Bring Me The Horizon become most streamed rock band on planet as they announce physical release of ‘POST HUMAN: NeX GEn’
Bring Me The Horizon have become most streamed rock band on planet as they announce the physical release of ‘POST HUMAN: NeX GEn’.
After months of waiting, ‘POST HUMAN: NeX GEn’ – the follow-up to 2020’s ‘POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR’ – arrived last week. It was scheduled to arrive last September after being announced during the band’s headline debut at Download Festival. However, the record was later delayed due to “unforeseen circumstances”.
It is BMTH’s first album since the sudden departure of longtime bandmate Jordan Fish, who had been a part of the line-up since 2012.
The new album has already been streamed over 70million times since its arrival and has currently claimed eight spots on Spotify’s Top Ten chart. This makes the band the most streamed rock band on the planet this week.
As NeX GEn’s midweek figures currently places them in the top five of the UK album chart on digital sales alone. The band have now also announced physical release of the album on September 27 via Sony/RCA.
Last June, Sykes spoke about the sound of the new record with NME, calling it “unhinged”: “I wouldn’t say it’s a hyper-pop album, but I’ve definitely been inspired by that world… As you become a bigger band, things do get more polished. I want to go the opposite way. Let’s be unhinged, let’s stop trying to make all the edges smooth.”
The vocalist provided a further update to us this March when we saw Bring Me The Horizon at the BRITs. “It’s nearly finished, but it’s not finished,” Sykes told NME. “Every time we think we’ve got it, we get another song… It’s going to be right good though, it’s our best album ever… Worth the wait.”
Following it’s surprise release, NME gave the album a four-star review.
“Few modern rock bands have made an album that is such a bombardment of sound and colour. Post-Jordan Fish, they continue to be what they’ve always been: a creative force that transcends the personalities of its individuals,” it read.
“It entirely justifies the four-year wait, which already feels like ancient history. Buckle up – because this is still BMTH’s world, and we’ll be living in it for quite some time yet.”
More recently, the frontman explained how rumours the band would be collaborating with Billie Eilish arose.
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Elizabeth Aubrey
NME
