BAND OF THE DAY: COMBAT NOISE

Cuba may be a lovely enough place in which to sip pineapple-punctuated piña coladas by the pool, but to live there it's a nightmare - your entire country is basically a theme park for rich Yanquis and Euros, who have exclusive access to all the best beaches, luxury hotels, fashionable bars and classy restaurants, while much of the population struggles to obtain a decent standard of living.

Forming in 1996, the vicious death/grind five-piece Combat Noise railed against their surroundings with three albums since 2004, numerous demos and international compilation appearences – all single mindedly focused on modern warfare. It may be a patronising comparison, but Combat Noise are following in the career path of fellow Latin Americans Sepultura, striving and striving to become a professional entity at home first, and then in the Central/South American sphere, by the time they really hit Europe and North America, they're going to unleash absolute hell.

With the uncompromising mission statement of Bolt Thrower, armed with the weaponised, fist-clenching fury of 'Harmony Corruption'-era Napalm Death and a touch of Swedish death metal on their 2010 album 'Frontline Offensive Unit', and renown at home for their unrelenting live shows, Combat Noise are going to blow the shellshocked punks of Obscene Extreme 2011 right back to their foxholes.