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[[Bring Me Thethe Horizon]] is a five-piece [[Metalcore]]/[[Deathcore]] band from Sheffield, Yorkshire, formed in 2004. They are popular among teenagers and young adults, particularly [[Mr. Fanservice|females]]. The band has also garnered [[Fandom]] and [[Hatedom]] in equal measure and and is known to cause instant [[Internet Backdraft|Internet Backdrafts]]. They've released three full-length albums, one EP and a remix compilation.
 
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* [[Metallica (Music)|Metallica]], [[Carcass]], [[At the Gates]], [[Pantera (Music)|Pantera]]
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=== Tropes associated with Bring Me The Horizon: ===
 
* [[Album Title Drop]]: [[Once Per Episode|Once Per Album]].
** Their second album also title-drops the first, and their third album has a line that describes the second album's cover-art.
* [[Anti -Love Song]]: "Traitors Never Play Hangman" and "Tell Slater Not To Wash His Dick".
* [[Arch Enemy]]: Bullet For My Valentine, according to the magazine ''Rock Sound''. Not that that keeps the two bands from touring together [[Big in Japan|in Japan]].
** Or in the UK
* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: The band's original lineup were big fans of their local heavy music scene long before they decided to take a stab at playing heavy music themselves.
* [[Atomic F-Bomb]]: "[[Intercourse Withwith You|Fuck]]" begins with, well, a loud shout of "let's ''FUCK''!!!"
** "Sleep With One Eye Open" and "Antivist" offer up the much rarer Atomic [[Country Matters|C-Bomb]].
* [[Audience Participation Song]]: "Diamonds Aren't Forever" and "Anthem".
* [[Biblical Motifs]]: The Ten Plagues Of Egypt on "Pray For Plagues".
* [[Break Up Song]]: Lots of 'em.
* [[Canon Dis ContinuityDiscontinuity]]: Oli Sykes once disowned ''This Is What The Edge Of Your Seat Was Made For'', although he later claimed that he was too drunk to think straight at the time.
* [[Careful Withwith That Axe]]: The beginning of "Pray For Plagues".
* [[Chewing the Scenery]]: Oli Sykes did this a lot on ''Count Your Blessings''; he'd hold screams for so long that his growl would eventually diminish and revert back to his normal voice, resulting in astounding amounts of [[Narm]].
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: "(I Used To Make Out With) Medusa" has the line "why don't you just ''fuck'' yourself, you ''fucking'' whore?"
** The track "Fuck".
* [[Continuity Nod]]: "Diamonds Aren't Forever" references older song "Rawwwrrr" and "Chelsea Smile" references "Pray For Plagues".
** "Crucify Me" also references "The Sadness Will Never End":
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CM: If we make it through the night, if I make it out alive/Lord have mercy and pray for the dead/And you say that you can save me...
 
* [[Country Matters]]: About [[Once Per Episode|Once Per Album]].
* [[Covers Always Lie]]: The covers of ''The Edge Of Your Seat'' and ''Count Your Blessings'' are intentional examples.
* [[Cover Version]]: The band has covered "Eyeless" by Slipknot.
* [[Dead MansMan's Hand]]: "Alligator Blood" contains a reference to it.
* [[Deathcore]]: Until ''Suicide Season''.
* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: "Suicide Season" and "Blessed With A Curse" cross it.
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* [[Follow the Leader]]: While the band themselves have been accused of this, they also have their share of imitators, being one of the first bands to bridge the gap between floppy-haired [[Metalcore]] and the [[Darker and Edgier]] [[Deathcore]] scene.
* [[Genre Shift]]: From [[Deathcore]] to [[Metalcore]].
* [[A Good Name for Aa Rock Band]]: The band's name comes from an [[Improv]] line from ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'': "Now... bring me that horizon."
* [[Improv]]: "Off The Heezay" begins with the vocalist [[Careful Withwith That Axe|screaming]] "AWESOME FOURSOME!"
* [[Intercourse Withwith You]]: "Fuck", [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|of course]].
* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Loudness War]]: ''Suicide Season'' and ''There Is A Hell...''. Just listen to the drum intro of "Anthem".
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** Additionally, they are a British band; unlike their American counterparts, young Brits are overwhelmingly secular.
* [[Precision F-Strike]]: "Tell Slater Not To Wash His Dick", "For Stevie Wonder's Eyes Only", "Chelsea Smile" and "Sleep With One Eye Open".
* [[Rated "G" for Gangsta]]: They've lightened up their originally vulgar and hedonistic public image since their [[Genre Shift]] to [[Metalcore]].
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: They were pretty much fueled by this in their early years.
* [[Scary Musician, Harmless Music]]: [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]].
* [[Sex, Drugs and Rock Andand Roll]]: "Football Season Is Over" and "A Lot Like Vegas".
* [[Allusion|Shout-Out]]: The band's name is a Shout Out to the movie ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean|Pirates Of The Caribbean And The Curse Of The Black Pearl]]''.
** The song title "Who Wants Flowers When You're Dead? Nobody." is a Shout Out to [[JDJ. D. Salinger]]'s novel ''[[The Catcher in The Rye (Literature)|The Catcher in The Rye]]''.
** The song title "Tell Slater Not To Wash His Dick" is a Shout Out to sickanimation.com's ''The Secret League Of Legionaires Pt. 2''.
** A song from their album ''Count Your Blessings'' is called "For [[Stevie Wonder]]'s Eyes Only".
** The song "It Was Written In Blood" contains almost direct quotes from the suicide note left by the famous Russian poet Sergei Yesenin, who wrote the note in his own blood.
** The song "Football Season Is Over" might be named after the suicide note left by the famous Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.
** The song title "The Sadness Will Never End" paraphrases [[Vincent Vanvan Gogh]]'s last words, "The sadness will last forever."
** The lyrics to "Suicide Season" are heavily influenced by the funeral poem ''If Tears Could Build A Sentence''.
** ''[[Predator]]'' and Chewbacca from ''[[Star Wars]]'' appear in the video for "The Comedown".
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