Oli Sykes teases “the real first part of the puzzle” with POST HUMAN: NeX GEn physical release

Following the album’s massive surprise release on digital platforms in May, Bring Me The Horizon have now officially released the physical editions of POST HUMAN: NeX GEn, several months down the line.

And, as you’d expect from the Sheffield titans, this is so much more than just a record to pick up in stores and have on your shelves. Frontman Oli Sykes took to Instagram to share some behind-the-scenes pics of the physical copies coming to life, admitting that he and the BMTH team went “silly hard on the artwork”.

The singer also teased that there’s much more to come – in fact, NeX GEn is just the beginning of their grand plans.

“If [you’re] following the lore, the world we are building, this physical is just the start of what will become so much more for the POST HUMAN series, and it’s worth owning as it marks the real first part of the puzzle you can physically touch,” he wrote. “So excited to show you the next stages, it’s going to be pretty silly. But for now enjoy. Thank you for supporting.”

Over the weekend, Bring Me also hosted some very special POST HUMAN: NeX GEn pop-up stores in London, Sheffield, Amsterdam, Berlin, Melbourne, Sydney, New York, Los Angeles and Mexico City, with the aim of getting “fans to further engage in the NeX Gen universe” according to a press release.

And, based on what Oli says, we absolutely can’t wait to see what else is to come…

Upon the digital-only release of the record on May 24, Oli explained that, “It’s a real concept album, with a full narrative that connects to the first record, but the concept is hidden and buried.

“Some people aren’t going to be interested, but for some people it could be like a self-help book. There’s a lot of things in there, some of it’s quite clear, but a lot of it cryptic and hidden. People are gonna have to work it out.”

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