Dehumanized (song)

"Dehumanized"
Single by Bring Me the Horizon
from the album Count Your Blessings | Repented
Released25 June 2026 (2026-06-25)
StudioCasa do Syko (Brazil)
GenreDeathcore
Length4:28
Label
Songwriters
Producers
  • Oli Sykes
  • Lee Malia
Bring Me the Horizon singles chronology
"Black & Blue (2026 Repented)"
(2026)		 "Dehumanized"
(2026)
Music video
"Dehumanized" on YouTube

"Dehumanized" is a song by British rock band Bring Me the Horizon. Written and produced by vocalist Oli Sykes and guitarist Lee Malia, the song was released on 25 June 2026, through RCA Records, as the second single from the band's 2026 re-recording of their debut album, Count Your Blessings. The song became the band's seventh to reach number one on the Billboard Hot Hard Rock Songs chart.

Background and promotion

In April 2026, the band announced Count Your Blessings | Repented, a re-recording of their debut album, featuring a then-untitled 11th bonus track.[1]

During a performance in Kraków, Poland on 9 June, the band showed a video depicting torture and gore, ending simply with the word "dehumanized", leading to speculation that something with that title was being teased.[2][3] An extended version of the teaser, styled as a film trailer, was released on 21 June, confirming that it was the title of a new single and announcing the release date of 25 June.[4][5] The song and music video were released on 25 June.[6] The song was recorded at Sykes' house in Brazil.[7]

Music video

The music video released 25 June 2026 and was directed by Sykes and Eric Richter.[8] The video, containing gore, blood and terror, has been compared to the Saw franchise, and has been described as "aggressive", "unsettling" and "very NSFW".[8][9][10] It depicts references and criticisms of factory farming and the meat industry, with extras credited as "cattle, surgeons, and hospital staff", owing to the band member's beliefs on veganism and vegetarianism.[11] Sykes called the video's setting a "fully operational human slaughterhouse".[12][13]

Live performances

The song debuted live on 10 July 2026, during the band's release day performance of the whole Repented album at Outbreak Festival in Manchester.[14][15]

Composition and lyrics

"Dehumanized" has been described as deathcore.[8][11][16][17]

The song has been called a "bridge between past and present",[18] noted for "carrying the unrelenting aggression and chaos of the band's earliest material while reflecting the scope, ambition and sonic precision that have defined Bring Me the Horizon's evolution".[18][19]

Sykes said the song spawned from being told peacefully waving Palestinian flags at the 2025 Reading and Leeds Festivals and recognising the Gaza genocide would have "career ending consequences", taking to social media he said: "It made me realise how we are silently we're conditioned to suppress our humanity. We think were are free, conscious beings, when in truth we are driven by forces we barely understand".[12][13] In the same post, Sykes also cited inspiration from the book Tender Is the Flesh, and also the use of an abattoir as a metaphor for "being put in a place where my very livelihood is facing execution" and an "analogy for modern civilisation".[12][13]

Personnel

Credits are adapted from Tidal.[20]

Charts

Chart performance for "Dehumanized"
Chart (2026) Peak
position
Australia Digital Tracks (ARIA)[21] 45
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[22] 11
UK Singles Downloads (Official Charts)[23]91
UK Rock & Metal (Official Charts)[24]11
US Hot Hard Rock Songs (Billboard)[25]1

References

  1. ↑ Garner, Emily (13 April 2026). "BMTH announce Count Your Blessings 20th anniversary arena show". Kerrang!. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  2. ↑ Wilkes, Emma (10 June 2026). "Bring Me The Horizon are teasing a 'Dehumanized' project". Kerrang!. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  3. ↑ Rogers, Jack (10 June 2026). "Bring Me The Horizon Are Teasing Something Called 'Dehumanized'". Rock Sound. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "Bring Me The Horizon announce new single "Dehumanized"". Lambgoat. 21 June 2026. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  5. ↑ Wilkes, Emma (22 June 2026). ""Who will survive?": Bring Me The Horizon share gory new Dehumanized teaser". Kerrang!. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  6. ↑ Wilkes, Emily (25 June 2026). "Bring Me The Horizon make 2006 collide with 2026 on violent new single Dehumanized". Kerrang!. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  7. ↑ Popovic, Nik (20 May 2026). Oli Sykes on Count Your Blessings Repented, Sempiternal & Deathcore Era. Nik Nocturnal Podcast. Event occurs at 4:49. Retrieved 7 July 2026 – via YouTube.
  8. 1 2 3 Gonzales, Ramon (25 June 2026). "Bring Me the Horizon Tap Into their Deathcore DNA with "dehumanized"". Knotfest. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  9. ↑ Young, Simon (26 June 2026). "The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now". Louder Sound. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  10. ↑ Rogers, Jack (26 June 2026). "Bring Me The Horizon Unleash Pulverising New Track 'Dehumanized'". Rock Sound. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  11. 1 2 Sophie, Anna (26 June 2026). "Bring Me The Horizon Back in the Deathcore Era: Listen to the New Song "Dehumanized"!". Impericon. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  12. 1 2 3 "Bring Me The Horizon were warned about "career ending consequences" for waving Palestinian flags". Lambgoat. 1 July 2026. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  13. 1 2 3 Ambrosio, Isabella (2 July 2026). "Oli Sykes Says Band Was Told Waving Palestinian Flags At Reading Festival "Would Likely Carry Career Ending Consequences"". Metal Injection. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  14. ↑ Burton, Poppy (11 July 2026). "Watch Bring Me The Horizon play new 'Repented' version of debut album 'Count Your Blessings' in full in Manchester". NME. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
  15. ↑ Longhurst, Jasmine (11 July 2026). "Live review: Bring Me The Horizon's Count Your Blessings anniversary show". Kerrang!. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
  16. ↑ Lubke, Tyler (26 June 2026). "Listen To Bring Me The Horizon's Brand New Deathcore Track 'Dehumanized'". Wall of Sound. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  17. ↑ Adams, Gregory (26 June 2026). "6 best new songs right now: 6/26/26". Revolver. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  18. 1 2 "Bring Me The Horizon share vicious new song 'Dehumanized' ahead of 'Count Your Blessings: Repented'". NME.
  19. ↑ Adams, Gregory (25 June 2026). "Hear Bring Me the Horizon throw back to 2006 with new deathcore song "Dehumanized"". Revolver. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  20. ↑ "Dehumanized / Bring Me the Horizon / Credits / Dehumanized / Bring Me the Horizon – Tidal". Tidal. 25 June 2026. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  21. ↑ "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 6 July 2026". The ARIA Report. No. 1896. Australian Recording Industry Association. 6 July 2026. p. 9.
  22. ↑ "Hot 40 Singles for 3 July 2026". Recorded Music NZ. 3 July 2026. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  23. ↑ "Official Singles Downloads Chart on 3/7/2026 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  24. ↑ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart on 3/7/2026 – Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  25. ↑ "Bring Me the Horizon Chart History (Hot Hard Rock Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
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