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06.11.2020 / 17:03

Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes on lockdown life and “removing the ego” from live shows

Bring Me The Horizon‘s Oli Sykes has opened up about his experience of life in lockdown, and how he and the band are reconsidering their approach to touring. Watch our Off-Script video interview with Sykes above.After speaking to NME for last week’s Big Read cover story about life and BMTH’s EP ‘Post Human: Survival Horror‘, Sykes sat down with us on camera to talk about his hopes and fears for the future, especially when it comes to playing live in a post-COVID world.“I feel like everything is probably going to have to change, touring’s going to have to change and shows are going to have to change,” Sykes told NME.

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04.11.2020 / 19:16

Bring Me The Horizon on working with “rockstar” Yungblud and “really special” BABYMETAL

Bring Me The Horizon‘s Oli Sykes has explained how the band came to work with Yungblud and BABYMETAL on their new EP, ‘Post Human: Survival Horror‘.Sykes opened up about the making of the record for this week’s NME Big Read cover story, discussing how the EP was shaped by the impact of coronavirus, corrupt leaders, world tragedies, race protests, cancel culture and climate change.

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03.11.2020 / 09:28

Bring Me The Horizon got sued by Evanescence, but Amy Lee was a fan so they worked together

Bring Me The Horizon have revealed that Evanescence once sued the band, before it emerged that singer Amy Lee was a fan and they agreed to collaborate together.Speaking to NME for this week’s Big Read cover story, BMTH frontman Oli Sykes revealed the unusual way that Amy Lee came to feature on the new song ‘One Day The Only Butterflies Left Will Be In Your Chest As You March To Your Death’ from their new EP, ‘Post Human: Survival Horror‘.“The weird thing about Evanescence is that we got sued by them on our last record,” Sykes told NME. “On ‘Nihilist Blues’ [from 2019 album ‘amo‘], we ripped off one of their verses.

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17.09.2020 / 17:34

Bring Me The Horizon share behind-the-scenes look at ‘Obey’ video shoot

Bring Me The Horizon have shared a behind-the-scenes look at the video for ‘Obey’, their recent team-up with Yungblud.Released earlier this month, the collaboration serves as the third single to be lifted from the Sheffield band’s upcoming ‘Posthuman’ project, following on from previous cuts ‘Ludens‘ and ‘Parasite Eve’.Yesterday (September 16), BMTH posted a ‘Making Of The Video’ clip to their official YouTube channel, giving fans an insight into how the epic, futuristic visuals came together.“Today me and Dom [Yungblud] are getting our faces moulded for the robots,” says Bring Me’s frontman Oli Sykes at the top of the clip.

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03.09.2020 / 19:19

Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes: “Yungblud is a new breed of rockstar”

Bring Me The Horizon‘s Oli Sykes has hailed Yungblud as “a new breed of rockstar” following their recent collaboration, ‘Obey’.Released yesterday (September 2), the team-up serves as the third single to be lifted from BMTH’s upcoming ‘Posthuman’ project, following on from previous cuts ‘Ludens‘ and ‘Parasite Eve’.Explaining the band’s decision to recruit Yungblud (real name Dominic Harrison), Sykes told Loudwire: “There was an energy to [‘Obey’] where it felt heavy but then had some slight Britpop influences, which I hear in Yungblud’s music.“With our last record [‘amo’], we kind of looked outside the scene for people to collaborate with and bring something new to the table, and with this record we wanted to have people that reflect the

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02.09.2020 / 22:05

Watch Bring Me The Horizon and Yungblud’s epic video for ‘Obey’

Bring Me The Horizon and Yungblud have shared the epic video for their new collaboration ‘Obey’.Following ‘Ludens‘ and ‘Parasite Eve’, this is the third single to be taken from BMTH’s upcoming new ‘Posthuman’ project. Written by the Sheffield metal pioneers before Yungblud added vocals in LA, ‘Obey’ sees additional production from LA Doom and Doom Eternal composer Mick Gordon and comes accompanied by an ambitious video shot in London and directed by Bring Me frontman Oli Sykes.“We consider ourselves free but only because the chains are invisible, and we are controlled in ways we don’t even want to think about,” said Sykes of the track’s inspiration.

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01.09.2020 / 14:29

Bring Me The Horizon and Yungblud’s collaboration ‘Obey’ is coming tomorrow

Bring Me The Horizon have confirmed that their collaborative track with Yungblud is set to arrive tomorrow (September 2).The announcement comes after the band told MTV Rocks Chart that fans could expect a collaboration between the two in the future.“Yeah we’ve been scheming, we’ve got something coming,” singer Oli Sykes said.Posting on Twitter today (September 1), the band confirmed that the track, titled ‘Obey’, will arrive tomorrow, while also sharing a kaleidoscopic cartoon featuring a snippet of their collaboration.Yungblud, meanwhile, shared a gory photo of himself and Sykes, writing: “U ain’t ready.” You can see those posts below.

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05.08.2020 / 05:39

Bring Me The Horizon confirm forthcoming collab with YUNGBLUD

Bring Me The Horizon have revealed in a new interview that they have new music with YUNGBLUD in the pipeline after the latter hinted that a collaboration was coming.Speaking to MTV Rocks Chart, Bring Me The Horizon frontman Oli Sykes confirmed that fans can expect a collaboration between the two in the future.“Yeah we’ve been scheming, we’ve got something coming,” he said.This comes after YUNGBLUD tweeted Sykes and BMTH keyboardist Jordan Fish back in June, telling them to check their inbox.yo @olobersyko @JordanFish86 … check ur inbox

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10.07.2020 / 04:21

Bring Me The Horizon hint at return to “guttural” style in latest lockdown video: “It’s coming back”

"The guttural is back"

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09.07.2020 / 17:34

Bring Me The Horizon share studio video series as they work on new album under lockdown

"Hopefully to bring a bit of joy & light to you guys in these dark times"

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09.07.2020 / 03:48

Halsey wants to make whole album in the style of ‘Experiment On Me’

"Should I start a side project or just say fuck it?"

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03.07.2020 / 20:55

Go behind the scenes on Bring Me The Horizon’s socially-distanced ‘Parasite Eve’ video shoot

Bring Me The Horizon have shared a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the video for ‘Parasite Eve’.The music video was filmed during the coronavirus pandemic, which meant the band had to stick to social distancing regulations.In the five-minute making-of video, frontman Oli Sykes takes fans through the process of making the video. “Obviously cos we’ve all got to keep six-foot distance, that makes a music video hard,” he said.

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25.06.2020 / 11:59

Bring Me The Horizon tell us about their new ‘survival horror song’ ‘Parasite Eve’ and ambitious ‘Post Human’ project

Bring Me The Horizon‘s Oli Sykes has opened up to NME about the band’s heavy new single ‘Parasite Eve’, as well as revealing their plans to release a string of records called ‘Post Human’.After teasing the new track for a while and having previously told NME that they “may never record an album again“, the Sheffield metal pioneers will share their first taster of new material tonight (Thursday June 25) before releasing four new records later this year – NME can exclusively reveal.“This song is going to be part of a record that has the same feel along with [last year’s single] ‘Ludens’,” Sykes told NME.

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23.06.2020 / 13:51

Bring Me The Horizon’s new single ‘Parasite Eve’ is arriving this week

Bring Me The Horizon are set to finally release their new single ‘Parasite Eve’ this week.Announced last month, the track was due to be released on June 10, but the band then revealed they were delaying sharing the song in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.“Some of you know we were planning on releasing a new track this week,” frontman Oli Sykes said in an Instagram post, explaining the band’s decision.

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19.06.2020 / 19:56

Watch Oli Sykes lay down some heavy vocals on new Bring Me The Horizon song

Bring Me The Horizon have shared some new music from the studio in a new video – you can watch it below.In the clip, frontman Oli Sykes can be seen laying down some heavy vocals on the track. Sykes has previously hinted at a return to the group’s earlier metal-core sound, saying in a video: “The guttural is back.

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08.06.2020 / 21:45

Bring Me The Horizon delay new track ‘Parasite Eve’ in support of Black Lives Matter

Bring Me The Horizon‘s Oli Sykes has announced the band are delaying the release of their latest single due to ongoing worldwide protests for racial equality.Last month, the band revealed that a new single called ‘Parasite Eve’ would be coming this Wednesday. They also dropped a video previewing the single.Now, however, Sykes has said that the band will not be releasing new music as planned, as they do not feel comfortable doing so during protests sparked by the death of George Floyd.Floyd, an African-American, died in Minneapolis on May 25 after white police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes.

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26.05.2020 / 15:25

Bring Me The Horizon tell fans to “watch this space” in new music update

A new song, 'Parasite Eve', is set for release on June 10

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