This Is What the Edge of Your Seat Was Made For

Released in 2004, 'This Is What the Edge of Your Seat Was Made For' is the debut EP from Bring Me the Horizon and serves as a foundational document for the deathcore genre. Recorded when the members were still in their late teens, the EP captures a raw, unrefined sound heavily influenced by American metalcore and European melodic death metal. The track 'Traitors Never Play Hang-Man' is particularly notable for being a composite of two different songs, 'Traitors Never Play Hang-Man' and 'We Are All Movie Stars,' a fact that explains its disjointed, experimental structure. The EP was originally limited to 1,000 copies on Thirty Days of Night Records before being picked up by Visible Noise, signaling the band's rapid ascent in the UK scene. Critically, it is viewed as a primitive but essential stepping stone that established the band's penchant for controversy and their early 'Myspace-era' aesthetic.