Bring Me The Horizon - That's The Spirit

The album that changed everything. Released in September 2015, That's The Spirit is the record that completed Bring Me The Horizon's transformation from Sheffield metalcore heavyweights into one of the biggest rock bands on the planet. Produced by Oli Sykes and Jordan Fish, it is a bold, fearless reinvention that traded breakdowns and heavy riffs for arena-filling alternative rock, big electronic textures, and some of the most anthemic choruses the band have ever written.

Thematically, the album is a darkly optimistic meditation on soldiering through the harder parts of life with a grimace and a raised fist. As Sykes has described it, That's The Spirit takes the piss out of the idea of forcing a smile when some bits of life are just awful — and in doing so, paradoxically becomes one of the most uplifting records in their catalog. Standout tracks "Throne," "Drown," "Follow You," "Avalanche," and opener "Doomed" showcase a band who had not softened so much as evolved, writing for stadiums without losing an ounce of their identity.

The world agreed. The album debuted at number one in Australia and Canada, number two on both the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200, and received universal acclaim from critics. It remains one of the defining rock albums of the decade and the moment BMTH proved, beyond any doubt, that they were built to last.