We'd heard rumours of an extreme metal project from members of Biffy Clyro, but the cat was finally let out of the bag in March.
Empire State Bastard is the brainchild of Biffy frontman Simon Neil and the band’s live guitarist and former Oceansize man Mike Vennart, with the pair joined by bassist Naomi Macleod of Bitch Falcon and thrash legend Dave Lombardo on drums. We grilled Simon and Mike about their debut album.
