The band released their debut album Count Your Blessings in Upon release, the album's deathcore sound polarised listeners, and was largely met with critical disdain. The band began to break away from this sound with their second album Suicide Season , which was considered a creative, critical and commercial turning point for the band. Their major label debut, Sempiternal , achieved Gold certification in Australia 35, and Silver in the United Kingdom 60, In the same year, the band also released Music to Listen To Post Human: Survival Horror followed in , the first in a planned series of four projects under the Post Human name, with the second installment, Post Human: Nex Gen , released as their seventh studio album in May The band have also released two extended plays and two live albums.
They have received seven Kerrang! The style of their early work, including their debut album Count Your Blessings , has been described primarily as deathcore , but over the course of several albums, the band has shifted its style and moved in a more melodically-oriented direction by combining their approach to metalcore with elements of electronica , pop and hip hop.
Bring Me the Horizon's founding members came from diverse musical backgrounds within metal and rock. Matt Nicholls and Oliver Sykes had a common interest in American metalcore such as Norma Jean and Skycamefalling , and used to attend local hardcore punk shows.
They later met Lee Malia , who spoke with them about thrash metal and melodic death metal bands like Metallica and At the Gates ; Malia had also been part of a Metallica tribute band before meeting the pair. Bassist Matt Kean , who was in other local bands, completed the line-up. In the months following their formation, Bring Me the Horizon created a demo album titled Bedroom Sessions.
UK label Visible Noise noticed the band after the release of their EP, [ 8 ] and signed them for a four-album deal, in addition to re-releasing the EP in January Awards ceremony.
