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OLIVER SYKES

Oliver Scott "Oli" Sykes (born 20 November 1986) is an English musician, singer, songwriter,
entrepreneur and clothing designer, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Bring Me the
Horizon. He also founded the apparel company Drop Dead Clothing.He was born on 20 November
1986, in Ashford, Kent, England and moved to Stocksbridge in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.when
sykes was about eight years old, As a teenager, he attended Stocksbridge High School then Barnsley
College.
In late 2000, while still in school, he began crafting compilation CDs and short tracks under the
name Quakebeat. He also played in the mock hip-hop band "Womb 2 Da Tomb" with his brother
Tom Sykes and fellow Bring Me the Horizon member Matt Nicholls, and in metal band "Purple
Curto" with Neil Whiteley, as the drummer/vocalist under the pseudonym "Olisaurus", which he
would later use when releasing solo material. In 2004, Sykes formed Bring Me the Horizon. The
band released their debut album Count Your Blessings in 2006, their second album Suicide
Season was released on 29 September 2008, their third studio album There Is a Hell Believe Me I've
Seen It. There Is a Heaven Let's Keep It a Secret. on 4 October 2010, they released their fourth
studio album Sempiternal on 1 April 2013 which features the new member Jordan Fish and Sykes
playing rhythm guitar for the album,and this album is start of a new era of Bring Me The Horizon
from Deathcore band become a Metalcore band and they released their fifth studio album That’s
The Spirit on 11 September 2015 and become their most selling album , their sixth album Amo was
released on 25 January 2019.and gain much controvery because this album more sound like
hardrock than metalcore and their seventh album Post Human: Survival Horor was released on 30
October 2020 and gain positive response from old fans and metalcore community
Sykes has been featured in songs for the bands You Me at Six's "Bite My Tongue", Architects'
"Even If You Win, You're Still a Rat", Admiral's Arms' "Dawn of the New Age" and Deez Nuts' "If
You Don't Know, You Know Now". He is also featured on a music video of American rock band A
Day to Remember's "All I Want". In 2017, Sykes featured as guest vocalist in the music video
"Silence Speaks" with English metalcore band While She Sleeps.Sykes was briefly featured in the
music video for Charli XCX's song "Boys" along with other artists such as Brendon Urie, Denzel
Curry, Charlie Puth and Stormzy. Sykes has also collaborated with DJ Skrillex as the backing vocals
of a Bring Me the Horizon song "Visions" off the Bring Me the Horizon album There Is a Hell
Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven Let's Keep It a Secret.Skrillex has also remixed a Bring
Me the Horizon song "The Sadness Will Never End" off Suicide Season which the remix was
featured on the Cut Up! version of the album.On 27 October 2017, Sykes performed with Linkin
Park – who he claims were his first ever concert as a teenager – at Linkin Park and Friends:
Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington. He performed the song "Crawling" with DJ and
record producer Zedd on percussion.
Sykes has cited Pantera, Black Flag, Misfits, Linkin Park, Simple Plan, Every Time I Die,
Skycamefalling, Poison the Well, Norma Jean and The Dillinger Escape Plan. While at the
Download Festival 2014, Sykes revealed to Linkin Park that he attended some of their early shows,
after watching them perform, he was inspired to write music and formed a band. Sam Carter, the
lead singer of Architects, has also cited Sykes as his biggest influence.
Sykes' lyrics have a strong feeling of catharsis for him. He mainly draws from personal experience
and has likened the band's live performances to being therapeutic. In 2006, when asked about the
lyrics of Count Your Blessings, as they had been criticised for their content fixated on heartbreak or
other themes that were called "shallow and meaningless", he responded "My life's never been that
bad so I've not got that much to talk about".
 In This day Oliver sykes still become main vocal of Bring Me The Horizon one of the biggest
metalcore band and influence lot of metalcore band and metalcore scene in general.