They felt that they didn't need the isolated environment as much since they had a couple of months to rest after the tour for their previous album. Bring Me the Horizon embarked on their headline tour of the United States in support of Sempiternal. Due to inventory and accounting purposes, we do not exchange items received for different items than originally purchased.

Written and recorded throughout 2012, Sempiternal showed the band pull diverse influences from nu metal, electronic music, ambient music and pop. It took us so long to get into the writing process this time because we had that massive tour, and we hadn't written for so long. Taking influence from ambient music, dance, reggae, pop music, [2] [24] nu metal [25] and both the soundscapes and "weird pianos" from film soundtracks. Bring Me The Horizon -'Sempiternal' The Sheffield metal band's bid to become a Proper Big Deal in 2013 continues apace". During the development of the album, Sykes said that he and Jordan Fish were inspired by all the music they heard throughout their daily life and thought about how it applied to their style.He also commented on how the album would explore similar territory as their third album There Is a Hell. The song was the first song which Fish "really got his teeth into" which is shown in the heavy use of electronica. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream music critics, the album received an average score of 81, based on 12 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim". This was the Flower of Life, a geometric design consisting of overlapping circles, and is the main feature of its album cover. Afterward, they had intentions to issue a remix extended play consisting of electronica remixes of tracks off the album, all done by British electronic producer Draper, aiming for a tentative January 2012 release.

However in early 2013 Rock Sound magazine confirmed Fish had left Worship and joined Bring Me the Horizon to become a six piece band. It was also the perfect nod to their metal and post-hardcore roots; but with a fresh genre defining approach. The House of Wolves" is a song about Sykes dealing with pressures to become religious to help overcome personal problems.

This then led to the band streaming the album online until its release date, which was pushed forward from 29 and 30 April to 1 and 2 April for Worldwide and North American release, respectively.

The album spawned four singles (" Shadow Moses"; " Sleepwalking"; " Go to Hell, for Heaven's Sake"; and " Can You Feel My Heart"). 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". When asked about the leak of Sempiternal, Sykes commented by saying: "I'd make a play for it happening because I was so sure.

It stems from the Latin word " sempiternus" (a concatenation of root " semper" and suffix " aeternum"). 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. 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.