By: Alexis Oakman
The new Bring Me the Horizon cd, There is a Hell, Believe Me I’ve Seen it, will be released this month on Tuesday, October 5. This is an album like none other, with songs entirely instrumental, songs incorporating violin, and most of all songs with meanings behind the screaming lyrics.
BMTH is known for their vulgar use of language and songs about death, revenge, love, lust and other factors. However, on their new album songs express feelings not yet heard before, such as in songs like “Chelsea Smile.” Their album shows courage, strength and the power and will to overcome the media and personal struggles to find themselves.
The band members of Bring Me the Horizon, a British metal core band from Yorkshire, locked themselves away in the small countryside of Scotland for most of the writing of this album. This gave them the chance to keep away from the media and publicity and finally dive further into their own minds to put true meaning and personal hardships behind their lyrics. This solitude helped to create a bond between musician and lyrics that is rare in the music industry today.
The actual reasons behind the lyrics for some of their headliner songs off of the album are questioned. Fans wonder whether the lyrics pertain to the lead singer, Oliver Sykes, whose battle with cancer is still unknown.
It is seen through songs like “It Never Ends,” “Don’t Go,” and “Crucify Me” that the main purpose for reaching out to their audience is to tell them that, no matter what happens, it is possible to overcome the trials of life.
Whether it is the succubus boy or girl that lures someone’s heart away only to give it back in pieces or the totalitarian parents or corruptive authority figures that people are always trying to rebel against, it is possible to get through every circumstance.
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