The debut full-length by Sheffield metalcore merchants Bring Me the Horizon adds little to the existing knowledge base of the style.
Lead singer Oli Sykes looks disconcertingly like Saturday Night Live star Andy Samberg and sounds less like the Cookie Monster (the usual point of comparison for metalcore singers) than like one of those silly voiced creatures in the cantina in the original Star Wars movie: his high-pitched gibber of a voice is Bring Me the Horizon's most notable feature as well as its most immediately irritating.
Aside from that annoyance, Bring Me the Horizon are vaguely interesting musically in that they often resist the urge to simply pummel every song into high-speed blastbeat submission: there's a greater sense of dynamic than usual in these ten songs, including the well-deployed use of hardcore-style mosh parts in between the furious headlong blasts.
Sadly, however, the generally unimaginative songwriting and Sykes' mannerisms spoil most of the potential fun.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pray for PlaguesBring Me the Horizon, Oliver Sykes | Bring Me the Horizon | Play | 04:21 | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| 2 | Alot Like VegasBring Me the Horizon, Oliver Sykes | Bring Me the Horizon | Play | 02:09 | 4 MB | 15 MB |
| 3 | Slow DanceBring Me the Horizon, Oliver Sykes | Bring Me the Horizon | Play | 01:16 | 2 MB | 8 MB |
| 4 | Liquor & Love LostBring Me the Horizon, Oliver Sykes | Bring Me the Horizon | Play | 02:39 | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| 5 | (I Used to Make out With) MedusaBring Me the Horizon, Oliver Sykes | Bring Me the Horizon | Play | 05:39 | 12 MB | 41 MB |
| 6 | Fifteen Fathoms, CountingBring Me the Horizon, Oliver Sykes | Bring Me the Horizon | Play | 01:56 | 4 MB | 9 MB |
| 7 | Off the HeezayBring Me the Horizon, Oliver Sykes | Bring Me the Horizon | Play | 05:38 | 12 MB | 40 MB |
| 8 | Tell Slater Not To Wash His Dick | Bring Me The Horizon | Play | 03:30 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 9 | For Stevie Wonder’s Eyes Only | Bring Me The Horizon | Play | 04:29 | 10 MB | 32 MB |
| 10 | Black & Blue | Bring Me The Horizon | Play | 04:33 | 10 MB | 32 MB |
| 36 mins | 83 MB | |||||
| 36 mins | 257 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Barnes | Photography |
| 2 | Bring Me the Horizon | Composer, Primary Artist |
| 3 | Matt Keane | Bass |
| 4 | Lee Malia | Guitar |
| 5 | Matt Nicholls | Drums |
| 6 | Danny Sprigg | Mastering, Mixing, Producer |
| 7 | Oliver Sykes | Art Direction, Composer, Vocals |
| 8 | Curtis Ward | Guitar |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |