From the three folks in Hamburg (and possibly others, since they now use songwriting camps to develop new tracks, as opposed to just flipping through the local used CD shop for ideas) comes a brand new tune, and this one's different than anything they've done in years. In fact, it harkens back to their career in the late 90s, long before current members Michael Simon and Phil Speiser ever joined the group. There's only one track on this release, which I'll refer to as the Radio Edit. A slightly awkward brief introduction leads the way where a young woman emotionally proclaims, "I can't be more than I'm already am. I'm terrified. Come with me. I love you." Ehhh... okay. But it doesn't take long for some pounding rhythms to break that tension as frontman H.P. Baxxter spits out more of his classic uplifting but partially nonsensical lyrics. His rhythm and tempo is actually faster in Riot than it's been in a long time (perhaps because Scooter's music has slowed down somewhat, especially during their last album), and that's a good thing — it shows he still has some of that powerful M.C. energy left!

H.P. then leads a new chant that feels pulled from a Fall Out Boy song but actually isn't. The "crowd" in the song joins in. And then, the unexpected occurs: Scooter dusts off their electric guitars and brings them back in full effect! For a band that has suddenly gone electro, this is like a return to form! It reminds me of classic tunes of theirs where they used electric guitar like Fire, Faster Harder Scooter, We Bring The Noise, and The Revolution. It's almost as if they went back in their production history to see what fans enjoyed, and then they tried to incorporate that in the current scene. They succeeded: this mix of dance beats and rock guitar sounds both retro and modern. Riot sounds like... Scooter. That's more than we can say for some