Bring Me The Horizon- Drown (Review)

So look who’s back and has learnt how to sing pretty damn well! Bring me the horizon released their new song ‘Drown’ today and it seems in the time since their last album Oli Sykes has been taking some more singing lessons. We’ve all seen his voice develop since they released their debut album in 2006 ‘Count your blessings’. As a young band they were very heavy and Oli’s voice was pretty much just high-pitched yelps and growls. Whereas in ‘Drown’ his vocals are clean and so powerful in the chorus (it’s almost as if the major label has told him to learn how to sing, which is not a bad thing at all!) To me this new song almost sounds like an English and less arrogant 30 Seconds To Mars.

The first thing I noticed as soon as the song came on was how loud the drums are in the mix, they cut through a powerful guitar riff and overlaying choir as soon as the song starts. I’m not saying this is a bad thing as the drums sound absolutely fantastic, the whole production on the track sounds great. The only bad thing about the production being so good is that after seeing them live quite a few times myself; I know deep down that they won’t be able to perform it as well as it sounds. However, still go check them out live as it is definitely a great experience seeing them live as they put so much energy into their live sets.

As the intro fades into the verse Oli’s almost whispers the lyrics ‘What doesn’t kill you, makes you wish you were dead. Got a hole in my soul growing deeper and deeper and i can’t take’ before it rips into a powerful 2nd half of the verse. They use this structure in both verses and the pre-chorus; which makes you feel like you’re getting punched in the face and then left to rest, but it just happens again 20 seconds later. The chorus has a lot of emotion with almost choir like backing vocals on the hook. ‘Don’t let me drown’ which adds such a haunting impact on the song.

Listening through the song as it goes from clean to heavy repeatedly I just had a feeling it was all leading up to a very big ending and that’s exactly what happens. A quiet subdued bridge explodes into a massive chorus ripping you a new a-hole with heavy distorted guitars, huge drums, great bass tones and a choir! Before all cutting away leaving a clean guitar and Oli’s vocals to end the song.

Overall Bring Me The Horizon are a band that seem to be getting better and better with each album and in my opinion they are going to be legendary one day if they keep releasing songs as good as this. Well worth a listen! And the music video is pretty great and quite humourous aswell. 9/10.