Last month the band announced, supported by a video teasing the track, that they were going to release their new song “Parasite Eve” tomorrow (June 10). But things have changed since then. The death of George Floyd has sparked outrage and demonstrations worldwide, and singer Oli Sykes says that they do not feel comfortable releasing new music during those times of protests.

“With the incredible movement that is taking place currently we don’t feel comfortable releasing & promoting anything that takes the focus off what’s important right now”, Sykes declared in a recent Instagram post. However, he’s positive that his fans will understand. “I KNOW you will all understand because we have the best fans in the world & I promise you we won’t make you wait too long & the good news is more music will be coming soon after P.E too.” But for now, people should focus on what’s important: “But for now keep fighting the good fight & stay tuned.”

With the current issues today, I think Oliver's right. This is not the right time to realese a music. We could wait, and the good news is that it is not only Parasite Eve that will be released soon, there's more!!! xoxo bmth. @olobersyko @bmthofficial pic.twitter.com/AKD8cuGGAx

— bring me the parasite eve (@sykosykesyko) June 8, 2020

The song would be the start of releasing new music after the band’s latest album “Amo” was released in 2019. Bring Me The Horizon have been sharing videos on the progress of their eighth album, which they are currently working on during lockdown. In times of self-isolation, they’re being productive by writing new lyrics and coming up with the new songs, as the band members social media accounts show.

In an Instagram post from March 20, frontman Sykes announced the pianist Jordan Fish and him are spending lockdown together with their videographer to continue working on new music. “We are going to continue to write at home & even record some songs, we have everything we need to create the new record”, Sykes wrote and assured that they want to keep the fans updated: “we want to involve you in the whole process – so from tonight, we will be sending constant updates of our progress, doing live chats and stream with you guys.”

The Fans are now awaiting more updates as well as (hopefully) some new songs.