Bring Me the Horizon frontman Oli Sykes has delved into 'archives' for Nex Gen: Director's Cut tracks
Bring Me the Horizon’s Oli Sykes has hinted that he has 12 "banger" tracks from the making of their album Post Human: Next Gen that are waiting to be released.
Bring Me the Horizon’s Oli Sykes has confirmed that new music is potentially on the way.
The outspoken frontman of the Sheffield rock giants - also made up of guitarist Lee Malia, drummer Matt Nicholls and bassist Matt Kean - has revealed he’s sitting on 12 unreleased songs from the "archives" of the Post Human: Nex Gen sessions, which could soon be released as a ‘Director’s Cut’ edition of the album, and were nearly rolled out around their recent festival headline sets.
Speaking to NME, he said: “I’ve got so much from the Nex Gen archive that I want the world to hear. I literally phoned my label and management and said, ‘It’s nearly here, I’ve got 12 songs and they’re all bangers.
"They’re so close, we’re going to get the first single out before Rock Am Ring and the second before Reading and Leeds."
The singer also opened up about fatherhood, following the birth of his twins with wife Alissic in July, saying that becoming a dad has helped him re-evaluate his creative pace.
Oil, 38, said: “The music will come, but it’s just not the be-all and end-all anymore.
"We’re realising that we don’t have to put another record out; we just put one out. Most bands would go away for two years, have an actual break. You don’t have to do this, but I want to and I enjoy it. If it doesn’t happen, then it doesn’t happen.”
Sykes feels he owes it to Bring Me the Horizon fans to release more material but has realised he has more "important" things in his life to deal with.
The musician said: "Ultimately, that's going to help the process and help us make some really good music.
"I can already feel that. I feel comfortable that the band is fine and we're doing alright. We don't need to do better. That will help the output."
Although the extra material was written during the Nex Gen era, Sykes admitted the songs are heading in a new direction and might not be the ideal fit for the album.
He said: "There are songs I’m sitting on that are so sick, but it’s not Nex Gen, it’s something else. I still don’t know what that’s going to be.”
Oli feels that he will need to give his mind time to "decompress" before starting work on another record.
He said: "I know for a fact that I can't write that now. I have to write that in a year when I've been away, and let my mind decompress and go, 'What is the theme? What is the world? What is the sound?'
"We need that, definitely, but in terms of a strategic play, I just can't see it happening because I just love it too much. Just accepting that it is what it is feels really good."
