*C+P Wiki - Emailed 3/7* Bring Me The Horizon
‘Bring Me the Horizon’ began in 2004 with members of many other bands from around their local area of Shefield,Yorkshire . They acquired their name based on a line taken from the film Pirates of the Caribbean, in which Captain Jack Sparrow shouts "Now... Bring me that horizon." After slightly altering the original line, by simply changing 'that' to 'the', Bring Me the Horizon then became the official name of the band.
They are currently signed to Visible Noise Records, but were originally signed to Thirty Days of Night Records and were the first band to be signed to that label. The band are also signed to Epitaph Records in the USA along with ‘Escape The Fate’ and to Shock Records in Australia. They have toured in the past with bands such as ‘Lostprophets’, ‘The Blackout’ ‘Killswitch Engage’ and ‘MSI’. They performed a headlining tour of the UK during March and April 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.
They also played the North American part of the tour, including a guest appearance Travis McCoy from ‘Gym Class Heroes’ on August 6 in Calgary. He joined Oli in chanting the start of their song Diamonds Aren't Forever.
Bring Me the Horizon had been writing and recording a second studio album over the beginning of 2008. They had been in Sweden recording the album throughout April and May. The album was released on September 29, 2008. Suicide Season is completely different to previous album Count Your Blessings, having a more metalcore vibe to it, similar to the debut EP release, This Is What The Edge Of Your Seat Was Made For.
The band recently went on their first headline tour of the USA, as well as appearing in the 2008 Warped Tour. ‘Bring Me the Horizon’ are also joined ‘Mindless Self Indulgence’, ‘In Case Of Fire’, ‘Black Tide’ and ‘Dir en grey’ on the Kerrang! and Relentless 2009 UK tour. They are also set to join.
The next British tour dates are set for 22nd October 2009 beginning in Glasgow, stopping in Manchester, Birmingham, London, Norwich, Bristol, Portsmouth and Newcastle.
