Bring Me The Horizon are planning to halt the band’s projects

Bring Me the Horizon has had an incredible year, but after the lengthy process of assembling their “Post Human: NeX GEn” album instalment, there might be a lull in the band’s future. The band is thinking about taking a long pause before beginning work on the next instalment of the “Post Human” series, singer Oli Sykes stated in a recent interview with NME.

We need time to recharge our batteries and have that time away, because we haven’t. The last time we stopped was when we were forced to for lockdown. Even then, we were still going and making stuff. It doesn’t feel like the band has had a significant amount of time off. It’s going to get to a point where it starts to effect the band and its creativity. I went off and worked with some producers on some stuff for the new record, and I’m just so fried from NeX GEn and in that world that I really need to have a proper cut-off point to let the dust settle a bit. Now it’s not just about the music: the story and the lore have become so integral and meaningful. If I don’t stop to try and zoom out and get the bigger picture, then it will effect all of that stuff. These records need to be very clear and separate records, otherwise there’s a risk of each bleeding into one another too much. To me, NeX GEn has a very different sound to Survival Horror and I want the next one to be a complete new era aesthetically, sonically, and in every respect. It’s important that we let Bring Me the Horizon go away for a bit.

Bring Me the Horizon first suggested a four-chapter series of shorter records that would be released over a year. However, there were further delays following the release of “Survival Horror” in 2020 before “NeX GEn” came in 2024.

They don’t actually exist yet. I’ve got a little bit more of the NeX GEN story to tell through music. We’ve a lot of ideas and loose ends, and there are enough there that there could be an extended version of the record. I’ve been going flat-out for the last few years, so I’m not trying to make any promises. If it doesn’t happen then it doesn’t happen, but there is some music that our fans would love and would be cool to get out. It’s on the to-do list.

When asked if 2026 would be a possible release date, Sykes was cautious.

I dunno. We haven’t really figured it out yet. It could be a bit longer than that. It’s hard to say at this point.