It is the first album to feature former Worship keyboardist Jordan Fish and the first with guitarist Lee Malia playing both lead and rhythm parts.

The album spawned four singles ("Shadow Moses"; "Sleepwalking"; "Go to Hell, for Heaven's Sake"; and "Can You Feel My Heart").

11 on the US Billboard 200 with 27,522 first week sales, making Sempiternal the band's highest-charting album in America until That's the Spirit debuted at No.

In 2011, Bring Me the Horizon were finishing up the tour that was held in support of the band's previous album There Is a Hell Believe Me I've Seen It.

In 2012, the band decided to stop both their touring and media appearances, choosing to fully focus on writing and recording their next album.

[9] The album was written in the Lake District, this keeps with the band's tradition of favouring isolation to write their music.

[8] Previous examples of where they've written was Arboga, Sweden for Suicide Season[10] and rural Scotland for There Is a Hell.

[11] 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.

that Jordan Fish of Worship had been working closely with Bring Me the Horizon in the studio, helping write the album and contribute electronics.

[16] Sykes has said how both Fish, lead guitarist Lee Malia and himself would spend days writing in his own home.

[2] However, in early 2013 Rock Sound magazine confirmed Fish had left Worship and joined Bring Me the Horizon to become a six piece band.

[16] By the middle of September it was announced that Terry Date, who is known for his work with bands like Deftones, Limp Bizkit and Pantera would be the album's producer.

[17] Sykes said he admires Date's production work shown on White Pony and Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water.

[19] 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.

[21] Guitarist Jona Weinhofen left the band before the release of Sempiternal in 2013, but contributed guitar parts that were included on the album.

[6] However, instead of going for a heavier sound, Bring Me the Horizon pooled more diverse influences in preparation for the writing of Sempiternal.

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.

"[24] The album is also seen as taking the electronic elements that have progressively surfaced in the band's career[26] and incorporating them into the foundation of the songs.

[16] The sound of the album is seen as still being as aggressive as their typical work but having choruses that are "made for arenas"[35] and a lot of electronic-influenced hooks.

[6] The album's lyrics are also focused on self-reflective themes of analysing the consequences of someone's actions on people's lives and transforming them into apologies[36] and described as having "a more considerate, contemplative and self-aware demeanour".

[35] The lyrics are also cited as possessing anti-religious connotations,[8] with Sykes summarising this by saying "I'm an atheist so it's all about not believing in God.

"[24] "The House of Wolves" is a song about Sykes dealing with pressures to become religious to help overcome personal problems.

[42] This was the Flower of Life, a geometric design consisting of overlapping circles, and is the main feature of its album cover.

[43] On 9 November, the band played a free gig in their home town of Sheffield before co-headlining the UK Warped Tour Festival in London with Lostprophets.

"[7] The first single from the album, "Shadow Moses", debuted on Daniel P. Carter's Rock Show on BBC Radio 1 on 4 January 2013.

[73] 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.