BRING Me The Horizon frontman Oli Sykes has revealed he hasn't spoken to ex-bandmate Jordan Fish since his shock exit from the group. The rockers, who recently surprised fans with the sudden release of new album POST HUMAN: NeX GEn, announced Fish's departure from the band back in December. It was a surprise move given the keyboard player and songwriter had played a pivotal part in the group's ascendancy from underground metallers to chart-bothering rockers.
Now, Sykes has shed some light on he departure, admitting that the band had turned into the "Oli and Jordan show". He told Revolver magazine : "I'm not going to bulls**t and say, 'Oh, it was amicable and we all ended on good terms and stuff.' End of day, it's like any breakup.
.. but there's no juicy story or anything.
There's no headline there. "At the same time, there'll be some wounds on both sides that are going to take a bit longer to heal before [getting back] on communicating terms again." Sykes became fixated on writing music after a stint in rehab for ketamine addiction prior to the release of 2013 album Sempiternal.
He and Fish would bury themselves in songwriting sessions and piece together tracks using Pro Tools software, often leaving band members and their real instruments in the cold. "I didn't realise how much we pushed the other guys out," admitted Sykes. Despite the post-split tension that exists between Sykes and Fish, the former is confident time will heal their relationship and acknowledges his former .