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SEMPITERNAL (2011-2013)

from Bring Me The Horizon Brochure, page 19

Article from: Bring Me The Horizon Brochure

HISTORY

After an intense touring schedule, Bring Me the Horizon finally completed their third album’s promotion at the end of 2011. They returned to the UK for an extended break and eventually starting work on their next album. Much like their previous two albums, they wrote their fourth album in seclusion and isolation to stay focused. This time, they retreated to a house in the Lake District. In July, the band started to publish images of themselves recording at a ‘Top Secret Studio Location,’ and revealed they were working with producer Terry Date for the recording and production of the album. On 30 July, the band announced they had left their label and signed with RCA, who would release their fourth album in 2013.

On 4 January 2013, Bring Me the Horizon released the first single from Sempiternal, “Shadow Moses”. It was first played by radio presenter Daniel P. Carter on BBC’s Radio 1. Due to popular demand, Epitaph released the music video for the song a week earlier than planned. In January, the band also saw a change in their line up. This began early in the month when Jordan Fish, Worship keyboardist and session musician for the band during the writing of Sempiternal, was announced as a full member. Then later in the month, Jona Weinhofen left the band for undisclosed reasons. Despite the band denying speculation that Fish replaced Weinhofen, reviewers said that replacing a guitarist with a keyboardist better fit their style.

That's the Spirit (2015-2017)

In late June, the band began to promote pictures of an umbrella symbol being used as a tattoo, and on stickers, and posters across England, the United States, Australia, and Europe; it was later used for a promotional cover for the band’s first single. The band released a short video in early July where the words “that’s the spirit” could be heard in reverse. On 13 July 2015, the promotional single “Happy Song” was released on the band’s Vevo page, and on 21 July 2015, Sykes revealed the album’s name was That’s the Spirit.

On 22 April 2016, the band performed a live concert with an orchestra conducted by Simon Dobson at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The concert marked the first time the band had performed with a live orchestra. It was recorded, and the live album, Live at the Royal Albert Hall, was released on 2 December 2016 through the crowdfunding platform PledgeMusic on CD, DVD, and vinyl, with all proceeds donated to Teenage Cancer Trust.[81]

Following the show, Fish hinted at the possibility of doing a full tour with an orchestra, saying: “It seems almost a bit of a shame to go to all this effort for months and months for just one night.”

amo (2018-2019)

In August 2018, cryptic posters appeared in major cities throughout the world with the message “do you wanna start a cult with me?”. The posters were attributed by major media outlets to the band only by their use of the hexagram logo previously used by the band. During this time the band themselves have not acknowledged their involvement with the campaign publicly. Each poster provided a unique phone number and a website address. The website provided a brief message titled “An Invitation To Salvation” and shows the date of 21 August 2018. The phone lines placed fans on hold with lengthy, varied audio messages that changed frequently. Some of these messages reportedly end with a dis torted audio clip of what was assumed to be new music from the band.

Bring Me the Horizon at Rock am Ring in 2019

On 21 August, the band released the lead single “Mantra”. The following day the band announced their album Amo, released on 11 January 2019, along with a set of tour dates called The First Love World Tour.

Post Human: Survival Horror (2020)

On 20 March 2020, the band shared that they were in a home studio, writing and recording material for their eighth record, which is expected to be an EP, with part of it being co-produced by Mick Gordon. On 25 June, the band released the single “Parasite Eve” alongside an accompanying music video. On the same day, the band also announced a project that they have been working on titled Post Human, which they said to be four EPs released throughout the next year which when combined would make an album.On 2 September, the band released with English singer Yungblud a collaborative single titled “Obey” and its corresponding music video.On 14 October, the band officially announced through social media that Post Human: Survival Horror would be released on 30 October 2020. On 22 October, a week before the release date, the fourth single “Teardrops” was released alongside an accompanying music video.

In December 2020, Fish said that the band had been writing “on and off” and would be focusing on their next release in early 2021. He also updated the group’s release plan, saying that they “planned to do four EPs in a year, but [Post Human: Survival Horror] was almost an album, so I think the spacing will be a bit longer than intended, just because they’re probably going to turn out bigger than intended.”Upon being released on physical formats on 22 January 2021, Post Human: Survival Horror would chart again and reach a new peak to gift Bring Me the Horizon their second UK number one on the UK Albums Chart. Two years after Amo would be the first to reach this feat. The band collaborated with singer Olivia O’Brien on a track titled “No More Friends”. The song is from O’Brien’s Episodes: Season 1’ EP which was released on 11 June 2021.