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— Bring Me The Horizon (@bmthofficial) August 23, 2023

Fans of the Sheffield based band were eagerly awaiting the next few weeks, before beloved metalcore band Bring Me The Horizon’s next effort in the Post Human chapter was set to be released. Now, frontman Oli Sykes has had to dash expectations as he announced via social media that the band have had to postpone the release until sometime in the near future.

Sykes cited that the band has had to push back the release due to the album not quite achieving the lofty standards the band have for it, due to unforeseen circumstances. The singer acknowledged his fanbase’s patience over the setbacks the record has had and has promised them that the album will be released some time very soon.

The news will undoubtedly come as a disappointing surprise to Bring Me The Horizon’s legion of fans, but they will also indubitably take heart that the delay is only temporary and many will be pleased to hear that the band is unwilling to comprise on their music-only deciding to release the album when they are satisfied it is of the most perfect quality.

ahh yall let’s be real i think you know we would rather wait longer for another certified banger than want you to stick to deadlines — Earth (@0xEARTH_) August 23, 2023

Oh no, our concerns became reality We all already thought it will be postponed But as long as you’re not happy with it – we can wait But I hope it won’t be long, I am too excited

— annie / makeupheadz (@alexandriaannie) August 23, 2023

I thought this to myself yesterday, that it would be delayed; because we haven’t heard anything in a while. And so it has. A shame from a fan’s perspective but I appreciate the transparency and can’t wait for the amazing piece of ART you will give us. — JD (@bmthcult) August 23, 2023

The disappointment will certainly be felt by the band as well, with Bring Me The Horizon enjoying a huge amount of success over the course of the year-the band’s relentless efforts culminating in a triumphantly successful headlining slot at this summer’s Download Festival, where the group began intensifying the marketing campaign for the new album.

Set to be the second instalment of four in the planned Post Human series, Bring Me The Horizon have already released two singles from the upcoming album, “Lost” and “Amen,” featuring guest spots by hip hop artist, Lil Uzi Vert and Daryl Palumbo of Glassjaw.

Sykes has often expressed his excitement over the new material, saying recently, “we’re definitely tapping into bands like The Dillinger Escape Plan and Glassjaw. There is not that much difference between a metalcore song and when you get into that world of like post-hardcore and stuff, but its more about the freeness and the kind of frantic energy of it, which was really fun to tap back into, because I always feel like even when we’re heavy, we’ve become quite a polished band. And it was very fun to kind of just throw all that out and just be, like, rough and ready again.”

Fans will be hoping Post Human: Nex Gen is not delayed too long but in the meantime, the band has released the finished version of the album’s cover art-shared by the band on social media accounts. Tickets for Bring Me The Horizon’s upcoming UK tour can be found here. Post Human: Nex Gen can be pre-ordered here.

Bring Me The Horizon Tour:

09/01/2024 – Motorpoint Arena – Cardiff
10/01 – BIC – Bournemouth
12/01 – Utilita Arena – Birmingham
13/01 – AO Arena – Manchester
14/01 – OVO Hydro – Glasgow
16/01 – Utilita Arena – Newcastle
17/01 – M&S Bank Arena – Liverpool
19/01 – Flydsa Arena – Sheffield
20/01 – O2 Arena – London
21/01 – O2 Arena – London
23/01 – 3 Arena – Dublin

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— jordan (@JordanFish86) June 30, 2023

Oli Sykes and co are enjoying what could arguably be the most prolific and successful year of their lives so far. Releasing two massive hit singles in “Lost” and “Amen”, the band also headlined the Download main stage on the festival’s second night-a performance that solidified the band as one of the most important rock acts in the scene today, silencing any remaining doubters they may have.

Shortly after, the band announced their new album, Post Human: Nex Gen, slated for a September release. But Bring Me the Horizon are not ready to rest on their laurels just yet and are aiming to keep the momentum up amongst the lofty heights the group have been elevated to over the past year. In quick succession, Bring Me the Horizon have announced collaborations on hip hop artist Lil Uzi Vert’s new album Pink Tape, appearing on song “Werewolf” and Corpse’s new single “Code Mistake”.

A collaboration with Lil Uzi Vert may not have come as a  surprise to many fans of the Sheffield five-piece- after the Philadelphia based rapper appeared on Bring Me the Horizon’s newest single “Amen”-but the rocking, very Bring Me the Horizon-esque “Werewolf” will make Lil Uzi Vert fans imagine that the hip hop artist definitely has a heavy metal side and one he is loving exploring.

@CORPSE https://t.co/6zK23RdBqg pic.twitter.com/pKY2sKDJwx — Bring Me The Horizon (@bmthofficial) June 30, 2023

Just last week, Bring Me the Horizon further stunned fans when American Youtube personality and musician Corpse Husband (simply stylised Corpse musically) dropped a single of his own, featuring the band. “Code Mistake” represents a collaboration that may have been in the works for quite a while now, with the Youtuber saying back in 2021, “what if I did a song with Bring Me the Horizon? That’d be crazy. That would be fucking wild right?” It appears crazier things are possible, as a Bring Me the Horizon/Corpse collaboration is now a reality.

There really is no telling where Bring Me the Horizon will pop up (unexpectedly) next but the fact that the purveyors of some of the most heavy music in recent years are featuring on such eclectic artist’s work is a notable sign of a significant sea change in the metal scene. Long a style of music that never quite emerged from the depths of the underground, acts like Bring Me the Horizon, Architects and Sleep Token have proven that there is a very healthy appetite for the more extreme tastes of the music palette.

The song, which was released in 2004 by 3 of a Kind, reached number one in the UK charts and seemed to define a different era. Crossan explains that “I feel like ‘bbycakes’ is a future facing record. Clashing UK with US, hard drill music with cute UK garage culture …. Most of all it’s a mission statement for the vicarious and playful nature that I think popular music needs to be looking to in an increasingly cynical culture.“

It seems nostalgia has touched a nerve in this case, with him also saying the track represents a time “where all these new ideas were exciting and we were like ‘we’re living in the future’. And now we actually are and it’s really boring.“

And with all the names sat beside him, it seems he’s not alone in thinking this. Some of his collaborators are hardly a surprise choice. PinkPantheress is known for her own unique brand of nostalgia pop, looking back to dance and garage music from the noughties in her acclaimed 2021 mixtape To Hell With It. Crossan even helped out with her track “Just For Me“. As for Shygirl, she collaborated with Crossan last year on a remix of the Lady Gaga track “Sour Candy“.

The cover sees each guest adding their own original verse between each rendition of the chorus, the production being a proudly noughties affair; chiptune-esque cutesiness and vocals lathered in dream-pop after-effects. It’s Crossan’s latest single since last November’s “2gether“, and it’s a good sign of things to come concerning his third LP.

Crossan’s always had good luck with the collaborators he manages to get a hold of, with R.Y.C featuring the likes of Wolf Alice’s Ellie Rowsell, Slowthai and Clairo. And his work isn’t being ignored either. Having been nominated for three Grammy Awards (winning Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical for his remix of Haim’s “Walking away“), he’s the first artist to be nominated on the same album as both a creative director and musician, this being for his 2017 debut LP Mura Masa.

And it doesn’t stop there, with R.Y.C being awarded five stars by NME. The album was described as “at its most provocative and memorable when its larger-than-life characters and productions become unhinged and combustible with lust for life …. Yet Mura Masa’s anxious contemplation of modern-living – the highs, the lows, the lies we tell ourselves to make it all better – hits just as hard.”

If you’re interested in seeing noughties UK garage make a comeback, this single’s the one for you. And there’s a whole album of the stuff coming soon, so keep your fingers crossed.