Kean settles on the sofa in a luxurious backstage room, confiding in us that he normally declines interview requests because he doesn’t like answering the usual questions. At this point, they’re massive: when we catch up with bassist Matt Kean, it’s backstage at the O2 Arena in London, which has been long sold out to hordes of screaming teenagers. However, the years have passed and BMTH (who got their name from the line “Bring me that horizon” in a Pirates Of The Caribbean film) are playing slower, simpler, more anthemic music that has gained them a new, wider fanbase and concomitantly greater degrees of success. Tricky to play whatever your instrument, but particularly on bass given the genre’s preference for low tunings and gargantuan string gauges, the music was complex and difficult to digest (depending on your perspective). The band - currently singer Oliver Sykes, guitarist Lee Malia, keyboardist Jordan Fish, bassist Matt Kean and drummer Matt Nicholls - began their careers playing deathcore, an anthemic form of extreme metal loaded with breakdowns and Sykes’ shredded-larynx shrieks. The latter is the case these days, making it all the more surprising that one of the biggest bands to step up to the metal plate in recent years comes from Sheffield.Īt this point, they’re massive: when we catch up with bassist Matt Kean, it’s backstage at the O2 Arena in Londonīring Me The Horizon have described an interesting trajectory since they first entered the public eye a decade ago. Depending on your age, you’ll recall metal either as a British creation associated with a rebellious lifestyle and mullet hairdos, or as a largely American phenomenon beloved of everyone from jocks to accountants. Heavy metal is an ever-changing beast, as the headbangers among you will know.
“I don’t even know any theory!” he tells Joel McIver.
Matt Kean and his band Bring Me The Horizon have spent the last decade rising up the ranks from clubs to sold-out stadiums. (Image credit: Olly Curtis/Future) Introduction
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