Bring Me the Horizon is a British band from Sheffield, Yorkshire that is categorized under the metalcore category. Like many bands, it hopes to eventually take a spot in the international music merch scene. It remains to be seen though whether the group will manage to break out.
And speaking of waves, the band’s name came from a line by Captain Jack Sparrow, “Now, bring me that horizon,” in the hit movie Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. No matter the whimsy behind the name, fans and critics alike expect metal core at its budding best from the members of the band.
Band Story and Albums Out
The history of Bring Me the Horizon spans three periods at present. First, the early years from 2004 to 2007 starting with the formation of the band. The members came from the defunct bands in the local area with Oliver Sykes on lead vocals, Lee Malia on lead guitar, Matt Kean on bass guitar, Matt Nicholls on drums and percussion, and Curtis Ward on rhythm guitar. Jona Weinhofen later replaced Ward and then taking on the roles of keyboardist, programmer and vocalist.
During this period, their debut album Count Your Blessings was released in October 2006 and August 2007 in the United Kingdom and United States, respectively. Bring Me the Horizon also toured with I Killed the Prom Queen, Lostprophets, The Haunted, The Blackout, and Killswitch Engage in addition to playing at the 2007 Download Festival.
The years 2008 to 2009 marked a second phase for the group and was highlighted by the leave taking of Curtis Ward. Jona Weinhofen was tapped to occupy the vacant spot but initially on a temporary capacity. In 2009 however, Weinhofen became a permanent member of the band and even took on a number of additional responsibilities.
Aside from band member changes, one other important development for the band was the release of their second Bring Me the Horizon album, Suicide Season. This was a bit unlike the milder first album. Fans consider it to definitely belong to the metalcore genre. It was so well received that it shot up to the 28th spot in the Australian ARIA Albums chart.
In November 2009, the remixed version of the album, Suicide Season: Cut Up!, was released. It featured many musicians and producers like Ben Weinman, Sonny Moore and Shawn Crahan, thus, giving the remix version diverse sounds from hip hop to electro.
The third phase of the band is from 2009 to now. There are no major developments yet but fans hope this year will be marked by the release of the third Bring Me the Horizon album.
Recognitions Received
The group has been recognized on several occasions for their music. The most notable recognitions for Bring Me the Horzion include the 2006 Kerrang! Award for Best British Newcomer, Rock Sound Best British Band and Best Album. Barely two years later though, music listeners seemed to have turned against the group voting it the Worst Band of 2008 in the Kerrang! Reader’s poll. Suicide Season was subsequently named the Worst Album.
The band members will plow on because their brand of music is still the thing that matters the most. That’s why we want to bring them on the stage and immortalize them on band posters again and again.
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