of the UK metal underground is positively flooding Birmingham’s Mama Roux’s tonight, with a raft of bands as compelling as they are caustic, and are the opening example of a scene in seriously rude health. Weaponising metallic sludge, feedbackinducing hardcore and barbarous riffs shot through with thunderous instrumental passages, there’s little chance of resisting their impact before the Midlands quartet aggressively shrug off any pre-conceived notions that they’re mere chug merchants. Sitting somewhere between the deathcrust punk of Nails and creative chaosand – from upcoming EP
