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'''Bring Me the Horizon''' (often abbreviated to '''BMTH''') |
'''Bring Me the Horizon''' (often abbreviated to '''BMTH''') are an English [[deathcore]]<ref name="allmusic">http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=BRING|ME|THE|HORIZON&sql=11:azfoxqldldke~T0 allmusic page</ref><ref>[http://www.rockdetector.com/artist/united+kingdom/bring+me+the+horizon Bring Me the Horizon biography @ Rockdetector]</ref> band from [[Sheffield]], [[Yorkshire]]. The band formed in the year 2004 from members of other bands within their local area.<ref>[http://www.visiblenoise.com/NEWwebsite/html/bmth.php How they formed - record label's page]</ref><ref name="genre ">[http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk/news/story.aspx?AID=c7f55641-3f1c-4d7c-9161-d02ccceec253 Information on BMTH genre from the Download Festival Website]</ref> They play a style of music that fuses [[death metal]] and [[metalcore]], known as [[deathcore]] — although they have taken on a more [[metalcore]] style with their latest album.{{Fact|date=October 2008}} |
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Bring Me the Horizon (often abbreviated to BMTH) are an English deathcore[2][3] band from Sheffield, Yorkshire. The band formed in the year 2004 from members of other bands within their local area.[4][5] They play a style of music that fuses death metal and metalcore, known as deathcore — although they have taken on a more metalcore style with their latest album.[citation needed]
Overview
Bring Me the Horizon began with members of many defunct bands from around their local area. They acquired their name based on a line taken from the film Pirates of the Caribbean, in which Captain Jack Sparrow shouts "Now... Bring me that horizon."[1] After slightly altering the original line, by simply changing 'that' to 'the' Bring Me The Horizon then became the official name of the band. They are currently signed to Visible Noise Records, but were originally signed to Thirty Days of Night Records and were the first band to be signed to that label. The band are also signed to Epitaph Records in the USA and are also signed to Shock Records in Australia. They have toured in the past with bands such as Lostprophets (headline), The Blackout[6]; Killswitch Engage (headline) and The Haunted[7]. They did a headlining tour of the UK during March and April 2007 with the now defunct metalcore band I Killed the Prom Queen. They played Download Festival 2007 in June also with Iron Maiden, Slayer and others.[8]
Recent news
Bring Me the Horizon also played at Download Festival 2008. including a guest appearance Travis from Gym Class Heroes on August 6th in Calgary. He joined Oli in chanting the start of their new song Diamonds Arent Forever. In November 2007 they toured on the Australian leg of Gigantour, playing three dates. They returned to Australia in May/June 2008, appearing on I Killed The Prom Queen's final tour. They also appeared on the Warped Tour in the US.
Bring Me the Horizon had been writing and recording a second studio album over the beginning of 2008. They had been in Sweden recording the album throughout April and May with Fredrik Nordstrom, who has worked with bands such as At The Gates, Arch Enemy, I Killed The Prom Queen and Dimmu Borgir. It is scheduled to be released on September 29, 2008. The album is supposedly completely different from Count Your Blessings, having a more metalcore vibe to it, similar to This Is What The Edge Of Your Seat Was Made For.[citation needed]
The band is on a UK headlining tour with special guests The Secret Handshake, Deez Nuts, The Legacy, Dead Swans and The Red Shore. Bring Me the Horizon are also set to join Mindless Self Indulgence, Cancer Bats and Incase Of Fire on the Kerrang! and Relentless 2009 UK tour.[citation needed]
Controversy
Nottingham Incident
While on tour in the United Kingdom allegations were made against vocalist Oliver Sykes that he urinated upon and then assaulted a female fan after a gig at Nottingham Rock City when she allegedly refused his sexual advances. Sykes was subsequently charged with urinating on the fan, but not with physical assault.[9] Online Music Zine Drowned In Sound claimed that Bring Me The Horizon were banned from Nottingham Rock City.[10] However the band's label Visible Noise denied these rumours and the band subsequently played Nottingham Rock City on December 1 2007.[11]
On April 13, Sykes appeared in Nottingham Magistrates Court on a charge of common assault relating to the alleged urination incident, to which he pleaded not guilty. The case was adjourned until early May.[12] On 3 May 2007 Sykes attended Nottingham Magistrates court for the second time and confirmed his not guilty plea. The case was adjourned again until 17 September.[13] Due to lack of evidence, all charges against Sykes were dropped.[14]
YouTube Video
During a tour, Bring Me Horizon and Architects filmed a video showing fights between Oliver Sykes and Sam Carter. The video was filmed at an all-day event in Karlsruhe, Germany and shows what seemed to be Sam Carter committing violent acts of physical violence towards Oliver. The video was uploaded onto the online video website, YouTube of which it attracted thousands of hits. This video outraged many Bring Me The Horizon fans causing many people to send violent hate mail to Sam Carter.
"We're mates with the guys and were sharing a bus for the whole two week tour!" Carter told Kerrang!. "The fact that people believed it was real is just so ridiculous! We filmed the fight about three times and even added in comedy punch noises and yet kids were still sending us over-the-top hate mail!" Oliver Sykes also commented saying "All-day events can get boring very fast so we conjured up the first idiotic thing we could think of and made it as unbelievable as possible. Sam was getting death threats from kids off MySpace and at the same time getting praised for laying me out! We're sorry if anyone was upset by this although I'm sure most people reading this probably like the thought of me getting a punch in the face!". The issue was later resolved with things returning back to normal, although the video still receives many hits on YouTube.[15]
Discography
| Year | Album | Label | Chart peaks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [16][17] |
AUS [18] |
NLD [19] |
US Heat [20] | ||||
| 2006 | Count Your Blessings | Visible Noise | 93 | — | — | — | |
| 2008 | Suicide Season [21] | Visible Noise | 47 | 28 | 99 | 19 | |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | |||||||
Other songs
- "Eyeless" (Slipknot cover) - for a covers CD, with the British rock/metal magazine, Kerrang!.
- Two songs entitled "Shed Light" and "Who Wants Flowers When You're Dead? Nobody" were recorded on a two-track (originally intended to be three-track) demo called "The Bedroom Sessions", but were never officially released. An instrumental version of "Rawwwrr!" was also recorded.[citation needed]
Band members
- Oliver "Oli" Sykes − vocals
- Lee Malia − lead guitar
- Curtis Ward − rhythm guitar
- Matt Kean − bass
- Matt Nicholls − drums
Achievements
- Kerrang! Award for Best British Newcomer 2006. (Won)[22]
- Kerrang! Award for Best British Band 2008. (Nominated) [23]
Other projects
- Oli Sykes ("Master Syko"), Matt Nicholls, Tom Sykes and XricciX formed a rap group called Womb 2 da Tomb[24]
- Oli Sykes and his ex girlfriend's brother, Neil Whiteley, formed a two-man death/thrash band called Purple Curto[25]
- Oli Sykes owns Drop Dead Clothing and employs his younger brother Tom and mother Carol to help run and manage it with him.[26]
- Oli Sykes also had an electronic instrumental side project called Olisaurus/Oli Has a Deathwish.[27]
References
- ^ "Official [[MySpace]]". MySpace.com. Retrieved 13 October.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); URL–wikilink conflict (help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ a b http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=BRING%7CME%7CTHE%7CHORIZON&sql=11:azfoxqldldke~T0 allmusic page
- ^ Bring Me the Horizon biography @ Rockdetector
- ^ How they formed - record label's page
- ^ Information on BMTH genre from the Download Festival Website
- ^ Information on one of the gigs that BMTH supported Lostprophets
- ^ Information on BMTH supporting KsE
- ^ Download Festival line-up from official site
- ^ BMTH singer Oli Sykes charged by police, punktastic.com, retrieved April 10, 2007
- ^ Bring Me The... head of the person that did this drownedinsound.com, retrieved April 11 2007
- ^ rock-city.co.uk ::: gig guide
- ^ Bring Me The Horizon frontman fronts court, pleads not guilty halo-17.net, retrieved April 15, 2007
- ^ The sordid Bring Me The Horizon saga continues, halo-17.net, retrieved 6 June 2007
- ^ Oliver Sykes is off the hook, halo-17.net, retrieved 11 September 2007.
- ^ http://www2.kerrang.com/2008/02/bmth_fans_send_architects_sing.html
- ^ "Chart Log UK (1994–2006) Howie B – David Byrne" Zobbel. Retrieved on December 1, 2008.
- ^ "Chart Log UK (2008) Week 40" Zobbel. Retrieved on December 1, 2008.
- ^ "Australian Album Charts Search for Bring Me the Horizon" australian-charts.com. Retrieved on December 1, 2008.
- ^ "Dutch Album Charts Search for Bring Me the Horizon" dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved on December 1, 2008.
- ^ "Bring Me the Horizon - Charts & Awards - Billboard Albums" allmusic. Retrieved on December 1, 2008.
- ^ Information about recording of new album
- ^ BMTH win Best British Newcomer
- ^ http://www.buzznet.com/musicnews/all-time-low-avenged-sevenfold-j2741831/
- ^ Womb 2 da Tomb Myspace
- ^ Purple Curto Myspace
- ^ Drop Dead Clothing website
- ^ Bandwagon.co.uk
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