 
Diverse ska-punk, rock, reggae, dub step, hip
hop, metal rockers Skindred are back with album
number 5 and this time around Skindred are back
in a much bigger and more diverse way than ever
before as the band mix so many different genres
of music together to make up this extremely accessible
album.
The album kicks off with the title track ‘Kill
The Power’ and it proves to be the perfect
opening as straight away Skindred unleash the
dubstep mixed with metal as a mad flurry of electronic
beats and beefy guitar riffs grace the airwaves
with hints of Korn and The Prodigy cleary shining
through, as the song reaches the chorus mayhem
explodes as front man Benji Webb shouts out “You
know you can’t kill the power, you keep
running but you know you can’t hide”
in such a big in your face aggressive way, the
song oozes with energy from start to finish and
it is pretty much guaranteed that this is going
to be a mosh pit anthem when Skindred return to
the live scene later this month.
‘Ruling Force’ is a powerful song
it opens up sounding like a garage song but as
soon as the song hits 1minute and 4 econds things
get melodic and before you know it the song goes
all out with massive riffs and big screamy vocals
from the 1minute and 34 seconds mark and this
is pretty the routine the song follows for the
duration.
‘Playing With The Devil’ has a massive
dubstep vibe running through and reminds me of
how Korn sounded when they first teamed up with
dubstep king Skrillex but the difference here
is that Skindred have always been the masters
of electronic fused rock and once again prove
that their formula pays off even when they tone
things down a pace or two.
‘World’s On Fire’, ‘Ninja’,
‘Proceed With Caution’ all sound like
your typical mosh pit anthems and it is the likes
of ‘The Kids Right Now’ , ‘We
Live’, ‘Open Eyed’, ‘Saturday’
and ‘More Fire’ which really do help
show off the diversity of Skindred as each and
every one of these songs bring something different
to the table from previous Skindred material,
take ‘We Live’ for example the song
is an emotional sounding power ballad which Skindred
really nail, ‘Open Eyed’ features
Jenna G on guest vocals and it’s such a
pleasure to hear her battle off vocally with Benji
Webb whilst ‘Saturday’ see’s
Skindred go down a 90’s melodic punk route
sounding like how A did back in their hayday.
Over the past couple of months Skindred have been
very vocal about how difficult they have found
creating their fifth studio album ‘Kill
The Power’ and listening to the album you
can slightly start to understand how difficult
it must of been for the band as the album features
so many different musical styles fused together
and the right mix of heaviness and melodicness
and each and every track on the album is so different
from the last yet just as addictive and big sounding.
Skindred are back bigger and better than ever
before and this time around they have created
an album that the fans will easily want to hear
in its entirety at future live shows.
5/5
Review by Trigger
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