Singer is proud of the reputation built over the years, going from a “detested” band to a “respected” one, especially in his homeland
The most contemporary sound of Bring Me the Horizon generates resistance from older fans and metal purists. This has decreased over time, as the band has been on the road for two decades. In the beginning, however, the English suffered when they had to share the stage with more traditional attractions.
The guarantor is Oli Sykeswho commented on the matter in an interview with Metal Hammer. The vocalist recalled difficult times, such as when they played at Reading Festival in 2013, shortly after the release of Sempiternal (2013), his fourth studio album. They shared the stage with Green Day, system of a Down, Deftones, Frank Turnerbetween others.
At that moment the BMTH gained popularity, but not much respect. Sykes told:
It was a pinnacle moment in terms of seeing how far we had come. When we played Reading for the first time we had everything thrown at us. We were on the main stage and we were booed. We had cell phones, cameras, sawdust, kebab sauce, everything until we finished playing. The whole public hated us. We were used to it. It wasn’t something new. We dealt with it the best we could, we gave it back to them, we didn’t give a shit. It’s not cool for your parents to watch, but you have to deal with it. You have to not give a shit and move on.
However, the Bring Me the Horizon he returned to the Reading Festival two years later, in 2015, and found another audience. It was the year of the launch of That’s the Spirit (2015), an album where the band moves away from metalcore to focus on a more alternative sound.
Hello described the second experience:
So to come back two years later and see the whole place go absolutely crazy for us… I can’t think of a band that’s done that before. I’ve seen bands go from loved to hated, but when your band is hated, it’s very difficult to convince people to change their minds. The singer of Panic! at the Disco (Brendon Urie) was knocked out by a f*cking bottle. It was really cool to see so many people saying, ‘I used to hate this band, but this is good’.”
Easy come, easy go
To Oli Sykeswhat comes easily, also goes without much difficulty. This is not the case with Bring Me the Horizon: The fact that they didn’t go through a “media explosion” helped, as their success was built in stages.
The vocalist explains that continuous hard work helps the group to have a more solid foundation. In the words of the frontman:
It wasn’t an overnight success, it’s been a steady ascendancy to where we are today. We have to appreciate it all and experience it on all levels. When you’re at the bottom and it’s a gradual climb, it’s easy to be jealous of bands that blow up, but all these bands that got bigger, we slowly outgrew them over the years.”
Sykes He also says that knowing how to listen to criticism is crucial for maturity. According to the singer:
We always took into account what people said if they had a point, we never said: ‘everyone is wrong, we are brilliant!’, so in some ways that helped us. Now we are a celebrated British metal band. Obviously, there are still people who don’t like it… we’re not smug about it, we’re happy that we managed to change it and people are proud of us. I want us to be a band that Britain is proud of, rather than thinking: ‘we’ve got this band that’s big but nobody really likes them’.”
THE Bring Me the Horizon was one of the main names in popularizing a whole new generation of metal bands, initially closely linked to metalcore. The group itself distanced itself a little from this sound over the years, incorporating influences from hip-hop, electronic music and several other genres.
Collaborated: André Luiz Fernandes.
Source: Rollingstone
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