I GOT IT WRONG: Bring Me The Horizon - Sempiternal (2013) 

So stoked to finally get a PROPER full review of "Sempiternal" out. Regardless of how you feel about it overall, you gotta admit this was a major turning point for BMTH that proved their versatility beyond the scene. Comment your thoughts below 👽

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I initially hated Jordan Fish (BMTH's keyboardist) because I felt he made the band soft, but looking at their stuff now, he's actually played a really big role in their sound, and helped them develop a "genreless" style that I really like.

I think even though it’s a bonus track, Deathbeds needs so much more recognition! Such a hauntingly, beautiful song

Bro, I will back you on Empire, that’s one of their best songs ever

I LOVEEE the subtle electronic aspect of this album so much. It’s just a perfect balance of everything to me from sampling, synth, glitches, vocals from screaming to whispering, emotion, and unapologetic strong lyricism. I loved it the first time I listened to it 😿 🏜🐢

Sempiternal and That's the Spirit are masterpieces

Not a big BMTH fan but goddamn if Sempiternal isnt one of my favorite metal albums of the 2010s its one of the few albums I dont skip or tune out a single song its an amazing album

Took me a long time to appreciate BMTH, but they have definitely become one of my favorite bands after I got over listening to the opinions of all my other fellow metal elitists. 😅

This album got me through so much. Absolutely love it

I have to thank you for getting me into BMTH and Brand New. Some of my most listened to albums of the past few months have been Post Human Survival Horror and Science Fiction.

aw man, a there is a hell review would be cool as hell too. i think i've outgrown sempiternal a lil bit after all these years (i used to think it was my favourite album lol) but the album previous to it still stands as one of the best metal records i've ever heard aaaahh also i would have NEVER thought of that seen it all before / brand new comparison, holy shit it actually sounds like them a little bit

I'm so happy that you decided to do a redemption review of this album. In my opinion BMTH are a inconsistent band overall but Sempiternal is a genuine masterpiece and definitely their best project outside of Post Human: Survival Horror. One of the best fusions of metalcore and electronica I've ever heard and the sonic pallet really reflects the brutal lyrical arc of Oli Sykes trying as hard as he can to push himself through his struggles with addiction. Its just such an emotionally captivating album that hits me hard every single time i give it a listen.

Great record. I really admire what this band has done with their career. I don't like all of it, they've gone a bit too electro/poppy at times (for me), but they've really explored where they want to go. Good on them. One of my biggest regrets was seeing them at Download (2014, I think), where the mic wasn't working for half of the set. Fucking nightmare!

I had now idea AR stood for “album review”

I remember warped tour 2013 and this album, them headlining etc... jeez almost a decade and I still spin this album. NOT JUST THE SINGLES. I loved it when it dropped and I love it even more almost a decade later... Like damn this whole album transcends further over time with each listen, year after year....

BMTH has become one of my favorite bands in the past year (especially with the release of SURVIVAL HORROR), they've taught me the true value of electronics and production in music which I've previously been indifferent on. Since you gave this a 5/5, I can't wait to hear it all!

The last part of "And the Snakes Start to Sing" and some parts of "Seen It All Before" always sounded like Brand New to me (in a good way).

This is such a masterpiece, in my top 20 favorite albums of all time

this is probally 1 of my favorite albums of all time in rock genre i love every song

Last year, I started listening to Bring Me's music for the first time. In fact, I watched your review for Post Human when that came out, and I decided to check it out. Loved every minute of that EP, and I have since explored some of their other music (primarily There Is A Hell). I haven't gotten around to Sempiternal yet, but after watching this review, I definitely will! Thanks!

This album came at an important time in my life, and even now remains one of my favorite albums. It was the album that got me into BMTH, and I've been a fan ever since.

Please review all our gods have abandoned us

Is this the album to start with to get into them? Good video too

Can you review There Is Hell...?

Can you review Incubus Make Yourself album?

I still can’t handle listening to anything by BMTH before Sempiternal, and I was even a bit fenced on this one when it came out and everyone was talking about it. But it definitely grew on me over time to become one of my favourite heavy albums.

Hot take with their record rankings, butttt... 1. There Is A Hell 2. Post Human SH 3. Sempiternal 4. CYB 5. Amo 6. Suicide Season 7. That’s the Spirit For the record I love all of their records, minus That’s The Spirit. It always struck me as generic and not that innovative minus a couple tracks (Avalanche and Doomed). Suicide Season was very messy, with some super high highs (Chelsea Smile, Diamonds, Comedown, Sadness, SS) and super low lows (the rest). Amo was an amazing record, just not quite my thing. Still respect it and love it though. Top song for me by far In The Dark. Now CYB is where I’m gonna get some flack. I think CYB is one of the best deathcore records of all time. Yes the lyrics are cringy, but musically it is pretty damm good for 17 year olds. Reminds me a lot more of Melodic Death Metal than most deathcore, which is probably why I like it so much. Medusa is their opus on that record. Sempiternal, Post Human, and There is A Hell are all top notch albums in there genres. Honestly, you could swap them around imo. I don’t have much to say about sempiternal that hasn’t been said before, and John really put my feelings best on it. I personally think TIAH is a bit better songwriting wise (not by much), but the production is much better on Sempiternal with the indirection of Jordan. Best song is either Hospital for Souls or Go To Hell. Post Human: SH is so fucking good. Holy shit. Every song slaps. Front to back. It truly is the perfect album for the time we live in with the themes of anger, isolation, and guilt. Each song on paper shouldn’t flow, cause each song is a different genre; but the common use of the eerie Mick Gordon synths ties it all together. 1x1 made me cry when I first it heard it because of the lyrics. Best song for me 1x1. However There is a Hell will always be my number one spot, as the lyrics on the record resonated with me when I was at my darkest point, a very similar situation to the one Oli was in. I’m not gonna say the record saved my life, but it sure as hell made me not feel so alone. Along with this, just musically the songs are extremely well written. Best song is so hard. Crucify Me, Anthem, It Never Ends, Fuck, Don’t Go, Home Sweet Hole, Alligator Blood, Blessed, Fox and the Wolf? The only weakish song is blacklist, but it’s a fun jam nonetheless and is placed very well in the track listing. Sorry for the rant, I’m bored with no college classes rn to occupy me XD

Amazing review Jon. In my top 10 albums of all time. Every song is amazing. Oil psyches me up everytime (if you pardon the pun)

My Second Favourite Album Of All Time! 11: Seen It All Before 10: Go To Hell, For Heavon's Sake 9: And The Snakes Start To Sing 8: Antivist 7: Shadow Moses 6: Crooked Young 5: Empire (Let Them Sing) 4: Sleepwalking 3: Can You Feel My Heart 2: Hospital For Souls 1: The House Of Wolves 12/10 🤟

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I think I say this once a week but Ill say it again. I will never get over the Sempiternal album. I will never be over Sempiternal 😂 it was so life changing

I definitely also prefer the BMTH with Jordan over BMTH pre-Jordan. A friend tried to get me into this kind of music back in 2013 but I wasn’t really into this kind of music just yet. Now I love this album too, as well as That’s the Spirit, Post-Human Survival Horror, and even parts of Amo.

Will you also review Rise Against' new album coming out next friday?

Shadow Moses and Sleepwalking as well as Crooked Young are my three favorites off Sempiternal all three are so unbelievably awesome. Crooked Young demands to be sung especially at the folks it’s pointed at

I feel this so much. I didn’t appreciate this album nearly as much when it came out. Now it’s one of my top 3. (Can’t decide if I like this more than Post Human yet)

Yesterday I listened to this album again (also my favourite "metalcore"-album ever now) and as it came to Antivist I remembered your little guidance for the "younger listeners"😂 Seen the review back in the day when it came out, and purchased the album shortly after. Eight years ago damn...

Personally, started with tracks off of that’s the spirit when I first found them, but from sempiternal onward they haven’t really disappointed me ever since I became a fan.

coming from someone who has a that’s the spirit tattoo, seeing these boys in September, controversially relating to nearly all these lyrics for pretty much the same reasons olly wrote them ANDDD considering this as one of my top 5 albums of all time (so I’m very biased), thank you for this jon. this review was beautiful.

I like all their albums but this one was a real getaway for this band and metalcore in general. They reinvented the genre with this album.

I didn’t become a Bring me the horizon fan until That’s the Spirit. Then I heard Sempiternal and that album blew me away. I think this album is one of the band’s greatest ever.

This is an album I still love 8 years on. And that’s rare. Jordan is an absolute genius.

Last time I saw this channel he still had a shaved baby face.

Sempiternal is BMTH's best album to date, and it was also the one that got me into them. (Their first three didn't do much for me.) I do see the comparisons to Brand New in "Seen It All Before", and that's a compliment, speaking as a fan of both bands.

EASILY a 5 out of 5🤘🏻

I got it wrong: Purpose - Justin Bieber pls

It’s like I’m sleepwalking...

My favorite album of all time and the most important to me.. The album that made me love heavier music..

A great album for sure but I personally couldn't go back to the some of the studio versions of the songs after hearing the Royal Albert Hall live versions. Especially Antivist! 🔥

EASILY their best work.

Lol I have been waiting for this video since voting for it on the polls. 😄😄

sempiternal is a masterpiece and as a young gay girl I don't hesitate to scream along to antivist which is my favorite on the album

newbie, snding my support watching ur video

suicide season will always be my biased favorite of theirs, but it would be unethical to not admit that this album pops the fuck off

Best album

Can you do a redemption for Collide With The Sky? I know you gave it a 5/5 back then and and it is a 5/5 Album still, but I still want you to explain and why it's one of the best Rock Albums of the 2010's

Can you make a ranking of the Rise Against Albums. Would be cool😁

Sempiternal Count Your Blessings Suicide Season Post Human There is A Hell... Thats The Spirit Amo

Fully agree, say what you want about BMTH but this album is a masterpiece. I was obsessed with it in high school, and I could still listen to it front to back any day.

If I made a "top albums of 2013" list back then, this album and Altered State by TesseracT would absolutely make that list.

Would love to hear what you think of Jeris Johnson, I’m indifferent but starting to lean towards not really liking the dude.

My bmth ranking: 9. Count Your Blessings 8. Edge of Your Seat - (there is a colossal gap in enjoyment here) 7. Suicide Season 6. Survival Horror (there is another leap in quality here) 5. There Is A Hell 4. That's The Spirit 3. Music To Listen To 2. amo 1. Sempiternal

This is 🏖 🕳 🐢

my ranking's actually changed QUIET a bit over the past few months: 7. Count Your Blessings (just do not care about deathcore at all, HOW DOES ANYONE UNDERSTAND A WORD) ------- (HUGE gap) 6. Suicide Season ------- (another huge gap) 5. There Is A Hell -------(ANOTHER huge gap) 4. Sempiternal 3. Post Human 2. Amo 1. That's the Spirit the top 4 have just helped me SO MUCH ever since 2013, forever grateful! 🤘

It would be cool to see a review on Cavalcade by black midi. It’s quite possibly AOTY material for me.

At the time I basically skipped Sempiternal but I have loved a lot of more recent 'Bring Me', and the recent remix for Can You Feel My Heart has me really appreciating the original track so I'm thinking I probably should give the album a proper listen!

I hate how this channel isn’t as big as that bald dude

There is a hell That's the spirit Sempiternal Suicide season Post human Amo Count your blessings

could you review dancing with the devil the art of starting over?

Sempiternal is one of my favorite albums of all time from one of my Top 10 bands. This album just fucking goes for throat while also taking the time for emotional reflections on ones self. It’s easily their best album 5/5. Also, can we agree that Deathbeds is one of the most beautiful yet painful songs to listen to? I low key want this on my future wedding playlist

BMTH at their best

Watch/5 lol I’m dead 😂 this might be my favorite album of theirs. This was one of the best reviews I’ve seen in a long time! Fantastic job Jon! Keep the good videos coming like always! -Nathan

The addition of Jordan was exactly what they needed. I’d argue that it’s to this day the last great metal core record. But in recent years bands like Code Orange, Knocked Loose and Vein (the list goes on) have been absolutely killing it

Definitely a much improved review on an amazing album! Would you ever consider doing a throwback review for There Is a Hell, by BMTH. I consider it to be their most underrated album. It doesn’t get the love or recognition it deserves because it was such a departure from their previous albums. Would love to know your overall thoughts on it!

About time this was the best album from BMTH

Easily my favourite album of all time. I will never forget the feeling I had upon first listen; it was like no other. I even got the album with the lyric book and I cherish it, but it will always pain me that they ruined the best lyric in the whole album by using "could of" instead of "could have" 🤦‍♀️

I have yet to listen to the full album but The House Of Wolves is my favorite so far.

We need to see a Radiohead and twenty-one pilots albums Ranked

"Scream aim fire moment" nice BMFV reference 😂

While I'm kind of past this band at this point, I still think this is a pretty good album (although I still think TTS is their best by a mile, it used to be in my top 5 favourite albums, now it's probably still in my top 10). However I find a couple of tracks I used to love so painfully edgy I don't come back to them a lot at this point, namely Can You Feel My Heart and Seen it All Before

This album is just 🤌🏻✨👏🏻🤌🏻✨

My favourite album of all time.

Best bmth album for sure. On a different note, I didn't really vibe with post human that much. I like each song on it individually, but as a whole it isn't really cohesive

you were right when you told me not to worry about this review :D

My favorite band of all time best album in my opinion thoughhhhhh.... AMO

Am I the one who actually dislike Sandpit turtle?

I love this album. I also never liked them before it.

The part in the old review where you were warning young viewers about the “harsh language” was so weird, that doesnt feel like you at all! Just shows how long its been lol.

One of my top 5 favorite albums of all time

Sempitermal Post Human Suicide Szn Amo Heaven Hell That’s the Spirit Blessings

the biggest backtrack ever wait 10 years and he'll start liking emmure

1. There is a Hell 2. Suicide Season 3. That's the Spirit 4. Count your blessings 5. Post Human 6. Sempiternal 7. Amos

5/5 indeed

My BMTH ranking 1. That’s The Spirit 2. Sempiternal 3. amo 4. Post Human 5. There Is A Hell To Believe 6. Suicide Season 7. Count Your Blessings

There is a hell believe me i've seen it there is a heaven l'ets keep it a secret, is the best bmth record in my opinion, sempiternal is okay, i like thats the spirit more 🤷

Coming from a big BMTH fan, Sempiternal is just There is a Hell... but not as great

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Idk what Jordan was smoking when he tweeted that, but you sound nothing like Lloyd Grossman lol

I don’t know anyone who doesn’t think this is Bring Me’s best album

What are your thoughts on the extended edition? (Join the club, deathbeds)