Bring Me The Horizon - Suicide season: cut up!

A little more than a year after the release of their breakout album 'Suicide season', Bring Me The Horizon are back in stores with the remix version of their Epitaph debut: 'Suicide season: cut up!'.

The five-piece from Sheffield, England may still be newcomers to the scene, however they managed to get some big names to bring their touch to their songs, as members from Slipknot, Gym Class Heroes, Lostprophets or The Dillinger Escape Plan provided remixes. There's a little bit of everything: mainstream techno, dubstep, drum'n'bass and even hip-hop, but unfortunately the whole album is basically just samples of Oli Sykes's vocals mixed with electro beats. While most of them have barely anything to do with the original songs ('The comedown' by Robotnics, 'Chelsea smile' by KC Blitz, 'No need for introduction, I've read about girls like you on the backs of toilet doors' by Ben Weinman), a few manage to be a fair mix of the band's sound and whatever genre the remix artist added ('Death breath' by Toxic Avenger, 'Sleep with one eye open' by Shawn Crahan, 'Chelsea smile' by Travis McCoy). Guitars are sometimes still featured, but obviously you can say goodbye to the drums. The result is quite forgettable. I guess it will sound original to the band's fanbase not familiar to dubstep or drum'n'bass but honestly it's nothing more than screams over heavy rave beats. The whole album isn't annoying (if you skip I Haunt Wizards' awful crunkcore version of 'Diamonds aren't forever') but rather unnecessary.

If you didn't like 'Suicide season', there's no need to even give this remix record a listen. You'll find it atrocious. If you did like it and if you're open to the electro genre, you may enjoy a few contributions as some of the lesser known acts did quite a good job with their remixes. But don't even think about buying it unless you're a die-hard fan.

2.5/5

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Enter Shikari, Pendulum, Pitchshifter
Check also:
Skream, The Qemists, Hadouken!

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(Visible Noise, 2009)