In 2013, British metalcore and alternative rock band Bring Me The Horizon released their well-received album ‘Sempiternal’ which hit No.3 on the UK album charts and No.1 on the UK rock charts with the iconic logo of the ‘Flower of Life’ which soon became identifiable when affiliated with the band.

However, recently in December 2015, Coldplay released their seventh studio album ‘A Head Full Of Dreams’ which peaked at No.2 on the UK album charts behind Adele’s ’25’. Their album artwork also consisted of the Flower of Life which in turn created public controversy over imitation and copyrights when Oli Sykes tweeted: “@coldplay Jackin our steez hard”

The flower of life is obviously not something Bring Me The Horizon created but it is something that is heavily affiliated with the band. In an interview with MTV, Oli Sykes stated:

At the end of the day it’s not our symbol, it’s a very old symbol. They might not have known at first, but obviously if you Google ‘flower of life’ the first thing that comes up is ‘Bring Me The Horizon—Sempiternal,’ it’s like, if you Google the images, someone’s gonna have said something to them, so whether it was intentional or not, it is the same,

I don’t think [Oli] was aiming for Coldplay. It was just whoever was nearest, it [just] happened to be Coldplay.