History Music / BringMeTheHorizon

BMTH started out as a {{deathcore}} band with a reliance on breakdowns, false-chord screaming, and riffs influenced by bands such as Music/AtTheGates. This sound is represented on their debut EP ''This Is What the Edge of Your Seat Was Made For'' as well as their debut album ''Count Your Blessings'', the latter of which brought them their first taste of popularity with the viral success of the music video for lead single "Pray for Plagues".

Their next album, ''Suicide Season'', marked a switch to a pure {{metalcore}} sound. This was inspired by the band's experience with extremely negative reactions to ''Count Your Blessings'' from "proper metalheads", and their subsequent decision that their follow-up would have to be their make-or-break moment. The album's sound incorporated electronic and ambient elements alongside more melodic vocals and mature songwriting, making for a relatively more accessible sound overall. Immediate reactions to the shift in sound were polarized, but the album ultimately gained the band more popularity, as well as their first {{signature song}} in the track "Chelsea Smile".

However, with their sixth album ''amo'', released at the start of 2019, BMTH made their most unexpected move yet: releasing an album that more closely resembled ''straightforward pop music'' than anything they had released before, taking inspiration from genres as diverse as {{trance}} and [[HipHop hip-hop]]. Although this continued the band's commercial success (to the tune of their first two UsefulNotes/GrammyAward nominations), it was predictably quite divisive, outright alienating sections of their fanbase. To the band's credit, they welcomed the reception with open arms; frontman Oli Sykes likened it to the reception ''Suicide Season'' had upon release, and the album contained multiple tracks preemptively (and in somewhat tongue-in-cheek manner) [[DearNegativeReader addressing fans who would be mad at them]].

Around the turn of [[TheNewTwenties the 2020s]], BMTH continued experimenting with more types of electronica in the long-form release ''Music to Listen To...'' (full title listed in the discography below), and took the music world by surprise once again by utilizing their modern production styles to throw back to the heavier sounds of their early material with the ''POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR'' EP. The EP is intended to be the first of four projects under the ''POST HUMAN'' name; the second project, ''[=NeX=] [=GEn=]'', will reportedly release in summer 2024.[[note]]It was originally scheduled for September 15, 2023, but Oli Sykes announced on August 23 that it would be delayed due to "unforeseen circumstances".[[/note]]

* LastNoteNightmare: The ending of "heavy metal" garnered attention for being the heaviest the band had been in years since going alternative, featuring Oli [[CarefulWithThatAxe screaming]] "NO, THIS AIN'T HEAVY METAL!" followed by a [[GutturalGrowler guttural growl]].

Around the turn of [[TheNewTwenties the 2020s]], BMTH continued experimenting with more types of electronica in the long-form release ''Music to Listen To...'' (full title listed in the discography below), and took the music world by surprise once again by utilizing their modern production styles to throw back to the heavier sounds of their early material with the ''POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR'' EP. The EP is intended to be the first of four projects under the ''POST HUMAN'' name; the second project, ''[=NeX=] [=GEn=]'', has no confirmed release date.[[note]]It was originally scheduled for September 15, 2023, but Oli Sykes announced on August 23 that it would be delayed due to "unforeseen circumstances".[[/note]]

Bring Me the Horizon (often abbreviated as BMTH and occasionally shortened to Bring Me) is a five-piece British rock band from Sheffield, Yorkshire that formed in 2004. The band's name is paraphrased from a line of dialogue spoken by Jack Sparrow in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'' ("Now... bring me that horizon").

* Jordan Fish - keyboards, programming, vocals (2013-present)

BMTH started out as a {{deathcore}} band with a reliance on breakdowns, false-chord screaming, and riffs influenced by bands such as Music/AtTheGates. This sound is represented on their debut EP ''This Is What the Edge of Your Seat Was Made For'' as well as their debut album ''Count Your Blessings'', the latter bringing them their first taste of popularity with the viral success of the music video for lead single "Pray for Plagues".

* AllLowercaseLetters: The title of their sixth album is stylized this way, and the same goes for nearly every song comprising it. [[note]]The keyword is ''nearly'' as "Mantra" is the sole exception, being rendered in CapsLock[[/note]]

* BreakupSong: Lots of 'em.

** The title of the song "Shadow Moses" is a reference to ''Franchise/MetalGear'', and it even samples the song "The Best Is Yet to Come" from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''.

** The title of the song "Shadow Moses" is a reference to ''Franchise/MetalGear'', and the song even samples "The Best Is Yet to Come" from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''.

** ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'' and Chewbacca from ''Franchise/StarWars'' appear in the video for "The Comedown".

** The song "Shadow Moses" is a reference to ''Franchise/MetalGear'', and even samples the song "The Best Is Yet to Come" from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''.

** ''POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR'' is filled to the brim with these: one of the songs is titled "VideoGame/ParasiteEve", "Dear Diary,"'s lyrics paraphrase the Keeper's Diary from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil1'', and "Ludens" is named after the logo of Creator/KojimaProductions.

--->"You've got a pretty open mind, then, right? You like R&B? (''small cheers'') You like pop music? (''slightly bigger cheers'') Do you like rock & roll? (''louder cheers'') Do you like metal? (''even louder cheers'') See...we're in a bit of a predicament. We made an album that's all...and none of them. And all our fans fucking hate us."

* {{Gorn}}: The artwork for ''Suicide Season''.
** The video for "Follow You" takes this up to eleven.
* GratuitousFrench: "ouch" opens with the line "Tu as tué mon bébé" (you killed my baby). The song is about Oli's divorce from his now-ex-wife, who cheated on him with a French tattoo artist.

** The band's name is a Shout Out to the last line in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl''.
** The song title "Who Wants Flowers When You're Dead? Nobody." is a Shout Out to Creator/{{JD Salinger}}'s novel ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye''.
** The song title "Tell Slater Not to Wash His Dick" is a Shout Out to sickanimation.com's ''The Secret League of Legionaires Pt. 2''.

** ''POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR'' is filled to the brim with these: one of the songs is titled "VideoGame/ParasiteEve", "Dear Diary,"'s lyrics paraphrase the Keeper's Diary from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil1'' and "Ludens" is named after the logo of Creator/KojimaProductions.

* {{Soprano and Gravel}}: Oli and Lights when they sing together on "Don't Go" and "Crucify Me"

* SpokenWordInMusic
* SubduedSection: The ambient sections on "Chelsea Smile" and "Suicide Season". ''There Is a Hell...'' has these on almost every song.
* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "Fifteen Fathoms, Counting", if instrumentals count."Deathbeds", and “like seeing spiders running riot around your lover’s grave”.

** "No Need for Introductions..." is a Take That at a girl who claimed to have been assaulted and pissed on by the band, getting the band into legal trouble and putting a black mark on their reputation.

-->You got a lot of nerve, but not a lot of spine\\
You made your bed when you worried about mine\\
[[PunctuatedForEmphasis THIS!]] ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis ENDS!!]]'' '''''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis NOW!!!]]'''''

* TitleDrop: They drop the band's name in "RE: They Have No Reflections".
--> Do not change the subject
--> Let's go change the subject
--> '''Bring me the horizon'''
--> '''Bring me the horizon'''
--> Now

* GenreRoulette: And how! Can you name another artist that has played deathcore, only to later start performing electropop? There's a laundry list of genres they've covered over the years, especially on their two most recent releases ''That's the Spirit'' and ''amo''. Even during their deathcore days, they would have a randomly-placed PostRock song.
** As an example, ''amo'' includes DreamPop compositions ("i apologise if you feel something"), industrial rock-esque cuts ("MANTRA"), {{trance}} ("nihilist blues"), nu-metal ("wonderful life"), IDM ("fresh bruises") and even plunderphonics of all styles ("ouch")!

Around the turn of [[TheNewTwenties the 2020s]], BMTH continued experimenting with more types of electronica in the long-form release ''Music to Listen To...'' (full title listed in the discography below), and took the music world by surprise once again by utilizing their modern production styles to throw back to the heavier sounds of their early material with the ''POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR'' EP. The EP is intended to be the first of four projects under the ''POST HUMAN'' name; the second project, ''[=NeX=] [=GEn=]'', is scheduled for release on September 15, 2023.

* 2023 - ''POST HUMAN: [=NeX=] [=GEn=]'' (EP)

Around the turn of [[TheNewTwenties the 2020s]], BMTH continued experimenting with more types of electronica in the long-form release ''Music to Listen To...'' ([[LongTitle full title]] listed in the discography below), and took the music world by surprise once again by utilizing their modern production styles to throw back to the heavier sounds of their early material with the ''POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR'' EP. The EP is intended to be the first of four projects under the ''POST HUMAN'' name; the second project, ''[=NeX=] [=GEn=]'', is scheduled for release on September 15, 2023.

* GratuitousFrench: "ouch" opens with the line "Tu as tué mon bébé" (you killed my baby). Justified, as the song is about Oli's divorce (his now ex-wife cheated on him with a French tattoo artist).

* {{Improv}}: "Off the Heezay" begins with the vocalist [[CarefulWithThatAxe screaming]] "AWESOME FOURSOME!!!"

* LongTitle:
** "No Need for Introductions, I've Read About Girls Like You on the Back of Toilet Doors".
** The EP ''This Is What the Edge of Your Seat Was Made For'' also qualifies.
** ''Music to Listen to~Dance to~Blaze to~Pray to~Feed to~Sleep to~Talk to~Grind to~Trip to~Breathe to~Help to~Hurt to~Scroll to~Roll to~Love to~Hate to~Learn Too~Plot to~Play to~Be to~Feel to~Breed to~Sweat to~Dream to~Hide to~Live to~Die to~Go To'' certainly qualifies.
** As does "One Day the Only Butterflies Left Will Be in Your Chest as You March Towards Your Death".

** "Oh No" is a very cheerful and danceable Pop Rock song ... that happens to be about Oli's struggles with Drug abuse.
* {{Metalcore}}: Was one of the leading players until they completely abandoned it with ''That's the Spirit''.

Around the turn of [[TheNewTwenties the 2020s]], BMTH continued experimenting with more types of electronica in the long-form release ''Music to Listen To...'' ([[LongTitle full title]] listed in the discography below), and took the music world by surprise once again by utilizing their modern production styles to throw back to the heavier sounds of their early material with the ''POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR'' EP. The EP is intended to be the first of four projects under the ''POST HUMAN'' name.

* 2023 - ''Post Human: [=NeX=] [=GEn=]'' (EP)

* 2023 - ''Post Human: NeX GEn'' (EP)