Destabalise- Enter Shikari- Textual Analysis

Enter Shikari are a Metal Band from Hertfordshire in England. They consist of 4 members, and aren't seen to fit into the "mainstream" genre. With hits such as "Sorry, You're not a Winner" and "Juggernauts" they have gained a large fanbase and have been critically acclaimed. They're video to destabalise generally fits into a performance based video. Set in a white room, it has many shots of the band performing they're song. There are a lot of amplifiers in the background brandishing the band's logo which isn't too uncommon in metal genres. With the lead singer jumping about a lot too, it shows that the song has a fast tempo, which is also shown by the speed of cuts.

 Enter Shikari's unique sound involves some electronic sounds too. When these are heard in the song, a effect is used on the video, such as distorting the appearance of a band member, also as the speed of the song changes, so does the speed of the video with time being sped up in faster parts of the song. This is the conceptual side of their music video.

 The clothing of the band is generally black, and looks similar to clothes worn everyday, this is typical of the metal genre, as it isn't displaying a huge amount of wealth by the band itself. The start of the video, also shows the band breaking into a facility which shows a sort of "stand" against the "man" which is seen in many videos of this type. The video generally fits many of the stereotypes of a 'metal' music video


ENTER SHIKARI - DESTABILISE (official promo video) from Brandon Lowe on Vimeo.