1. Please introduce yourself for anyone who may not know you. Tell us a little bit more about you as a band.
We are Risperidrone, a four-piece from Cardiff and we play doom metal with a touch of groove and a sprinkle of psychedelic/proggy elements. If we can get a few stank faces going in the audience then we know we’ve done our job.
We’ve been playing together for almost 3 years now in our current line up of Giacomo Fiderio on vocals, Wigg Grant on guitar, Tom Kirkby on the drums and Rob Edwards on bass.
2. What made you want to participate in the Metal To The Masses South Wales 2026 campaign? Have you had previous experience? Or is this your first time?
We've got a fair bit of experience now with M2TM, and there's a reason we keep coming back, it's always great fun and everyone brings their A game! We've participated in our current line up in 2024 and 2025, as well as in 2022 with our previous singer, and a couple of us have had some success in other bands, so by this point we're all pretty familiar with the competition!
3. M2TM is all about supporting your local scene. How important is the local scene to you as a band?
The local scene is really important to us, without it we wouldn't get to have fun doing what we do! We've discovered a lot of incredible bands through being part of the scene, and made a lot of friends too! It's always been very supportive to us, and M2TM always feels like a big event for the scene so it's great to take part
4. We have a slightly different set up this year with Heats/Quarters/Semis taking place at Bunkhouse/Green Rooms. Have you played the venue before or is this your first time? Are you excited to get on those stages?
We're fairly familiar with both of the venues that are involved this year, having played both Green Rooms and Bunkhouse a fair few times over the last couple of years.We've not been back to Green Rooms since the new stage has been put in, so we're excited to get up on there! And Bunkhouse is where we played our very first gig as a band and we always love going back there
5. What are your expectations from being a part of M2TM?
Based on our previous experience with M2TM, we're expecting that however far we make it, it will be a blast. High energy crowds, elevated performances from all of the bands, and despite the competitive element of the event, we've always experienced a really friendly atmosphere that feels more like the local scene coming together to celebrate how much talent there is! We're hoping to discover some new bands and make some connections that we can hopefully get gigging with in the future!
6. What would getting to our Day Of Wreckoning final and the possibility of playing Bloodstock Festival 2026 mean to you?
It would be absolutely awesome to make it to the Day of Wreckoning, a few of us have been in attendance at the finals for the last few years, and since the Day of Wreckoning has come into being, it's absolutely elevated the whole feel of the finals, it really feels like a step up and the chance to play on that bigger stage would be awesome!
And I think it goes without saying, we would all love to be able to play Bloodstock this year! Most of us have been several times to Bloodstock so we've all got a lot of love for it, and Rob, Wigg and Tom are all planning to be there either way, it would be all the sweeter if we were able to play there as well!
7. We encourage all the bands in M2TM to try and check out the other bands, who are you most looking forward to? Who should your fans also try to catch?
We've played with Mould a couple of times and they are seriously impressive, especially considering how recently they've started playing, they're like South Wales' very own Eyehategod! Pvriah are fantastic as well, and Manumit! In our heat as well, we're excited to see Exaust again, they were awesome at last years M2TM!
8. Tell us in five words why people should come and see your band?
Fuzz, swamp ape, more fuzz
7. We encourage all the bands in M2TM to try and check out the other bands, who are you most looking forward to? Who should your fans also try to catch?
We've played with Mould a couple of times and they are seriously impressive, especially considering how recently they've started playing, they're like South Wales' very own Eyehategod! Pvriah are fantastic as well, and Manumit! In our heat as well, we're excited to see Exaust again, they were awesome at last years M2TM!
8. Tell us in five words why people should come and see your band?
Fuzz, swamp ape, more fuzz
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