At Sick New World 2024 on Saturday, Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes made a surprise appearance on stage with Japanese pop-metal group BABYMETAL. The collaboration saw the two perform a version of their collaborative song ‘Kingslayer’, originally released on Bring Me The Horizon’s album Post Human: Survival Horror in 2020. Sykes explained to NME that the song acknowledges those who are “willing to do what’s right even if it’s illegal”. The two bands previously performed the track together in Japan in October 2023.
BABYMETAL are set to perform a co-headline show with Bad Omens on June 23 at France’s 11,000-capacity Zénith Toulouse Métropole, following their performance at this year’s Download Festival in June. Bring Me The Horizon have also begun teasing their upcoming album, POST HUMAN: NeX GEn. The album will be their first without Jordan Fish, who announced his departure from the band in December 2023.
During his appearance with BABYMETAL, Sykes discussed the inspiration behind ‘Kingslayer’, and criticised US President Donald Trump for his condemnation of anti-fascist union ANTIFA. He stated, “The irony of Trump condemning ANTIFA and wanting to call them a terrorist organisation is just insane. He’s basically admitting that he’s a fascist”. In a 2020 interview, Sykes spoke about his desire to collaborate with BABYMETAL for a long time, describing the special connection between the two bands, despite not being able to communicate through language.
So far, Bring Me The Horizon have shared several singles from their upcoming album, including ‘Kool-Aid’, ‘DArkSide’, ‘LosT’ and ‘sTraNgeRs’. The band has promised that it will be a new era for them, with POST HUMAN: NeX GEn
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