Amo (Bring Me the Horizon album)

The album, named after the Portuguese word for "I love",{{efn-ua|Sykes stated in an NME interview: "Obviously 'Amo' is Portuguese for 'I love', obviously there's the 'ammunition' part and then in European Portuguese it means 'master'. It sounds happy, but there are all these hidden meanings that make it more complex."}} was first promoted by an advertising campaign of billboards across London and other cities worldwide with symbols used by the band in the past on them, along with the words "Do you wanna start a cult with me?", which are lyrics from "Mantra".{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/bring-me-the-horizon-mantra-cult-us/|title=Bring Me The Horizon's cryptic album teasing has reached the U.S.|work=Alternative Press|last=Darus|first=Alex|date=13 August 2018|access-date=22 August 2018}} A website titled joinmantra.org was also launched that stated "Salvation will return",{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/bring-me-the-horizon-new-album-mantra-salvation-song/|title=Is This Bring Me the Horizon's New Album Artwork?|work=Loudwire|last=Sharp|first=Tyler|date=20 August 2018|access-date=22 August 2018}} and a phone number that when called featured various audio clips at different times, including one of a woman named Samantha stating "They're making me do this. I didn't know what I was getting myself into."

The song "Mantra" was subsequently premiered on BBC Radio 1,{{cite web|url=https://www.rocksound.tv/news/read/bring-me-the-horizon-mantra|title=Listen To The Brand New Song From Bring Me The Horizon – News|work=Rock Sound|last=Jamieson|first=Brii|date=21 August 2018|access-date=22 August 2018|archive-date=4 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104185846/https://www.rocksound.tv/news/read/bring-me-the-horizon-mantra|url-status=dead}} with Sykes saying to Annie Mac: "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." Sykes stated that "Mantra" is "not really" representative of the sound of the whole album, also saying "every song on the record is completely different. It’s a lot more experimental than our last record."{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/bring-me-the-horizon-on-their-emotional-new-album-amo-everything-boils-down-to-love-in-the-end-2370874|title=Bring Me The Horizon on how divorce and trauma shaped new album 'Amo': 'Everything boils down to love in the end'|work=NME|last=Trendell|first=Andrew|date=25 August 2018|access-date=26 August 2018}}

On 21 October, the band released their second single "Wonderful Life" featuring Dani Filth, along with the tracklist for Amo. That same day, the band announced that the album release date has been delayed to 25 January 2019.{{Cite news|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/bring-me-the-horizon-new-song-wonderful-life/|title=Bring Me The Horizon unleash "Wonderful Life", more album details|date=21 October 2018|work=Alternative Press|access-date=23 January 2019}}

On 3 January 2019, the band released the third single "Medicine" and its corresponding music video.{{Cite web|url=https://wallofsoundau.com/2019/01/04/bring-me-the-horizon-release-music-video-for-%d0%bced%ce%b9c%ce%b9ne/|title=Bring Me The Horizon release music video for 'мedιcιne'|last=brownypaul|date=3 January 2019|website=Wall of Sound|access-date=23 January 2019}} On 22 January, the band released their fourth single "Mother Tongue".{{Cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/bring-me-the-horizon-mother-tongue-amo/|title=Bring Me The Horizon get romantic on new song 'mother tongue'|last=Trapp|first=Philip|date=22 January 2019|website=Alternative Press|access-date=23 January 2019}} On 24 January, the band released their fifth single "Nihilist Blues" featuring Grimes.{{Cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/bring-me-the-horizon-nihilist-blues-grimes/|title=Bring Me The Horizon release new song 'Nihilist Blues' with pop singer Grimes|date=24 January 2019|website=Loudwire|access-date=24 January 2019}} On 26 July, the band released the sixth single "Sugar Honey Ice & Tea" alongside an accompanying music video.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iM83TiKdY0|title=Bring Me The Horizon - sugar honey ice & tea (Official Video)|author=Bring Me The Horizon|date=27 July 2019|access-date=27 July 2019|via=YouTube}} On 21 October, the band released the seventh single "In the Dark" alongside an accompanying music video featuring Forest Whitaker.{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/bring-me-the-horizon-release-new-video-for-in-the-dark/|title=Bring Me The Horizon Release New Video For In the Dark|date=21 October 2019|access-date=21 October 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/bring-me-the-horizon-in-the-dark-video-forest-whitaker-oli-sykes-interview-climate-change-2559199|title='In The Dark': Here's Bring Me The Horizon's new video with Forest Whitaker and an interview with Oli Sykes|website=NME |date=21 October 2019|access-date=25 October 2019}}

Sykes stated about the album: "amo is a love album that explores every aspect of that most powerful emotion. [...] It deals with the good the bad and the ugly, and as a result we've created an album that's more experimental, more varied, weird, and wonderful than anything we've done before."{{cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/bring-me-the-horizon-launch-new-album-amo|title=Bring Me The Horizon Launch New Album 'amo' {{!}} News|work=Clash|last=Murray|first=Robin|date=22 August 2018|access-date=22 August 2018}} He later commented that Amo is a concept album about love, as "Everything boils down to love in the end". Sykes also said that some of the lyrical content concerns his divorce.{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/bring-me-the-horizon-explore-love-divorce-amo-album-mantra-video/|title=Bring Me the Horizon to Explore Love + Divorce on 'Amo' Album|work=Loudwire|last=Childers|first=Chad|date=26 August 2018|access-date=28 August 2018}} The genres of the album has been described as pop rock, electronic rock,{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/bring_me_the_horizon-amo|title=Bring Me the Horizon amo|work=Exclaim!|last=Wojcicki|first=Lukas|date=24 January 2019|access-date=24 January 2019}} electropop, synth-pop, EDM, alternative rock,{{cite web|url=https://nyunews.com/2019/01/29/music-horizon-album-amo/|title=Bring Me the Horizon Explores Pop, Alt Rock on "amo"|last=Wilcock|first=Gabriele|date=29 January 2019|access-date=30 January 2019}} electronica, hard rock,{{cite magazine|first=Bobby|last=Olivier|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8494644/bring-me-the-horizon-best-songs-top-10|title=Bring Me The Horizon's 10 Best Songs: Critic's Picks|magazine=Billboard|date=23 January 2019|quote=Let’s kick this list off with a shiny, new jam that best nails amo’s hard-rock-meets-electronic aesthetic.|access-date=25 January 2019}} pop metal,{{cite web|url=http://www.loudmag.com.au/album-reviews/bring-horizon-amo/|title=BRING ME THE HORIZON: AMO|work=Loud|last=Southall|first=Dan|date=28 January 2019|access-date=16 April 2022}} and pop.{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/why-did-bring-me-the-horizon-go-pop/|title=Why Did Bring Me the Horizon Go Pop?|website=Loudwire|date=25 January 2019 |access-date=25 January 2019}} The album also contains elements of hip hop and trap.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/amo-mw0003229611|title=Bring Me the Horizon Amo|work=AllMusic|last=Yeung|first=Neil|access-date=31 May 2024}}

{{Album ratings

| ADM = 6.9/10{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/9691/Bring-Me-The-Horizon-Amo.aspx|title=Amo by Bring Me the Horizon reviews|publisher=AnyDecentMusic?|access-date=21 February 2020}}

| MC = 85/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/amo/bring-me-the-horizon|title='Amo' on Metacritic|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=25 January 2019}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}

| rev2 = Consequence of Sound

| rev2score = B{{Cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2019/01/album-review-bring-me-the-horizon-amo/|title=Bring Me the Horizon Continue Their Sonic Evolution on amo|work=Consequence of Sound|last=Kaufman|first=Spencer|date=24 January 2019 |access-date=26 January 2019}}

| rev3 = Exclaim!

| rev3score = 7/10

| rev4 = The Independent

| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/bring-me-the-horizon-amo-review-album-release-date-tracklist-tour-a8744236.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190124211830/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/bring-me-the-horizon-amo-review-album-release-date-tracklist-tour-a8744236.html |archive-date=2019-01-24 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title=Bring Me the Horizon, Amo, album review: Daring album will likely divide fans|work=The Independent|last=O'Connor|first=Roisin|date=24 January 2019|access-date=25 January 2019}}

| rev5 = The Guardian

| rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|author=Dave Simpson |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jan/25/bring-me-the-horizon-amo-review-sony |title=Bring Me the Horizon: Amo review – 'It ain't heavy metal, but that's alright' | Music |work=The Guardian |date=25 January 2019 |access-date=25 January 2019}}

| rev6 = Kerrang!

| rev6score = 5/5{{Cite journal|date=19 January 2019|title=Amo – Review|url=https://www.kerrang.com/reviews/album-review-bring-me-the-horizon-amo/|journal=Kerrang!|pages=54}}

| rev7 = Metal Injection

| rev7score = 7.5/10{{Cite web|url=http://www.metalinjection.net/reviews/album-review-bring-me-the-horizon-amo|title=Album Review: Bring Me the Horizon amo|work=Metal Injection|date=25 January 2019|access-date=25 January 2019}}

| rev8 = NME

| rev8score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/bring-me-the-horizon-amo-review|title=Bring Me The Horizon – 'amo' review|work=NME|last=Trendell|first=Andrew|date=24 January 2019|access-date=24 January 2019}}

| rev9 = Substream Magazine

| rev9score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://substreammagazine.com/2019/01/bring-me-the-horizon-amo-review/|title=Bring Me The Horizon provides a journey with 'amo' that requires an uninterrupted listen|author=Murjani Rawls|website=Substream Magazine|date=25 January 2019|access-date=26 January 2019}}

| rev10 = Wall of Sound

| rev10score = 7.5/10{{Cite web|url=https://wallofsoundau.com/2019/01/19/bring-me-the-horizon-amo-album-review/|title=Bring Me The Horizon – amo (Album Review)|author=brownypaul|website=Wall of Sound|date=19 January 2019|access-date=19 January 2019}}

}}

Amo received critical acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 85 out of 100 based on 12 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". AllMusic gave the album a positive review saying, "Amo is a genre-bending thrill ride that marks a brave new era for the band." The Independent called the album "catchy and eclectic" but also said that "amo won't satisfy all of BMTH's fans...[but will] bring in some new ones." NME praised the album calling the interludes "dark and mechanical" and "exciting signposts to the future". In a positive review, Substream Magazine saying, "The way that Bring Me The Horizon weaves through genres and dives into them further is challenging."

Wall of Sound rated the album 7.5/10 and said: "Remember how frontman Oli Sykes trolled fans into thinking the band were going to be included on Justin Bieber's 2016 Purpose Tour through the UK? Well, it's kind of like he/they have taken that joke seriously and gone down the path to see what happens, but realistically, they've been progressing towards something like this since the Sempiternal album cycle finished." Dave Simpson at The Guardian compared it to Linkin Park's A Thousand Suns, stating "the likes of 'Medicine', 'Mother Tongue' and 'In the Dark' are anodyne pop that is liable to alienate the band's fanbase and makes an uneasy fit with their desire to experiment. Other tracks lose their way in processed vocals and unfamiliar styles". Lukas Wojcicki of Exclaim! scored the album 7/10 stating: "conversely, the songs that dive head first into electronics, fully embracing this new territory, are some of the album's best and most memorable."

In a positive review, Consequence of Sound wrote, "In U2 terms, That's the Spirit was BMTH's Achtung Baby, where they introduced a new sound, and amo is their Zooropa, where they've taken that sonic evolution one step further." Kerrang! praised the album saying, "Amo{{'}}s ability to be so many things to so many people is what truly impresses throughout." Metal Injection gave the album a positive review, saying, "if you're open to electronic music and pop as well as rock and metal, you'll most likely enjoy amo."

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Oliver Sykes, Lee Malia, Jordan Fish, Matthew Kean, and Matthew Nicholls, except where noted. "Nihilist Blues" co-written by Amy Lee, Terry Balsamo, Tim McCord, and William Hunt

| title1 = I Apologise If You Feel Something

| length1 = 2:19

| title2 = Mantra

| length2 = 3:53

| title3 = Nihilist Blues

| note3 = featuring Grimes

| length3 = 5:25

| title4 = In the Dark

| length4 = 4:31

| title5 = Wonderful Life

| note5 = featuring Dani Filth

| length5 = 4:34

| title6 = Ouch

| length6 = 1:49

| title7 = Medicine

| length7 = 3:47

| title8 = Sugar Honey Ice & Tea

| length8 = 4:21

| title9 = Why You Gotta Kick Me When I'm Down?

| length9 = 4:28

| title10 = Fresh Bruises

| length10 = 3:18

| title11 = Mother Tongue

| length11 = 3:37

| title12 = Heavy Metal

| note12 = featuring Rahzel

| length12 = 4:00

| title13 = I Don't Know What to Say

| length13 = 5:52

| total_length = 51:54

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Japanese tour edition bonus tracks{{cite news|url= http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/SICP-6224|title= アモ: ジャパン・ツアー・エディション / ブリング・ミー・ザ・ホライズン|publisher=CD Japan}}

| title14 = Throne

| note14 = originally appears on That's the Spirit

| length14 = 3:11

| title15 = Happy Song

| note15 = originally appears on That's the Spirit

| length15 = 3:59

| title16 = Drown

| note16 = originally appears on That's the Spirit

| length16 = 3:42

| title17 = Avalanche

| note17 = originally appears on That's the Spirit

| length17 = 4:22

| title18 = Shadow Moses

| note18 = originally appears on Sempiternal

| length18 = 4:03

| title19 = Sleepwalking

| note19 = originally appears on Sempiternal

| length19 = 3:50

| title20 = Can You Feel My Heart

| note20 = originally appears on Sempiternal

| length20 = 3:47

| total_length = 77:28

}}

Notes

• All track titles are stylised in lowercase except for "Mantra", which is stylised in all caps.
• Track 6 is mislabeled as "Ounch" on vinyl releases.

Credits retrieved from AllMusic.

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Bring Me the Horizon

• Oli Sykes – lead vocals, production
• Lee Malia – guitars
• Jordan Fish – keyboards, programming, percussion, backing vocals, production, engineering
• Matt Kean – bass
• Matt Nicholls – drums

Additional musicians

• Grimes – guest vocals on track 3
• Alissic – guest vocals on track 4
• Dani Filth – guest vocals on track 5
• Rahzel – guest vocals and beatboxing on track 12
• Choir Noir – additional vocals{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/choirnoir/status/1042701578648649729|title=We are very excited to announce that Choir Noir perform on @bmthofficial's upcoming new album 'Amo', out on January 11th 2019.|work=Twitter|date=30 January 2019|access-date=30 January 2019}}
• Parallax Orchestra – orchestra

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Additional personnel

• Romesh Dodangoda – engineering
• Dan Lancaster – mixing
• Ted Jensen – mastering
• Alejandro Baima, Francesco Cameli, Nick Mills and Daniel Morris – engineering assistance
• Rhys May – mixing engineering
• Matt Ash and Craig Jennings – art
• Darren Oorloff – design
• Pretty Puke – photography

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{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for Amo}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|artist=Bring Me the Horizon|title=Amo|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2019|certyear=2024|access-date=23 October 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Russia|artist=Bring Me the Horizon|title=Amo|award=Gold|type=album|accessdate=1 January 2020|certref={{cite web|url=https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3291879770828615&id=192538974096059|title=Bring Me the Horizon obtuvo Certificado de Disco de Oro en Rusia|website=Facebook|language=es|access-date=12 February 2020}}|relyear=2019}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Bring Me the Horizon|title=Amo|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2019|certyear=2021|id=15763-3858-2|accessdate=26 January 2021}}

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• [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2Gc4X16NxB5Qby2A_Ti7Wcw0Uw1j-3Pd Amo] at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)

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