Lee Malia described the song as having a more Suicide Season inspired sound [38] and having a Glassjaw-influenced chorus.

On 3 November 2012, the band invited fans and the Drop Dead Clothing team to enter Angelic Studios to record the gang vocals for Sempiternal. The album debuted in the United Kingdom at number three on the album chart [70] and number one on the rock chart [71] with over 9,000 copies sold in its first week. On 4 March 2013, the band released the second music video from Sempiternal which was " Sleepwalking" on YouTube via the band's Vevo channel and Epitaph Record's channel. It was released on 1 April 2013 worldwide through RCA Records, a subsidiary label of Sony Music, and 2 April 2013 in the United States and Canada through Epitaph Records.Bring Me the Horizon embarked on their headline tour of the United States in support of Sempiternal. In a positive review of the album, Drew Beringer of AbsolutePunk said the album "has just as much substance as it has style. The introductory song "Can You Feel My Heart" was a musical experiment which helped sculpt the style of Sempiternal. In the US, projections of the album selling between 24,000 and 27,000 in its first week were confirmed as it sold over 27,000, achieving a place of number 11 on the US Billboard 200.

The band posted several images of themselves recording at a Top Secret Studio Location, [13] which was later revealed to be the Angelic Studio in Banbury, Oxfordshire. The House of Wolves" is a song about Sykes dealing with pressures to become religious to help overcome personal problems. This was due to the fact that the ground covered by the album gave room for further experimentation.Taking influence from ambient music, dance, reggae, pop music, [2] [24] nu metal [25] and both the soundscapes and "weird pianos" from film soundtracks. We carry a broad range of CDs and vinyl (7”/12” singles and LPs) and specialise in indie, alternative, rock, punk, metal plus a few other genres. The band initially wanted to begin recording the album in May 2012, however, Sykes believed it was too soon and that the band should just demo for a few months instead. The album was certified gold by the RIAA on 26 April 2016 for surpassing 500,000 sales though the RIAA misspelled the band's name and certified the album as "Beyond the Horizon". RCA Records have given Bring Me the Horizon lengthy support since their signing, the label introduces their signing of Bring Me the Horizon with the statement "signing you is as important as signing Metallica".