Enter Shikari

2. Enter Shikari Trance metal loons Enter Shikari have returned with a fusion masterpiece – love them or hate them the band have moved on leaps and bounds, integrating their myriad influences into a more cohesive sound.  Enter Shikari ‘Common Dreads’ Common DreadsSynth strings. An ominous bassline. A man’s voice reads a subversive poem before a collage of international voxpops call ‘we must unite’ (the poem is apparently read by one of the band members’ dads).

3. Band formed: Hertfordshire, England 2003.Band Members: "Rou" Reynolds,Liam "Rory" Clewlow, Chris Batten, Rob Rolfe.Band genre: Post Hardcore, Trancecore. Biography • Enter Shikari is a post hardcore/trancecore/electronic/screamo band from England. Their current members include "Rou" Reynolds,Liam "Rory" Clewlow, Chris Batten, Rob Rolfe. Before "Enter Shikari", all four members came from a band called "Hybryd". Enter Shikari was established in 2003 and released their first album "Take to the Skies" on March 19, 2007. Enter Shikari have declined all offers from record companies in order to start their own record company called "Ambush Reality". They released 3 EPs over 2003-2004 including; "Nodding Acquaintance EP" 2003, "Sorry You're Not a Winner EP" Septemeber 2003, and "Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour EP" on August 4th 2004. "Take to the Skies" reached number 4 on the Official UK Album Charts on March 25th 2007. It featured songs from EPs that had been re-recorded plus others. Enter Shikari's live recording of "Sorry You're Not a Winner" helped gain early fans and increase their high popularity. It is currently at 4 milltion views on YouTube. Enter Shikari spend a lot of time touring. They have performed at venues including: Download Festival, Reading and Leeds Festivals, Give it a Name, Rock am Ring, Glastonbury, Oxegen and the Big Day Out.

5. YOU ME AT SIX • YMAS In Australia: Photos Please - • Thursday, February 25th, 2010 | No Comments • Peeps in Australia: how are you getting on with YMAS in your side of the world? How have the shows been? Is it sunny there? Share all...And if you've taken any photos or videos of the shows on your mobile - upload them straight from your phone to YMAS: Mobile Backstage (if the app's not yet available on your phone then add your photos of the band to the Fan Photos section on Facebook).Thank you in advance! And thanks to all of you who've uploaded photos already. Aawesome.Also, we got some "Hold Me Down" buy links for ya....Australia: "Hold Me Down" links:iTunes - JB Hi-Fi - Sanity - Big W - Chaos • OUT NOW: GO GET IT!And request "The Consequence" on Triple J here.Big loveYMAS HQx

6. - USA: "HOLD ME DOWN" DIGITAL RELEASE DATE - 16TH MARCH - • Friday, February 19th, 2010 | No Comments • PEOPLE OF AMERICA. • "HOLD ME DOWN" - THE UK TOP 5 ALBUM BY YOU ME AT SIX - WILL BE RELEASED IN YOUR LAND ON MARCH 16TH. •  JUST OVER 3 WEEKS TO GO - HANG TIGHT! The band will also be heading your way in June, first to support Bring Me The Horizon, then to play the Vans Warped Tour. More details here. •  "HOLD ME DOWN" is out now in the UK, Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Japan, Russia, Bulgaria, Australia & New Zealand. - Play Music: Front Cover, Interview + Photos - • Thursday, February 18th, 2010 | No Comments • Good times for the peeps who like to read interviews with the band - there's another one out this week, in the current edition of Play Music magazine (which is free, yippity.) • See the clippings in great big gigantic form in the band's Myspace blog. • And if you want to pick up a phys-i-callll copy, view a list of stockists here. • Hold Me Down, interview, magazines, play music, press, underdog • YOU ME AT SIX • ___________________________________________________________________ • The band rose to fame in 2007 with the success of their debut album, Take Off Your Colours, which included popular singles such as "Save It for the Bedroom", "Finders Keepers" and "Kiss and Tell". The latter two peaked at #33 and #42 respectively in the official UK Singles Chart.[6] They were nominated for "Best British Band" at the 2008 and 2009 Kerrang! Awards, losing both times to metal band, Bullet for My Valentine.[7] The band released their second studio album, titled Hold Me Down on January 11, 2010,[8] which reached #5 on the UK album chart. This album included the popular single "Underdog", which reached #49 on the UK singles chart. • In their early material they incorporated elements of screaming, as expressed in early demos such as "Promise, Promise", "New Jersey", "Noises" and "This Turbulence Is Beautiful". Another early You Me At Six song was called "The Liar and The Lighter", this song was entirely acoustic and showed the bands early versatility with different genres, when taken concomitantly with the screaming on other early songs. • They played many local and smaller venues throughout 2006, then in 2007 began playing larger venues. One of the first major breakthroughs came for the band when playing to a sold-out show at the Camden Underworld in February 2007, then later with the opening slot of Slam Dunk Festival 2007 (which they later went on to headline in 2009) Their support slot with Paramore at Colchester Arts Centre also drew the attention of major media, such as Kerrang!

8. The Blackout • We Are the Dynamite! (2007-2008) • Main article: We Are the Dynamite! • Under a year later The Blackout released their debut album, We Are the Dynamite!, on 1 October 2007 through Fierce Panda records. The first single taken from it is entitled "The Beijing Cocktail" and was released on 24 September 2007. We Are the Dynamite! is the fastest selling album ever released on Fierce Panda. To coincide with the band's debut album release they announced a 14-date headline UK tour with Flood of Red and Pierce the Veil followed by joining the Taste of Chaos tour across Europe in November 2007, replacing Escape The Fate and playing alongside The Used, Rise Against, Aiden and Gallows. • The second single released from the album We Are the Dynamite! was "It's High Tide Baby!" (which features Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins) and was released via Fierce Panda on 11 February 2008. However, due to a pressing error, the A side of this single ended up being "The Beijing Cocktail" instead of "It's High Tide Baby!". After further touring across the United Kingdom and Europe, April 2008 saw The Blackouts first jaunt to USA with a short tour of the mid west supporting blessthefall ending in Bamboozle Festival in New Jersey. In May, the band played at the Give It A Name festival for the second time, this time playing on the main stage alongside acts such as Silverstein, Billy Talent and Glassjaw. They also brought along entertainment team The Fuel Girls, to support their stage presence. The Blackout also supported Story of the Year on their UK The Black Swan tour, both bands finished off the tour by playing Slam Dunk Festival in Leeds, UK. September 8 brought The Blackout's first visit to Japan playing a short 4 date stop with Alesana. On returning from Japan, The Blackout got straight on a bus to mainland Europe to tour with fellow Welshmen Attack! Attack! then returning to the UK where they were supported by The Medic Droid, We Are the Ocean and From First To Last. This tour saw The Blackout became only the third unsigned band ever to sell out the London Astoria. The previous bands being The Darkness and Enter Shikari respectively . • The Best in Town (2009-Present) • Main article: The Best in Town • In 2008 the band split with record label Fierce Panda, scrapping plans to release another two singles from We Are the Dynamite! and "I Love Myself and I Wanna Live", this ultimately led to the band being signed to Epitaph Records in February 2009. After finishing up touring in 2008 the band began recording their second album, The Best in Town with A vocalist, Jason Perry at Sonic Ranch, El Paso, Texas. The rest of the vocal tracking was completed in Southend on Sea in early January. In March 2009 the band set out to LA to film a music video for their first single from The Best in Town, "Children of the Night" and for their second single, "Saves Our Selves", as well as meeting with record Label Epitaph, who are based in the US. The first single off The Best in Town, "Children Of The Night", was released on the 18th of May. To promote this album, the band toured with The Urgency, Hollywood Undead and Silverstein, before playing at the Download Festival, where they ended up playing twice due to The Ghost Of A Thousand pulling out at the last minute. Speaking to Sam Darcy in an interview immediately after their first gig on the main stage, guitarist James Davies described the experience as “..awesome and mind blowingly big. It gets to the point where you are just looking at so many people that you can’t really comprehend how many people are there”. They headlined Butserfest on 12 September playing alongside Go Audio, We Are The Ocean and Attack! Attack!. They have also been confirmed to play the Kerrang! Relentless Energy Drink Tour 2010 alongside My Passion, Young Guns and All Time Low. Through Monday 16 November to Saturday 21 November The Blackout were doing band signing in Major cities and Towns.

10. Bring me the Horizon Summary: This album is fast and brutal, invoking elements from thrash, metal, hardcore and somehow making it all catchy. It suffers from a little bit of repetition, but that flaw is overshadowed by the superb musicianship of these British youngsters.12 of 12 thought this review was well writtenBring Me The Horizon is one of those bands that you're either going to love or hate. You're going to think they're amazingly talented, or that a baby could play an instrument better. I've not really heard many opinions on this band that say something to the effect of "Oh...they're OK. Not bad." So, I suppose I'm going to have to fit myself into a category.Personally, I think BMTH takes a lot of *** for the way they dress and the way they look. In a scene that is way too concerned about looks, the fact that their looks resemble much more "un-metal" bands like Escape The Fate or Silverstein is enough to turn off a lot of listeners. Couple that with the fact that they have lyrics like "Oh, if you need me/I'll be tying a rope to the tree/Where our love used to be" and most hardcore kids are going to be running the other direction.However, when you actually listen to Count Your Blessings, you'll realize one thing: Damn, these kids can shred.From the opening track "Pray For Plagues," (one of the strongest songs on the album) it is clear that BMTH are anything but emo. Vocalist Oliver Sykes ranges from high-pitched black metal wails to the classic death-metal cookie monster growls. The guitars are brutal, distorted, and have the kind of fast-paced thrashery that cites influences from Swedish melodic death metal meistros In Flames and At The Gates. From there, on through the rest of the album, Bring Me The Horizon stays pretty true to form. Each track is seemingly more heavy than the last, with at least one breakdown in every song. The guitars stay fast, the drumming stays tight, and the vocals stay harsh. There isn't an ounce of singing anywhere on this record--something that should definitely separate out BMTH from many of their metalcore peers.In my opinion, some of the strongest tracks on the album are "Pray For Plagues," "Tell Slater Not To Wash His Dick," "For Stevie Wonder's Eyes Only" and "Off The Heezay." With the song titles and some of the random interludes they have (such as the vocal "dun dundun" in the background on "Off The Heezay") it is clear that Bring Me The Horizon don't take themselves too seriously. They don't sing about raping girls or going on pillaging or summoning Satan. Most of them are barely out of their knickers, and they're singing about what they know. Girls and partying. Even in "Pray For Plagues," which contains a few lyrical snippets that seem to allude to the Biblical plagues brought upon Egypt, there are still some parts about--you guessed it--girls. The lyrical content may be a little cliche, but it is overshadowed by the sheer brutality and presentation that Bring Me The Horizon has.However, this album is not without its faults. For all of the breakdowns, heavy riffs, and technical guitar flourishes, this album suffers from a big lack of originality. It is hard for even the most seasoned metal/hardcore listener to differentiate between the tracks. Also, many times the breakdowns seem to be placed in odd areas, and seem to be somewhat pointless, with virtually no lead-in whatsoever. The album is also extremely short. With ten tracks, two instrumentals and a couple songs under the three-minute mark, Count Your Blessings seems to end far too quickly.All in all, this is an album that will appeal to a wide range of listeners, and it is easy to see why Bring Me The Horizon have gained all the popularity that they have. Granted, some of said popularity may be due to the "hotness" of the lead singer, but that shouldn't take away from the massive amount of potential that this band has. It's unclear whether or not the generic deathcore formula is going to allow for any longevity out of this band, but for now, they've succeeded with a strong debut.

11. Bring Me The Horizon – Suicide SeasonRelease Date: November 18, 2008Record Label: EpitaphWhen I first saw the album artwork to Bring Me The Horizon’s Epitaph debut, Suicide Season, I rolled my eyes. The title was bad enough, and now this? By incorporating so many clichés, the Sheffield, England quintet was fitting in quite nicely with the oversaturated scene here in the States. But something weird happened while listening to the album - the realization that Bring Me The Horizon are pretty damn good with their instruments dawned on me. While their image may be ridiculous, the music is anything but.Bring Me The Horizon is just "a dude playin’ another dude disguised as another dude;" basically their brand of metalcore takes some pointers from bands like Slipknot, Gallows, and The Devil Wears Prada and mixes them all into one cohesive noise. Suicide Season is a ten track deathtrap produced by Fredrik Nordstrom (At The Gates, Arch Enemy) in Sweden. The production is seamless and crystal clear; the riffs rip through each song and Oliver Sykes unforgiving screams screech throughout the album. For being so young, Bring Me The Horizon knows how to play their instruments, staying tight and unpredictable in each track. Tracks like “The Comedown” and “Death Breath” are auditory bitch slaps, while “Football Season Is Over” hits like Bob Sanders, as breakdowns come from all angles to crush you. “Chelsea Smile” is reminiscent of Gallows, and “Sleep With One Eye Open” chugs along with guitar chords that sound like sledgehammers, courtesy of Lee Malia and Curtis Ward. “The Sadness Will Never End” features guest vocals from Architects’ Sam Carter, creating a singing-scream dynamic we’ve heard countless times, while “No Need For Introductions, I’ve Read About Girls Like You On The Back of Toilet Doors” is a minute long thrash dedicated to the allegations made against Sykes claiming he urinated on a female. The eight-minute title track closes out the album with a mid-paced tempo, as cymbals and guitars crash into each other.What brings the Suicide Season down is cliché and cheesy lyrics. A lot of allusions to death, blood, misogyny, etc. are littered throughout. And, obviously, we are not hearing anything new here with Bring Me The Horizon. They use a lot of breakdowns, a lot of double-bass, a lot of power chords. But it works because it’s not sloppy, and I’m a sucker for clean, powerful breakdowns. Bring Me The Horizon has already caused a craze within the scene, as they played to huge crowds this summer on the Warped Tour. Suicide Season will sell a good amount of records, but it’s nothing original. But it's not so bad that you’ll want to puke your guts out either. If you enjoy having a healthy amount of breakdowns included your daily routine, then Bring Me The Horizon is for you.