Bring Me the Horizon
The Egyptian Room @ Old National Center
Indianapolis, IN – May 15th, 2019
Watching Bring Me the Horizon blow up has been one of the most entertaining parts of the music landscape the past few years. They have skyrocketed from niche deathcore band into prominent genre-bending headliner status worldwide. Amo, their latest album, was their most pop-focused record yet, and it topped the charts all over the world.
This show was spectacular. Heavy songs like “Shadow Moses” and “House of Wolves” meshed flawlessly with newer pop-sounding tracks like “Medicine” and “Mother Tongue”. From the blistering hard to cheesy pop and everything in between, Bring Me the Horizon’s music hit countless different genres, and felt extremely broad but tightly cohesive. Front man Oli Sykes lead the charge to weave the sound together by bringing a ton of emotion to every song.
Some surprise songs included “Sugar, Honey, Ice, and Tea”, and “Mother Tongue”, both of which lean towards pop but came across really well in their live show. As usual, the material from That’s the Spirit and Sempiternal also landed fantastic, especially “Happy Song”, which was practically written to be a great stadium rock song.
Overall, this show proved that Bring Me the Horizon has moved into the big time. Musically it was rock solid, the vocals were fantastic, and they delivered a great performance full of emotion and intensity. In addition to all that, the production value was definitely top-notch (to the point that when I hear the songs now, I feel like my brain adds the ‘psssshhhhhht’ of the fog in all the critical places).
Great show, great night, great band, and great friends! Cheers!