10 Reasons BMTH’s New Album Will See Them Conquer The World! 

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10 Reasons BMTH\'s New Album Will See Them Conquer The World!

From their humble beginnings in the Steel City back in 2003, no-one could have possibly predicted the stratospheric rise of Bring Me The Horizon. And now, as the band release their fifth full-length, That\'s The Spirit, things are set to truly explode. Don\'t believe us? This is why they\'re going to conquer the world on their new record...

Because what could possibly be bigger than a cheerleader chant, right? When the band kicked off their sub-headlining slot at Reading Festival last month with Happy Song, the sing-alongs were so loud that we\'re pretty sure they heard us all the way in Leeds. All together now: "S-P-I-R-I-T! LET\'S HEAR IT!"

"Let\'s poke some fun at the fact we\'re all fucked," Bring Me frontman Oli Sykes told us in Kerrang! a couple of weeks back. Contrary to That\'s The Spirit\'s album title, the Sheffield titans\' latest effort sees Oli battling his demons and addressing ADHD and depression - mental health issues that need to be talked about more.

Where\'s that dude who was growling and screeching away on Bring Me The Horizon\'s debut, Count Your Blessings? We have no idea, but he\'s nowhere to be heard on That\'s The Spirit. Instead, Oli boasts his mighty fine pipes, holding back on the screams. This means we can sing along much easier now, which works fine for us.

lot of eyes on them since the release of 2013\'s Sempiternal, and the easy route for the metallers to have taken from here would have been to just write Sempiternal 2.0. Did they do that, though? Hellllllll no. They went bigger and bolder - and that\'s the mark of a truly great band.

We already knew this. You already knew this, too. But when Bring Me The Horizon penned Drown last year, ahead of their performance at London\'s Wembley Arena no-one could have predicted

just how huge this song would become. And we\'re still obsessed with watching the video. Has drummer Matt Nicholls recovered yet?

Okay, fess up now. Ever expect Bring Me The Horizon to write an album closer that sounds a little bit like Panic! At The Disco\'s The Ballad Of Mona Lisa? Nope, us neither, but they\'ve gone big on the brass with Oh No, and we bloody love it. Brendon Urie would be proud.

And they sit well alongside the likes of setlist staples Chelsea Smile and Blessed With A Curse, too. From the main stages of Reading and Leeds, to tiny venues like Kingston\'s Rose Theatre, Horizon have already had plenty of practice performing That\'s The Spirit tracks, and the results speak for themselves.

"How are Bring Me The Horizon ever going to top tracks like Sleepwalking, Shadow Moses and Can You Feel My Heart?" we asked, back when the band announced That\'s The Spirit. Well, it\'s not a case of topping them - just expanding on the vision of that album. Keyboardist/songwriter Jordan Fish has clearly had a hefty part in this, and it couldn\'t have turned out better. Kudos.

still haven\'t been able to get that Throne chorus out of our heads.Or Avalanche. Or Follow You. Or True Friends. Or Doomed. Or Oh No. Or What You Need. Okay, fine, the whole album is stuck in there, on repeat. Is it ever going to leave? Probably not, nope.

From the iconic umbrella icon used to promote That\'s The Spirit across the globe, to the stunning swirl of colour that adorns the inner packaging of the CD, to the understated front cover of the full-length itself, Bring Me have nailed every aspect of this record - making That\'s The Spirit a real collector\'s item. Which is awesome. It helps that the music inside is just as grand, too.

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