Shadow Moses
| Shadow Moses | |
|---|---|
| Bring Me the Horizon | |
| publication | January 14, 2013 |
| length | 4.03 |
| Genre (s) | Metalcore |
| Author (s) | Oliver Sykes , Lee Malia , Jordan Fish |
| Label | RCA Records |
| album | Sempiternal |
Shadow Moses is a song by the British metal core band Bring Me the Horizon , which was released on January 14, 2013 as the first single on the album Sempiternal . It was written by Oliver Sykes , Lee Malia and Jordan Fish .
The single reached number 82 on the UK Singles Chart and number two on the UK Rock Singles Chart .
The title of the song refers to a fictional location from the game Metal Gear Solid . The melody at the beginning of the song is related to the song The Best Is Yet to Come , which is present in the soundtrack of the computer game.
According to laut.de "the guitars and the drums" press "on the tube" for this song. The song only has a “few synth elements”. For In your Face it's an "excellent song for the ages". “Bombastic guitar riffs” are praised.
The text is very general. Oliver Sykes describes the feeling of being already dead alive and an eternal yet aimless life.
Music video
On January 22, 2013, the music video for Shadow Moses was released, which begins with lead singer Oliver Sykes standing in the snow with a glowing Bengali torch . The rest of the music video alternates between short scenes of a girl walking through the snow and the band performing the song Shadow Moses in the snow and on the beach of an ocean, and Sykes holding up a Bengali torch at night while standing in the snow .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Shadow Moses in the Official UK Charts (English)
- ↑ Bring Me The Horizon . Exclaim. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
- ↑ Uli Brechtold: Stylistic change of direction with a new keyboard player. In: laut.de. March 29, 2013, accessed October 10, 2019 .
- ↑ in-your-face.de ( Memento from April 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Bring Me The Horizon - Shadow Moses Lyrics . MetroLyrics. Retrieved December 12, 2013.