a chance to maybe get some other people on who are a bit more left-field or a bit more out of the box for our band."
The band's lead vocalist Sykes also stated that they would be releasing four EPs under the "Post Human" name, stating:
"They'll each be totally different with their own sound and mood," he said. "That's one thing we've never really done. There's often been an over-arching theme on our records, but the music has always felt like a collage. That's cool and I like it, but sometimes you want a soundtrack for a certain occasion and emotion."
Composition
Influences, style and themes
Sykes also stated that the songs were written to cope with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The genres of the album has been described as alternative metal, metalcore, electronic rock, nu metal, hard rock, electronica, EDM, and trancecore.
Wall of Sound noted "thrash metal inspired riffs" on the song "Dear Diary,". They also compared the song "Teardrops" to Linkin Park and called it a nu metal track. According to The Independent, the song "Kingslayer" "employs thrash and screamo for a nightmare rave..." The song features Japanese metal band Babymetal.
User Album Review
Bring Me The Horizon don’t give a fuck what you think about them – we established that long ago. When the long-fringed Sheffield lads emerged from MySpace in the mid-’00s with their stylised take on deathcore, they were ripe for a whipping from cynics and trolls. With their thick skin came a shamelessness that fascinated both fans and haters, and kept the spotlight on the band as they moved through genres and rose up the charts until they finally hit Number One with their most palatable album, 2019’s genre-exploding ‘amo’.
READ MORE: On the cover – Bring Me The Horizon: “I’m like everyone else: confused, scared and angry”
Many bands in their shoes would use this opportunity to go full Coldplay with a radio-friendly album primed for mass communication, but not Bring Me. Instead, they’re releasing four EPs across the next year, all themed around how humanity is totally screwed. The first in the ‘Post Human’ series is ‘Survival Horror’, a protest record written in the misery of lockdown.
Opener ‘Dear Diary’ is a snotty thrash metal account of the combo of fear and monotony that comes with entering lockdown (“The sky is falling, it’s fucking boring / I’m going braindead isolated,” howls frontman Oli Sykes), before the dark and trance-y ‘Parasite Eve’ beckons in a doomed new age “when all the king’s sources and all the king’s friends don’t know their arses from their pathogens”. As the record rolls through the motions of anger, resilience and a little hope for the future, the sentiment feels all too familiar.
There are some familiar sounds on there too. That song’s pure aggression harks back to the heavier vibes of 2008’s ‘Suicide Season’ and 2010’s ‘There Is A Hell’, while the rousing emo-rock of ‘Teardrops’ could have appeared on 2015’s ‘That’s The Spirit’ and ‘Itch For The Cure (When Will We Be Free)’ picks up where the trancier moments of ‘amo’ left off.
Still, there’s enough new territory here to keep it feeling fresh, not least for the poptastic collaborations: Yungblud‘s pop-punk battlecry elevates the anti-establishment ‘Obey’, BABYMETAL bring some J-pop exuberance to ‘Kingslayer’, Nova Twins revive nu-metal for ‘1X1’ and Evanescence’s Amy Lee brings some regal poise and breathing space to the closing ballad, ‘One Day The Only Butterflies Left Will Be In Your Chest As You March To Your Death’.
What could have been an act of self-sabotage or self-indulgence – or both – has transpired to be a welcome reminder of all that this band does best, rooted in raw relevance for today and the cyber-punk energy of tomorrow.
SOURCE: https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/bring-me-the-horizon-post-human-survival-horror-review-2802286
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Post Human: Survival Horror (stylised in all caps) is a commercial release by British rock band Bring Me the Horizon. It was released on 30 October 2020. It was preceded by four singles: "Ludens", "Parasite Eve", "Obey", and "Teardrops". The release was produced by frontman Oliver Sykes, keyboardist Jordan Fish, and Mick Gordon.
Background
On 20 March 2020, the band announced that they were in a home studio, writing and recording material for their eighth record, which was expected to be an EP, with part of it being co-produced by video game composer Mick Gordon. After playing the video game Doom Eternal and being inspired by the games' soundtrack, lead vocalist Oliver Sykes contacted the games' composer, Mick Gordon to help produce the song, "Parasite Eve" and the release as a whole. In August 2020, the band's keyboardist Jordan Fish teased that the band was planning on releasing a series of releases. Speaking about the releases, keyboardist Fish stated:
"When we get into the other EPs, it'll give us a chance to maybe get some other people on who are a bit more left-field or a bit more out of the box for our band."
The band's lead vocalist Sykes also stated that they would be releasing four EPs under the "Post Human" name, stating:
"They'll each be totally different with their own sound and mood," he said. "That's one thing we've never really done. There's often been an over-arching theme on our records, but the music has always felt like a collage. That's cool and I like it, but sometimes you want a soundtrack for a certain occasion and emotion."
Composition
Influences, style and themes
Sykes also stated that the songs were written to cope with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The genres of the album has been described as alternative metal, metalcore, electronic rock, nu metal, hard rock, electronica, EDM, and trancecore.
Wall of Sound noted "thrash metal inspired riffs" on the song "Dear Diary,". They also compared the song "Teardrops" to Linkin Park and called it a nu metal track. According to The Independent, the song "Kingslayer" "employs thrash and screamo for a nightmare rave..." The song features Japanese metal band Babymetal.
User Album Review
Bring Me The Horizon don’t give a fuck what you think about them – we established that long ago. When the long-fringed Sheffield lads emerged from MySpace in the mid-’00s with their stylised take on deathcore, they were ripe for a whipping from cynics and trolls. With their thick skin came a shamelessness that fascinated both fans and haters, and kept the spotlight on the band as they moved through genres and rose up the charts until they finally hit Number One with their most palatable album, 2019’s genre-exploding ‘amo’.
READ MORE: On the cover – Bring Me The Horizon: “I’m like everyone else: confused, scared and angry”
Many bands in their shoes would use this opportunity to go full Coldplay with a radio-friendly album primed for mass communication, but not Bring Me. Instead, they’re releasing four EPs across the next year, all themed around how humanity is totally screwed. The first in the ‘Post Human’ series is ‘Survival Horror’, a protest record written in the misery of lockdown.
Opener ‘Dear Diary’ is a snotty thrash metal account of the combo of fear and monotony that comes with entering lockdown (“The sky is falling, it’s fucking boring / I’m going braindead isolated,” howls frontman Oli Sykes), before the dark and trance-y ‘Parasite Eve’ beckons in a doomed new age “when all the king’s sources and all the king’s friends don’t know their arses from their pathogens”. As the record rolls through the motions of anger, resilience and a little hope for the future, the sentiment feels all too familiar.
There are some familiar sounds on there too. That song’s pure aggression harks back to the heavier vibes of 2008’s ‘Suicide Season’ and 2010’s ‘There Is A Hell’, while the rousing emo-rock of ‘Teardrops’ could have appeared on 2015’s ‘That’s The Spirit’ and ‘Itch For The Cure (When Will We Be Free)’ picks up where the trancier moments of ‘amo’ left off.
Still, there’s enough new territory here to keep it feeling fresh, not least for the poptastic collaborations: Yungblud‘s pop-punk battlecry elevates the anti-establishment ‘Obey’, BABYMETAL bring some J-pop exuberance to ‘Kingslayer’, Nova Twins revive nu-metal for ‘1X1’ and Evanescence’s Amy Lee brings some regal poise and breathing space to the closing ballad, ‘One Day The Only Butterflies Left Will Be In Your Chest As You March To Your Death’.
What could have been an act of self-sabotage or self-indulgence – or both – has transpired to be a welcome reminder of all that this band does best, rooted in raw relevance for today and the cyber-punk energy of tomorrow.
SOURCE: https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/bring-me-the-horizon-post-human-survival-horror-review-2802286
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