Bring Me The Horizon Bio

Bring Me The Horizon is not your run-of-the-mill deathcore band. For one thing, its name comes from a highly-popular line uttered by the fictional Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of Caribbean movie, which is unexpected for the band of this type. For another thing, its band members established  their own record company in 2005, Thirty Days of Night, in order to release  its debut single.

Musicians in the Band:  From Sheffield Yorkshire, the local boys that formed Bring Me the Horizon in 2004 are Oliver Sykes lead vocalist, Lee Malia, lead guitarist, Matt Kean, bass guitarist and Matt Nicholls, drummer. The rhythm guitarist, Curtis Ward, left the band in March 2009.

Sykes faced common assault charges from a female fan, but the charges were dropped due to lack of evidence, even though Sykes always maintained the charges were fictitious. The band has had its share of publicity that could be viewed as negative in some circumstances.

In a staged performance, when on tour with another metal-core band from Brighton, the Architects, Bring Me the Horizon’s Sykes was filmed in a controversial YouTube hit. When Sam Carter subjected him to violent behavior on film, fans generated such  intense hate mail for Carter that it was revealed it was a stunt to relieve boredom on the road by both parties.

Recording History:  While the band’s three albums enjoyed chart peaks, Bring Me The Horizon merch sales appears to be keeping up. The statistics on the albums are as follows:

Released in 2004, with four tracks and topping 41 on charts in the United Kingdom, This Is What the Edge of Your Seat Was For, was the first release.
In 2006, Count Your Blessings made it to 93 on the UK charts with 11 songs.
The 2008 release of Suicide Season, included10 tracks, downloadable wallpapers and two music videos.

All three albums were released with Visible Noise, except the first album, which was first released under their own company Thirty Days of Night label. While under contract in the UK with Visible Noise, the band is under contract in the US with Epitaph Records and under contract in Australia with Shock Records. Bring Me the Horizon merch sales should enjoy the benefit of the three continent contracts and labels for a wider following than previous albums.

Type of Music:

The death-core movement is a blend of death metal and metal core and that best describes Bring Me the Horizon’s musical genre. Characterized by muted riffing and dissonance of metal core, along with growling and scream vocals, The Red Chord,  Norma Jean and other American metal-core acts were their inspiration. They are different than other death core bands because of their characteristic immense vocals, massive riffs, shredding solos, erratic time signatures, blistering percussion and tempo changes.

Anticipation of better sales for the Bring Me the Horizon merch, is attributable to awards like the 2006 Kerrang!’s Award for Best British Newcomer and the 2008 nomination for Award for Best British Band. Bring Me the Horizon might be headed towards the hall of fame for metal legends because of their focus on songwriting and their steadfast devotion to success.