Hot off the launch of their recent concert movie and album ‘L.I.V.E. In São Paolo’, a recording of their biggest-ever live show which they released in cinemas in March and as a live album last week, BMTH have never been as prolific as they are right now. Since fourth album ‘Sempiternal’ rewrote the template for the metalcore sub-genre, the group have developed into an innovative alternative metal juggernaut, with their most-recent ‘Post Human’ releases combining metal, hardcore punk, pop, and electronic elements in a uniquely accessible form.

But at the time ‘Count Your Blessings’ released in 2006, they were just a group of teenagers from South Yorkshire creating a savage, disorganised breed of early deathcore. Bring Me The Horizon formed in Sheffield in 2004 before releasing their first EP ‘This Is What The Edge Of Your Seat Was Made For’, which although marred by a harsh DIY mix, was a promising first attempt. Their chaotic live performances and the buzz from new label Visible Noise re-releasing the EP led to them gaining a significant underground following, with Kerrang recognising them as their Best British Newcomer at their 2006 award ceremony.

When the album did come out that year, it was largely to mixed reviews, and was never considered a landmark release by critics. Tracks like ‘Pray For Plagues’ and ‘(I Used To Make Out With) Medusa’ earned them a legion of fans, but the sound was never revisited on their sonic journey. After what was a disjointed, angsty teenage breakthrough, BMTH’s ferocity tempered following each release, with their immature early sound gradually replaced with an ultra-polished mix, more-typical song structure and clean vocals. In recent years however, the band’s most-veteran fans’ calls for a familiar, heavier release have only amplified – and the band have listened.

Last week, billboards went on display around Manchester with the message ‘PRAY FOR PLAGUES’, but social media detectives didn’t have to wait long for the answer to the mystery. Today, Bring Me The Horizon made two huge announcements – not only are they remaking and re-releasing ‘Count Your Blessings’ for its 20th anniversary, they will also be performing a special one-off rendition of it in partnership with Manchester’s premier hardcore gathering, Outbreak Fest. As for the reissue, which they have titled ‘Count Your Blessings | Repented’, it is due to be recorded from scratch, retuned to be as they put it “reborn, sharper, heavier and more vital than ever.”

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The Manchester show will be the first time the album has been played in its entirety, and the setlist will also include other songs from that stage of their careers. BMTH want the night to be “a defining moment for a generation of fans — both those who were there at the beginning and those discovering it now.” Their earliest LPs ‘Count Your Blessings’ and its hugely-popular follow-ups ‘Suicide Season’ and ‘There Is A Hell…’ have effectively been erased from the band’s live rotation for over a decade now, give or take the odd cameo where frontman Oli Sykes is still more than capable of his then-trademark screams and growls.

The reissue ‘Count Your Blessings | Repented’ releases on the 10th of July, with the live show taking place at Manchester’s B.E.C. Arena on the same day. Tickets for ‘Outbreak Festival Presents: Count Your Blessings | Repented’ go on general sale on Friday the 17th of April at 10AM, with a pre-sale live now accessible with any pre-order of the album before 3PM on the 14th. Also playing are Static Dress, Dying Wish, Heriot, Rolo Tomassi, Car Underwater and Still In Love.