BAND OF THE DAY: KLINK

It says a great deal about Iceland's taste for difficult music that perhaps their most well known 'heavy' musicians are Sigur Rós and Mínus – even jamming some Björk is a bizarrely alienating and off putting experience, although mostly because she's shit.

Clearly taking influence from noisy hardcore, mathematically inclined grindcore and a dash of swaggering rock'n'roll weirdness – obvious reference points would be Burnt by the Sun, Coalesce, Brutal Truth, Botch and maybe even Meshuggah for those swirling riffs and 'Twin Peaks' for that slight sense of cold unease, Klink formed in 1999, toured with Deicide in Europe in 2004 and then promptly split up. Reforming recently and getting aboard some far more fitting shows (and prestigious/precocious hype showcase Iceland Airwaves), in Iceland with Today is the Day, and in London with Soylent Green – hopefully that'll keep them from splitting up because with no obvious releases after 2001 (if you find any, do tell), it's all about the live show.