There Is a Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven, Let's Keep It a Secret.

by Bring Me the Horizon

Overview

As a band, Bring Me the Horizon have been on a consistently upward trajectory, adding new elements to their metal core offerings in an effort to stand out from the rest of the pack in an interesting way. On their third album, There Is a Hell Belive Me I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven Let's Keep It a Secret, the Sheffield band's hard work pays off. Where other bands seem to have their production inflicted upon them, shoehorning in dance-pop synths and ubiquitous bass bombs, Bring Me the Horizon seamlessly integrate studio tricks into their music. Rather than feeling like items on a list of genre cliches, the glitched out vocals on "Crucify Me" and "Blacklist" actually add an interesting element of controlled chaos to the songs. These may not seems like a huge leap, but it's little touches like these that push There Is a Hell above the competition. The album doesn't live and die on studio trickery alone, though. Bring Me the Horizon bring a ton of intensity to the table with their songwriting, merging grimy hardcore punk with technical metal. The twist is that they don't bloat the songs out with breakdown after breakdown, but instead break them up with quieter, plaintively atmospheric passages. This helps to combat the "breakdown fatigue" that plagues so many albums, allowing the heaviest parts of the songs to have the proper impact. There Is a Hell finds Bring Me the Horizon at the top of their game, and its lack of over-indulgent production makes it an album that'll not only please fans of the band, but may surprise fans of bands like Converge who are interested in seeing what the kids are up to these days. ~ Gregory Heaney

Product Details

Release Date:	09/25/2015
Label:	Imports
UPC:	4050538014525
Rank:	5838

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bring Me the Horizon   Primary Artist
Anna Maria   Vocals
Lee Malia   Guitar
Matt Kean   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Matt Nicholls   Drums
Matthew Nicholls   Drums
Oliver Sykes   Vocals,Keyboards
Josh Franceschi   Featured Artist
Jona Weinhofen   Guitar,Guitar (Rhythm),Vocals (Background)
Lights   Featured Artist,Featured Artist
Kc Blitz   Vocals
The Fredman Choristers   Vocals
Elin Engberg   Vocals
Anna Maria Engberg   Vocals
Josh Scogin   Featured Artist
Sonny Moore   Vocals

Technical Credits

Chris Rakestraw   Engineer,Additional Production
Peter in de Betou   Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Lee Malia   Group Member
Matt Kean   Group Member
Craig Jennings   Management
Matthew Nicholls   Group Member
Henrik Udd   Mixing,Producer,Mixing Engineer
Jakob Printzlau   Artwork,Concept
Oliver Sykes   Concept,Composer,Group Member
Josh Kline   Booking
Jona Weinhofen   Group Member
Julie Weir   A&R,Marketing
Matt Ash   Management
Paul Ryan   Booking
Skrillex   Programming
Andy Hayball   Assistant Engineer
Matt O'Grady   Vocal Engineer
Kc Blitz   Producer,Additional Production
Michael Falgren   Photography
Fredrik Nordstroem   Mixing,Producer,Mixing Engineer
Bring Me the Horizon   Composer