Virus Syndicate
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Virus Syndicate | |
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| Origin | Manchester, Greater Manchester, England |
| Genres | Grime, dubstep, horrorcore, rapcore, political hip hop, hardcore hip hop |
| Instruments | Vocals, synthesiser, electric guitar |
| Years active | 2002-present |
| Label | Disciple |
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Virus Syndicate are a British grime collective from Manchester, centred on JSD and Nika D. They are known for their fusion of dubstep with grime, and have been lauded by The Daily Telegraph as "some of the tautest British MC-ing since the first Dizzee Rascal album."[1]
Virus Syndicate is known for their fusion of dubstep and grime, putting dub effects on the vocals and using sub bass, common in dubstep music. On their 2015 album Symptomatic, Virus Syndicate branched out in Horrorcore and Political hip hop, with songs such a "Watch Your Back" and "Psychopath" having a theme centred on insanity and "Watch Your Back" contains graphic murder descriptions and the song "Do Suttin'" contained political lyrics rapped by Goldfinger denouncing police brutality ("Police are on the loose, they're murderin' civilians"), government corruption, and religion ("The real villains are police, religion, and the crooked politicians").[2] The song also encourages action in the lyrics in the chorus also rapped by Goldfinger "Do somethin', don't just sit back".[2]
