10 Metal Bands That Changed Their Sound

The differences between the version of Bring Me the Horizon that exists these days and their origins are like night and day. If you go back and listen to the scene-centric music that they were making in the beginning, some of it can get pretty cringy really fast, especially with some of the lyrics feeling a bit too 'heartbroken teenager' to take all that seriously today. They were definitely taking a few more risks on There is a Hell, but the minute that you heard the first notes of Sempiternal, there was no going back.

Taking the same intensity that their early years had, this record turned the band into a well oiled machine, having the same screams as before with a greater attention to production and choruses that you could actually sing along to. As much as Oli Sykes may have been borderline incoherent on the first handful of records, this is the moment where he really started to show some growth as a singer, almost sounding like a heavier version of what Chester Bennington would have done if he were 10 years younger.

Though the past few records have seen them going well past the traditional confines of metal, Bring Me the Horizon have carved out their own lane in popular music and have never forgotten the heavy roots that brought them to where they are. The era of scene metal has always been a little bit stifled by gatekeepers, but once you get a taste for the more melodic side of rock, there's a whole different world out there to explore.