Enter Shikari

Enter Shikari

Enter Shikari performing at Elbriot 2015 in Germany. From left to right: Rory Clewlow, Rou Reynolds, Rob Rolfe and Chris Batten.
Background information
Also known as Hybryd (1999–2003)
Shikari Sound System (dance alter ego)
Origin St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Genres
Years active 1999–present
Labels Ambush Reality, PIAS
Website www.entershikari.com
Members
  • Chris Batten
  • Rou Reynolds
  • Rob Rolfe
  • Rory Clewlow

Enter Shikari are a British rock band formed in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England in 1999 under the name Hybryd by Chris Batten, Rou Reynolds, and Rob Rolfe. In 2003, Rory Clewlow joined the band and it adopted its current name. Enter Shikari's debut studio album, Take to the Skies, was released on 19 March 2007 and reached number 4 in the Official UK Album Chart; their second, Common Dreads, was released on 15 June 2009 and debuted on the UK Albums Chart at number 16;[1] and their third, A Flash Flood of Colour, was released on 16 January 2012 and debuted on the chart at number 4. Enter Shikari then spent a considerable amount of time supporting the release through the A Flash Flood of Colour World Tour, before beginning work on a fourth studio album, The Mindsweep, which was released in January 2015. The band is named after Shikari, a boat belonging to vocalist Rou Reynolds' uncle,[2] and has had the same four members since the addition of Clewlow in 2003.

History

Beginnings (1999–2006)

In 1999 a band named Hybryd formed, consisting of Rou Reynolds on guitar and vocals, Chris Batten on bass guitar, and Rob Rolfe on drums. They released an EP called Commit No Nuisance, which featured the tracks "Perfect Pygmalion", "Look Inside", "Torch Song", "Honesty Box" and "Fake". In 2003, with the addition of guitarist Liam "Rory" Clewlow, Hybryd became Enter Shikari. Rou focused his musical efforts on vocals and electronics instead of guitar.[3]

During 2003 and 2004, the band released three demo EPs (Nodding Acquaintance, Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour and Sorry You're Not a Winner) that were available from their gigs and their website, featuring original versions of some songs that were eventually rerecorded for their debut album, Take To The Skies. They had another demo EP planned for release in 2005 (no such EP materialized, although recordings surfaced online). For this the first versions of "Return To Energiser" and "Labyrinth" were recorded. Early versions of "OK Time for Plan B" and "We Can Breathe in Space" were also recorded around this time but it's unclear if these were destined for the EP.

In August 2006 they released a video of the single "Mothership" which became the single of the week on the iTunes Store. Their first physical single featured re-recorded versions of "Sorry You're Not a Winner/OK Time for Plan B", which had previously been featured on one of the demo EPs. It was released on 30 October 2006. It was limited to 1000 copies of each format and sold out within the first week of release. In mid January 2007, Enter Shikari's first single, "Mothership", entered the UK singles chart for one week at number 151, on Downloads only (despite its physical formats not being eligible for charts [at the band's request]). This was followed a week later by "Sorry You're Not a Winner/OK Time for Plan B", which charted at number 182 on the singles chart (despite its physical formats being ineligible for charts [at the band's request]) and number 146 in the Download Chart. In addition "Sorry You're Not a Winner/OK Time for Plan B" featured on the EA Sports video game titles NHL 08 and Madden 08. Enter Shikari secured a spot on the Gibson/Myspace stage at 2006's Download Festival.

They also had interviews with popular music press such as Kerrang! and Rock Sound. On 4 November 2006, they became only the second unsigned band to ever sell out London Astoria (the first being The Darkness).

Reynolds live with Enter Shikari at Brixton Academy in London in 2007

They also made the NME's "New Noise 2007", a list of the bands it considers most likely to achieve success in the coming year (previous years lists have included the likes of Arcade Fire, Hot Chip and Bloc Party).

The next single released was "Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour", on 5 March 2007. This was the band's second single to be released from their forthcoming debut album. It contained a re-recorded version of the song "Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour". It reached 27 in the Official UK chart.

The band released a compilation album titled The Zone just before the debut album, this contained various demo tracks and previously released singles.

Take to the Skies (2007–2008)

Main article: Take to the Skies

The band's debut album, Take to the Skies, was released on 19 March 2007 and on 25 March it reached number 4 in the UK Official Album Charts. It contained re-recordings of many of the songs that had featured on the demo EPs and singles that were released prior to the release of the album.

During the month of March 2007 it was announced they would be playing at Download Festival, Reading and Leeds Festivals, Give it a Name, Glastonbury Festival, Oxegen festival in Ireland and Rock am Ring in Germany. On 30 March 2007, Enter Shikari announced that their next single would be "Jonny Sniper"[4] and would be released on 18 June. The song's video was premiered on 21 May. The single received bad reviews from NME.[5]

Enter Shikari had performed over 500 times by 2007 and played on the Gibson/MySpace stage at 2006's Download Festival. On 14 May 2007, Enter Shikari started their first North America tour. This was followed by three more North American tours.

On 13 May 2008, the band released the first in a series of videos called "Enter Shikari: In the 'Low". The videos, posted on the band's YouTube page, showcased the band as they recorded their new single, "We Can Breathe In Space, They Just Don't Want Us To Escape", and demoed new material. One of the new songs set to feature on the album was 'Step Up', which was first performed at Milton Keynes Pitz on 28 June 2008, the warm up show to Projekt Revolution the following day.

Common Dreads (2009–2011)

Main article: Common Dreads
Enter Shikari live at Heaven in London in 2009. From left to right: Clewlow, Rolfe, Reynolds and Batten.

It was confirmed by NME that Enter Shikari had finished working on their second album, Common Dreads, in March 2009 and announced that they would tour the UK and Europe during 2009. They also made available a free download of a new song, Antwerpen, from their website.[6] On 15 April 2009 Juggernauts was played on Radio 1 as Zane Lowe's "Hottest Track in the World" and was released as a single on 1 June 2009. The B-side of the single is "All Eyes On The Saint". The band also had help from musician Danny Sneddon who helped with the recording of Juggernauts.[7] On 1 May Kerrang featured their track-by-track of the album. Metal Hammer were the first to review the album online with a track-by-track.[8]

Common Dreads was released through Ambush Reality on 15 June 2009 and debuted at No. 16 on the UK top 40 album chart. The second single to be released from Common Dreads was "No Sleep Tonight".[9] The 7-inch vinyl, CD single and MP3 download was released on 17 August 2009. A slightly modified version of the song "Wall" was released as a radio single, and a video for the song "Zzzonked", made of clips of a live show played at Norwich UEA, was also released.

A 2-disc version of Common Dreads was released in January 2010.[10] Frontman Rou Reynolds announced that "We’ve got a different artist for each single from Hospital Records to do drum ‘n’ bass remixes so we’ll be releasing that as a 12". Then we're doing the same thing with (dubstep label) True Tiger who've done a dubstep remix of each single." However it was later said in a Radio 1 interview that in fact they were only having their main singles remixed.

The new single "Thumper"[11] was released on 19 January 2010, on BBC Radio One, as well as the new single "Tribalism", which was first played on Radio 1 on 16 February 2010. These songs come off the new B-sides and remixes album Tribalism, which was released on 22 February 2010.

Throughout February–March 2010, Enter Shikari joined the Australian summer festival Soundwave along with other bands such as A Day to Remember and Architects, playing shows in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. The band then continued to tour Japan with A Day to Remember and Escape the Fate and in April–May 2010, they served as a support act, along with August Burns Red and Silverstein on A Day to Remember's Toursick.

On 18 and 19 December, Enter Shikari hosted two Christmas Party shows at The Forum in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Special guest supports included Rolo Tomassi, Young Guns, Dark Stares, Don Broco and The Qemists.[12][13] The audio from the shows was released via the band's limited edition box-set Live from Planet Earth - Bootleg Series Volume 3.

A Flash Flood of Colour (2011–2013)

On 14 June 2010, Enter Shikari announced that they had returned to the studio to do a "one off new track" called "Destabilise" which was released as a download on 26 October 2010, and a limited edition coloured 7-inch vinyl on 29 November 2010.

In June 2011, the band signed to Hopeless Records in the US, and embarked on the Vans Warped Tour for the second year in a row.[14]

In mid-2011, the band released another one-off single called "Quelle Surprise" before releasing the first single, "Sssnakepit" and "Gandhi Mate, Gandhi" in September and December, respectively, off their third album.

The band released A Flash Flood of Colour on 16 January 2012, and played three album release shows in London, Kingston upon Thames, and Leeds.

At the end of the first week of the album being released, the album reached number four in the U.K charts.

Later that year, the band began their first tour of "A Flash Flood of Colour" in February by heading out to Tokyo, Japan for one show, before playing Soundwave Festival, including a couple of 'sideshows' on their off-days.[15] The band continued their tour across the world, travelling to the United States,[16] South Africa,[17] Europe, Reading and Leeds Festivals, Pukkelpop, FM4 Frequency Festival, Sonisphere in Spain, T in the Park, Rock am Ring and Rock im Park, and many more, ranging from the end of May to the start of September.

In Summer 2012's Kerrang! Awards, the band scooped 'Best Live Band' for the second time, along with Rou Reynolds winning 'Hero of the Year.' They were also nominated for best album, but lost out to Mastodon.[18]

In November 2012 the band announced the launch of their own beer "Sssnakepit", 5% lager in conjunction with Signature Brew, which was launched in Manchester and sold on the 'A Flash Flood Of Christmas' tour at venues across the UK.[19]

The band were also nominated for Best British Band and Best Live Band at the Kerrang! Awards 2013, but lost out to Bring Me the Horizon and Black Veil Brides respectively.[20]

Rat Race EP (2013–14)

In April 2013, the band released a "one off" single named "The Paddington Frisk", later announcing that it was part of a then unnamed three track EP due for release later that year (Rat Race EP). Later on in 2013, Radiate was released via iTunes. On 5 June 2013, the band announced via their official Twitter that they were recording a video for the new single "Radiate". This was first played by Zane Lowe on his Radio 1 show on 10 June. The song was his Single of the Week.[21] 5 months later, Rat Race (the final track of the Rat Race EP) was released, the three tracks were then amalgamated into the Rat Race EP, along with a trance-like remix of Radiate created by Reynold's side project - Shikari Sound System.

The EP received mostly positive reviews, receiving 3.8/5.0 on music critic site SputnikMusic.com.[22]

The band headed out on an extensive tour of the UK and Ireland throughout April and May, purposefully playing in towns that don't usually get shows, as a thank you to those fans who usually have to travel to larger cities all the time to see bands. Support for the tour was Hacktivist. This tour was the first time the songs "The Paddington Frisk" was played, as well as "Juggernauts" b-side "All Eyes On The Saint" from 2009

The Mindsweep (2014–present)

Main article: The Mindsweep

In late 2012, bassist Chris Batten said that the band will begin working on their fourth studio album after their current touring has finished sometime in 2013. However, Batten also affirmed that the album would not be ready for release in that year.[23]

On 8 October 2014, the band announced that their fourth album would be titled The Mindsweep, and would be released on 19 January 2015.[24] The album was anticipated by singles "The Last Garrison"[25] and "Anaesthetist".[26] In addition, two tracks were also released between November and December 2014: "Never Let Go of the Microscope" and "Slipshod".[27][28] On January 12, 2015 they put for the streaming on their website the entire new album.[29] In May 2015 they covered System of a Down's Chop Suey! for Rock Sound's compilation Worship and Tributes,[30] while in June they participated at Ultimate Rock Heroes compilation by Kerrang! with a cover of "Know Your Enemy", originally by Rage Against the Machine.[30] On October 30th they released their first remix album, The Mindsweep: Hospitalised, featuring remixes from drum and bass label Hospital Records artists.

On January 12, 2016, a new single called "Redshift" premiered on Annie Mac's show on BBC Radio 1.[31]

Musical style, lyrical themes and influences

Enter Shikari's musical style has been variously described as post-hardcore,[32][33] electronicore[34] (which they are considered to have pioneered),[35] alternative rock,[36] experimental rock,[37] electronic rock,[38] post-rock[39] and, especially on their early releases, metalcore.[40] It is recognisable for combining rock music (especially punk rock and hardcore punk)[33] with elements of various electronic music genres, including drum and bass,[33][39] dubstep,[33][34][39] techno,[40] electronica[33] and trance.[39] It features breakdowns, heavy 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.[41][42] The popularity of Skrillex during Enter Shikari's career, which helped bring dubstep into the musical mainstream, may have enhanced acceptance for their crossover style.[43][44]

Enter Shikari's lyrics, written by frontman Rou Reynolds, often address political issues. According to a 2015 interview with Kerrang! Magazine, Reynolds hopes that "[the band's] music gives their fans [the hope] to keep standing up what they believe in." Kerrang! wrote: "With Shikari a rare, political voice on the UK rock scene, Rou remains baffled by bands 'labelling themselves as punk that aren't speaking about anything of importance'. 'To us it's second nature,' he says. 'It's what this music is for. If you 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 the lyrics" and only "appreciate Shikari as a noisy pop group". Although not all of the band's lyrics are political, "even when [Enter Shikari write] a love song, [Reynolds wants] to make sure [they] reclaim the love song from all the shit, vapid love songs songs on the charts." He also stated that the band's entire message is that "if we base our lives around love and unity, then that's all that matters."[45]

In an interview following the release of A Flash Flood of Colour, guitarist Rory Clewlow stated that the band's influences are numerous, but include the hardcore band Refused, the electronic music group the Prodigy, the post-hardcore band At the Drive-In, the hardcore band Sick of It All, the rap metal band Rage Against the Machine, the rock band the Beatles, composer Igor Stravinsky and the mathcore band the Dillinger Escape Plan, and that "most of [their] sound was originally developed through going to see local acts in and around [their] home town."[46]

Ambush Reality

Ambush Reality is an independent record label owned by Enter Shikari. Although originally it was exclusively for the release of Enter Shikari's albums and songs, on the 21st of July 2014[47] the band announced via Facebook and Twitter they were releasing a song by Nottingham hardcore band Baby Godzilla (now known as Heck). Formed in July 2006, it is co-owned and run by the members of the band and their friends.[48] The band has decided that, in order to tour in the United States, they had to sign with a major record label in America.[49] On 28 August 2007, Ambush Reality said that Take to the Skies came out in North America in October 2007, with Ambush Reality joining Interscope Records imprint Tiny Evil. Ambush Reality signed a distribution deal with Warner Music in order to make the album Common Dreads and future releases more accessible outside the UK and also more widely advertised and promoted.[50] As of 8 December 2010 Enter Shikari / Ambush Reality have left distribution through Warner and will distribute throughout UK/Europe/Japan/Australia via PIAS Entertainment Group. As of 21 June 2011, Enter Shikari's releases in North America will be via independent record label Hopeless Records.[51]

Side projects

Reynolds has produced music as part of a side project with the name "Rout",[52] which he sometimes performs in small venues and before shows. He previously used the names "Shark & Blitz" and "Routron 5000".[53] The music develops on his penchant for electronics, resulting in a drum and bass/jungle/dubstep sound. Some songs feature samples of Rou and friends fooling around as well as iconic lines from movies or songs.[54] His most recent EP, released for ActionAid, features samples from ActionAid's project work in Ghana.[55]

Rolfe also DJs under the moniker "Sgt. Rolfy", regularly playing slots at the band's aftershow parties. He plays a range of sounds, including trance, drum & bass, dubstep and even classical and parody tunes too.[56]

Clewlow recently released his first remix, simply as "Rory C", for Don Broco's track "Priorities", from their new record.[57]

Frontman Rou Reynolds has also set up his own clothing company, Step Up Clothing.[58]

On 25 April 2013 the band announced a side project called Shikari Sound System, an alter-ego of the group. The band announced it on their Facebook page straight after they had been announced to play at Reading and Leeds Festival during the summer.[59] Frontman Rou assured fans on his Twitter page that it would be "The same 4 scallywags but playing a live dance set".[60] Shikari Sound System played their debut set at The Reading and Leeds festivals.

Members

Discography

Studio albums

Accolades

Year Recipient/Nominated work Award Result
2006Enter ShikariKerrang! Awards 2006: Best British NewcomerNominated[61]
2007NME Awards 2007: John Peel Award for Musical InnovationWon[62]
Kerrang! Awards 2007: Spirit of IndependenceWon[63]
Kerrang! Awards 2007: Best Live BandWon[64]
Kerrang! Awards 2007: Best British BandNominated[65]
"Sorry You're Not a Winner"Kerrang! Awards 2007: Best Single Nominated[66]
Take to the SkiesKerrang! Awards 2007: Best AlbumNominated[67]
Enter ShikariBT Digital Awards: Breakthrough Artist of the YearWon[68]
2009Kerrang! Awards 2009: Best Live BandNominated[69]
2010Kerrang! Awards 2010: Best British BandNominated[69]
2012Kerrang! Awards 2012: Best Live BandWon[70]
A Flash Flood of ColourKerrang! Awards 2012: Best AlbumNominated[70]
Rou ReynoldsKerrang! Awards 2012: Hero of the YearWon[70]
Enter ShikariAIM Awards: Hardest Working BandNominated[71]
AIM Awards 2012: Best Live BandNominated[71]
A Flash Flood of ColourAIM Awards 2012: Independent Album of the YearWon[71]
2013Enter ShikariAIM Awards 2012: Best Live BandWon[72]
Kerrang! Awards 2013: Best Live BandNominated[73]
Kerrang! Awards 2013: Best British BandNominated[73]
NME Awards 2013: Best Fan CommunityNominated[74]
2015 "Anaesthetist"Kerrang! Awards 2015: Best SingleWon[75]
Enter ShikariKerrang! Awards 2015: Best British BandNominated[76]
The MindsweepAIM Awards 2015: Independent Album of the YearWon[77]
Miscellaneous

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