Bring Me The Horizon - Amo (January 25, 2019) Album • Page 24

second listen and it's still doing its thing, I already liked it and it's growing on me. I'd say Sugar Honey Ice & Tea might be the weakest on here for me and there's still a few that need to grow on me past being alright, but nothing on here is bad yea.

I still fuck with nihilist blues harddddddddd

 

Mantra is a ripper that's for sure

 

yea I still ended up loving mantra verses and all haha, I remember when it first came out I criticized the lyrics SUPER HARD but now they kind of fit that sort of ironic sarcasm I enjoy? Like "Can I have your attention please, it's time to tap into your tragedy" I really enjoy. I guess the flow and deliver of the verses I really like?

 

Wonderful life is like a worse version of it so it seems more badass in comparison. Plus I think there are lyrics that stick out way more than either of those, ha

 

there is this green variant at rough trade Drew
Bring Me the Horizon - Amo – Rough Trade

 

I said this in the last album thread but BMTH have this thing that they do where they leave a few songs on heralding back to the previous album (Mantra, Wonderful Life) and usually one (at most two) which turn out to be the progression forward. I'll need to relisten to TTS to remember which one's hinted at this route, probably Oh No off the top of my head. It will be interesting when, and if, there is a next album which songs were their breadcrumbs forward but I've got a feeling it won't be Nihilist Blues and would be more Fresh Bruises incorporation of the electronics.

 

Oh no, definitely hinted towards this direction as well as follow you.

But I think it'll be much harder to predict where they go next because of how varied this album is. They can literally go anywhere from here.

 

To be honest there's a lot more "guitar driven" stuff on this than I thought they would have done. Was expecting more songs in the vein of nihilist blues and the interludes

 

The best thing that happened to them was Jordan joining to be fair. Forward from Sempiternal is really really solid.

 

Oh yeah 100%. He’s had a HUGE role in the band becoming what they are today.

 

Not ending this album in a 30 second deathcore outro is a missed opportunity

 

It took me almost a full day to realize that "sugar honey ice tea" just means shit

 

I mean they did There is a Hell without Jordan which already showed alot of progression

 

Funny how all these scenecore bands still trying to emulate Sempiternal, and then this comes.

 

He’s such a poet.

 

the progression on this album feels totally earned. Like, if this album surprises you, that says more about you than the band.

 

I know There Is A Hell is seen is a big step forward, and it was, but Sempiternal was a bigger step forward in my eyes.

I think they used Lights in a similar way on There is a Hell to Sam (Architects) on Suicide Season and the string arrangements, and fleshed out songs didn't feel that far away from Suicide Season (the song). Sempiternal introduced a larger electronic element, which to me, acted as a jumping off point for a lot of their improved songwriting and ability to make more melodic music themselves without the need for a guest feature to bring that. Oli obviously worked a ton on songwriting to make the most of it but I think a lot of the best moments on Sempiternal (Can You Feel My Heart, Sleepwalking, Snakes) are the band finding that with the base of that synth that Jordan brought. New energy.

I hope that makes sense but I've grew up with this band from the very very start and I have a lot of thoughts on their progression.

 

My grandad used to say this in front of me when I was little haha

 

why you gotta kick me when I’m down is probably my favorite on here for now, the last 30 seconds are a blast

 

The first 4 songs are an incredible run.

 

I tried listening to Suicide Season after amo and I have to say that it makes SS sound like a pile of amateur nonsense.

 

I remember hating CYB when it was released and I really didn't understand why people I associated with at the time liked it. Then I really liked Sadness on SS which surprised me(and thought the rest of album was ok). But I still wasn't prepared for how much I was going to love There Is A Hell at the time. To me that makes the progression from SS to TIAH more significant can't TIAH to Sempiternal.

 

I honestly still really like SS. But it can be a bit rough.

 

SS is goofy as fuck but was kind of forward thinking for the genre at that time. ITAH was such a lurch forward that it’s hard to imagine it’s the same band. I still wonder what the band would have sounded like post-Sempiternal if Jona W stuck around

 

Was thinking about this today, each of their albums have truly acted as a zeitgeist as to what the scene follows. There is a hell seemed like a reflection of what was going on at that time. However each album after seemed to set the tone for what the scene would follow. Sempiternal definitely set the pace for the scene from then to now. While the that's the spirit definitely inspired a lot of bands to head towards a more straightforward rock sound.

Would be interesting to see how amo influences the scene, especially considering the state it is in