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* MundaneMadeAwesome: The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLeg_5ljVcA official promo video]] for "''Radiate''" has them simply stand there doing nothing, but all other things you'd expect in a music video are still there.
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They're named after a boat that Rou's uncle had. It also means 'the hunter' in Indian.

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They're named after a boat that Rou's uncle had. It "Shikari" [[BilingualBonus also means 'the hunter' means]] '[[AGoodNameForARockBand the hunter]]' in Indian.



* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Their music is... surprisingly hard to pin down to a genre. In fact, they have a shirt that references this. "Enter Shikari Sound System: Abusing Music Genres Worthless Boundaries Since 2003"

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* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Their music is... surprisingly hard to pin down to a genre. In fact, they have a shirt that references this. "Enter Shikari Sound System: [[GenreBusting Abusing Music Genres Worthless Boundaries Since 2003"2003]]"



* PissTakeRap: Rou like this, and surprisingly, he's actually good at rapping. In fact, most of the intros have rapped vocals instead of Rou's signature screams.

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* PissTakeRap: Rou like this, and surprisingly, [[MotorMouth he's actually good at rapping.rapping]]. In fact, most of the intros have rapped vocals instead of Rou's signature screams.

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* MetalScream: All three types, and sometimes, at the song's climax, Rou might push his vocal chords to the limit and do screeches similar to the ones heard in [[Music/{{Pantera}} "Suicide Note, Pt. 2"]].
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: They come in at a 7, possibly crossing over into 8 ("Sorry, You're Not a Winner", "Arguing With Thermometers", "Anything Can Happen In The Next Half Hour").

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* MetalScream: All three types, and sometimes, at the song's climax, Rou might push his vocal chords to the limit and do screeches similar to the ones heard types. And in [[Music/{{Pantera}} "Suicide Note, Pt. 2"]].
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* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: They come in at a 7, possibly crossing over into 8 ("Sorry, You're Not a Winner", "Arguing With Thermometers", "Anything Can Happen In The Next Half Hour").Hour", "OK, Time For Plan B").
** "The Paddington Frisk" is a 9.
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* {{Bishonen}}: Rou in the early stages of the band [[http://www.mp3million.com/photo/0137402/Enter%20Shikari.jpg]]

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Enter Shikari are a British four-piece band. [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly They could probably be described as post-hardcore, although they also have elements of punk, metal and many different sub-genres of electronic music.]]

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Enter Shikari are a British four-piece band. [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly They could probably be described as post-hardcore, although they also have elements of punk, metal and many different sub-genres of electronic music.music, and also hip hop.]]



* HarshVocals: Rou does this a lot.

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* HarshVocals: Rou does this a lot.lot, more emblematically in the finale of "Sorry, You're Not a Winner" (where together with melodic voices, Rou growls like [[CannibalCorpse Chris]] [[Music/SixFeetUnder Barnes]]) and a few times in "Arguing With Thermometers".



* MetalScream: All three types.
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: They come in at a 7, possibly crossing over into 8.

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* LongTitle: Hoo boy, they seem to have a fetish for this. "Sorry, You're Not a Winner"; "Anything Can Happen In The Next Half Hour", "Arguing With Thermometers", "Warm Smiles Do Not Make You Welcome Here" and "Hello Tyrannosaurus, Meet Tyrannicide" are just examples.
* ManOfAThousandVoices: Rou can do: clean singing, rapping, [[MetalScream screaming]] (his primary style) and, occasionally, DeathMetal-like HarshVocals.
* MetalScream: All three types.
types, and sometimes, at the song's climax, Rou might push his vocal chords to the limit and do screeches similar to the ones heard in [[Music/{{Pantera}} "Suicide Note, Pt. 2"]].
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: They come in at a 7, possibly crossing over into 8.8 ("Sorry, You're Not a Winner", "Arguing With Thermometers", "Anything Can Happen In The Next Half Hour").



* PerformanceVideo: All of their music videos feature the band performing the song at some point. Some with an audience, some without.

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* PerformanceVideo: All of their music videos feature the band performing the song at some point. Some with an audience, audience ("Sssnakepit", "Sorry, You're Not a Winner" and "Anything Can Happen In The Next Half Hour" for example), some without.without ("Destabilise", "Radiate" and "Quelle Surprise", as examples).
* PissTakeRap: Rou like this, and surprisingly, he's actually good at rapping. In fact, most of the intros have rapped vocals instead of Rou's signature screams.

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They're named after a boat that Rou's uncle had. It also means 'the hunter' in Indian.



* AGoodNameForARockBand: They're named after a boat that Rou's uncle had. It also means 'the hunter' in Indian.
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If you were looking for 'Enter ''{{Shakira}}'' ', you may be interested in [[YMMV/Shakira this YMMV]].

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If you were looking for 'Enter ''{{Shakira}}'' ', you may be interested in [[YMMV/Shakira [[YMMV/{{Shakira}} this YMMV]].
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If you were looking for 'Enter ''{{Shakira}}'' ', you may be interested in [[YMMV/Shakira this YMMV]].
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* {{Corpsing}}: Rou is visibly trying very hard not to fall victim to this [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2Z5D8ZU9-4 whilst singing the bands cover version of Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Call Me Maybe'.]]

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* {{Corpsing}}: Rou is visibly trying very hard not to fall victim to this [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2Z5D8ZU9-4 whilst singing the bands cover band's cover]] version of Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Call Music/CarlyRaeJepsen's "Call Me Maybe'.]]Maybe".
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* {{Corpsing}}: Rou is visibly trying very hard not to fall victim to this [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2Z5D8ZU9-4 whilst singing the bands cover version of Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Call Me Maybe'.]]]]-]

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* {{Corpsing}}: Rou is visibly trying very hard not to fall victim to this [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2Z5D8ZU9-4 whilst singing the bands cover version of Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Call Me Maybe'.]]]]-]]]
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* {{Corpsing}}: Rou is visibly trying very hard not to fall victim to this [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2Z5D8ZU9-4 whilst singing the bands cover version of Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Call Me Maybe'.]]]]-]
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* TitleOnlyChorus: "Return to Energizer" and "Warm Smiles Do Not Make You Welcome Here".
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* FanNickname: The Shikari Ferrari, and the Shikari Shuffle, a brief dance from the "Destabilise" music video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SewnTmr2VlM (Audio is NSFW)

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* FanNickname: The Shikari Ferrari, and [[http://i1096.photobucket.com/albums/g329/toniannex/dotheshikarishuffle.gif the Shikari Shuffle, Shuffle]], a brief dance from the "Destabilise" music video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SewnTmr2VlM (Audio is NSFW)video.
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** The line "This is no white abode" from "Wall" on ''Common Dreads'' harks back to "My white abode, do you remember my white abode" from "Sorry, You're Not A Winner".
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As of this writing, they've released three albums, ''Take To The Skies'' in 2007, ''Common Dreads''lp in 2009, and ''A Flash Flood Of Colour'' in 2012. They also released two compilations of B-sides and demos, ''The Zone'' in 2007 and ''Tribalism'' in 2010.

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As of this writing, they've released three albums, ''Take To The Skies'' in 2007, ''Common Dreads''lp Dreads'' in 2009, and ''A Flash Flood Of Colour'' in 2012. They also released two compilations of B-sides and demos, ''The Zone'' in 2007 and ''Tribalism'' in 2010.
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** Then there's ''A Flash Flood Of Colour'', which is heavily [[Dubstep]] influenced and has a lot more of an electronic dance feel.

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** Then there's ''A Flash Flood Of Colour'', which is heavily [[Dubstep]] Dubstep influenced and has a lot more of an electronic dance feel.

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As of this writing, they've released three albums, ''Take To The Skies'' in 2007, ''Common Dreads'' in 2009, and ''A Flash Flood Of Colour'' in 2012. They also released two compilations of B-sides and demos, ''The Zone'' in 2007 and ''Tribalism'' in 2010.

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As of this writing, they've released three albums, ''Take To The Skies'' in 2007, ''Common Dreads'' Dreads''lp in 2009, and ''A Flash Flood Of Colour'' in 2012. They also released two compilations of B-sides and demos, ''The Zone'' in 2007 and ''Tribalism'' in 2010.


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* LastNoteHilarity: Rory laughing at the end of "Sssnakepit" and the "Louis Armstrong" noise.

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Enter Shikari are a British four-piece band. [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly They could probably be described as post-hardcore, although they also have elements of metalcore and electronica.]]

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Enter Shikari are a British four-piece band. [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly They could probably be described as post-hardcore, although they also have elements of metalcore punk, metal and electronica.many different sub-genres of electronic music.]]



** "System...", the intro to ''A Flash Flood Of Colour'' starts with the same synth as "Common Dreads".

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** "System...", the intro to ''A Flash Flood Of Colour'' starts with the same synth as "Common Dreads".Dreads", which is the same synth that closed ''Take To The Skies''.
** The vocal effect on the line "OPEN THEIR MINDS" from "Gandhi Mate, Gandhi" is the same as "AND NOW THE FLOODGATES WILL OPEN" from "Solidarity".

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* GenreShift: Arguably. ''Common Dreads'' is a lot [[LighterAndSofter lighter]] than ''Take To The Skies''.
** Then there's ''A Flash Flood Of Colour'', which is set to be heavily [[Dupstep]] influenced if the previously released tracks are anything to go by.

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* GenreShift: Arguably. ''Common Dreads'' is a lot [[LighterAndSofter lighter]] musically than ''Take To The Skies''.
** Then there's ''A Flash Flood Of Colour'', which is set to be heavily [[Dupstep]] [[Dubstep]] influenced if the previously released tracks are anything to go by.and has a lot more of an electronic dance feel.



* GrowingTheBeard: After 2008, Rou cut his hair short and grew some stubble. This signalled the transformation of the band into a more serious, political act.
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* GrowingTheBeard: After 2008, Rou cut his hair short and grew some stubble. This signalled the transformation of the band into a more serious, political act.
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* NoTitle: Used a few times on ''Take to the Skies'', with tracks 1, 5, 9, 11, 13 and 17 untitled on the track listing. However, track 1 is usually referred to as "''Stand Your Ground, This Is Ancient Land''", tracks 5, 11 and 13 as Interludes 1, 2 and 3 respectively, and tracks 9 and 17 as "''Reprise One''" and "''Reprise Two''".

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* NoTitle: Used a few times on ''Take to the Skies'', with tracks 1, 5, 9, 11, 13 and 17 untitled on the track listing. However, track 1 is usually referred to as "''Stand Your Ground, This Is Ancient Land''", tracks 5, 11 and 13 as Interludes 1, 2 and 3 respectively, and tracks 9 and 17 as "''Reprise One''" and "''Reprise Two''".Two''", the final track also known as "''Closing''".

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** "System..." starts with the same synth as "Common Dreads".

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** "System..." ", the intro to ''A Flash Flood Of Colour'' starts with the same synth as "Common Dreads".


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* CoverVersion: They've covered KidCudi's "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIgbw4Un1dU Day N Nite]]" and Faithless' "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab9SY304_uQ Insomnia]]".

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As of this writing, they've released two albums, ''Take To The Skies'' in 2007 and ''Common Dreads'' in 2009, with a third to follow up in January 2012, entitled ''A Flash Flood Of Colour''. They also released two compilations of B-sides and demos, ''The Zone'' in 2007 and ''Tribalism'' in 2010.

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As of this writing, they've released two three albums, ''Take To The Skies'' in 2007 and 2007, ''Common Dreads'' in 2009, with a third to follow up in January 2012, entitled and ''A Flash Flood Of Colour''.Colour'' in 2012. They also released two compilations of B-sides and demos, ''The Zone'' in 2007 and ''Tribalism'' in 2010.


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** ''A Flash Flood Of Colour'' gets one in "Warm Smiles Do Not Make You Welcome Here".


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* AtomicFBomb: The very first word on ''Take to the Skies''.


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** "System..." starts with the same synth as "Common Dreads".


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* NewSoundAlbum: ''A Flash Flood Of Colour'' doesn't sound ''anything'' like the two albums before it.


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*** "[[TheStinger ...do this one more time and I'll bite your FUCKING FINGERS OFF!]]"


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** "Constellations" counts as well.
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* GenreRoulette


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** Then there's ''A Flash Flood Of Colour'', which is set to be heavily [[Dupstep]] influenced if the previously released tracks are anything to go by.
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** ''Take To The Skies'' is also title dropped in a non-album single, "Kickin' Back On The Surface Of Your Cheek".

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** ''Take To The Skies'' is also title dropped in a non-album single, single from 2007, "Kickin' Back On The Surface Of Your Cheek".
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* XtremeKoolLetterz: Their 'Greek' logo from the Common Dreads era counts, in text form looks like ΣΠTΣ℞ SHᶲKΔ℞ᶲ. They're also fond of adding extra letters to song titles, like "No Sssweat", "Zzzonked" and new single "Sssnakepit".

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* XtremeKoolLetterz: Their 'Greek' logo from the Common Dreads era counts, in text form looks like ΣΠTΣ℞ SHᶲKΔ℞ᶲ. They're also fond of adding extra letters to one song titles, on each album, like "No Sssweat", "Zzzonked" and new single "Sssnakepit".
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* JohnnyMcCoolname: "Ladies and gentlemen, show your appreciaion for JONNY SNNNIPEEEERRRRR!"

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* AudienceParticipationSong: You are legally obligated to clap along to 'Sorry, You're Not a Winner'.

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* AudienceParticipationSong: You are legally obligated to clap along join in with the famous three claps to 'Sorry, You're Not a Winner'.



** In the opening section of "Sssnakepit" this definitely counts:
-->What's the one thing that has more speed
-->More strength
-->And goes deeper than us?
-->A NUCLEAR SUBMARINE.



* IronicNickname: Fans dubbed the band's old tour van as the Shikari Ferrari. It's hardly a Ferrari.

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* IronicNickname: Fans dubbed the band's old tour van as the Shikari Ferrari. It's hardly a Ferrari.Ferrari, more a battered old Post Office van.



* PerformanceVideo: All of their music videos feature the band performing the song. Some with an audience, some without.

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* PerformanceVideo: All of their music videos feature the band performing the song.song at some point. Some with an audience, some without.


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** "No Sssweat" with "You do this EVERY FUCKING TIME!"
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* TheBackwardsR: Greek, actually. See XtremeKoolLetterz further down the page.

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