They came, they conquered then skinned up...A marching army of Armageddon and rebellion tears through the streets, holding the flag high, spreading the word, creating the propaganda, to every man, woman and child, this is the album we've been waiting for eleven years, Invaders Must Die! Like the battlecry of an ancient race, the album opens to the familiar sound of synths that we all thought were lost in the great absence of The Prodigy, as the riff slowly creeps in you begin to release that nothing was lost, it was just lying dormant and it knows you're there.
This album truly re-invents itself on the next track Omen, where it takes you back to the good old days of rave, the days that seemed to have ended when the 90's did. This album brings new life to the undead memory of 90's rave, with a new twist, this is now the new millennium, this monster has a new master and will once again bring fear to the masses.
It's been almost a decade since The Prodigy released an album of this magnitude and it has to be said, god bless them, the music industry has needed this in my opinion. Each track is an army unto itself, each with it's own attitude and ready to rip the others to pieces. Some tracks are noticeably weaker than others from an initial listen, but every one counts, especially considering the outside effort from members of Does It Offend You Yeah? and Dave Grohl himself. Invaders Must Die is the track that definitely re-establishes the album, when you listen to it, you just know it's Prodigy, through and through. Thunder and Colours show force, they have a good beat, have such dirty riffs and are a very good follow up to the previous track but then you don't even notice it was even there when you hear Take Me To The Hospital and all you can think about is 'I can't wait until the gig'.
The combination of these next 2 tracks is just breathtaking and I have to state it now, Warrior's Dance is THE track of the album, listen to it, then listen to it again and while you're doing that, smash bottles, hit someone or something and throw yourself around the room. If you don't do it, someone near you definitely will. After you're done pay close attention to Run With The Wolves and as you may think something is wrong, I don't. The drum samples that Dave Grohl himself sent to the lads in the studio while recording this have definitely been used here, you can tell these beats are done by him and better still, they have been mastered by legends into something which I can only describe as iconic.
Flowing through my mind like a river next to the ideal home, the ideal background, the ideal world I would love to be living in while actually, in that current moment my head is being smashed in by a 2x4 piece of wood is Omen Reprise. This track creates the illusion you're safe, that the fight is over but in actual fact, you've just been knocked out and having your head kicked in. Like an indomitable force however, you kick yourself back into gear. It creates the almost real feeling of invincibility and of achievement, it tells you, you are invincible, you can do anything. Then kicking you back into the fight is World's On Fire, I can be almost sure this track is going to be one of the club favourites along with Warrior's Dance. Then eating away at you is Piranha the penultimate track to one of the best home audio experiences of my life, and is another typical track from the re-invented audio dwellers.
Stand-Up finishes the album like a rebellious gangster finishes a night out, off his face after a fight, hanging out with the lads and thinking he's the king of England, and as much as he thinks he is, he's not, but who gives a shit? We're all blagged and thinking 'Where the fuck did he come from?' And this track is just like that, it's a joke! But that's not what matters here, The Prodigy set out to do something, and I think they did it. If you are hungry for a fight, then you know what's coming.
fuckin massive.cheers for the review.where did you listened to it?
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