His replacement was Jona Weinhofen of metalcore band I Killed The Prom Queen, and with tempestuous tracks such as Headfirst from a Hangman’s Noose, likely cemented the bands momentous evolvement.ĭespite this shift in genre from deathcore to metalcore, Bring Me The Horizon were still very much the hardcore band that fans loved and adored. Siting those pesky “personal differences”, the band parted ways with founding guitarist Curtis Ward around this time, and this may help to explain the stark shift in sound. Though the debut was unapologetically deathcore, with very little influence from any other genres, their sophomore attempt Suicide Season, released in 2008, saw them shift to fuse their roots with metal-core elements.īring Me The Horizon were still very much the hardcore band that fans loved and adoredīy 2010, the strident collective had abandoned deathcore entirely, shifting to a defined metalcore sound for the gallant 2010 album There Is A Hell Believe Me I’ve Seen It, There Is A Heaven Let’s Keep It A Secret. Whilst a listener back in 2006, amidst the release of debut LP Count Your Blessings, may have described them as death-metal or even ‘ screamo’, many of Bring Me Horizon’s contemporary releases lend themselves more readily to labels of alternative or pop-rock.Įven the band’s early music was met with a very derisive response from the media, proving that the band was always set to draw divisions. With a new EP in sights, Gemma Cockrell reflects on the sonic odyssey of one of Britain’s most iconic heavy bands.Įnigmatic Sheffield quintet Bring Me The Horizon have always been difficult to pin down. From dodging gravel and ketchup onstage at 2008’s Reading Festival as the band catapulted through the nauseating debut Count Your Blessings, to selling out arenas with the doomy electro-rock of amo over a decade later, the career of Sheffield titans Bring Me The Horizon has been far from infallible.

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