5 piece, British rock band Bring Me the Horizon (BMTH) releases new song, Mantra. It has been 3 years since the rock band released the "That's the Spirit" album and have not released any music since. That is until now. On August 21st the band released a new song 'Mantra' after weeks of teasing, anticipation and excitement, fans finally got an insight into what BMTH have been up to and to be honest there's been a lot of mixed responses.
Fans took to social media yesterday to express their feelings on the new sound of BMTH. Many were pleased with the new song and were asking questions such as "Does this mean there's a new album?", "When will we hear more?", when some fans couldn't move past the new era of the band and were questioning why the song was made. The single made its debut on BBC Radio one at 8pm last night, shortly followed by its release on their youtube channel. Within 16 hours the song has reached almost 700'000 views. As of today, BMTH have also announced the released of a new album 'Amo', set to release January 11, 2019 and a Europe and UK 2018 tour alongside a 2019 Australian tour and a 2019 American tour.
'Mantra' taking similar sounds from the 2013 album 'Sempiternal ' is a catchy and rhythmic song. Fans may have thought they were "gonna lose the plot" waiting for this song but many had a "bit of faith" that this song was worth the wait. This 3:55 song has plunged into a less heavy instrumental led song, with a female component singing 'Mantra' on the chorus. Its "easy to believe" that this song is an insight into how the new sound for BMTH on this album is going to be. Its not quite like the original albums, its sounding partially like the more recent albums whilst also having a new sound that the band haven't shown before.
Frontman Oli Sykes says "it's basically - we've gone off and recorded some stuff and this is the first thing we've wanted to show people of our return. It's quite different but it's got similarities - it's what we wanted to share with the world". As Sykes has stated in the past, the Arctic Monkeys 'have always inspired' BMTH and whilst discussing the upcoming album Sykes explains that "you're like, 'oh no, this isn't right, this isn't them. This isn't what I know'. And then after a week or two, or even a month, you realise, 'Oh this is amazing', and it's not that it's better than the thing that came before, but it's different."
Also during his BBC Radio One interview Sykes went on to speak of the Arctic Monkeys, Alex Turner inspiration, and how the band admire how "They don't really care what they're big for...they could always come out with a new album and so the same thing, and it'd be fine. But they always go 'You know what, we're doing this". Sykes then went on to say "I feel like that's lacking music at the moment, to be honest". But let's be honest, the question on everybody's mind is "how do you spell epiphany" because we had to know, that at some point Bring Me the Horizon were going to be bringing out new music, a new album, and a tour. However it wasn't necessarily going to stay within the pattern of BMTH that we all happen to know and love.
Frontman Oli Sykes says "it's basically - we've gone off and recorded some stuff and this is the first thing we've wanted to show people of our return. It's quite different but it's got similarities - it's what we wanted to share with the world". As Sykes has stated in the past, the Arctic Monkeys 'have always inspired' BMTH and whilst discussing the upcoming album Sykes explains that "you're like, 'oh no, this isn't right, this isn't them. This isn't what I know'. And then after a week or two, or even a month, you realise, 'Oh this is amazing', and it's not that it's better than the thing that came before, but it's different."
Also during his BBC Radio One interview Sykes went on to speak of the Arctic Monkeys, Alex Turner inspiration, and how the band admire how "They don't really care what they're big for...they could always come out with a new album and so the same thing, and it'd be fine. But they always go 'You know what, we're doing this". Sykes then went on to say "I feel like that's lacking music at the moment, to be honest". But let's be honest, the question on everybody's mind is "how do you spell epiphany" because we had to know, that at some point Bring Me the Horizon were going to be bringing out new music, a new album, and a tour. However it wasn't necessarily going to stay within the pattern of BMTH that we all happen to know and love.
