Suicide Season

Suicide Season
Studio album by Bring Me the Horizon
Released	29 September 2008
Recorded	2008 at Studio Fredman, Arboga, Sweden
Genre	Metalcore[1]
Length	41:00 1:43:55 (Cut Up! Edition)
Label	Visible Noise
Producer	Fredrik Nordström, Henrik Udd
Bring Me the Horizon chronology
Count Your Blessings (2006) Suicide Season (2008) There Is a Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven, Let's Keep It a Secret (2010)
Singles from Suicide Season
"The Comedown" Released: 13 August 2008 "Chelsea Smile" Released: 19 January 2009 "Diamonds Aren't Forever" Released: 20 April 2009 "The Sadness Will Never End" Released: 27 October 2009
Cut Up! edition

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AbsolutePunk	(67%)[2]
Rocklouder	[1]
Thrash Hits	[3]
Sputnikmusic	[4]
Punknews.org	[5]
All Metal Resource	(Very Good)}[6]

Suicide Season is the second studio album by English metalcore band Bring Me the Horizon, released on 29 September 2008 through Visible Noise in the United Kingdom and Europe. Visible Noise has the band signed for the World, and are doing licensing deals for Australia, Japan and the USA (with partners). The band signed a licensing deal with Epitaph Records on 11 September 2008, with the label releasing the album on 18 November 2008 in the United States.^[7] Suicide Season is the follow-up to the band's debut album, Count Your Blessings. The album entered the UK Chart at #47,^[8] the Australian ARIA Albums Chart at #28.^[9] and the Billboard 200 at #107.^[10] This would also be the last album to feature Curtis Ward on rhythm guitar.

Bring Me the Horizon later released a two disc special edition of Suicide Season which features various musicians and producers a remixing tracks off the album, entitled Suicide Season: Cut Up! It features remixes of all the songs featured on their second album Suicide Season and was released on the November 2, 2009 in the United Kingdom through Visible Noise and on April 12, 2010 in the United States through Epitaph Records.

Background information

The album was recorded in Arboga, an isolated Swedish village. Sykes described Arboga as "Nowheresville".^[11] Sykes considered the isolation Arboga provided as ideal in comparison to the constant activity in Birmingham, the recording location of their first album: "We recorded Count Your Blessings in the middle of Birmingham and it was very easy to get distracted. Arboga is a village with nothing in it apart from a tiny shop and that was it. We actually lived at the studio so it meant we could all just focus on the music. Fredrik was a cool guy, and he taught us how to do stuff, so at night after he'd gone home we'd still be recording the album."^[12]

In a more recent issue of Metal Hammer, Bring Me the Horizon's performance of "It Was Written In Blood" was released from the Metal Hammer Golden God Awards ceremony. The track was mis-labeled as being from This Is What the Edge of Your Seat Was Made For and was also mis-labeled as the song "Sleep with One Eye Open".

Suicide Season is released under Enhanced CD format and includes a music video for "The Comedown", along with downloadable desktop wallpapers. The album features guest appearances from vocalist JJ Peters of Deez Nuts, Sam Carter of Architects and Luis Dubuc of The Secret Handshake.^[12]

It was announced on August 27, 2009 that Bring Me the Horizon will be releasing a remixed version of Suicide Season, titled Suicide Season: Cut Up!, and was released in the United Kingdom on November 2, 2009 and was later released in the United States on April 12, 2010. The origin of the album concept was that Oliver Sykes asked a friend to remix one of their songs, and the band was very pleased with the end result so the band decided to have all of Suicide Season remixed. Musicians and producers featured on the album include: Ben Weinman from The Dillinger Escape Plan, Skrillex, L’Amour La Morgue, KC Blitz, Utah Saints and Shawn "Clown" Crahan from Slipknot.^[13]

Musical style

In an interview with Metal Hammer magazine, Sykes states that this album is "100% different" from Count Your Blessings.^[11] He also says: "We experimented a lot more I think, more with other styles of music we all enjoy, using different instruments and technology, by bringing a lot of digital stuff to the table. Every track is different."^[11] The album's title-track is the band's longest song to date lasting for eight minutes and seventeen seconds. Because of this drastic change in sound from Count Your Blessings they have had experienced a massive fanbase shift.^[1]

The song "It Was Written In Blood" was inspired by famous Russian poet Sergei Yesenin's suicide note titled Goodbye, my friend, goodbye. The song "Football Season Is Over" is named after Hunter S. Thompson's suicide note, which was later published in Rolling Stone.

The remix album Suicide Season: Cut Up! style ranges from different genres. Oliver sykes in Interview states that "There’s not a song on there that really sounds like the original. What’s great though is the diversity of each song. There’s dub-step to hip-hop, electro to drum and bass"^[13] The dub-step style of the record has been acknowledged in tracks from Tek-one^[14] and Skrillex while the hip-hop elements are found in Travis McCoy's remix of Chelsea Smile. Benjamin Weinman's version of "No Need for Introductions..." is considerably the most unique with its incorperation of industrial music.^[15]

Promotion

Visible Noise Records produced a site dedicated to the promotion of the album. It featured a clock counting down to 29 September (the album's release date), and a scroll-over page in which the visitor can reveal an image of the album's artwork.

The band also put a countdown to the release of the album in the United Kingdom. They also headlined in the United Kingdom, Europe, and the United States. The support acts included The Red Shore, Deez Nuts, The Secret Handshake, Dead Swans, The Legacy, Misery Signals, Johnny Truant, The Ghost Inside, and Confide.

Singles

The first promotional video from Suicide Season was released on Tuesday 12 August 2008 on the Visible Noise Myspace, entitled 'The Comedown'. On 15 August, "Chelsea Smile" was released on the band's MySpace page.

Track listing

All lyrics writen by Oliver Sykes and composed by Oliver Sykes, Matt Nicholls, Curtis Ward, Matt Kean and Lee Malia

Disc 1
No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"The Comedown"	Sykes, Bring Me the Horizon	4:09
2.	"Chelsea Smile"	Sykes, Bring Me the Horizon	5:02
3.	"It Was Written in Blood"	Sykes, Bring Me the Horizon	4:02
4.	"Death Breath"	Sykes, Bring Me the Horizon	4:20
5.	"Football Season Is Over" (featuring J. J. Peters of Deez Nuts)	Sykes, Bring Me the Horizon, J. J. Peters	1:55
6.	"Sleep with One Eye Open"	Sykes, Bring Me the Horizon	4:16
7.	"Diamonds Aren't Forever"	Sykes, Bring Me the Horizon	3:50
8.	"The Sadness Will Never End" (featuring Sam Carter of Architects)	Sykes, Bring Me the Horizon, Sam Carter	5:22
9.	"No Need for Introductions, I've Read About Girls Like You on the Backs of Toilet Doors"	Sykes, Bring Me the Horizon	1:00
10.	"Suicide Season"	Sykes, Bring Me the Horizon	8:17
Total length:			41:00

Disc 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Comedown" (Robotsonics)	5:17
2.	"Chelsea Smile" (KC Blitz)	4:12
3.	"It Was Written In Blood" (L'Amour La Morgue)	4:57
4.	"Death Breath" (Toxic Avenger)	4:33
5.	"Football Season Is Over" (After the Night)	3:56
6.	"Sleep with One Eye Open" (Tek-One)	4:41
7.	"Diamonds Aren't Forever" (I Haunt Wizards)	3:54
8.	"The Sadness Will Never End" (Skrillex)	6:02
9.	"No Need for Introductions, I've Read About Girls Like You on the Backs of Toilet Doors" (Ben Weinman)	2:45
10.	"Suicide Season" (The Secret Handshake)	2:55
11.	"Football Season Is Over" (Utah Saints)	5:02
12.	"Sleep with One Eye Open" (Shawn "Clown" Crahan)	5:54
13.	"Chelsea Smile" (Travis McCoy)	3:42
14.	"Suicide Season" (Outcry Collective)	5:05
Total length:		1:02:55

Personnel

Credits for Suicide Season adapted from Allmusic.[16] Bring Me the Horizon Oliver Sykes – lead vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, programming, composer Matt Nicholls – drums Curtis Ward - rhythm guitar Matt Kean – bass guitar Lee Malia – lead guitar Guest musicians Sam Carter - vocals on "The Sadness Will Never End" JJ Peters - vocals on "Football Season Is Over"

Production Produced and mixed by Fredrik Nordström and Henrik Udd Mastered by Peter In De Betou, at Tailormaid, Sweden A&R by Julie Weir Assisted by Matt Ash Layout and design by Sons of Nero Concept by Bring Me The Horizon Album photography by Phill Mamula Band photography by Tom Barnes

References

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12. ^ ^{a b} "Bring Me the Horizon new album update". Kerrang!. 30 May 2008. http://www2.kerrang.com/2008/05/bmth_new_album_info.html. 
13. ^ ^{a b} "Bring Me The Horizon Remix Suicide Season". Rock Sound. 27 August 2009. http://www.rocksound.tv/news/article/bring-me-the-horizon-remix-suicide-season. Retrieved 18 February 2010. 
14. ^ Andrew Kelham (2 November 2009). "Bring Me The Horizon - Suicide Season - Cut Up". Rock Sound. http://www.rocksound.tv/reviews/article/bring-me-the-horizon-suicide-season-cut-up. Retrieved 28 October 2011. 
15. ^ James Gill (23 September 2009). "Bring Me The Horizon – ‘Suicide Season – Cut Up’ Track-By-Track Preview". Metal Hammer. http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/uncategorized/bring-me-the-horizon-suicide-season-cut-up-track-by-track-preview/. Retrieved 28 October 2011. 
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