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2. NEWS
Disturbed lead singer breaks arm (P25)
Slipknot back in the UK Leeds 2016 (P4)
Killswitch engaged in new album (P12)
FEATURES
ON THE COVER: BMTH sellouts?
(P58-59)
Evolution of metal with Matthew Ogden
(P7)
Is punk dying? (P96-97)
POSTERS
ON THE COVER: The best duo female
metal singers (P62)
WHO DID IT BETTER?
Killswtch engaged
Howard Jones or Jesse Leach
Suicide Silence
Mitch Lucker or Eddie Hermida
Three days grace
Adam Guntier or Matt Walst
See pages (6-7)
REVIEWS
Tonight alive (P34)
Of mice and men(P74)
Atreyu (10)
DOWNLOAD HEADLINERS
Day 1
Iron Maiden
Avenged sevenfold
Lower than Atlantis
Day 2
Slipknot
A day to remember
Chelsea grin
Day 3
Linkin Park
Zebrahead
Evanescence
check them out (P12)
NEW UP AND COMING BANDS
Dismantled heavy metal band
A day to forget post core Aussie band
K on Small band from Iowa
See page (P38)
MOST NEEDED ALBUMS OF
THE 21ST CENTURY
Linkin Park The Hybrid
Slipknot . 5 The Grey Chapter
Killswitch Engaged Disarm The
Descent
Suicide Silence The Black Crown
Disturbed The Sickness
Rise Against Appeal to reason
Bad Religion Recipe for hate
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the first issue of our magazine At ITTIAM we all have one goal
and that is to challenge the stereotype of the metal genre. You will
find traits not covered in other magazines. For this magazine we
want to have a sense of community, that is why a lot of our article-
sa re discussion base. As we see this week Bring Me The Horizon.
Unlike other magazines who just try to glorify the new album we
here are trying to see how the fans truly see the new album.
What makes I Think therefore I am Metal different to other
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that grew up listening to metal. However we still pay tribute to the
classics. Our main goal is to not show you the music you already
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3. Are BMTH a SELL OUT
Bring Me the Horizon is a British rock
band from Sheffield, Yorkshire. Formed
in 2003, the groups original line up con-
sisted of lead vocalist Leonardo Smith, lead
guitarist Joey Bird, bassist Ozzy, drummer
Smudge and back up singer and bass Tad
Pohl the 3rd. The original style of the band
was Deathcore music, then through a more
diverse metal style and finally to the present
day with their newest album their music is
less aggressive rock style.
But here is my question how far is too far? Since two of
the band members have gone on to new horizons (par-
don the pun). The music style of Bring Me The Horizon
has now changed. Even though it originally varied from
album to album this has made a split in their fans. The
original fans were introduced to Bring Me The Horizon
as a Deathcore band. Notably the cover of the Slipknot
song Eyeless brought the band some success within the
Deathcore scene. This made them the next big thing in
the Deathcore scene, rivalling bands like Suicide Silence
who is one of the biggest Deathcore bands going.
However even though the success the band had they
chose to deviate from their roots, this was due to
problems with the lead singer Leonardo’s voice and
with the second album Suicide Season the band left the
Deathcore genre and went diverse metal, every song
had its own theme and not belonging to one style. This
gave Bring Me The Horizon some popularity in other
genres and the band getting introduced to more people,
even thought the style changed the band still had the
feel of Bring Me The Horizon and fans learned to accept
the new way of the Bring Me The Horizon sound.
Now we have the New Age Bring Me The Horizon fans,
as I like to call them. This generation of Bring Me The
Horizon fans were introduced through the albums
Sempiternal and That’s The Spirit. During this album
the drummer Smudge decided to leave the band and
follow new ambitions. Ozzy the bassist also chose to
leave after the Sempiternal album due to health reasons
although the band have not issued any information on
this situation. This is where Bring Me The Horizon has
lost the feel of what they were. However looking at the
albums the downfall of Bring Me The Horizon started
with Sempiternal, the album itself was ok and had some
memorable songs such as Empire and Shadow Moses,
but not all the songs on the album followed the Bring
Me The Horizon theme and the older fans could not
agree on if the album was good or not.
Finally we have That’s The Spirit album this is the album
in which I believe Bring Me The Horizon have lost their
way. The Demo song Drowned was met with mixed
opinions, but people were still waiting for release of the
full album before making their opinion. Then Septem-
ber 11th came and the full album was released and this
is where the split between fans is most notable. With the
genre of the newest album noticeably not fitting any of
the themes of the past albums and losing the metal vibe
of Bring Me The Horizon this is where a lot of anger
is coming from with the older fans. The newest album
you can easily see where the inspiration came from
majorly Linkin Park, and in the other light Linkin Park
is a good band. However when Linkin Park releases an
album it always feels like Linkin Park not something
different like the Bring Me The Horizon album.
What is the future for Bring Me The Horizon? As we
seen in That’s The Spirit album Bring Me The Horizon
has left the metal genre and turned more to the rock
genre. Older fans may have to either adapt to the
change or find a new band to listen to, because the way
this album is showing we are no longer going to get the
Bring Me The Horizon that they were introduced to. So
as in my opening statement how far is too far? Will they
lose their original fans and popularity within the metal
scene? Or will they compensate with new fans from the
rock genre?
Smudge’s view
While thinking of ideas for the Sempiternal album a
conflict started between Leonardo and myself over the
direction of the band. You can see the songs I worked
on and the ones that I didn’t e.g. Empire and Shadow
Moses were the ones I had most input with, these follow
the original theme of bring me the horizon. There are
no bad feelings between myself and the band it was
a mutual decision I left the band and I wish Ozzy a
speedy recovery.
What do you think about Bring Me The Horizon?
JOSEPH GOODING AGE 18
I personally believe the new Bring Me The Horizon is
going to be a success, with the change of the genre it
shows maturity of the band. They are no longer kids
and have a more mature taste in their music and is it
really a sell out if it is what they want to do?
SAMANTHA JEFFERIES AGE 24
My problem with the new Bring Me The Horizon is
not with the new songs but the idea that the image of
Bring Me The Horizon is already set and if a new band
performed these songs they would be more accepted.
But because it is Bring Me The Horizon it just doesn’t
feel right.
AMANDA MORRIS AGE 25
Complete sell out after the first album the band lost
their identity and tried to become a mix of genres.
MATHEW OGDEN AGE 17
Personally I think the new Bring Me The Horizon are
bad and the first album doesn’t deserve its popularity
and Suicide Season and Sempiternal are the only good
albums they have produced.
WENDY MCELROY AGE 20
The band is a straight up male patriarchal system,
only having males in the band. Their music
predominantly caters towards men and degrades
women.
JOHN SMITH AGE 49
How can anyone enjoy the original albums it
was just anoise with people screaming. However
the newest album actually has lyrics you can
understand.
It seems as though the fans have a mixed opinion
on the direction of Bring Me The Horizon and
if the band are any good or not. The time you
joined the Bring Me The Horizon fandom seems
to have an impact on your outlook of the new
direction of the band. My final statement is: are
they sellouts? You decide.
You could get involved in this debate on
Twitter. Tweet us with #bmthselloutor
not.
or have they just
evolved ?
“No Hard Feelings”
Competition time
WHICH IS THE CORRECT ORDER THESE BRING ME THE HORIZON ALBUMS WERE RELEASED?
A) Sempiternal , That’s the Spirit, Count your blessings, Suicide season, There is a hell believe me i’ve seen it
there is a heaven let’s keep it a secret
B) There is a hell believe me i’ve seen it there is a heaven let’s keep it a secret, That’s the spirit, sempiternal, Count
your blessings, Suicide Season
C) Count your blessings, Suicide season, There is a hell believe me i’ve seen it there is a heaven let’s keep it a secret, Sem-
piternal, That’s the spirit
Go to www.ithinkthereforeiammetal.co.uk to enter. Closing date March 2016
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