BRING ME THE HORIZON – COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS | REPENTED: A twenty-year-old assault returns. And this time, it cuts even deeper

From the very first track, it is clear that absolutely nothing will be held back here. Pray for Plagues opens the album like a blow straight to the chest, and from the first seconds Oli Sykes delivers vocals that sound harsh, filthy and utterly uncompromising. No long warm-up, no cautious atmosphere-building. Bring Me The Horizon immediately unleash the deathcore beast, and the pressure barely lets up until the very end.

Count Your Blessings | Repented was released on July 10, 2026 as a fully re-recorded twentieth-anniversary version of the 2006 debut album Count Your Blessings. So this is not simply a remaster or reissue of an old recording. The band genuinely returned to its roots and recorded the material again. Vocalist Oli Sykes and guitarist Lee Malia led the process, while Buster Odeholm contributed to the final mix. The album preserves the brutal character of the original era, but gains modern power, density and a far more massive sound.

And that is exactly where its greatest charm lies. The original Count Your Blessings is one of those records that powerfully reminds us where Bring Me The Horizon came from. Today, fans know the band as a huge name capable of blending metalcore, electronics, alternative rock and pop elements. Repented, however, recalls a time when their music was above all wild, extreme and merciless. Riffs crash over one another, the drums drive the songs relentlessly forward, and Sykes's scream sounds as if he is determined to prove that even after twenty years he has not forgotten what a true assault on the vocal cords should sound like.

The album includes tracks such as Tell Slater Not to Wash His Dick, For Stevie Wonder's Eyes Only, Black & Blue, (I Used to Make Out With) Medusa and the closing Off the Heezay. Another interesting addition is the new track Dehumanized, which expands the original material and gives the anniversary recording something extra. In total, Repented offers eleven tracks, with very little room to catch your breath between them.

This album is best described with a single word: a ride. And one hell of a ride. Playing it in the car on the motorway is almost a dangerous experiment in self-control. The speedometer says 130 km/h, but the music insists you are standing still. The riffs, breakdowns and vocal aggression create such momentum that you have to consciously watch your right foot. Not because the album is merely fast. Above all, it carries enormous energy that makes you turn up the volume and let the chaos swallow you whole.

Count Your Blessings | Repented is not a nostalgic memory wrapped in new packaging. It is proof that twenty-year-old material can sound hungry, violent and surprisingly contemporary when recorded again. Bring Me The Horizon are not returning to the past just to put it behind glass. They dragged it back out, dusted it off, turned it up and unleashed it on people all over again.

For fans of the current version of Bring Me The Horizon, Repented may come as a serious shock. For lovers of deathcore and genuinely heavy music, on the other hand, this is an album they absolutely should not miss. From beginning to end, it carries incredible force and offers only a handful of moments when the listener is allowed to breathe. Twenty years after its original release, Count Your Blessings bares its teeth again and may bite even harder than before.

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