Bring Me the Horizon

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Bring Me the Horizon
Singer Oliver Sykes on stage at the Astoria 2
Singer Oliver Sykes on stage at the Astoria 2
Background information
Origin Sheffield, England[1]
Genre(s) Deathcore[2]
Years active 2004–present
Label(s) Visible Noise & Thirty Days of Night, Earache Records (US Only)
Website Official Website
MySpace Profile
Members
Oliver Sykes
Lee Malia
Curtis Ward
Matt Kean
Matt Nicholls

Bring Me the Horizon (often abbreviated to 'BMTH') are a deathcore[3] band from Sheffield, Yorkshire. The band formed in the year 2004 from members of other bands within their local area.[4] They have incorporated elements of death metal and metalcore in their music, resulting in their genre best being described as deathcore.[5]

They are currently signed to Visible Noise Records, but were originally signed to Thirty Days of Night Records. They were the first band to be signed to that label. 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 of 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]

In November 2007 they toured on the Australian leg of Gigantour, playing three dates. They are returning to Australia in May/June 2008, appearing on I Killed The Prom Queen's final tour.

Bring Me the Horizon have been writing and recording a second studio album over the beginning of 2008. They have been in Sweden recording the album throughout April and May with Fredrik Nordstrom, who has worked with bands like At The Gates, Arch Enemy, I Killed The Prom Queen, and Dimmu Borgir. It is scheduled to be released on September 22, 2008.

Contents

Incident in Nottingham

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]

Band members

Discography

Date of release Title Label
October, 2005
(Re-Released in January 2006)		 This Is What the Edge of Your Seat Was Made For Thirty Days of Night Records,

(Re-Released on Visible Noise)
October 30, 2006
(Re-Released in 2008 (Hot Topic))		 Count Your Blessings Visible Noise,

(Re-Released on Earache in the US)
September 22, 2008 Suicide Season [15] Visible Noise

Achievements

Other projects

  • Oli Sykes ("Master Syko"), Matt Nicholls, Tom Sykes and XricciX formed a rap group called Womb 2 da Tomb[17]
  • Oli Sykes and his ex girlfriend's brother, Neil Whiteley, formed a two-man death/thrash band called Purple Curto[18]
  • Oli Sykes owns Drop Dead Clothing[19] and employs his younger brother Tom and mother Carol to help run and manage it with him.
  • Oli Sykes also had an electronic instrumental side project called Olisarus or Oli Has a Deathwish.[20]

References

  1. ^ Official MySpace. MySpace.com. Retrieved on 13 October 2007.
  2. ^ http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=BRING|ME|THE|HORIZON&sql=11:azfoxqldldke~T0 allmusic page
  3. ^ http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=BRING|ME|THE|HORIZON&sql=11:azfoxqldldke~T0 allmusic page
  4. ^ How they formed - record label's page
  5. ^ Information on BMTH genre from the Download Festival Website
  6. ^ Information on one of the gigs that BMTH supported Lostprophets
  7. ^ Information on BMTH supporting KsE
  8. ^ Download Festival line-up from official site
  9. ^ BMTH singer Oli Sykes charged by police, punktastic.com, retrieved April 10, 2007
  10. ^ Bring Me The... head of the person that did this drownedinsound.com, retrieved April 11 2007
  11. ^ rock-city.co.uk ::: gig guide
  12. ^ Bring Me The Horizon frontman fronts court, pleads not guilty halo-17.net, retrieved April 15, 2007
  13. ^ The sordid Bring Me The Horizon saga continues, halo-17.net, retrieved 6 June 2007
  14. ^ Oliver Sykes is off the hook, halo-17.net, retrieved 11 September 2007.
  15. ^ Information about recording of new album
  16. ^ BMTH win Best British Newcomer
  17. ^ Womb 2 da Tomb Myspace
  18. ^ Purple Curto Myspace
  19. ^ Drop Dead Clothing website
  20. ^ Bandwagon.co.uk

External links

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Bring Me the Horizon
Oliver "Oli" Sykes · Lee Malia · Curtis Ward · Matt Kean · Matt Nicholls
Studio albums
EPs
Singles
"Traitors Never Play Hangman" · "Pray for Plagues" · "Braille (For Stevie Wonder's Eyes Only)"