10 Best British Metal Bands Right Now
3. Bring Me The Horizon
Although their metal days may seem far away, we’d be remised to let a list of the best British bands go by without mentioning the band that got full on dirty metalcore to the main stage of Radio 1’s Big Weekend. Bring Me the Horizon are the success story of British metal in recent years, and although they may have gradually sold out all heaviness to get there, they’re still a presence and maybe the Trojan horse allowing more bands to join them.
No matter your opinion on Bring Me’s current output, in the past decade they have released the genre boundary smasher That’s the Spirit (2015), arena metal classic Sempiternal (2013) and the incredible and extremely wordy titled album There is a Hell Believe Me I’ve Seen It, There is a Heaven Let’s Keep it a Secret (2010).
The band aren’t shy when it comes to going into no man’s land and all of their success has been achieved by identifying a target and fighting tirelessly to achieve it. Metalheads might not like them now, but they should appreciate the band’s impact in getting metal to the wider world.