Droll Man, Health Scare

Rising from the ashes of Carlisle-based sonic titans Mister Mañana, Droll Man's epic blend of melodic post-rock and crushing buzzsaw riffs would not have seemed out of place in the midst of the mid-nineties alternative rock boom; however their genre-bending expansive sounds are far from dated.

Delivering scuzzed-up grooves akin to Deftones if they emerged in the heyday of grunge, with nods to the likes of Tool and Envy along the way, Droll Man bludgeon and soothe in equal measure.

Support comes from Carlisle's newest noise terrorists Health Scare.

Little has been heard of them so far, but with members of Manatees, Claustro and My Last Act Of Bravado on board we're all sure of a deafening ascent in to distortion nirvana.