Bring Me the Horizon have continuously reinvented themselves over the years, testing the boundaries of their sound with kaleidoscopic, pop-metal experimentation and a shift toward melodic singing. In the process, they’ve redefined what a heavy band can be. Last week, BMTH traveled back to 2006 and released Count Your Blessings | Repented, then played it in full for the first time ever, delivering a ferocious nostalgia trip that had crowds absolutely moving. With this in mind, we wanted to know what our readers think are the heaviest Bring Me the Horizon songs. Find the top fan picks ranked below.
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5. “No Need for Introductions, I’ve Read About Girls Like You on the Backs of Toilet Doors”
Nearly 20 years later, it’s hard to fathom just how much of a progression Suicide Season was upon its release in the fall of 2008 — just two years after Count Your Blessings. Bringing in legendary Swedish producer Fredrik Nordström (who’d helmed classic albums by death-metal bands like At the Gates and Arch Enemy), the band’s sound was streamlined, with all of that ambition and fury poured into bigger hooks. The title of “No Need for Introductions…” mimics that of Fall Out Boy or Panic! at the time, but the sound is anything but, offering up one of their best breakdowns.
4. “Pray for Plagues”
Bring Me the Horizon’s deathcore days aren’t so far behind them, as the band just spent the past weekend playing Count Your Blessings in full and released the rerecording of the 2006 album, which celebrates its 20th anniversary in October. “Pray for Plagues” has been a fan favorite for years. When stacked up against their newer material, it shows just how far they’ve come, surging with monstrous heaviness that still resonates two decades later.
3. “For Stevie Wonder’s Eyes Only (Braille)”
Our readers picked another song from Count Your Blessings, though it’s not surprising. The album has been on everyone’s minds, with clips from the show circulating online and inspiring serious FOMO. “We didn’t have much ambition outside wanting to make an album where our friends would come to the shows and mosh,” Oli Sykes said in an interview. “We struggled to get 10 songs on that record. That’s why there’s two interludes on there.” Perhaps that’s why “Braille…” lands so hard with our readers, channeling pure carnage.
2. “Diamonds Aren’t Forever”
As the third single from Suicide Season, “Diamonds Aren’t Forever” has it all: spectacular drumming, blood-curdling screams, and, overall, a satisfying brutality that our readers love. When BMTH ended their CYB album playthrough and ripped into an encore, they saved the best for last, playing “Diamonds” to an enraptured and sweat-slicked crowd. We’re all going to hell/We may as well go out in style…
1. “(I Used to Make Out With) Medusa”
“(I Used to Make Out With) Medusa” topped his poll, dripping with a guttural heaviness that accompanied that era of BMTH, though not all of the lyrics hold up. “I guess at the time we were inspired by bands like Cannibal Corpse and Suffocation. So it was just, ‘What’s the most evil, fucked-up thing we can say?’” Sykes said in a recent interview. “But [revisiting them for Repented] I started to realize, ‘Oh, there’s a message here.’ I could see its songs about being on tour too long and missing family and loved ones. There’s some that could be interpreted as misogynistic. It’s not a sentiment I would put in my music today.”
