Sheffield’s Church – or Temple Of Fun – is everything you’d expect of an enterprise from the brain of Bring Me The Horizon frontman Oli Sykes. Housed in an old warehouse in the former industrial Kelham Island area of the city, it’s a bar, restaurant, and gaming space, but also houses Sykes’ Drop Dead fashion brand and acts as a HQ for the band. Upstairs there’s an attic of memorabilia and props from old video shoots; they’ve an office, gym and therapy area, and the rest of Bring Me are rehearsing for the upcoming tour out back while we chat to Sykes.
Adorned with neon and religious imagery, you’d more likely assume yourself in Vegas, Tokyo or Mexico City than South Yorkshire. “It’s out of my control now,” Sykes laughs. “Sometimes I log into Instagram and there are people doing life drawings of dogs here.
We have films, we have gigs, we have all sorts. It’s a cool place for people who are, well..
. not normos. It’s a safe space for people.
” This Disneyland for BMTH fans speaks to what the band try and do with each record, which is essentially to invite you into their own cinematic universe. That ambition may seem to have got the better of them on their recent ‘Post Human’ series. Bring Me The Horizon CREDIT: Vasso Vu Speaking to NME upon launch in 2019, Sykes said that the band “may never record an album again”.
The following year, he told us that ‘Post Human’ would come across four EPs – all released within 12 months – with the f.
