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Released | 24 May 2024 | |||
Recorded | 2021–2024 | |||
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Post Human: Nex Gen (stylised as POST HUMAN: NeX GEn) is the seventh studio album by the British rock band Bring Me the Horizon. It was surprise released on 24 May 2024, originally planned for 15 September 2023, as the second installment of the Post Human series, following Post Human: Survival Horror (2020). It is also the last album to feature band keyboardist and supporting producer Jordan Fish, as he departed from the group in late 2023. The album received mostly positive reviews from critics upon release. It features guest contributions from Aurora, Underoath, Lil Uzi Vert and Daryl Palumbo.
On 16 September 2021, the band released the album's lead single, "Die4U". [1] The second single, "Strangers" was released on 6 July 2022. [2] [3] On 4 May 2023, the third single, "Lost", was released. [4] [5] On 1 June 2023, the fourth single, "Amen!" featuring Daryl Palumbo of Glassjaw and Lil Uzi Vert, was released. [6] In June 2023, the band announced Post Human: Nex Gen, with 15 September 2023 as the original release date. [7] However, on 24 August, Sykes announced that the release was being delayed due to "unforeseen circumstances" which had left the band "unable to complete the record to the standard we'd be happy with". [8] The fifth single, "Darkside", was released on 13 October 2023. [9] On 22 December 2023, the band announced that keyboardist Jordan Fish was leaving the band. [10] On 5 January 2024, the band released the record's sixth single, "Kool-Aid". [11] On 23 May 2024, the band announced the album's release date, 24 May 2024. [12] [13] The band released a music video for the album's seventh single "Top 10 Statues That Cried Blood" on 5 June. [14]
Critics have described Post Human: Nex Gen as post-hardcore, [15] [16] [17] pop-punk, [15] [18] [19] hyperpop, [15] [18] [20] alternative metal, [21] metalcore, [19] electronica, [19] emo, [18] nu metal, [18] and easycore. [18] Neil Z. Yeung of AllMusic has noted the band combining many genres in the album, "tossing in hyperpop flourish, pop-punk energy, glitchy electronic chaos, hardcore aggression, death growls, pop choruses, and anything else the band could think of, channeling everyone from Sum 41 and KMFDM to Charli XCX and Poppy." [15] Other comparisons made included the Used, the Smashing Pumpkins, and Deftones. [15]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.4/10 [22] |
Metacritic | 84/100 [23] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [15] |
Clash | 8/10 [24] |
Distorted Sound | 8/10 [25] |
Dork | [18] |
The Guardian | [20] |
Kerrang! | 4/5 [16] |
Metal Hammer | [26] |
NME | [27] |
Rolling Stone UK | [28] |
Sputnikmusic | 2.0/5 [29] |
Post Human: Nex Gen received positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 84 out of 100, based on 6 reviews, indicating "critical acclaim". [23] Neil Z. Yeung of AllMusic, called the album, "one of the most rewarding and indulgent releases in Bring Me the Horizon's post-Sempiternal era." [15] According to Tom Kingsley of Clash , "[the] experimentation doesn't always work, but it's successful often enough to make 'Nex Gen' an album worthy of deep and repeated listens." [24] Ed Walton of Distorted Sound felt the album "was absolutely worth the wait", and called it a "perfect continuation from what Survival Horror gave us." [25] According to Ali Shutler of Dork , "the whole record flows on the right side of chaos...It's urgent, but never oppressive." [18] Ben Beaumont-Thomas writing for The Guardian , called it "a defining album of our digitally overloaded era." [20] According to Nick Ruskell of Kerrang! , "BMTH have proven themselves equal to matching the creative demands it's placed on them." [16]
Writing for Metal Hammer , Emily Swingle called the album "Chaotic, confusing and nonsensical", and "feels like it shouldn't work – but, surprisingly, that's also why it does." [26] Rishi Shah of NME described it as "an album that is such a bombardment of sound and colour", and considered it to be worth the four-year wait. [27] Nick Reilly of Rolling Stone called it "an endlessly creative rock epic that shows the Bring Me juggernaut is in no danger of slowing down". [28] Sputnikmusic was less positive stating, "How does one band manage to rip off Deaf Havana, Deftones, Boston Manor, Enter Shikari, Porter [Robinson], Green Day, Radiohead, MGK, Iggy Pop and DreamWeaver, feature Underoath, Aurora, Lil Uzi Vert, Daryl Palumbo...and be this goddamn boring?" [29] According to Tyler Rubke of Wall of Sound, "Post Human: Nex Gen is a quintessential Bring Me the Horizon experience and undoubtedly one of their most inventive and diverse records to date." [30]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "(OST) Dreamseeker" | Oliver Sykes |
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| 0:19 |
2. | "Youtopia" | Sykes |
| 4:02 | |
3. | "Kool-Aid" |
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| 3:48 | |
4. | "Top 10 Statues That Cried Blood" | Sykes |
| 4:00 | |
5. | "Limousine" (featuring Aurora) | Sykes |
| 4:11 | |
6. | "Darkside" |
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| 2:45 |
7. | "A Bullet w/ My Name On" (featuring Underoath) | Sykes |
| 4:20 | |
8. | "(OST) (Spi)ritual" |
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| 1:54 | |
9. | "N/A" | Sykes |
| 3:20 | |
10. | "Lost" |
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| 3:25 |
11. | "Strangers" |
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| 3:15 |
12. | "R.I.P. (Duskcore Remix)" |
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| 3:23 | |
13. | "Amen!" (featuring Lil Uzi Vert and Daryl Palumbo of Glassjaw) | Sykes |
| 3:09 | |
14. | "(OST) P.U.S.S.-E" | Sykes |
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| 2:49 |
15. | "Die4U" |
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| 3:27 |
16. | "Dig It" | Sykes |
| 7:12 | |
Total length: | 55:19 |
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17. | "Darkside" (Live in Tokyo) | 3:20 |
18. | "Lost" (Live in Tokyo) | 4:24 |
19. | "Amen" (Live in Tokyo) | 4:43 |
Total length: | 67:46 |
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI) [73] | Silver | 60,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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Various | 24 May 2024 | [74] | ||
27 September 2024 | [75] | |||
United States | Columbia | [76] [77] |
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