"Battle Sirens" is a single by the Australian duo

Knife Party Knife Party are an Australian electronic music duo consisting of Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen, two members of the drum and bass band Pendulum. The duo has worked with artists such as Swedish House Mafia, Steve Aoki, MistaJam, Foreign Begga ...

featuring guitarist

Tom Morello Thomas Baptist Morello (born May 30, 1964) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and political activist. He is best known for his tenure with the rock band Rage Against the Machine and then with Audioslave. Between 2016 and 2019, Morello ...

from the band

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and

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Background

In an interview with ''Rolling Stone'', Members of

stated "Tom (Morello) hit us up when we were in the studio saying he'd always loved the idea of merging his guitar riffs into the electronic world and we bounced some ideas back and forth until we had the final version" and added that Performing this track live as a surprise during their Ultra set was insane.

said "'Battle Sirens' is the cross genre hard guitar/hard EDM mashup I've been waiting to hear for years. The devastating grooves, monster drops and insane tension that are a hallmark of both Knife Party and Rage Against the Machine are elevated to a crazy level with this jam." The single is featured as the opening track on Morello's solo album ''

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Charts

Battle Sirens EP

#"Battle Sirens" – 4:05 #"Battle Sirens" (Ephwurd Remix) – 3:56 #"Battle Sirens" (Brillz remix) – 3:57 #"Battle Sirens" (Live Version) – 4:05

Remixes

Apart from the remixes included in the EP, American duo RIOT made a remix of the track. Knife Party often close their live shows with this remix.

References

{{authority control 2016 songs Songs written by Rob Swire Songs written by Tom Morello