{"id":1972,"date":"2021-04-14T06:20:24","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T06:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/dont-stay-true-the-betrayal-of-bring-me-the-horizon-uberlin\/"},"modified":"2021-04-14T08:05:41","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T08:05:41","slug":"dont-stay-true-the-betrayal-of-bring-me-the-horizon-uberlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/dont-stay-true-the-betrayal-of-bring-me-the-horizon-uberlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#039;t Stay True: The Betrayal of Bring Me The Horizon &#8211; \u00fcberlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post single hentry\">\n<div class=\"postContent\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\">Don\u2019t Stay True: The Betrayal of Bring Me The Horizon<\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"vcard author\">by <span class=\"fn\">James Glazebrook<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p id=\"top\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.vevo.com\/assets\/html\/embed.html?video=GB1101501133&amp;autoplay=0\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I wouldn\u2019t hold my breath if I was you<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cause I\u2019ll forget but I\u2019ll never forgive you<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t you know, don\u2019t you know?<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">True friends stab you in the front<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listeners to <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmthofficial.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bring Me the Horizon<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s controversial new album <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s The Spirit<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> could be forgiven for empathising with the emotions expressed by \u201cTrue Friends\u201d. Knowingly or otherwise, these lyrics \u2013 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/7zsWioUt8nT5L1FK6avFDM\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">intended<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by singer Oli Sykes as a typically hardcore response to fake friends\u2019 betrayals \u2013 actually anticipated the reaction of many fans, and many more former fans, to <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/news\/bring-me-the-horizon-on-ditching-metalcore-for-poppy-positive-new-lp-20150723\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the album\u2019s stadium-friendly sound<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s funny how things work out<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Such a bitter irony<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like a kick right to the teeth<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It fell apart right from the start<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But I couldn\u2019t even see the forest for the trees<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(I\u2019m afraid you asked for this)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The irony is that Bring Me the Horizon were always headed in this direction. With <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s The Spirit<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the band have<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">made the large last leap towards becoming the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gigwise.com\/features\/96399\/bring-me-the-horizon-oli-sykes-on-wembley-arena-&amp;-linkin-park\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">post-metalcore Linkin Park<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but they\u2019ve been on this path for a long time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Right from the start, they were rejected by the metal establishment as being too pretty and well put-together to be anything more than scene posers. Sykes, also the founder of alt brand <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dropdead.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drop Dead Clothing<\/a>, became the poster child for a kind of hardcore that Topshop designers could lift from. But BMTH proved they had substance as well as style, with a brutal deathcore sound and live shows that converted bottle throwers into lifelong fans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now those same fans are <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/music\/thats-the-spirit\/bring-me-the-horizon\/user-reviews?dist=negative\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">declaring the death of the Bring Me the Horizon they grew to love<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The melody, the hooks, the EDM production, the glimpses of genuine optimism are, for many, too much to bear. And for a scene that rejects \u201cselling out\u201d absolutely, the commercial success that will no doubt follow is perceived as the ultimate betrayal.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You got a lot of nerve but not a lot of spine<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You made your bed when you worried about mine<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This ends now<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Somehow, no one saw this coming. But less short-sighted fans shouldn\u2019t be too shocked, as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s The Spirit<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> only marks the latest end point of <a href=\"http:\/\/loudwire.com\/bring-me-the-horizon-thats-the-spirit-say-it-play-it-spotify-playlist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the band\u2019s evolution<\/a>. Their breakthrough album, 2008\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suicide Season<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, saw them polishing their sound, embracing a more accessible metalcore aesthetic, and augmenting it with electronic flourishes. The re-released <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cut Up <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">edition even included a disc of remixes from producers like Toxic Avenger, Utah Saints and a then-unknown Skrillex. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For 2013\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sempiternal<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Bring Me the Horizon replaced their rhythm guitarist with a keyboardist, and pushed the electronics front and centre. From opener \u201cCan You Feel My Heart\u201d through to the haunting \u201cDeathbeds\u201d, performed for growing crowds at venues like Wembley Stadium, it\u2019s hard not to hear <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s The Spirit <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">coming. If this ends now, it started a long time ago. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s kind of sad cause what we had<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well it could have been something<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I guess it wasn\u2019t meant to be<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So how dare you try and steal my flame<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just cause yours faded<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well hate is gasoline<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A fire fuelling all my dreams<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(I\u2019m afraid you asked for this)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The originators of metal were no purists; they used whatever instruments were at hand to create their unholy sound. Listen to Hawkwind, likely responsible for the very name of \u201cheavy metal\u201d, and you\u2019ll hear Lemmy\u2019s growl and distorted guitars swimming in a cosmic bath of trippy analogue electronics.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But then disco came, and the rockers\u2019 reaction to it, which pushed everyone into one of two camps, forcing them into a digital zero-one either-or choice between guitars and drum machines. Even fans of freaks like Faith No More, art punks with a gay keyboard player somehow mistaken for a metal band, kicked back when the group\u2019s experiments reached full fruition. That\u2019s why fans of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Real Thing <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hated <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Angel Dust<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; and that\u2019s why people who tolerated <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sempiternal<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can\u2019t forgive <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s the Spirit.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The good news for those people is that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sempiternal <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">still exists; for the die-hards, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Count Your Blessings <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is still available to listen to. As for the new album, a band making what can be seen as a wrong turn can\u2019t be blamed for daring to find out what was waiting down that fork in the road.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bring Me the Horizon barely listen to metal any more, and they\u2019ve admitted to respecting bands like Linkin Park, who fill stadiums with big, bold, and sometimes heavy, sounds. True artists make the art they want to see or hear, and brave bands will risk existing fans over the chance to realise their vision, and present it to people who truly appreciate it.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oli Sykes has come out of struggles like a <a href=\"http:\/\/loudwire.com\/bring-me-the-horizon-oli-sykes-ketamine-addiction-rehab-stint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ketamine addiction<\/a> with an appreciation of life in all its shades of grey, all its complicated beauty and bitter irony. And he wants to make music that reflects that. He\u2019s not even 30 and he\u2019s through fucking about. He hasn\u2019t said as much, but you can sense that he\u2019s not going to lose any sleep over so-called fans who are willing to walk away over the expansion of his ambition. For a band that always wanted to be more than metalcore, that\u2019s the real betrayal.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I wouldn\u2019t hold my breath if I was you<br \/>\nYou broke my heart and there\u2019s nothing you can do<br \/>\nAnd now you know, now you know<br \/>\nTrue friends stab you in the front<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/T20mRe58iaE\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Bring Me The Horizon Drowned video shoot\" width=\"650\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bring Me The Horizon play Huxleys Neue Welt on 10th November 2015 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.songkick.com\/concerts\/24757624-bring-me-the-horizon-at-huxleys-neue-welt?utm_source=11593&amp;utm_medium=partner&amp;utm_campaign=widget&amp;utm_content=347077\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tickets<\/a>).<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssb-share ssb-share-14442 defualt\" post_id=\"14442\">\n<div class=\"defualt-button-fb\"> <iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http:\/\/www.uberlin.co.uk\/dont-stay-true-the-betrayal-of-bring-me-the-horizon\/&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=false&amp;height=21&amp;appId=743541755673761\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; height:21px;\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"defualt-button-twitter\"> \t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"\/dont-stay-true-the-betrayal-of-bring-me-the-horizon\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postMeta\">\n<div class=\"postDate\"><span>Published:<\/span> <abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2015-09-19T10:34:28+0000\"><a href=\"\/2015\/09\/19\/\">September 19, 2015<\/a><\/abbr><\/div>\n<div class=\"categories\"><span>Filed Under:<\/span> <a href=\"\/category\/music\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Music<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span>Tags:<\/span> <a href=\"\/tag\/bring-me-the-horizon\/\" rel=\"tag\">Bring Me The Horizon<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/metal\/\" rel=\"tag\">Metal<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/metalcore\/\" rel=\"tag\">Metalcore<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- You can start editing here. <!-- --><\/p>\n<div id=\"comments\">      \t  \t\t<!-- If comments are closed. <!-- --><\/div>\n<div class=\"pageNav\">\n<div class=\"prev\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"next\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t Stay True: The Betrayal of Bring Me The Horizon by James Glazebrook I wouldn\u2019t hold my breath if I was you Cause I\u2019ll forget but I\u2019ll never forgive you Don\u2019t you know, don\u2019t you know? 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