Sheffield rock/metal band Bring Me The Horizon are switching gears once again with a twist on old classics for their new Lo-fi album ‘Lo-Files’. The band announced the project on Instagram, revealing that it will consist of “23 reworkings” of their “biggest tunes” out this Friday.
In their announcement post, they share snippets of songs to come in slides, which fans have identified as versions of ‘Doomed’, ‘Kool Aid’ ‘Follow You’ and ‘Throne’, with help from the cryptic hangman-style clue in the final slide. Whilst ‘Follow You’, their initially divisive pop/rock track, flows seamlessly into the style of ambient lo-fi, the band makes more surprising genre transitions. Their energetic metalcore single, ‘Kool Aid’ from their 2024 album ‘Post Human: Gen X’, for instance, seems almost unrecognisable in its wordless, atmospheric reworking.
The band shared on X that these songs are designed for “chilling, focus, sleeping, zoning out…whatever u like”. They also referenced the lo-fi producers who they’ve collaborated with on the project.
coming soon pic.twitter.com/qxsXXKtITo — Bring Me The Horizon (@bmthofficial) July 8, 2025
This is not the first genre shift from Bring Me The Horizon, a metal band known for experimental and surprising new eras. The band originally found their sound in death metal, with their first albums ‘The Bedroom Sessions’ and ‘Count Your Blessings’. However, since then they have pushed the boundaries of rock and metal, from pop/rock album ‘That’s The Spirit’, which reached number 2 on the Official Albums Chart in 2015, to their 2019 electronic alt-rock album ‘Amo’.
And this is not their first rodeo with lo-fi, having surprised fans with their album ‘Music To Listen To…’ in 2019, an ambient, experimental project with tracks up to 24 minutes long.
Bring Me The Horizon have been hinting at a style change for several months, posting edits of their songs to 2000s style anime edits. Whilst fans anticipated a new era, many did not expect this to be anything like ‘Lo-Files’. Despite the shock, fans are all-in.
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There is particular excitement for remixes of the band’s older and heavier tracks, with one fan hoping for their 2009 metalcore album ‘Suicide Season’ to feature on ‘Lo-Files’.
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The band will be headlining Reading & Leeds festival this year along with a North American tour this Autumn. Find their next surprising update on the band’s official website and pre-save ‘Lo-Files’ here.
