Chart-Toppers Bring Me The Horizon Sign To BMG Chrysalis UK
Sempiternal – widely tipped as a breakthrough album for the Sheffield five-piece – debuted in the UK charts at Number Three this week and has already sold around half of what their previous album has sold in over two years. In the US Sempiternal entered the Billboard 200 at Number 11. The album debuted at an impressive Number One in the Australian albums chart, reflecting the growing momentum behind the band who have been widely credited with spearheading a resurgence in British metal.
The new album is Bring Me The Horizon’s major label debut, their first to be released through RCA.
BMG Chrysalis UK Senior VP Alexi Cory-Smith said, “Bring Me The Horizon are an amazing rock band with very strong management doing a classic artist development job. We are delighted they have chosen BMG to be their publishing partner. It is clear music is getting louder in 2013 and Bring Me The Horizon are leading the charge.”
Craig Jennings, CEO of the band’s management company, Raw Power Management, said, “We feel we have found kindred spirits at BMG. I am massively impressed by Alexi’s energy and drive and belief. Rather than just talking about things, BMG get things done. This is a young person’s business and BMG is a young thinking company.”
Bring Me The Horizon lead singer Oli Sykes said, “We couldn’t be more stoked to be working with BMG. We had a lot of offers and talks with publishers but no one impressed us more than BMG did. They were genuinely excited about this record, and got us really excited about future projects and collaborations.”
Later this month Bring Me The Horizon embark on a tour of the UK and Europe, followed by high profile festival appearances in Germany. From June til August they will be playing the Warped Tour 2013 in the US and Canada before appearances on the Main Stage at the Reading and Leeds festivals over the August Bank Holiday weekend.
Said Jennings said, “This week’s chart position is a fantastic result, particularly given we had to bring the release date forward a month because of an internet leak. We have been managing this band for five years, but to have the weight of Sony and now BMG behind us feels like a new start. We have massive ambitions for this band.”
Source: BMG
