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Doomed - CommentaryBring Me The Horizon

Released: September 11, 2015

Songwriter: Oliver Sykes

Producer: Spotify

Hello, this is Oli from Bring Me The Horizon. This is the track-by-track of our new album, That's The Spirit. "Doomed" was the first track that we wrote for the album, and it was also the last track we finished. It was intended to be the first song on the album, because it made it clear that this record isn't gonna be like what you've heard before, because we explored ideas out of our comfort zone and it was this really weird instrumental track, which I loved and I had no idea what to do with it. And no matter what I wrote for the chorus, it just didnt sound right, and we were so close to scrapping the track completely. We recorded it in a silent arena. But in the final push to complete it, when [?], I cracked it, and in a way this absolute nightmare that contributed to the subject matter of song. It's about how most of my life feels like an unmanageable monster that I can't keep at bay. The first half of the track is my self-destructive, nihilistic side of me. The side that doesn't want to wake up, a side that consumed me until I went and got help. In the second half is this lyric, "the devil told me 'no room for cheats,' I thought I sold my soul, but he kept the receipt," and that's me basically getting a second chance, even though it seemed like I had a death wish. Rather than trying to fight these demons, I should embrace them. I guess it's me realizing that I secretly enjoy this [?]. I think I secretly find depression romantic, and sometimes I just like to let it take over me. It's almost like a euphoric sadness - it cleanses your mind if you just let it happen. And that's what it's all about, this album. It's about celebrating the darkness.

Bring Me The Horizon

Bring Me The Horizon are a British alternative rock band from Sheffield, Yorkshire—often stylised as simply “BMTH” or shortened to “Bring Me.” Formed in 2003, the group currently consists of lead vocalist Oliver “Oli” Sykes, lead guitarist Lee Malia, bassist Matt Kean, drummer Matt Nicholls, and keyboardist Jordan Fish.

The name of the band was taken from Captain Jack Sparrow’s line in the first Pirates of the Caribbean which he “Bring me that horizon.” Oli stated in an interview with Spin how the name connects with his vision of the

Right at the end of the film—it might even be the very last line—Johnny Depp says, “Bring me that horizon.” That was really inspiring. I was still living with my parents in Sheffield, England, when the movie came out [in 2003]. For me and the band, playing music was always wrapped up with the idea of touring and traveling and seeing the rest of England and the rest of the world. We never thought doing that was possible, but that’s what we wanted to do. So that quote sort of stands in for our feeling of wanting to see what the planet had to offer.

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