Red Ants was originally conceived on Toronto's east side in the summer of 2002 by Modulok and Predaking, two emcees of Guyanese heritage who had been collaborating since their high school days as part of the 90s rap group Symbiots (alongside Astral Black) and as two of the brains behind the legendary underground hip-hop magazine Twisted Linguistiks. Modulok had just returned from some inspirational gigs in the Czech Republic, Predaking had just completed an inspirational prison sentence. Both were hungry to buckle down and churn out some heavy shit. Shopping for beats ended once they discovered the enigmatic Vincent Price, who became a permanent member of the group and whose trademark menacing, cinematic production shaped the rugged war chariot style Red Ants have become notorious for. When Predaking was incarcerated in 2004 with no hope of release in the near future, Modulok and Vincent Price were forced to abandon their existing material and began work on new tracks with Modulok as the sole emcee. Early Red Ants classics like "Red Menace", "Step Into My Office", "Murderous", "All That Is Solid", and "Mechanical Gorilla Hitler meets Joey Stalin Halloween Leprechaun" were sadly never recorded and only survive in the memories of those lucky enough to catch those early, energetic live shows. Predaking may be released as early as 2010, and y'all definitely haven't heard the last of him.
Red Ants 2005 debut …
Red Ants was originally conceived on Toronto's east side in the summer of 2002 by Modulok and Predaking, two emcees of Guyanese heritage who had been collaborating since their high school days as part of the 90s rap group Symbiots (alongside Astral Black) and as two of the brains behind the legendary underground hip-hop magazine Twisted Linguistiks. Modulok had just returned from some inspirational gigs in the Czech Republic, Predaking had just completed an inspirational prison sentence. Both were hungry to buckle down and churn out some heavy shit. Shopping for beats ended once they discovered the enigmatic Vincent Price, who became a permanent member of the group and whose trademark menacing, cinematic production shaped the rugged war chariot style Red Ants have become notorious for. When Predaking was incarcerated in 2004 with no hope of release in the near future, Modulok and Vincent Price were forced to abandon their existing material and began work on new tracks with Modulok as the sole emcee. Early Red Ants classics like "Red Menace", "Step Into My Office", "Murderous", "All That Is Solid", and "Mechanical Gorilla Hitler meets Joey Stalin Halloween Leprechaun" were sadly never recorded and only survive in the memories of those lucky enough to catch those early, energetic live shows. Predaking may be released as early as 2010, and y'all definitely haven't heard the last of him.
Red Ants 2005 debut Phobos Deimos burnt up Canadian college radio charts, received critical acclaim internationally and led to successful tours of the U.S. and Europe. URB magazine described it as "ten tracks of angry, fist-pumping anthems of urban rebellion set in a dark, desolate present with promise for an even bleaker future" and gave it four out of five stars. Now with Red Ant's second album on the horizon, Omega Point, Modulok and Vincent Price continue to seize and conquer the decadent resort towns of a dying music industry choking on its own vomit. Red Ants remains the banging antithesis to the glitter rappers and pop-thugs, like a soviet coal plant run by the ghosts of dead Bolsheviks continuing to churn out grimy rap realness that blackens the sky and frightens the peasants. While fabricated major label emcees and their clones sell played-out fantasies and rap like they got down syndrome, Red Ants and their growing legion of comrades come with some real shit more likely to inspire you to throw a brick than buy a car.
