Outside the Box (Hacktivist album)
Outside the Box is the debut studio album by British rap metal band Hacktivist. It was released on 4 March 2016[6] through UNFD and Rise Records.[7]
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 4 March 2016 | |||
Recorded | 2013-2016 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 40:19 | |||
Label | UNFD, Rise Records | |||
Hacktivist chronology | ||||
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Singles from Outside the Box | ||||
Music videos for the songs "Elevate", "False Idols", "Deceive and Defy", "Buszy" and "Taken" were released in support of the album.
On 1 March 2016, a playlist of the full album was uploaded to YouTube through Hacktivist's label UNFD.[8]
Reception
The album generally received positive reviews, one of which described the album as "their best work yet".[9][10]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
The Monolith | Unfavourable[11] |
New Noise Magazine | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Backseat Mafia | 8/10[13] |
Ramzine.co.uk | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
All Things Loud | 8/10[15] |
Distorted Sound Magazine | 6/10[16] |
Track listing
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Our Time" (featuring Marlon Hurley) | 2:04 |
2. | "Hate" | 3:16 |
3. | "Deceive and Defy" (featuring Jamie Graham of Heart of a Coward) | 3:18 |
4. | "Taken" (featuring Rou Reynolds of Enter Shikari) | 3:31 |
5. | "The Storm" | 2:12 |
6. | "No Way Back" | 3:40 |
7. | "False Idols" | 3:23 |
8. | "Rotten" (featuring Astroid Boys & Jot Maxi) | 4:05 |
9. | "Elevate" | 3:40 |
10. | "Outside the Box" | 4:18 |
11. | "Buszy" | 3:49 |
12. | "The Storm II" | 2:59 |
Total length: | 40:19 |
Personnel
- Jermaine "J" Hurley – rapped vocals
- Ben Marvin – rapped vocals, unclean vocals
- Tim "Timfy" James Beazley – guitars, clean vocals, programming
- Josh Gurner – bass
- Richard Hawking – drums
Trivia
The song "Buszy" is a reference to the world famous skate plaza The Buszy in Milton Keynes where J would skateboard and perform at jams and events, often by freestyle rapping.[17][18]
gollark: https://pastebin.com/EGPpcZbNLOLcrypt - it encodes arbitrary bytestrings as sequences of differently-capitalized LOLs and punctuation.
gollark: <@278889690596376576> I'm shown in the player list when I'm not actually on, and when I try to join it's stuck on logging in.
gollark: The main one, which does not do windowing.
gollark: <@113673208296636420> Why does your task manager setfenv functions it runs?
gollark: I know, the light theme is awful.
References
- "HACKTIVIST: "ELEVATE"". No Clean Singing. 2 April 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- Emily Carter (4 August 2014). "HACKTIVIST RELEASE NEW SINGLE, FALSE IDOLS". Kerrang!. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- Danny Longhorn (13 November 2014). "Hacktivist raring for Hull after supporting Limp Bizkit and Korn". Hull Daily Mail. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- Jessica Duncan (19 January 2016). "Rap Metal band Hacktivist dedicate new single to The Buszy in Milton Keynes". OneMK. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- Shutler, Ali (28 February 2016). "Hacktivist release 'Taken' ft. Enter Shikari's Rou Reynolds". Upset Magazine. The Bunker Publishing. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- "Debut Album 'Outside the Box' – Preorder Now". Hacktivist. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- "Our debut album "Outside The Box" - out MARCH 4TH via UNFD / Rise Records". 19 January 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- "Hacktivist - Outside the Box". YouTube. UNFD. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- "Album Review: Hacktivist – Outside the Box". Trident Media. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- "HACKTIVIST - Outside the Box - Rocksins". Rocksins. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- Simon (24 February 2016). "Review: Hacktivist – Outside The Box". The Monolith. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- Shrum (4 March 2016). "Album Review: Hacktivist – 'Outside the Box'". New Noise Magazine. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- Jones, Adam (6 March 2016). "ALBUM REVIEW: HACKTIVIST – OUTSIDE THE BOX". Backseat Mafia. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- Russell, Jay (26 February 2016). "Hacktivist – Outside The Box". Ramzine. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- Parker, Jack (4 March 2016). "ALBUM REVIEW: HACKTIVIST – OUTSIDE THE BOX". All Things Loud. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- Weaver, James (11 March 2016). "ALBUM REVIEW: Outside The Box – Hacktivist". Distorted Sound. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- "MK BUSZY JAM 2009". Andy King (Arkology) via youtube(alphabet). Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- "BUSZY JAM 2010". Andy King (Arkology) via youtube(alphabet). Retrieved 2 October 2019.
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