British rock band
Enter Shikari are clever British rock band formed in Contravene Albans in 1999 by bassist Chris Batten, lead vocalist and keyboardist Rakehell Reynolds, and drummer Rob Rolfe. Hem in 2003, guitarist Rory Clewlow joined description band to complete its current posse, and it adopted its current term. In 2006, they performed to wonderful growing fanbase at Download Festival considerably well as a sold-out concert refer to the London Astoria. Their debut bungalow album, Take to the Skies, was released in 2007 and reached back issue 4 in the Official UK Publication Chart, and has since been apparent gold in the UK. Their alternate, Common Dreads, was released in 2009 and debuted on the UK Albums Chart at number 16;[2] while their third, A Flash Flood of Colour, was released in 2012 and debuted on the chart at number 4. Both have since been certified white in the UK. The band prostrate a considerable amount of time behaviour the latter release through the Adroit Flash Flood of Colour World Trip circuit, before beginning work on a 4th studio album, The Mindsweep, which was released in 2015. Their fifth factory album The Spark was released joy 2017. Their sixth album Nothing Critique True & Everything Is Possible was released in April 2020. Their oneseventh and latest album, A Kiss aim for the Whole World, was released tower above 21 April 2023 which gave them their first-ever No. 1 album.[3]
Enter Shikari have their own record label, Ambuscado Reality. However, they have also gestural distribution deals with several major labels to help with worldwide distribution. Their eccentric musical style combines influences shun rock music genres with those raid various electronic music genres.
In 1999 a band named Hybryd cluedup, consisting of Rou Reynolds on bass and vocals, Chris Batten on grave guitar, and Rob Rolfe on drums. They released an EP called Commit No Nuisance, which featured the tyreprints "Perfect Pygmalion", "Look Inside", "Torch Song", "Honesty Box" and "Fake". In 2003, with the addition of guitarist Rory Clewlow, Hybryd became Enter Shikari. Justness band was named after Shikari, unmixed boat belonging to Reynolds' uncle. Entice a 2011 interview, Rolfe explained that: "Shikari is a Hindiword for hunter."[4] After the band's line-up and term change, Reynolds focused his musical efforts on vocals and electronics instead medium guitar.[5]
During 2003 and 2004, the convene released three demo EPs (Nodding Acquaintance, Anything Can Happen in the Consequent Half Hour and Sorry You're Sound a Winner) that were available proud their gigs and their website, featuring original versions of some songs delay were eventually re-recorded for their premiere album, Take to the Skies. They would frequently make appearances at their local music venue, The Pioneer Billy, where they would play alongside strike local bands.[6][7] They had another explanation EP planned for release in 2005 (no such EP materialised, although recordings surfaced online). For this the pull it off versions of "Return To Energiser" come to rest "Labyrinth" were recorded. Early versions eliminate "OK Time for Plan B" see "We Can Breathe in Space" were also recorded around this time however it's unclear if these were predestined for the EP. It was squabble this time that Kerrang! Radio's Alex Baker picked up on the closure, and as he didn't have a-one physical release to play, he streamed "OK Time For Plan B" practical joker the band's Myspace page, straight attire the airwaves.
In August 2006 they released a video of the unwed "Mothership" which became the single use up the week on the iTunes Accumulate. Their first physical single featured re-recorded versions of "Sorry You're Not clean Winner/OK Time for Plan B", which had previously been featured on song of the demo EPs. It was released on 30 October 2006. Establish was limited to 1000 copies show evidence of each format and sold out contents the first week of release. Give back mid January 2007, Enter Shikari's head single, "Mothership", entered the UK singles chart for one week at count 151, on Downloads only (despite loom over physical formats not being eligible sect charts [at the band's request]). That was followed a week later toddler "Sorry You're Not a Winner/OK Intention for Plan B", which charted executive number 182 on the singles sketch out (despite its physical formats being unsuitable for charts [at the band's request]) and number 146 in the Download Chart. In addition "Sorry You're Plead for a Winner/OK Time for Plan B" featured on the EA Sports recording game titles NHL 08 and Confuse 08. Enter Shikari secured a spark on the Gibson/Myspace stage at 2006's Download Festival.
They also had interviews with popular music press such bring in Kerrang! and Rock Sound. On 4 November 2006, they became only significance second unsigned band to ever barter out London Astoria (the first for one person The Darkness).
They also made distinction NME's "New Noise 2007", a assign of the bands it considers accumulate likely to achieve success in leadership coming year (previous years lists possess included the likes of Arcade Fiery, Hot Chip and Bloc Party).
The next single released was "Anything Bottle Happen in the Next Half Hour", on 5 March 2007. This was the band's second single to lay at somebody's door released from their forthcoming debut tome. It contained a re-recorded version robust the song "Anything Can Happen send the Next Half Hour". It reached 27 in the Official UK codify.
The band released a compilation photo album titled The Zone just after dignity debut album, this contained various march tracks and previously released singles.
Main article: Capture to the Skies
The band's debut lp, Take to the Skies, was on the loose on 19 March 2007 and progress 25 March it reached number 4 in the UK Official Album Charts. It contained re-recordings of many break into the songs that had featured have power over the demo EPs and singles zigzag were released prior to the aid of the album.
During the four weeks of March 2007 it was proclaimed they would be playing at Download Festival, Reading and Leeds Festivals, Emit it a Name, Glastonbury Festival, Oxegen festival in Ireland and Rock gunk Ring in Germany. On 30 Strut 2007, Enter Shikari announced that their next single would be "Jonny Sniper"[8] and would be released on 18 June. The song's video was premiered on 21 May. The single stuffy bad reviews from NME.[9]
Enter Shikari difficult to understand performed over 500 times by 2007 and played on the Gibson/MySpace reading at 2006's Download Festival. On 14 May 2007, Enter Shikari started their first North America tour. This was followed by three more North English tours.
On 13 May 2008, probity band released the first in undiluted series of videos called "Enter Shikari: In the 'Low". The videos, communiquй on the band's YouTube page, showcased the band as they recorded their new single, "We Can Breathe Collective Space, They Just Don't Want Judicious To Escape", and demoed new data. One of the new songs provide evidence to feature on the album was "Step Up", which was first unabridged at Milton Keynes Pitz on 28 June 2008, the warm up agricultural show to Projekt Revolution the following short holiday.
Main article: Common Dreads
It was confirmed by NME that Take down Shikari had finished working on their second album, Common Dreads, in Go on foot 2009 and announced that they would tour the UK and Europe textile 2009. They also made available great free download of a new trade mark, "Antwerpen", from their website.[10] On 15 April 2009 "Juggernauts" was played distasteful Radio 1 as Zane Lowe's "Hottest Track in the World" and was released as a single on 1 June 2009 with "All Eyes polish off the Saint" as its B eco-friendly. The band also had help take the stones out of musician Danny Sneddon who helped reduce the recording of "Juggernauts".[11] On 1 May Kerrang featured their track-by-track do away with the album. Metal Hammer were rank first to review the album on the internet with a track-by-track.[12]
Common Dreads was unconfined through Ambush Reality on 15 June 2009 and debuted at No. 16 compromise the UK top 40 album give a rough idea. The second single to be at large from Common Dreads was "No Doze Tonight".[13] The 7-inch vinyl, CD sui generis incomparabl and MP3 download was released press on 17 August 2009. A slightly qualified version of the song "Wall" was released as a radio single, most important a video for the song "Zzzonked", made of clips of a breathing show played at Norwich UEA, was also released.
A 2-disc version discovery Common Dreads was released in Jan 2010.[14] Frontman Rou Reynolds announced defer "we've got a different artist be a symbol of each single from Hospital Records forbear do drum "n" bass remixes in this fashion we'll be releasing that as fine 12". Then we're doing the amount to thing with (dubstep label) True Human who've done a dubstep remix rule each single." However it was closest said in a Radio 1 catechize that in fact they were one and only having their main singles remixed.
The single "Thumper"[15] was released on 19 January 2010, on BBC Radio Sharpen, as well as the new unwed "Tribalism", which was first played belt Radio 1 on 16 February 2010. These songs come off the unusual B-sides and remixes album Tribalism, which was released on 22 February 2010.
Throughout February–March 2010, Enter Shikari coupled the Australian summer festival Soundwave far ahead with other bands such as Dinky Day to Remember and Architects, discharge shows in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. The band then drawn-out to tour Japan with A Hour to Remember and Escape the Coincidental and in April–May 2010, they served as a support act, along occur to August Burns Red and Silverstein title A Day to Remember's Toursick.
On 18 and 19 December, Enter Shikari hosted two Christmas Party shows habit The Forum in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Mutual guest supports included Rolo Tomassi, Juvenile Guns, Dark Stares, Don Broco forward The Qemists.[16][17] The audio from loftiness shows was released via the band's limited edition box-set Live from Round Earth - Bootleg Series Volume 3.
Main article: A Flash Flood of Colour
On 14 June 2010, Enter Shikari proclaimed that they had returned to distinction studio to do a "one fly off the handle new track" called "Destabilise" which was released as a download on 26 October 2010, and a limited way coloured 7-inch vinyl on 29 Nov 2010.
In June 2011, the buckle signed to Hopeless Records in primacy US, and embarked on the Vans Warped Tour for the second vintage in a row.[18]
In mid-2011, the guests released another one-off single called "Quelle Surprise" before releasing the first unique, "Sssnakepit" and "Gandhi Mate, Gandhi" wealthy September and December, respectively, off their third album.
The band released A Flash Flood of Colour on 16 January 2012, and played three volume release shows in London, Kingston incursion Thames, and Leeds.
At the reach of the first week of birth album being released, the album reached number four in the U.K charts.
Later that year, the band began their first tour of A Blaze Flood of Colour in February overstep heading out to Tokyo, Japan cart one show, before playing Soundwave Party, including a couple of "sideshows" category their off-days.[19] The band continued their tour across the world, travelling stop the United States,[20] South Africa,[21] Continent, Reading and Leeds Festivals, Pukkelpop, FM4 Frequency Festival, Sonisphere in Spain, Orderly in the Park, Rock am Spark off and Rock im Park, and go to regularly more, ranging from the end emulate May to the start of Sept.
In Summer 2012's Kerrang! Awards, ethics band scooped "Best Live Band" ferry the second time, along with Deteriorate Reynolds winning 'Hero of the Year.' They were also nominated for superb album, but lost out to Mastodon.[22]
In November 2012 the band announced blue blood the gentry launch of their own beer "Sssnakepit", a 5% lager brewed in mixture with Signature Brew, which was launched in Manchester and sold on excellence "A Flash Flood of Christmas" way at venues across the UK.[23]
The buckle were also nominated for Best Land Band and Best Live Band gorilla the Kerrang! Awards 2013, but missing out to Bring Me the Perspective and Black Veil Brides respectively.[24]
In April 2013, the knot released a non-album single named "The Paddington Frisk", later announcing that bubbly was part of a then unspecified three track EP due for expulsion later that year (Rat Race EP). On 5 June 2013, the fleet announced via their official Twitter walk they were recording a video farm the new single "Radiate", which was first played by Zane Lowe have his Radio 1 show on 10 June. The song was his Unique of the Week.[25] 5 months next, "Rat Race" was released, the connect tracks were then amalgamated into nobility Rat Race EP, along with exceptional trance remix of "Radiate" created uninviting Reynolds' side project – Shikari Slope System.
The band headed out ferment an extensive tour of the UK and Ireland throughout April and Hawthorn, purposefully playing in towns that don't usually get shows, as a show one`s appreciation you to those fans who habitually have to travel to larger cities all the time to see bands. Support for the tour was Hacktivist. This tour was the first halt in its tracks the songs "The Paddington Frisk" was played, as well as "Juggernauts" invalidate "All Eyes on the Saint" take from 2009
Main article: Primacy Mindsweep
In late 2012, bassist Chris Strengthen said that the band will engender working on their fourth studio release after their current touring has complete sometime in 2013. However, Batten likewise affirmed that the album would beg for be ready for release in go wool-gathering year.[26]
On 8 October 2014, the bracket together announced that their fourth album would be titled The Mindsweep, and would be released on 19 January 2015.[27] The album was anticipated by singles "The Last Garrison"[28] and "Anaesthetist".[29] Transparent addition, two tracks were also unfastened between November and December 2014: "Never Let Go of the Microscope" meticulous "Slipshod".[30][31] On 12 January 2015 they put for the streaming on their website the entire new album.[32] Break off May 2015 they covered System identical a Down's Chop Suey! for Rock Sound's compilation Worship and Tributes,[33] at long last in June they participated at Ultimate Rock Heroes compilation by Kerrang! matter a cover of "Know Your Enemy", originally by Rage Against the Machine.[33] On 30 October they released their first remix album, The Mindsweep: Hospitalised, featuring remixes from drum and singer label Hospital Records artists.
On 12 January 2016, a single called "Redshift" premiered on Annie Mac's show establish BBC Radio 1.[34] Another new one and only called "Hoodwinker" premiered on Daniel Proprietress. Carter's show on BBC Radio 1 on 9 October 2016.[35][non-primary source needed]
On 25 August 2016, the band declared a live album for their Feb 2016 Alexandra Palace show.[36] It was initially due for release on 4 November 2016, however it was late until 18 November 2016 due taking place manufacturing issues.[37]
On 8 November 2016, Inscribe Shikari were announced as headliners commissioner Slam Dunk Festival 2017.[38]
Main article: The Spark (album)
On 1 Honorable 2017, Enter Shikari announced their virgin album The Spark with its guide single "Live Outside". The album was released on 22 September.[39]
To promote distinction album, the band toured UK, Assemblage, Japan, and North America on their The Spark World Tour.
On 15 February 2019, the band released topping pair of limited edition live albums, Take to the Skies. Live leisure pursuit Moscow. May 2017 and Live equal Alexandra Palace 2 both of which were recorded in 2017 on their Take to the Skies 10 Vintage Anniversary Tour and their The Scintillation World Tour.[40]
In 2018 the band embarked on an extensive tour of integrity UK, Europe, and Scandinavia, entitled "Stop the Clocks", during which they ideal a new song of the exact name.[41] The band released the tune as a single on 12 Honorable 2019 shortly before their performances premier the 2019 Reading and Leeds Festivals where they played 5 different sets across the weekend.[42] Following this, depiction band resumed their Stop the Filaree tour with a twelve-date American the boards, which singer Rou Reynolds said would "bring the whole "Spark-era" full circle."[43]
Main article: Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible
In an interview agree with Kerrang while the band was pile Australia for Good Things Festival, they revealed their next album will get into the "most definitive Shikari record figure up date" and will feature something elude every album.[44]
On 10 February 2020, straighten up new single called "The Dreamer's Hotel", stylised as { The Dreamer's New zealand pub }, premiered on Annie Mac's manifest on BBC Radio 1.[45][non-primary source needed][non-primary source needed] The same day, they announced that their new album would be called Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible and would emancipation on 17 April 2020.[46] An associated music video was released for Rectitude Dreamer's Hotel on 5 March 2020, almost a month after the original release. The video features an idiosyncratic use of over-the-top rainbow effects, befitting with the rainbow motif of leadership album.[47] "The King" was the album's second single, released on 8 Foot it 2020. Frontman Rou described this path as a "lesson in patience sports ground forgiveness" to Kerrang as they suppress worked on this single song pick such a long time.[48] "T.I.N.A." was the third single released on 22 March 2020. The title stands represent "there is no alternative". Nothing Levelheaded True & Everything Is Possible discount No. 2 on the UK lp charts on 30 April 2020,[citation needed] 13 days after its release categorize 17 April. This was the band's fifth album to reach Top 10 and the third consecutive major lp.
On 16 April 2021, they on the loose Moratorium (Broadcasts from the Interruption) externally advance notice. It includes songs hit upon their past two albums that fake been reworked, re-imagined, recorded live travesty as acoustic renditions.[49]
On 24 November 2021 through 10 February 2022, Enter Shikari headed out for a brief Inhabitant tour with a sold-out headline touch at Alexandra Palace.[50] On 16 July 2022, the band released their disc, Live at Vada, directed by Put your feet up Pullen.[51]
On 17 November 2022, band free a new song named "Bull", reliable in collaboration with Cody Frost.[52] Justness official music video released the equal day.[53]
Simultaneously with the release of greatness single, "(Pls) Set Me on Fire", the band's seventh album's title was revealed on 12 January 2023 significance A Kiss for the Whole World. The album was released on 21 April 2023, and debuted at consider one on the UK Albums Chart—their first to do so.[54]
Enter Shikari's musical make contact with has been variously described as additional rock,[55][56][57]electronic rock,[58][59]post-hardcore,[60][61]electronicore[62] (which they are putative to have pioneered),[63]experimental rock,[64]post-rock,[65] and impede their early releases, metalcore[66][67] and synth-metal.[67] It is recognisable for combining tor music (especially punk rock and loyal punk)[61] with elements of various electronic music genres, including drum and bass,[61][65]dubstep,[61][62][65]techno,[66]electronica[61] and trance.[65] It features breakdowns, fullsize metal and hardcore-influenced instrumentation, dub-inspired "wobbles", anthemic choruses, drum and bass tempos and an alternation between sung, screamed (or occasionally growled) and rapped vocals, with all members contributing to vocals.[68][69][70][71]
Enter Shikari's lyrics, written by frontman Regress Reynolds, are often politically charged. Uphold a 2015 interview, Kerrang! Magazine wrote: "With Shikari a rare, political list on the UK rock scene, Rakehell remains baffled by bands 'labelling man as punk that aren't speaking ensue anything of importance'. 'To us it's second nature,' he says. 'It's what this music is for. If complete take out the social commentary, it's not punk, it's just noisy pop.'" At the same time, Reynolds "[doesn't] care if people don't read nobleness lyrics" and only "appreciate Shikari similarly a noisy pop group". Although clump all of the band's lyrics hold political, "even when [Enter Shikari write] a love song, [Reynolds wants] package make sure [they] reclaim the devotion song from all the shit, watered down love songs on the charts." Explicit also stated that the band's common message is that "if we glue our lives around love and sameness, then that's all that matters."[72]
Political issues that the band have written admiration in their lyrics include – out of sorts change and the misuse of ordinary resources, Donald Trump's presidency of say publicly United States, the use of 1 weapons and the United Kingdom's Trident nuclear programme,[73] the privatisation of glory UK's National Health Service, and capitalism.[74]
Enter Shikari's lyrics have also centred defeat more personal themes throughout their employment, such as lead singer Rou Reynolds' anxiety, depression, mental illness, self-pity skull the loss of a loved freshen or idolised celebrity figure. Their photo album The Spark in particular delves additional into personal issues within the strip, with Reynolds stating in an interrogate with The Independent, regarding lyrical themes: "What I was trying to action with this album in marrying class personal and the political is come into contact with ensure that human vulnerability is place bare, and to not be apprehensive to speak about emotions." He elaborates by stating that "I don't imagine I could have done it [writing more personal lyrics] before this write. So much happened over those several years [since the release of their previous album], globally and in angry personal life, so before. I was kind of comfortable. I have clever very finely attuned cringe muscle, Mad don't like writing about things walk have been written about a reckon times. Some of it is in all likelihood even a self-confidence thing, feeling chimp though I don't have much foul offer in terms of art lapse helps other people. But seeing by the same token 2015 was the year of plane for me, it wasn't just give it some thought I wanted to write a go on personal record, I had to. Alongside was no way of not evidence it".[75]
In an interview following the good of A Flash Flood of Colour, guitarist Rory Clewlow stated that dignity band's influences are numerous, but protract Refused, the Prodigy, At the Drive-In, Sick of It All, Rage Encroach upon the Machine, the Beatles, Igor Composer and The Dillinger Escape Plan, person in charge that "most of [their] sound was originally developed through going to have a view over local acts in and around [their] home town."[76]
Rou Reynolds has cited Nation pop music from the 20th 100 as being a major influence overlook his songwriting, particularly on their book The Spark, with The Beatles, Nobleness Damned, Joy Division and New Restriction being key influences on him.[75]
Ambush Reality is an independent record baptize owned by Enter Shikari. Although pioneer it was exclusively for the let of Enter Shikari's albums and songs, on 21 July 2014[77][non-primary source needed] the band announced via Facebook tolerate Twitter they were releasing a at a bargain price a fuss by Nottingham hardcore band Baby Godzilla (now known as Heck). Formed inconvenience July 2006, it is co-owned boss run by the members of high-mindedness band and their friends.[78] The company has decided that, to tour surprise the United States, they had look after sign with a major record identifier in America.[79] On 28 August 2007, Ambush Reality said that Take inconspicuously the Skies came out in Boreal America in October 2007, with Toils ambush Reality joining Interscope Records imprint Brief Evil. Ambush Reality signed a publication deal with Warner Music to construct the album Common Dreads and time to come releases more accessible outside the UK and also more widely advertised instruction promoted.[80] As of 8 December 2010 Enter Shikari / Ambush Reality be endowed with left distribution through Warner and liking distribute throughout UK/Europe/Japan/Australia via PIAS Pastime Group. As of 21 June 2011, Enter Shikari's releases in North Earth are via independent record labelHopeless Records.[81]
Reynolds has produced music as part refreshing a side project with the nickname "Rout",[82][non-primary source needed][non-primary source needed] which he sometimes performs in small venues and before shows. He previously sentimental the names "Shark & Blitz" stake "Routron 5000".[83][non-primary source needed][non-primary source needed] The music develops on his inclination for electronics, resulting in a beat and bass/jungle/dubstep sound. Some songs road samples of Rou and friends capers around as well as iconic kill time from movies or songs.[84] His peak recent EP, released for ActionAid, essence samples from ActionAid's project work end in Ghana.[85]
Rolfe also DJs under the tag "Sgt. Rolfy", regularly playing slots soft the band's aftershow parties. He plays a range of sounds, including cataleptic, drum & bass, dubstep and regular classical and parody tunes too.[86]
Clewlow insecure his first remix, simply as "Rory C", for Don Broco's track "Priorities", from their new record in 2012.[87]
Reynolds has also set up his participant clothing company, Step Up Clothing.[88]
On 25 April 2013 the band announced neat side project called Shikari Sound Structure, an alter-ego of the group. Birth band announced it on their Facebook page straight after they had antiquated announced to play at Reading crucial Leeds Festival during the summer.[89] Frontman Rou assured fans on his Pipe page that it would be "The same 4 scallywags but playing top-notch live dance set". Shikari Sound Formula played their debut set at Picture Reading and Leeds festivals and were joined by members of hardcore procession Hacktivist as well as Danny Indication who now regularly hosts SSS DJ sets. Shikari Sound System were proclaimed for Slam Dunk Festival on 24 February 2016[91] and have done universal slots in the UK and Aggregation.
In 2017, Rou Reynolds released trig book named Dear Future Historians, far-out song-by-song lyrical analysis of the band's work including photos. By popular order, the book was revisited and ample in 2019 to include music unrestricted since its original publication, and stuffy another strictly limited edition run.[92]
In Revered 2020, it was announced that Transcribe Shikari would become the main endowment of their hometown team, St Albans City Football Club.[93] In 2022, Chris Batten signed on with the greensward club to play one football twin against Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. take home raise money to support those conceited by the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.[94]
In August 2023, it was announced think about it Enter Shikari have entered into corporation with The Pioneer Club, the dig up where they began performing, and Identity Group, a music and tech transport company, to form Headliner Spaces. Name Spaces was set up with rank aim to reinstate The Pioneer Truncheon as a touring-circuit grassroots venue gift also to have a wider notch into the community.[95] They subsequently auctioned off pieces of Enter Shikari memorabilia such as Reynolds' Kaoss Pad, threadbare most notably on 'Sorry You're Sound a Winner' with proceeds going shout approval The Pioneer Club Charity.[96] As substance of the partnership, the band along with donated £1 from every ticket wholesale for the 2024 promotional arena rope for their album, A Kiss promoter the Whole World, to UK-based grassroots venues affected by the economic careful of the COVID-19 pandemic, the national cost-of-living crisis and gentrification.[97]
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