Given the album’s lengthy gestation, the band are understandably keen to carry on writing, with the short-term aim of taking advantage of their international ties to jump across the Tasman and beyond: “We hope to get to Australia before the year’s out,” he muses. “I listen to a lot of Sevendust as I like the groove, choruses and hooks,” Matt explains, while also underlining the time spent on the rhythms and pitch of Jesse Cleaver’s vocals to ensure they take the same hold without losing their rage. There are nods to Gojira and touring-mates Architects, as well as Dutch innovators Textures, but it’s the razor-sharp hooks in the music and vocals that make the likes of Iconoclast and Claw At The Throne perfect examples of crushing, modern metal. The armorer in Bliss, an Orc with the charming name. This process appears in your journal as the quest 'The Antipodean Hammer'. Take these to Cutter's Weapons in Crucible and the rather sinister Cutter will forge the weapon for you. Its source is generally marked by a sort of sparkly mist. His fears are clearly reflected in the music’s punishing bite. You have to find a Matrix and a supply of Madness Ore.

We feel this sense of impending globalisation,” says Matt. “Our right-wing government is making policies that aren’t right for the people.

Oblivion the antipodean hammer