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| 0.0 | emester | January 15th 15 |
are you guys just stupid or something
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| 0.0 | AgonySadtanoHere | January 15th 15 |
"Its like Radiohead, The Streets and Touche Amore all had some form of musical intercourse" lol sputnikmusic
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| 4.5 superb | Faraudo | January 9th 15 |
So, wow. There's a Price On Your Head is 11/10.
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| 0.0 | Speed512 | November 15th 14 |
anticipating the living shit out of them wub wubs and zubs zubs
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| 4.0 excellent | Comatorium. | January 12th 15 |
Went into "The Mindsweep" with no to low expectations. I loved ES's first EPs and their first two albums but lost interest after that point. Pleasantly surprised by the mishmash of genres, influences, and amount of maturity present here. Shades of Gorillaz, Serj Tankian, Boards of Canada, Radiohead, and a heaping of refined Shikari style adds up to a great, and pretty surprising start to 2015.
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| 2.5 average | Veldin | January 14th 15 |
YOU GUYS ARE HIGH AS FUCK. -HIGH AS FUCK-
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| 4.5 superb | Jared Floryan | January 13th 15 |
Its polarizing opinions notwithstanding, I actually found myself enjoying much of A Flash Flood of Colour; it was a bit tough for me to put my finger on it, but the British outfit Enter Shikari utilized what was mostly a crossover sound in a rather charming fashion. The latest studio album The Mindsweep has now entered the fray (via pre-release streaming), and I can tell you that it is - without any bit of doubt - better than this record's predecessor. Frontman Rou Reynolds and his fine ol' chaps essentially took their last release's experimental nature and amplified those effects, all while trying very hard to banish the roadblocks. What we have before us is a product which comes close to becoming a chef d'ouevre of sorts; hell, The Mindsweep will sooner or later become a magnum opus.
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| 0.0 | treeqt. | January 17th 15 |
Not all electronic music is rbad and talentless, music doesn't have to consist of only guitars and drums to be considered of rgood quality. Not all electronic music is rbad and talentless, music doesn't have to consist of only guitars and drums to be considered of rgood quality. Not all electronic music is rbad and talentless, music doesn't have to consist of only guitars and drums to be considered of rgood quality.
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| 4.5 superb | beachdude | January 13th 15 |
Easily their best album to date. Feels much more cohesive and flows better than anything they've done before, and some tracks like "Dear Future Historians" are genuinely surprising.
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| 4.0 excellent | InFiction | November 29th 14 |
You know Shikari's progressing when they deliberately leave out a track that starts with Sss or Zzz!
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| 2.0 poor | RadicalEd | January 12th 15 |
Well color me suprised. This was not completely unredeemable on the first listen.
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| 4.5 superb | protonjon | January 12th 15 |
More progressive than earlier releases. Their best album by a country mile.
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| 4.5 superb | cloakanddagger | January 10th 15 |
I am enjoying this album way way more than I should be.
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| 2.5 average | Ronnie McNutt | January 15th 15 |
not listening to this until someone with a brain rates it 3.5+
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| 5.0 classic | SSnakez | January 13th 15 |
Too much arrogance/ignorance from the elitist metalheads on this site. Not all electronic music is
bad and talentless, music doesn't have to consist of only guitars and drums to be considered of
good quality. Anyway, this album is by far Shikari's best material yet, a meaningful, and
agreeable universal message combined with some of the highest levels of diversity I've ever seen
in an album. From "There's a price on your head"'s insane System of a Down-like aggressive
thrashing lyrics regarding social classes, to "Never let go of the microscopes"'s slow trance
like versus regarding Government atrocities that go ignored. A simply great album, can not find a
fault with it's quality of sound nor it's lyrical intelligence. Also the very last song (Appeal
and the Mindsweep II) is insane and is a perfect closing song for live shows.
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| 0.0 | TheNexus100 | January 13th 15 |
didnt listen prolly wont but yall are friggin ridiculous
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| 0.0 | tresm87 | January 13th 15 |
yea this is quite a fucking fun fusion of awesome sound. Rou is at his absolute best especially on Dear future historians which is absolutely beautiful.
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| 0.0 | DecayingMajesty | January 17th 15 |
Remember when you had to pay money to go to the toilet?
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| 2.5 average | batuhan altinbas | January 15th 15 |
There's nothing special about this. This is actually quite obnoxious.
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| 0.0 | Spare | January 15th 15 |
remember that one song that started like SHIIT!!!!! SHIIIT!!!! that was funny as fuck
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| 3.5 great | NorwichScene | January 14th 15 |
Probably their 3rd best album. Sometimes I just want Rou to shut up for a minute and let the music play
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| 4.0 excellent | auxilia | January 14th 15 |
Best yet by far. Lets see if the average stays above 3.5. I believe we can do it.
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| 4.0 excellent | Dodenakker | January 9th 15 |
I still can't stand the fact I love this album so fricking much.
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| 4.5 superb | BrushedRed | December 18th 14 |
Hate all ya want on Enter Shikari, but they're pretty fucking awesome and quite original. I'm anticipating this album quite a lot. The Last Garrison has me hooked and Never Let Go of the Microscope is brimming with a very strange, Gorillaz-ish sound with Shikari flair coming out in full force halfway through the song on through the end. So far, those might be the strongest of all their songs, save for maybe.. "Radiate," song fucking owns.
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| 0.0 | TT | January 14th 15 |
this is sounding good. production sounds flawless. hearing a sikth vibe on some songs
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| 0.0 | Aspenshadow | January 13th 15 |
I was interested in the excellent score on this site and decided to check out The Last Garrison. My interest completely diminished after that.
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| 3.5 great | JohnDillinger | January 13th 15 |
This is not as good as flash flood of colour but excellent none the less.
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| 3.5 great | DAVECATAZ | October 22nd 15 |
Tons of variety in this album. Production is on point. Toned down the wub wubs this time around for a more mature and focused vibe. The lyrical content on the other hand is still freshman level political commentary. Anti-capitalism, class-ism, climate change, universal health care, they hit all the progressive talking points. Still worth a listen though.r
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| 2.5 average | Stereochrome1 | January 21st 15 |
Shows some signs of maturity...but still not as interesting as I think it possibly could be.
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| 5.0 classic | SteelPillow | January 17th 15 |
This is not only the best Enter Shikari album but the best album period I've heard in the past 2 years. Basically since the last ES album.... I hope I meet Rou at the bottom lounge. I fucking love all of them aHAHAHAHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH im so high this album is unreal
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| 4.5 superb | Monstar1790 | January 16th 15 |
Brilliant. Brilliant brilliant brilliant brilliant brilliant. Their songwriting has never been better, their musicianship never more adventurous, their production never more satisfying. Enter Shikari continues to innovate with their first truly cohesive, fully-formed album.
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| 3.0 good | Furik | January 16th 15 |
Step up from A Flash Flood of Colour but nowhere near as good as their debut and Common Dreads.
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| 4.0 excellent | ThomasTheCure | January 15th 15 |
the middle of The Appeal and The Mindsweep I may be the highest point of ES's discography. and their discography's the shit.
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| 4.0 excellent | c396 | July 23rd 25 |
| 3.5 great | Mojito | December 23rd 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Emo | September 13th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | smak | August 21st 23 |
| 4.5 superb | haley | June 3rd 23 |
| 3.0 good | iGuter | February 13th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | kodama | February 12th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Timmy | January 12th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | craPkit | November 29th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | y87arrow | September 22nd 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | arealboy | September 12th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | Jerrad | August 13th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | vult | June 23rd 22 |
| 2.5 average | Get Low | February 1st 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Watch | December 8th 21 |
| 3.0 good | bnest | October 15th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Xizon | September 8th 21 |
| 3.0 good | teo | July 3rd 21 |
| 3.5 great | tellah | March 6th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gorey13 | February 8th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Oobaloo | January 28th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Freedom | November 17th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | tincat | July 12th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Benwx | April 27th 20 |
| 3.0 good | AidNN | April 23rd 20 |
| 3.0 good | woxdy | April 20th 20 |
| 1.5 very poor | Runeii | April 17th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mesm277 | April 17th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | AlBo | April 17th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | ian b | April 17th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | RedBol | January 16th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | benny06 | January 10th 20 |
| 3.5 great | lewzis | June 10th 19 |
| 3.5 great | josh | June 10th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Oddsy | December 20th 18 |
| 2.0 poor | JS19 | October 10th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Vaio | October 4th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jack0510 | September 25th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Josh | September 22nd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | BeeRyan | July 22nd 18 |
| 2.5 average | stasar | June 21st 18 |
| 3.5 great | Krpa | April 30th 18 |
| 2.5 average | jer | April 2nd 18 |
| 3.0 good | Brad | February 10th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hajime | December 25th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | ughemo | October 7th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | nbats | October 6th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Rowan5215 EMERITUS | September 28th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Moksha | September 28th 17 |
| 3.0 good | willzor | September 24th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | AriDoe | September 23rd 17 |
| 4.5 superb | ian b. | September 21st 17 |
| 1.5 very poor | Kurisu | September 21st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Panuda | July 27th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | ORTCEZ | June 25th 17 |
| 3.5 great | bordje | June 19th 17 |
| 3.5 great | SadLad | March 25th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | RyRd | March 2nd 17 |
| 2.0 poor | Corney | February 16th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | El Olam | December 17th 16 |
| 3.5 great | acmolan | November 12th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | heper1 | July 18th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Redlar | July 4th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Shamus CONTRIBUTOR | May 20th 16 |
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| 4.0 excellent | jesper EMERITUS | March 16th 16 |
| 2.5 average | Leymon | February 25th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Takato | February 22nd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | BlueSwan | February 11th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Dunnus | January 16th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | DanN91 | January 13th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wigmore | December 27th 15 |
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| 2.5 average | Alex C. | January 24th 15 |
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| 3.5 great | Dan H. EMERITUS | January 19th 15 |
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