The guitarist has got used to finding his band sandwiched between much heavier acts on the summer circuit. He tells TeamRock Radio: "Sometimes we'll be on bills like Download, when there's a lot of really heavy bands.

"We did a show in Germany last week with Testament and f***ing Annihilator and all these hardcore bands. Every time we're about to get onstage at those festivals I think, 'Man, we're gonna get bottled - it's gonna be nuts.'