Every generation seemingly produces one or two metal bands that inexplicably infuriate the scene's more diehard corners. From Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit to Ghost, Babymetal and Sleep Token, artists that are deemed to not look/sound/feel metal enough spark deranged online debates whenever they're covered by major rock outlets.
Few bands in history, however, caused quite a stir upon arrival like Bring Me The Horizon. The Sheffield mob attracted near-unprecedented levels of both adoration and disgust as they began to blow up in the UK and beyond, many traditional metalheads seemingly unable to get past their Myspace-friendly aesthetic no matter how heavy their music was (and believe us: when Bring Me The Horizon fancy it, they know how to go heavy). The haters lost in the end, of course: Bring Me would go on to become one of the biggest UK metal bands of all time, eventually headlining rock and metal Mecca Download to widespread acclaim in 2023.
