History Music / EnterShikari

* LongTitle: Hoo boy, lots of them. "Sorry, You're Not a Winner," "Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour," "Warm Smiles Do Not Make You Welcome Here" and "Hello Tyrannosaurus, Meet Tyrannicide" are but a couple examples.
** "Giant Pacific Octopus (i don't know you anymore)" and "giant pacific octopus swirling off into infinity…" from ''A Kiss For The Whole World''.

* LongRunnerLineUp: The band have had the same lineup for 17 years (as of 2020).

* SpokenWordInMusic: The intro to ''Common Dreads'' and "System...".

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** Multiple songs in ''Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible'' mention "something in the air".

As of this writing, they've released seven albums: ''Take to the Skies'' in 2007, ''Common Dreads'' in 2009, ''A Flash Flood of Colour'' in 2012, ''The Mindsweep'' in 2015, ''The Spark'' in 2017, ''Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible'' in 2020, and "A Kiss for the Whole World" in 2023. They also released two compilations of B-sides and demos, ''The Zone'' in 2007 and ''Tribalism'' in 2010, and as of 2013, they have begun a {{dubstep}} side project called Shikari Sound System.

As of this writing, they've released six albums: ''Take to the Skies'' in 2007, ''Common Dreads'' in 2009, ''A Flash Flood of Colour'' in 2012, ''The Mindsweep'' in 2015, ''The Spark'' in 2017, and ''Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible'' in 2020. They also released two compilations of B-sides and demos, ''The Zone'' in 2007 and ''Tribalism'' in 2010, and as of 2013, they have begun a {{dubstep}} side project called Shikari Sound System.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: "Ladies and gentlemen, show your appreciation for JONNY SNNNIPEEEERRRRR!"

* AnimatedMusicVideo: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAVne8dOzEA Thumper]]" is a black-and-white performance video, with ([[UncannyValley fairly terrifying]]) doodle-style drawings of the band rotoscoped over it.

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

* 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]]"
** So far, their music has used elements of HardcorePunk, {{Metalcore}}, ThrashMetal, {{Trance}}, {{Dubstep}}, DrumAndBass and {{House|Music}}. That's a lot of genres...

* MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness: Generally ranges from 4-8.
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: They come in at an 8, occasionally going down to a 7 or going up to a 9.

** [[EvilBrit Bassist Chris Batten puts on a "posh" British accent when he is speaking from the point of view of a "government" or "establishment" figure]] ("Fanfare for the Conscious Man" and "Gandhi Mate, Gandhi" being two obvious examples).

** [[EvilBrit He also puts on a "posh" British accent when he is speaking from the point of view of a "government" or an "establishment" figure]] ("Fanfare for the Conscious Man" and "Gandhi Mate, Gandhi" being two obvious examples).

* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: The song "Bank of England" is about failures with the marketing system in RealLife. It's complete with counteragruing Adam Smith's infamous "invisible hand" argument, telling the lister "the invisible hand no longer guides, it chokes".

** So far, their music has used elements of HardcorePunk, {{Metalcore}}, ThrashMetal, {{Trance}}, {{Dubstep}}, DrumAndBass and {{House}}. That's a lot of genres...

* CapitalismSucks: Occurs so often that it's hard to find a song that doesn't at least nod to it.

* GreenAesop: Happens A LOT.

** Almost every song in ''Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible'' features either additional symbols, fancy letter accents, selective capitalisation, or a mixture of the three, most notably for three of the album's four singles:
"{ The Dreamer's Hotel }", "thē kĭñg", and "satellites* *".

** Almost every song in ''Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible'' features either additional symbols, fancy letter accents, selective capitalisation, or a mixture of the three, most notably for three of the album's four singles: "{ The Dreamer's Hotel }", "thē kĭñg", and "satellites* *".

** Almost every song in ''Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible'' features either additional symbols, fancy letter accents, selective capitalisation, or a mixture of the three, most notably for three of the four singles from that album: "{ The Dreamer's Hotel }", "thē kĭñg", and "satellites* *".

** Almost every song in ''Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible'' features either additional symbols, fancy letter accents, selective capitalisation, or a mixture of the three. Most notable for three of the four singles from that album: "{ The Dreamer's Hotel }", "thē kĭñg", and "satellites* *".

** They’ve even performed an acoustic cover/mashup version of Oasis’ “Wonderwall” and their own song “[[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mi0Mqt6nZZ0 Live Outside]]” (starts around 3:10).

** Some fans were particularly incensed by [[GayAesop message of the song]], though Rou was [[https://twitter.com/roureynolds/status/1256215481272414214?lang=en-gb more than happy to see the back of them]].

** Neither do ''The Spark'' or ''Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible'' for that matter, with the latter even including one ''fully orchestral'' tracks.

* LastNoteNightmare: The last few seconds of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlatYFKdvig Labyrinth]]" are rather... chilling.

** ''Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible'' is repeated at the end of "Waltzing off the Face of the Earth (I. Crescendo)"

** Both ''The Spark'' and ''Nothing Is True & Everything is Possible'' are much lighter than even ''Common Dreads'', [[NostalgiaFilter much to the chagrin of some fans]].