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COWBOYS and fellow NRL rivals … welcome to the Temple of Boom. That’s the rap-based anthem that will thump around a packed Skilled Park on Friday night.

That’s the rap-based anthem that will thump around a packed Skilled Park on Friday night.

Turning up the volume on what already has been predicted to be an ‘Origin-like’ atmosphere at Skilled, the Titans have gone high tech to give Gold Coast supporters a unique home ground beat.

Most clubs have cheergirls. South Sydney Rabbitohs last year introduced drummers as their sideline entertainment.

However, the Titans are expected to eclipse all rivals with their cutting edge games highlights package.

"It will be the Temple of Boom because we are introducing rap music to rugby league," boasted the club’s communications manager Jason Sintome yesterday. "This is a first. It will be a loud and proud Titans rap. Imagine Preston Campbell scoring a try at Skilled.

"In the past our cheergirls would have led the crowd in a celebration dance. Well from Friday night the crowd will be whipped into an even greater frenzy by booming music and graphics on the big screen.

"Soon after Preston touches down there will be an explosion of rap ‘Did ya see that! Did ya see that!’ (says Sintome breaking into a rap routine). But it won’t just be for the tries. Whenever there is something to cheer about on the field there will be an immediate soundbeat, words and graphics to match."

Sintome said the Temple of Boom would have a ‘perfect debut’ on Friday night when a capacity 27,000-strong crowd roar on the Titans in the 2008 season opener against the Cowboys.

"That game was always going to be big with a lot of noise and atmosphere, but we hope to add something extra with our own rap music influence. We have been working on the concept and the music for a fair while with local creative, corporate event company Dreamweavers, and we are really hopeful that it will be a big hit. The music is certainly unique and will give a special stamp to Skilled Park.

"We are not aware of any other sporting group that embraces rap the way we will. It will be edgy and different and fans will come away with our warcrys burned into their brain."

Sintome said a day at the football was no longer just about watching the game. "It has to be a whole entertainment package, from the moment you walk in the gates until the time you leave," he said.

"We want our fans to be part of our game day. We want to take the entertainment to a whole new level. We also want the Temple of Boom name to stick.

"The great stadiums of the world have a name that is synonymous with the action that takes place there - The Cauldon (the old Lang Park) or the House of Pain (Dunedin’s infamous Carisbrook rugby stadium)."

Also on Friday night there will be an hour-long entertainment package, before the main game kicks off at 7.30pm.

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