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Bring Me the Horizon are a British metalcore band from Sheffield, Yorkshire, who formed in 2004. They are currently signed to Visible Noise Records in the UK, Epitaph Records in the US and to Shock Records in Australia. Their name is derived from the last line of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, in which Captain Jack Sparrow says "Now... Bring me that horizon."[1] They have released three studio albums and one extended play.
The band formed in 2004 and recorded their "Bedroom Sessions" demo the same year. Oli Sykes had previously been in a metal band, "Purple Curto" (as dummer and vocalist), with his friend Neil Whitely, releasing 4 songs, and had also performed in mock hip-hop band "Womb 2 Da Tomb" with brother Tom and BMTH drummer Matt Nicholls.[citation needed] In 2006, the band signed to Thirty Days of Night Records, they were the first band to sign to the label. Bring Me the Horizon released their début EP This Is What the Edge of Your Seat Was Made For on 2 October 2004. the EP gained the band a significant amount of attention, peaking at 41 on the UK album charts.[2]
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