The 2 discs combine more familiar names such as Funeral For A Friend, Million Dead, [Spunge] and Kinesis with bands who deserve to be more famous than they actually are, such as Johnny Truant, Miocene, Murder One and Beecher.

The highlights of Disc One include tracks from the previously reviewed Watford mentalists SikTh, 'How May I Help You?', London reggae-metal band Skindred's 'Vampire Slayer', Murder One's doom-impending crunching riffs in 'Onscreen Rapist', Jarcrew's repetitive chorus in 'Paris & The New Math', and Miocene's techno masterpiece 'Tradition Is Just Another Word For The Collective Habit'.

Disc Two includes 3 Stages Of Pain's 'Southern Bullet', Deftones-esque The Blue Print's 'Consafos', Gibraltan metallers Breed 77 [whose album Cultura is also excellent] with 'La Ultima Hora' and indie favourites(!), Oxford duo Winnebago Deal's 'Nitro Ground Shaker'.

Some glaring omissions are made from this compilation, however. Where are Mclusky? Where are yourcodenameis:milo? Where are The Hurt Process? Where are Kasabian? WHERE ARE OCEANSIZE? And some inclusions are just baflling. Nu-metal Linkin Park support band Number One Son are far from welcome on this compilation, as are parping skasters [Spunge].

Well worth parting with 8 squid for, though. And I can only look forward to Volume Two.

Ollie Connors