Enter Shikari
| Enter Shikari | |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Trancecore , post-hardcore , pop-punk , alternative metal , alternative rock |
| founding | 2003 |
| Website | www.entershikari.com |
| Founding members | |
| Roughton "Rou" Reynolds | |
| Chris "Batty C" Batten | |
| Liam "Rory" Clewlow | |
| Rob Rolfe | |
Enter Shikari is a British post-hardcore - band from St Albans , England . The band itself describes the style as " trancecore ". The band is named after the boat of a relative of a band member who was called "Shikari". In addition, the word “Shikari” denotes a hunter in some Indo-Iranian languages .
history
Enter Shikari was founded in 2003 in St Albans, where all members are from. In the summer of 2006 Enter Shikari played at the MySpace Newcomer Festival . Her music videos for Sorry You're Not a Winner and Mothership have been broadcast on MTV 2 since August 2006 and have also been in the singles charts. At the end of 2006, they signed a contract with the underground label Ambush Reality , where their third single Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour and the album Take to the Skies were released in early 2007 . In 2007 they toured with the post-hardcore band Alexisonfire and the alternative rock band Billy Talent . In 2008 they supported the nu-metal band Linkin Park . The song OK! Time for Plan B is, among other things on the soundtrack to the American Football - video game Madden 08 included, Sorry You're Not a Winner in the game NHL 08 to hear.
Take to the Skies has now sold 250,000 copies worldwide and was awarded gold in the UK for selling over 100,000 albums.
In June 2007 the band could be seen at the music festivals With Full Force and Rock am Ring .
In November 2007 another EP called The Zone was released , which includes demos and live recordings. The EP, which contains two bonus tracks, should be limited to approx. 4000 pieces. In June 2008 they could be heard at the Hurricane Festival in Scheeßel, the Southside Festival in Neuhausen ob Eck and at the Nova Rock Festival in Burgenland. In 2009 they released their second studio album Common Dreads and played at Rock am Ring, Rock im Park , the Hurricane Festival , the Rocco del Schlacko , the Frequency Festival , the Mini-Rock Festival , and individual concerts as the main act. In November 2009 they came to Germany several times as the opening act for The Prodigy .
In January the band toured Europe again and was again to be seen at several festivals in the summer; the group also played concerts in Australia, Japan and the USA.
The third studio album, A Flash Flood of Color , was released on January 16, 2012. In Germany they will tour at Rock am Ring, Vainstream Rockfest and Reload Festival from June .
In January 2013 Enter Shikari came to Germany for three concerts. They played in Munich , Berlin and Cologne . On March 28, 2013, the band announced the new single The Paddington Frisk , which was released on YouTube on April 4 and for sale on April 5. The new singles Radiate and Rat Race followed at short intervals of a few weeks , which were released on the mini-Ep Rat Race of the same name together with The Paddington Frisk .
Her fourth studio album, The Mindsweep , was released on January 19, 2015. The album has 12 songs in which the band takes a distance to the stylistic device of dubstep, which is often used in the third studio album.
Her fifth studio album The Spark, which contains 11 songs, was released on September 22nd, 2017 . For the first time Enter Shikari worked with the PIAS label , which released the album. From November 16 to December 13, the band toured Europe to present the new album.
On February 10, 2020, they released the single The Dreamer's Hotel. On the same day they announced that their new album will be called Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible and will be released on April 17th, 2020.
music
Hardcore parts dominate the music, the synthesizer usually fills the bridges and is used for the melody. In addition, effects to be found. Since the album Common Dreads , dubstep elements can often be found in the songs. The singing is, as usual in hardcore, clear or shouted or screamed, in addition there are many elements of the spoken singing in the clean parts (the clear sung passages). The texts are often politically motivated and socially critical in nature.
Discography
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Albums
- 2007: Take to the Skies
- 2009: Common Dreads
- 2011: Live from Planet Earth - Bootleg Series Vol. 3
- 2012: A Flash Flood of Color
- 2015: The Mindsweep
- 2015: The Mindsweep - Hospitalized
- 2017: The Spark
- 2020: Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible
Live albums
- 2016: Live at Alexandra Palace
- 2019: Take To The Skies: Live in Moscow. May 2017
- 2019: Live at Alexandra Palace 2
Compilations
- 2007: The Zone
- 2010: Tribalism
EPs
- 2003: Nodding Acquaintance
- 2004: Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour
- 2004: Sorry You're Not a Winner
- 2006: Sorry You're Not a Winner / OK! Time for Plan B!
- 2007: Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour
- 2008: We Can Breathe in Space, They Just Dont Want Us to Escape
- 2009: Juggernauts
- 2011: Source Surprise
- 2011: Sssnakepit
Singles
- 2006: Mothership
- 2007: Sorry You're Not a Winner / OK! Time for Plan B
- 2007: Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour ...
- 2007: Jonny Sniper
- 2008: We Can Breathe in Space, They Just Don't Want Us to Escape
- 2009: Juggernauts
- 2009: No Sleep Tonight
- 2009: Zzzonked
- 2010: Thumper
- 2010: Destabilize
- 2011: Source Surprise
- 2011: Sssnakepit
- 2012: Arguing with Thermometers
- 2012: Warm Smiles Do Not Make You Welcome Here
- 2012: Pack of Thieves
- 2013: Hello Tyrannosaurus, Meet Tyrannicide201
- 2013: The Paddington Frisk
- 2013: Radiate
- 2013: Rat Race
- 2014: The Last Garrison
- 2015: Anesthetist
- 2015: Redshift
- 2016: Hoodwinker
- 2017: Supercharge
- 2017: Live Outside
- 2017: Rabble Rouser
- 2019: Stop the Clocks
- 2020: The Dreamer's Hotel
- 2020: The King
Video albums
- 2011: Live from Planet Earth
swell
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ www.gig-guide.de
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK
Web links
- Official website (English)