Enter Shikari

The Profile

Enter Shikari are an English band from St Albans, formed in 2003. Known for blending post-hardcore with electronic music, they debuted with Take to the Skies and followed with Common Dreads, A Flash Flood of Colour, and The Mindsweep.

Formed in St Albans, Hertfordshire (England) in 2003; fronted by Rou Reynolds; known for fusing post-hardcore with electronic styles and for politically charged lyrics from later albums onward. Early buzz grew via MySpace, and they famously sold out London’s Astoria while unsigned.

Reviews hail Enter Shikari’s debut for fusing emo/metalcore with trance into dance-pit anthems like Sorry You’re Not a Winner and Mothership. Common Dreads is praised for its variety and drum’n’bass injections. Later works A Flash Flood of Colour and The Mindsweep draw criticism for trend-chasing electronics and mainstream political sloganeering. Overall verdict: innovative beginnings, divisive evolution.