Album: Common Dreads, released 2009 From toll bars we move on to titans. St Albans rock collective Enter Shikari have never been afraid of tackling important socio-political issues head on in their genre-splicing output, but Antwerpen, taken from their second album Common Dreads, takes a particularly epic approach to conveying the message. The songs title is taken from the Dutch name for the Belgian town Antwerp, which has its origins in the story of a mythical giant called Antigoon, who would take a toll from those wanting to cross the Schedlt River. If you refused, he would cut off your hand and throw it to the fishes; bartering was obviously not an option.This all changed, however, when the Roman soldier Silvus Brabo gave the giant a taste of his own despicable medicine. Enter Shikaris frontman Rou Reynolds likens Brabos exploits to our own ability to strip down our own foundations and rebuild them, if we so wish. Its the perfect story for a bombastic slice of electronicore that doesnt so much rely on the location being unusual, but its ancient history. You heard it here first folks: if you want to sell your idea, mythological creatures are the way forward.