Bring Me The Horizon Is Re-Recording Count Your Blessings for Its 20th Anniversary

Bring Me The Horizon just dropped one of the most exciting announcements in heavy music this year. The band is fully re-recording their 2006 debut album Count Your Blessings for its 20th anniversary, and they're playing it live in its entirety for the first time ever.

The re-recorded version, titled Count Your Blessings | Repented, drops on July 10. The band is calling it a "reactivation" and "recontextualization" of the original record, not just a remaster or a remix. This is the whole thing rebuilt from the ground up.

A Debut Album Reborn

For those who need the history lesson, Count Your Blessings originally came out on October 30, 2006 through Visible Noise in the UK, then got a US release via Earache Records in August 2007. It was raw, chaotic deathcore that helped define an entire generation of heavy music. Singles like Pray for Plagues and For Stevie Wonder's Eyes Only (Braille) became cornerstones of the mid-2000s scene. Twenty years later, the influence is still everywhere.

Frontman Oli Sykes and guitarist Lee Malia teamed up with mixer Buster Odeholm to bring the album into 2026. The band says it's "reborn, sharper, heavier, and more vital than ever." One notable change is that the track Liquor & Lost Love will appear under its original working title, Dragon Slaying. That's a deep cut detail that longtime fans are going to lose their minds over.

The Manchester Show

Here's where it gets even better. On the same day the album drops, July 10, Bring Me The Horizon will perform Count Your Blessings in its entirety at Manchester's BEC Arena. The event is called "Outbreak Presents: Count Your Blessings | Repented" and it's being co-curated between Outbreak Festival and the band. This is the first time they've ever played this album front to back live. Let that sink in.

If you've been around the BMTH fanbase at all, you know this has been possibly the most requested show for years. Eagle-eyed fans actually caught on early when billboards started popping up around Manchester over the weekend with just the words "Pray For Plagues" on them. The hype was already building before the official announcement.

The organizers describe it as "a defining moment for a generation of fans, both those who were there at the beginning and those discovering it now." I'll be real, that's not an overstatement.

The Supporting Lineup

The bill for this show is stacked. Joining BMTH on July 10 will be Static Dress, the Leeds post-hardcore crew who were just on BMTH's Post Human: Nex Gen arena tour. Sheffield mathcore legends Rolo Tomassi, who have been doing this since 2005, are on the card. Portland metalcore five-piece Dying Wish will be there, along with British metallers Heriot, who have been turning heads as one of the most promising young bands in modern metalcore.

L.A. emo band Car Underwater will be making their first ever UK trip for this show, which is a cool moment in itself. And rounding out the bill is hardcore supergroup Still In Love. Honestly, any of these bands would be worth the trip on their own. Together with BMTH playing their debut front to back? Come on.

Tickets and Pre-Order

General sale tickets go live on Friday, April 17 at 10 a.m. GMT. If you want early access, pre-ordering Count Your Blessings | Repented gets you into the pre-sale starting April 15 at 10 a.m. BST. Given how anticipated this show is, I would not wait until general sale if you're serious about going. You can grab pre-order details and ticket info through the band's official site.

Why This Matters

Bring Me The Horizon is one of the most influential modern rock acts on the planet right now, with over 6.6 million albums sold worldwide and more than 9.4 billion global streams. They've evolved massively since Count Your Blessings, going from deathcore kids to arena-filling heavyweights. Their most recent studio album, Post Human: Nex Gen, dropped in May 2024 and was the second entry in their Post Human series. Their concert film L.I.V.E. In São Paulo just hit theaters in late March and arrived on LP and CD on April 10.

But going back to where it all started? That's something different entirely. The deathcore sound of Count Your Blessings has been a massive influence on the new wave of heavy bands coming up right now. The fact that BMTH is not only acknowledging that legacy but actively rebuilding it for a new era says a lot about where the band's head is at.

If you've been waiting for this, you already know what to do. Pre-order the album, lock in that pre-sale access, and get to Manchester on July 10. This one isn't going to come around again.

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