Review: The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die

Invaders Must Die - The Prodigy
Cooking Vinyl
The score: ★★★1/2

Over the past close to a couple of decades, the Essex based threesome comprising of one of the UK’s biggest electronic act, Prodigy have made themselves into one of the most essential ingredients for any rave happening, anywhere across the globe. Charting a manifesto, which included massive beats married to punk guitar influences, the Prodge have built upon a pedestal that continually blows up your adrenaline levels before throwing you out into the wide open void of gravity defying mental states. It helped that they had in their midst the Satanic clown panda Keith Flint whose demented dancing and vitriolic vocals have ensured that the band continue to remain one of the most anticipated electronic acts in current times.

And though Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned may not have been able to serve the same delectable feast as The Fat Of The Land, foregoing the challenge of being a worthy follow up album, it does look like Invaders Must Die might be quick to bridge that gap. As soon as the title track begins and the trio makes a vocal self introduction, you are assured of familiar territory in a feeling that pretty much stays glued on throughout the album. You just need to make sure you don’t suffer any flailing limbs while reverberating to the echoes resounding within you.  There is great merit in The Prodigy, yet the only downside may their insistence on blowing off your eardrums.

Download “Invaders Must Die,”  “Run with the Wolves”