u/Wear-Human

I probably should not be nervous about going to my first metal festival ever, especially because I’m seeing my favorite band (BMTH) since 2010. I’m excited but I’m finding myself, kinda nervous. I’ve been to actual metal concerts and I’m not really nervous at those events but, I’m finding that when think about Furnace Fest I’m getting anxious. Maybe it’s a fear of big crowds, or being at place I’ve never been to before, or I’m just autistically over-thinking this entire thing. Anyone have any advice or can you guys give me a little run down of how everything works, so I can relax a little about it?

So, I’ve returned, with more probably critical opinions that not a lot of people are going to agree with (check my other BMTH album and song ranking for context). However, I think there’s a new topic we need to discuss. So, my amazing girlfriend of a year and half, has surprised me for my birthday with tickets to Furnace Fest in Birmingham, AL, to finally see Bring Me The Horizon, after 16 consecutive years of being in love with this band. I’ve checked out Furnace Fest’s Reddit page to see what really I’m looking at and what to expect, as I live in the rural Alabama country, not a lot of heavy metal festivals around. I was then greeted by, quite a bit of negative feedback from FF’s (Furnace Fest) lineup of bands. From people saying the festival has turned from a “underground metal festival for up and coming bands” to a corporate fed festival, mainly taking shots at BMTH, Motionless In White, A Day to Remember, and Slaughter to Prevail. A very great amount of that hate, was directed at BMTH. So, let’s have the discussion: Why does BMTH receive so much hate lately?

I believe a reason BMTH receives so much hate, is kind of an obvious reason: they blew the fuck up. BMTH was a very popular band for a very long time but, I’ve noticed a big spike in views and popularity after the Gigachad meme came about with “Can you feel my Heart” in the background. A lot of people found out who BMTH is and that was a tremendous help of making BMTH bigger in not only the metal genre, but music in general. Their music is very heavily played on the radio. So, here’s come the hipsters. “BMTH are sellouts!”, “They’re only good album is Count Your Blessings”, such as that. They kind of had a Sleep Token effect in a way. The band had a cult following, blew up on social media, and now they’re receiving global attention, while the underground nerds get butthurt because God forbid they’re getting paid at lot more for appearances.

Another reason, they say BMTH went too soft, too radio-friendly, too mainstream. “BMTH was only good back in the days of CYB and SS” they say. Yes, they did get a little more radio-friendly. My question is: why are we judging an album that took 3+ years of hard work from the band, and refusing to appreciate the level of creativity and effort put in for, an album (while it’s a great album) was done in very little time and was very rushed? To be honest, while I really enjoy BMTH’s heavier sound, I do really enjoy their modern music as well, for the creativity and effort they do to get us a great album.

That’s all I have for this post, and I am very well aware that there is probably way more reasons people are hating BMTH, so you guys drop your opinions down below. Why do you think BMTH is receiving all this hate? Do you find the hate they get annoying? What’s are some things you would tell someone that is a BMTH hater?

Hope you guys are having a good day/night! Let me know if you’re going to see them at Furnace Fest!

ALL HAIL NEX_GEN.