Shikari's latest release A Flash Flood of Colour is such a complex album, so much texture in the songs and so much depth; are you guys happy with the final product? Rou: Yeah, we really are! We probably by far got the best representation of who we are as a band through this album; we spent the most amount of time on it out of all of our albums. We were lucky enough to record in Thailand in a state-of-the-art studio also, so yeah, we were very fortunate with this one. BATO: You've always experimented with electronica, drum and bass with your previous releases, though on this one I'd say those elements are more prominent. Being predominantly a metal band, how has this gone down with all your fans? BATO: Well, I'm sue you don't need to hear it from me, but it's an unreal album; every song has replay value Rou: Well, it's funny you say that because it's the first album where we really treated each individual song as an entity in and of itself. We paid a lot of attention to how the album flowed, so yeah, we really made sure the songs were spot on. BATO: So many metalcore bands now are adding elements of electronic genres into their music these days, very, very few of them pull it off. What's it like for you guys to see people trying to emulate a sound which Enter Shikari really did pioneer? Rou: Ha Ha Ha, there's loads