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Bring Me the Horizon have all the time embraced evolution. With every album, the band proceed to push the boundaries of their ferocious sound with style experimentation and, in the end, transcend their roots as they redefine what a heavy band will be. It’s resulted in mature songs that characteristic kaleidoscopic manufacturing, sticky choruses, and hefty riffs, best heard on information like Sempiternal and amo. As the Sheffield outfit put together for one more big yr with the launch of POST HUMAN: NeX GEn — slated to come back out someday earlier than the finish of 2024 — we requested our readers to vote on Bring Me the Horizon’s best albums.
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Find the prime fan picks ranked beneath.
5. Count Your Blessings
All these years later, Count Your Blessings nonetheless sounds uncooked as hell. The band captured an awesome angst and rage over a heaviness that impressed a thousand imitators. Though it’s not going that BMTH will ever return to this sound, their deathcore days stay a fan favourite. To at the present time, every time the band play a traditional like “Pray For Plagues” at their exhibits, the pit turns chaotic and nostalgic.
4. That’s the Spirit
BMTH acquired extra accessible with each album after their 2006 debut. Naturally, the band doubled down on that entrance and wrote some of their strongest songs but on their major-label debut. From heart-wrenchers (“Drown,” “Follow You”) to arena-ready earworms (“Throne,” “Happy Song”), they all get an opportunity to shine. Bookend by the implausible “Doomed” and “Oh No,” Bring Me the Horizon took a danger and created a slew of memorable songs in the course of.
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3. There Is a Hell Believe Me I’ve Seen It. There Is a Heaven Let’s Keep It a Secret.
Boasting a biblically lengthy title, Bring Me the Horizon’s third album employed an orchestral course that makes it stand out from the relaxation of their catalog. The result’s beautiful, with post-rock and ambient electronica aptitude contrasting Oli Sykes’ tormented lyrics. In some ways, the album concluded their metalcore period whereas hinting at what was to come back. It additionally options excellent visitor vocalists, together with Canadian pop star LIGHTS (“Don’t Go,” “Crucify Me”), Josh Franceschi of You Me at Six (“Fuck”), and the Chariot frontman Josh Scogin (“The Fox and the Wolf”).
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2. Suicide Season
Fans agree that BMTH dodged the sophomore droop and put out a metalcore traditional on Suicide Season. Here, they tapped acclaimed metallic producer Frederik Nordström and traveled to Gothenburg, Sweden to make their brutal sound extra accessible and expansive. While the LP nonetheless accommodates a metallic edge, the band additionally included digital components (“Chelsea Smile,” “The Comedown”) and melodicism, like on “The Sadness Will Never End” that includes Architects’ Sam Carter.
1. Sempiternal
No shock, followers voted Sempiternal as Bring Me the Horizon’s best report. The launch marked a significant turning level for the band, as keyboardist-producer Jordan Fish joined the fold and Sykes used extra melodic vocals. Both components added depth to their sound and made the report really feel like a brand-new period. In quick, Sempiternal has every part, from the digital swagger of “Can You Feel My Heart” to the stomping heaviness of “Shadow Moses” — the latter of which options the band’s most misheard lyric of all time.
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