Amo
| Bring Me the Horizon
Amo
Amo (stylised in lowercase) is the sixth studio album by British rock band Bring Me the Horizon. Originally scheduled for release on 11 January 2019, it was released on 25 January 2019. The album was announced on 22 August 2018, a day after the release of the lead single "Mantra". It was produced by frontman Oliver Sykes and keyboardist Jordan Fish, and was written and recorded primarily in Los Angeles.- Wikipedia
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Metal Injection
Overall, if you’re open to electronic music and pop as well as rock and metal, you’ll most likely enjoy amo.
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Consequence of Sound
The onetime metalcore band dives further into pop, dance, and electronic music.
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Kerrang
Bring Me The Horizon open their hearts and their minds on 2019’s most anticipated album, amo
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NME
15 years into their career and light years from their deathcore beginnings, Bring Me The Horizon have embarked on an odyssey of diversity in sound, proof that they can do what they want and get away with it.
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The Guardian
It ain't heavy metal, but that's alright.
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Clash Music
A previously fearless, pioneering band caught in a crisis of confidence.
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Gigwise
Amo is a record that pushes and pulls you, whether a hardcore fan or a casual listener, into almost every direction imaginable.
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The Post Athens
Bring Me The Horizon’s sixth studio album ‘amo’ can fall under a plethora of genres — and that’s not necessarily a good thing.
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Independent
‘Amo’ is a way of exploring that, even down to the title itself.
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WTBU Radio
I highly recommend this album to anyone who enjoys anything in the realm of modern rock, as there is surely something you will come out of this album enjoying.
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Wall of Sound
Well, that was certainly an experience I never thought I’d ever have listening to a Bring Me The Horizon album, but for what it’s worth, the guys have attempted to try something completely different and out of their usual comfort zone and still managed to hit the mark with some key aspects of the release, minus a couple of bumps along the way.
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Vocal
Sheffield’s finest band show their stellar growth with new release.
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Exclaim!
Unfortunately, while amo has moments of absolute brilliance, highlighted by "Nihilist Blues," "Ouch" and "Fresh Bruises," it feels like BMTH weren't ready to fully commit to either sound and, as a result, we're left with a mixed bag of tracks that offers a little something for everyone but never quite enough.
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Daily Bruin
Bring Me the Horizon’s ‘amo’ refreshes in raw instrumentation, metalcore subversion.
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Cryptic Rock
One of the most heavily-anticipated albums of the past few years, Amo was totally worth the wait!
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The Mancunion
The album is far from perfect and I do fear that the ambitious coverage of so many elements has caused some of the earlier, more defining work to be disregarded in dramatic fashion.
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Sputnik Music
Everybody knows I've got bounce.
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ACRN
Amo is an oddly nuanced album, and there will be negative reception without a doubt.
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Spinnaker
In the end, there’s almost no major flaws in Bring Me the Horizon’s most daring experiment yet.
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Immortal Reviews
amo is the next chapter in what will hopefully be a explorative new chapter in Bring Me The Horizon’s history.
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SXU Student Media
There’s something magical about the album’s solid uses of blended genre, a task that I’ve seen has been disrespected all too often.
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Outright Geekery
Bring Me the Horizon never fail to impress.
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The Reflector
“amo,” in the end, is a forgettable album that may have a single that’ll stick with a listener for a while, but then it will fade out too.
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VultureHound
The range of sounds and styles on amo makes this one of my favourite Bring Me The Horizon album, despite some backlash from other fans.
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The Skinny
After ditching the metalcore almost completely on 2015’s critically acclaimed That’s the Spirit, Sheffield’s genre-smashing trailblazers take it a step further on their most ambitious project to date.
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The Sentry
The surefire contradictions inherent in the effect of rock, metal, pop, and EDM all showcased at once, masterfully bring to light the beauty in this new experimental piece.
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Owl Radio
Overall, the album is fantastic, and I would rate it among their best work.
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The Edge
Bring Me The Horizon deliver an experimental yet highly satisfying new album that lays the groundwork for more experimentation to come.
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Call the One
A blend of old and new, sure to attract (or divide), fans from all over.
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Substream Magazine
Bring Me The Horizon provides a journey with ‘amo’ that requires an uninterrupted listen.
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Rock Sins
Has some real highs with some experimental and fun tracks, beems a bit too disjointed at times.
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mynameis0ash
For me personally, amo is the weakest work of the group so far.
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Dead Press!
Those with an open mind that are willing to accept that Bring Me The Horizon aren’t a deathcore band anymore (which they haven’t been for several albums now) will reap many rewards from this record.
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All Music
Amo is a genre-bending thrill ride that marks a brave new era for the band.
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The Weekly Spoon
Bring Me The Horizon’s newest album Amo have made a major move shows the evolution of a band that progresses the hardcore genre, rather than a band that just follows the trend Bring Me The Horizon starts the trends.
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Richer Sounds
Full of variety and talent, this album is never boring, with every track able to stand up on its own if needs be.
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The Straits Times
Amo stands as the work of a band unafraid to go beyond their boundaries. In the process, they have also revealed their knack for catchy songwriting.
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Music Matters Media
amo is a promising album choice for metalcore fans and pop fans alike
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Running Wolf's Rant
Love it or hate it, it’s most certainly a brave move.
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Discovered Magazine
Yes, ‘amo’ will divide some fans, but it cannot be argued that the songs presented are new, different and brilliantly produced.
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Daily Campus
Different doesn’t mean bad, and I’m all for the band continuing to explore their sound.
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The Musical Hype
After a four-year hiatus, English rock band Bring Me the Horizon returns with an alluring, bold, and incredibly eclectic sixth studio album with ‘amo.’
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Invicta Magazine
A little experimentation is always a good thing - even when it mixes heavy metal & EDM!
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The Boar
It’s not an album, but a collection of songs, some of which I very much like.
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Original Rock
Understand it, accept it.
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Ultimate Guitar
It's a bit of a cluttered mess that fights with itself, flip-flopping between stylistic extremes in ways that don't neatly complement one another, with only rare moments when the elements fit together nicely.
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Beat
A masterpiece of reinvention.
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Radio 13
They have successfully created a proper modern rock album in amo.
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Stars ans Scars
In conclusion, Amo was an all too necessary record for the music world and for the band.
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Louder Sound
Bring Me The Horizon’s amo is the sound of metal’s future.
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Medium
All in all, amo is an unexpected but brilliant turn for Bring Me The Horizon.
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Sonic Abuse
Not an album for the majority of metal fans out there, perhaps, but Amo is a curiously addictive album that will have considerable appeal to those with broader tastes.
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Sound Sphere Magazine
AMO is their new adventure, where they’re taking everything one step further.
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The Outer Void
While this album is a bold compilation of creative risks and is not for everyone, it is one that should be listened to a few times to properly recognize its artistic intent.
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HITC
It’s easily their most mainstream release in terms of style and will see them score more radio play than ever.
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Gav the Gothic Chav
Well done lads, shots have been fired.
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The Ithacan
The album is a powerful one and in it, the band successfully subverts their own style and introduces new attributes of their sound.
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The Tartan
I can appreciate changes and growth in style, and I understand that BMTH is continuously experimenting with new sounds and genres. However, half of the tracks felt like they were fillers and were thrown in for the sole purpose of completing an album.
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The New Fury
‘amo’ is one solid, genre mixing, hard hitting, delight.
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Stereoboard
‘amo’ is a mess, and the first Bring Me The Horizon album since their debut that isn’t essential listening.
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musicto
Overall, I'm so happy this album exists.
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Vegan Connections
Scattergun and unpredictable, this album doesn’t feel so much a band throwing things at a wall as a band just doing what they want.
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The Midnight Watch
Amo isn’t a bad album by any means, but I do believe that BMTH can do better.
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All Punked Up
Needless to say, amo is a banger.
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A Look Into Music
I don’t dislike the album. However, most of the songs will take time to grow on me because of their firm pop sound.
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Heavy Blog is Heavy
There’s so much more to love on amo than to hate.
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Lizzie's Lowdown
Perhaps it will be a grower, but after a few listens, it still sounds like a Eurodance disaster that would fit in better on a 90s rave record. There are some redeeming features though.
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Dork
Combine the rawness of their past with the musical scope of their present, and Bring Me The Horizon’s future could be very bright indeed.
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The Sound Board
This is an album that will keep people talking, and that will keep Bring Me The Horizon’s at the peak of modern alternative’s relevance in a way that couldn’t be more fitting.
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Album Analysis
It’s rather embarrassing to see musicians with no contractual obligation to sound basic and empty-hearted, sound so basic and empty-hearted.
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Viberant
In conclusion, die hard fans will resent this album’s direction, claiming it’s too soft and pop-inspired, but the reality we need to face is that Bring Me The Horizon do this so-called ‘pop’ stuff rather well.
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Fools Magazine
While the constant need for artistic exploration has guided BMTH away from metal, amo isn’t a shocking deviation. The culmination of change has given us an album that is their most eclectic and genre-bending yet.
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The Friendly Critic
Amo shows glimmers of the fantastic work we come to expect from this band.
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The BA Blueprint
None of this was good.
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The GM Reviews
In general, one of the main driving forces for this album is the use of electronics, and that technique pushes Bring Me the Horizon towards a modern sound.
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TKTek
This album is worth multiple listens and the band should be proud of their execution.
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Highlight Magazine
Fresh new sound.
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All Things Sound
You might not like the direction Bring Me the Horizon have gone in for amo, but that won’t matter much to them; much like love and loss, life changes with such dynamism that we either learn to accept it, or we just move on.
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it's all dead
Bring Me the Horizon have proven that great songs can come in a variety of packages and great bands can still find new ways to get even better.
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Already Heard
Overall, ‘amo’ is inconsistent yet commendable.
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The Hip Generation
And while being incredibly different from everythig they've released before, it's just too good to be true.
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Brig Newspaper
Its obvious to say that I love it.
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Scene Daddy
I dig most songs on this album and some will be making my personal Spotify playlist.
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Second Society Report
A beautifully composed outro for a band that has laid it all on the line with this one and has for sure pulled themselves in several directions, genre wise.
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The Student Playlist
Bring Me The Horizon’s sixth studio album ‘amo’ is a challenging, wildly inconsistent and often infuriating listen, but there’s treasures there for the stubborn.
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The Digital Fix
An impressive shift in gears and genre.
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WXJM
It’s evolving as a band and producing what all members can equally be proud of.
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Steemit
In all this dance sensation, there are really beautiful moments, under which I myself shook my head. And that means - the material clings in some places.
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Upset Magazine
When it comes to finding a mix that works, Bring Me are the best in the game.
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Pinnacle of Sound
Bring Me The Horizon display an impressive use of electronic effects and poppy songwriting, whilst still making use of the rock sound that they’re known for.
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Behind the Scene Official
To say that ‘amo’ is an interesting experience would be a huge understatement.
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Sound Session
amo transcends the realm of any of Bring Me The Horizon’s previous releases.
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The Rebel Domain
“Amo” is probably the best modern rock album I’ve heard since Starset – Vessels.
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Punktastic
While, sonically, it’s a jumbled cacophony of experimentation, the album consistently addresses the intensity of love at both ends of the spectrum, and tells a coherent story from start to finish.
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Roobla
If I was given the option to listen to amo again or to put a gun in my mouth and pull the trigger then I would have the taste of steel and gunpowder on my tongue before you could shout “MANTRA.”
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The Spinning Thoughts
Because while it’s not as heavy as I prefer, it’s a solid album and there are a lot of great tracks.
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Ghost Cult Magazine
They are controlling every step of their future and those who appreciate them as artists should embrace this record for the sonic evolution it is for them.
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The Review Geek
Bring Me The Horizon have produced something really special here and Amo sets the bar for other bands to try and strive toward going forward.
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MSN
Amo won’t satisfy all of BMTH’s fans, but it’s certainly accomplished, catchy and eclectic enough to bring in some new ones.
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wolf48blog
To be fair, the more I listen to the album, the more I love it and the more I start appreciating it.
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Post-Punk Press
While it isn’t for me, that doesn’t mean it isn’t for everyone. I’d be a hypocrite if I said I wouldn’t listen to this in the future, because I sure will
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Raleigh Metro Media
Overall this is an album from Bring Me The Horizon that will likely be all but forgotten about, like There Is a Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven, Let's Keep It a Secret.
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Booth Boy Productions
The tracks that this album has to offer are more than enough to keep me listening and to regard "amo" as a big step forward for the band.
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