Enter Shikari are a British post-hardcore band that make heavy use of synthesized sound effects. They were spawned out of a promising rock scene in St Albans, England, and were formed while still in school in 2003. They originally played often at their local youth club, The Den @ Pioneer. They also performed at Harlow Square two years ago in 2006. When they outgrew these venues, and the summer came around, they climbed in the van and hit the road. They’ve rarely ever come home since. Enter Shikari has achieved all its recent popularity (which has included topping Kerrang’s best unsigned band of 2006 poll) without the use of a record label. The main benefits of this route are that Enter Shikari have never had to listen to anyone else’s advice but their own. Edges that were once rough (and would surely have been smoothed over and dulled by advice from those with an interest in shifting ‘product’) have instead been sharpened by the road, turning Enter Shikari into one of the most exciting, brutal and explosive live bands on Britain’s post-hardcore scene. A tent-lifting appearance at 2006’s Download festival saw Enter Shikari step it up a gear, playing to their largest crowd so far in a rammed-to-the-rafters Gibson and MySpace stage. Appearances at Leeds Festival and opening for My Chemical Romance at their ‘Black Parade’ Hammersmith unveiling just spread the love further. Late August to early September 2006 saw the band back out on the road again, with a string of sold out shows and the release of the download only single ‘Mothership’ October of ‘06 brought the release of the debut Enter Shikari single, a double A-side of live favourites “Sorry, You’re Not A Winner” and “OK, Time For Plan B”. It also brought more shows. March 2007 saw the release of the debut Enter Shikari album, ‘Take To The skies’ which went straight into the UK album chart at number 4 and their single ‘Anything Can Happen In The Next Half Hour’ jumped in at number 27 in the official UK singles chart. They have appeared at the Download festival (Donington, England), Oxegen festival (Naas, Ireland), Carling festivals (Leeds and Reading, England) and also played on the main stage at the Rock Werchter (Belgium) festival in June. Enter Shikari also played at Pukkelpop (Belgium). They performed twice on the same day. They replaced Lacuna Coil on the mainstage and played their own gig some hours later on the skatestage. Their performance at Lowlands in Holland in August of 2007 was excellent. So much that the audienced obeyed their every command. Whether it was the making of a human pyramid or an ultra-energetic mosh-pit, complete with a few injuries and crowd-surfs. 2007 also brought them the best live act nomination in which they won against bands like Muse to be crowned best live act of 2007 at the Kerrang awards. Enter Shikari are known on some social websites which helped boost Enter Shikari’s popularity, on Myspace and VampireFreaks