That's The Spirit
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CRITIC REVIEWS
100
Ambitious, grand, emotional and complex, it’s a record that demands the band be seen in a new light.
100
By stabbing in the dark and boldly going where they've never gone before, they've made something genuinely great.
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3mo
80
There’s no beating around the bush when it comes to their fifth effort: Bring Me The Horizon are no longer concerned with the expectations of a scene they’ve seemingly outgrown. This record is a set of huge songs that’ll cement their place at the top of rock’s ranks and so much more.
80
Bring Me the Horizon have expanded in style and status to an alt-rock band for arenas — venues they've already started filling and will no doubt continue to.
80
Bring Me the Horizon's penchant for wallowing in social dystopia is tempered by their newfound proclivity for dabbling in big, unabashed pop pageantry.
80
Written off the back of that immense headline appearance, fifth album That’s The Spirit is the sound of a metal band writing arena-filling rock, firmly holding on to their identity but taking the biggest leap yet in their consistent album-by-album evolution.
80
Admittedly, there are times when Sykes’ lyricism trips up on itself, or when the band’s dedication to ditching needless breakdowns and heaviness leaves them treading water with little more than a slightly forgettable fuzz - that’s the beauty of ‘That’s The Spirit’, though.
80
That's The Spirit will make them mainstream stars, no question.
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2y
80
With That’s The Spirit, they’ve hit a new direction and a creative peak that finally matches their thirst for fame and fortune.
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3mo
70
In 'That's The Spirit' the Sheffield band have crafted an album that should see them not just seated at rock's top table, but putting their feet up and getting comfortable.
60
If BMTH really do want to bring nu-metal back to life, this approach could be just the defibrillator they need.
50
That's the Spirit is so content to flit away from excitement and into complacency it hurts; you almost want Bring Me the Horizon to trip up on their material, if only because then the element of excitement may come into play. It doesn't, and what we're left with is That's the Spirit, the most soundly generic rock album you'll hear this year.
50
Filling the lengthy self-contemplative gaps between albums from Linkin Park, English five-piece metal band Bring Me the Horizon have transformed from a pummelling metal band into a more bleakly graceful, electronic hard-rock outfit.
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Nothing screams “guilty pleasure” more than this album.
Bring Me The Horizon is one of the many bands I’ve listened to that are inconsistent. They went from this album to “amo” and “music to…” to “POST HUMAN,” not to mention their debut album not being very good.
This band ditches the metalcore sound that was prevalent in their older music and moves to hard rock. Sounds generic, right? If I told you that I didn’t ... read more
That’s The Spirit is what happens when alt/pop rock bands can’t get their shit together and a metalcore act has to show everyone how it’s done.
Bring Me the Horizon deliver their best album yet. Progressing from a terrible deathcore band to a kick-ass arena rock band, this band is one of the best examples of maturity in music.
Still my favorite BMTH Album that has absolute no skips on it and honestly is imo one of the most underrated and best alt rock Albums of the 2010's and maybe even of all time. Such a masterpiece
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Track List
| 1 | Doomed 4:34 | 89 |
| 2 | Happy Song 3:59 | 87 |
| 3 | Throne 3:11 | 86 |
| 4 | True Friends 3:52 | 79 |
| 5 | Follow You 3:51 | 83 |
| 6 | What You Need 4:12 | 78 |
| 7 | Avalanche 4:22 | 85 |
| 8 | Run 3:42 | 79 |
| 9 | Drown 3:42 | 89 |
| 10 | Blasphemy 4:35 | 76 |
| 11 | Oh No 5:00 | 80 |
Total Length: 45 minutes
Year End Lists
| #4 | / | Revolver |
| #42 | / | Sputnikmusic |
| #49 | / | NME |
Added on: July 22, 2015