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duo

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. The song was written and recorded by the duo for their debut EP of the same name, released by Black Mammoth Records on 11 November 2013. The track later appeared as the opening track on the band's self-titled debut studio album. It was also part of the soundtrack to the film ''

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'', as well as the video games ''

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'' and ''

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'', and was used in a featurette for the Netflix series ''

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'' at the 2015

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. The song served as the official theme song for the 2016 professional wrestling event

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. It has been covered by

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Music video

A music video for the song was released on 6 February 2015. It was directed by David Wilson and

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and mixes live-action footage with animation. In the video, a robber wearing a bunny costume steals various confectionaries from a petrol station, including a chocolate bar directly from the station's attendant. When the police respond, the robber is revealed to be an alien and, along with other aliens in costumes, massacres a team of

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who arrive on the scene. The aliens, however, are subsequently slaughtered in a fight with the attendant, who kills the alien in the bunny costume last and takes back his chocolate bar.

Critical reception

Scott Kerr of

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, no relation to the band's frontman Mike Kerr, called the song "a riff-fueled onslaught that belies their two-piece status; with just a heavily processed bass guitar and a drum set between them, they make some four-piece rock bands look inconsequential". ''

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'' editor Stephen Ackroyd repeated what Kerr said, calling the song "an incendiary calling card - a roaring, snarling

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levelling skyscrapers at will".

Track listing

Personnel

Partly adapted from ''Out of the Black'' liner notes. ;Royal Blood *Mike Kerr –

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*Ben Thatcher –

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;Technical personnel *Tom Dalgety –

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, mixing (track 1),

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*John Davis – mastering *

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– mixing (track 2)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

External links

Royal Blood official website
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