Bring Me The Horizon have become most streamed rock band on planet as they announce the physical release of ‘POST HUMAN: NeX GEn’.After months of waiting, ‘POST HUMAN: NeX GEn’ – the follow-up to 2020’s ‘POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR’ – arrived last week.
It was scheduled to arrive last September after being announced during the band’s headline debut at Download Festival. However, the record was later delayed due to “unforeseen circumstances”.It is BMTH’s first album since the sudden departure of longtime bandmate Jordan Fish, who had been a part of the line-up since 2012.The new album has already been streamed over 70million times since its arrival and has currently claimed eight spots on Spotify’s Top Ten chart.
This makes the band the most streamed rock band on the planet this week.As NeX GEn’s midweek figures currently places them in the top five of the UK album chart on digital sales alone.
The band have now also announced physical release of the album on September 27 via Sony/RCA.Last June, Sykes spoke about the sound of the new record with NME, calling it “unhinged”: “I wouldn’t say it’s a hyper-pop album, but I’ve definitely been inspired by that world… As you become a bigger band, things do get more polished.
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