As we entered the 2010s, Bring Me The Horizon were comfortably the most divisive band in metal. When they arrived on the scene as a group of youthful, obnoxious deathcore teens in the mid-00s, they left a trail of drunken debauchery, screaming girls, irate metalheads and hairspray behind them wherever they went. Despite their musical output getting more accomplished with every release, it seemed as though they would never truly be fully accepted by the wider metal community. But in 2013, their fourth album arrived, and not only did it shove the “boyband with breakdowns” accusations down the throats of their detractors, but it also became their finest musical statement, saw them achieve monumental crossover success and inspired an entire generation of BMTH copycats in its wake.
Ten years after its release, it’s undeniable: Sempiternal is the most influential metal album of its generation. How in the hell did that happen?
