Post Human: Survival Horror
| Bring Me The Horizon
Post Human: Survival Horror
Post Human: Survival Horror (stylised in all caps) is a commercial release by British rock band Bring Me the Horizon. It was released on 30 October 2020. It was preceded by four singles: "Ludens", "Parasite Eve", "Obey", and "Teardrops". The release was produced by frontman Oliver Sykes and keyboardist Jordan Fish, with additional production from composer Mick Gordon. It is the first in a series of four projects to be released by the band under the Post Human name. The release received generally positive reviews from critics, with some considering it a return to the heavier sound of the band's early material. -Wikipedia
Critic Reviews
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NME
The Sheffield rockers are following last year's genre-exploding triumph 'amo' (which crash-landed at Number One) with a series of gnarly, experimental EPs.
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Kerrang!
Bring Me The Horizon burst back on killer EP, with help from YUNGBLUD, BABYMETAL and Amy Lee.
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Overdrive
What you are hearing on this record is a band that have found their collective rich vein and are immersed in a confident atmosphere of creativity with absolutely no regard for their haters.
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Sputnik Music
Post Human: Survival Horror doesn’t break any moulds, it’s the sonic equivalent to fast food, by which you’ll consume it, enjoy it, and forget about it right after you’ve finished it, but it’s fun while it lasts.
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Vinyl Chapters
Overall, Post Human: Survival Horror from Bring Me The Horizon is a mixed bag. The EP is powerful in places, but the less-than-excellent execution in parts of it detracts from the overall message and a few of the songs end up sounding too similar to one another. Nonetheless, the subject matter is highly relevant and Sykes’ vocals are to be admired.
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Gigwise
Having compiled the album over lockdown despite living apart, Survival Horror is today's best example of the growing necessity of technology.
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Kill Your Stereo
I love the this EP/album/thing’s production – it’s a sonic gold mine – yet I don’t really love the actual songs, save for one. Basically, ‘Post Human: Survival Horror‘ is their boldest yet most inconsistent release.
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mxdwn Music
Post Human: Survival Horror shows how Bring Me The Horizon is determined to create and play dynamic music that is capable of blowing the minds of people who are willing to listen.
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CelebMix
Post Human: Survival Horror is a near perfect alternative rock project, the only complaint being that it made you want more. It has set the standard incredibly high for the remainder of the four-part series, but also set the excitement levels up at the same standard.
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Bring the Noise UK
The four collaborative songs on POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR steps into infrequent territory for Bring Me The Horizon, without passing by the band’s distinct own brand of experimental arena rock, which is at the core of what they do best.
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The Times
a journey into the gloom.
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Backseat Mafia
Bring Me The Horizon have achieved something really cool with this release; it simultaneously documents this wild, depressing, crazy, soul destroying period of history we’re unfortunately living through, whilst also remaining able to embrace fun, ingenuity and creativity at its core. It’s genre-bending and inventive, and I honestly think they deserve a massive amount of respect for just doing whatever the hell they want. It’s not what you’ve come to expect, and that’s all you can ask for in music.
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All Music
Indeed, SURVIVAL HORROR is one of the band's best distillations of their extremes, providing just enough brutality without sacrificing their evolving vision of how melodic and experimental a metal band can be.
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Caliber TV
‘Post-Human: Survival Horror’ succeeds in being an engaging and entertaining listen. Every song is different yet united enough sonically and the typical nihilistic air that comes with a BMTH record is extremely welcome this year. Or maybe at this point it’s the norm. Regardless, you’d be stubborn to claim there’s a more ambitious group in metal right now than Bring Me The Horizon. And yes, that is metal I typed. Just look at that closing track’s title again.
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Live4Ever Medua
Survival Horror won’t please everyone, but maybe that’s the point. Bring Me The Horizon have decided their best music is whatever they think it is, and your choices about that are your choices. It’s a philosophy that might not keep you rich, but it will keep you free.
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The Needle Drop
With POST HUMAN, BMTH dives deeper into their rejuvenation of turn-of-the-millennium metal.
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The Soundboard
It has some of their most propulsive and vigorous material in years, balanced by a heavier sound that’s always had merit and a sense of melody to elevate it even further. It’s essentially the ideal middle ground of almost every incarnation of Bring Me The Horizon, not liable to remain like that if their previous releases are anything to go by, but absolutely a winning formula for what they’re trying to do here.
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The Circle Pit
In The End… I think this is a good effort from Bring Me The Horizon. I wouldn’t say it’s my favorite material from them to date, but it certainly keeps the ship sailing.
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Invicta Magazine
This is a staple as to why they’ve survived for so long, why they’ve been at the top of the group, and why even after they change and develop their sound, they are still here. Kudos to them, because if they keep creating music like this, then you can sure as hell see them around for another 10 years.
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Hysteria Magazine
this record legitimately proves Bring Me can blend heaviness into their new material so easily, it’s a surprise other bands don’t just give up. The only true crime of POST HUMAN:SURVIVAL HORROR is that it won’t hit live audiences until deep into next year. At the very least, it means the most consistent band in the genre have enough time to cook up more in the studio. Whatever’s next, we’re here for it.
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Loud
It’s actually pretty rare for a major rock act to capture the zeitgeist so immediately and resoundingly, and somehow it’s taken Bring Me the Horizon to do it. Survival Horror is really quite remarkable.
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inews
Survival Horror is fun enough to justify branching off from the ambitious trajectory that their last record set them on.
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The Independent Voice
Having music like this out in the world eases the turmoil we all are going through and reminds us we are not alone in how we are feeling. I am absolutely buzzing knowing we have three more installments of this to come, and Post Human: Survival Horror is an absolute MUST listen!
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Clash Magazine
‘SURVIVAL HORROR’ is Bring Me the Horizon’s invitation for you to regress with them for a while. I suggest you boot up your console and join them.
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Sleeping Village Reviews
Bring Me The Horizon have delivered an acceptable album that doesn’t really live up to its lofty ambitions, but is nonetheless pleasant and quaint, with some excellent highlights, and that’s all that really matters in the end, right?
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The Forty-Five
Oli Sykes calls ‘POST HUMAN’ “the sonic equivalent of a riot”. Art in 2020 seems split between offering escape from reality or facing the world head-on. Here, Bring Me The Horizon somehow do both. Their video-game universe confronts the emotions generated by this year’s realities. Whether they take advantage of the world’s troubles in the name of catchy sensationalism, or provide a much-needed outlet for anger, is up for debate.
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