For Monochrome's purposes we're talking about a melting pot of abrasive and extreme music, drawn from the metal, punk, noise and experimental scenes. We're leaning into speed, discordance and excess. 

While you will certainly find a good deal of metal on the bill, let's not let "genre" get in the way of a good time. We want Monochrome to be a broad church, welcoming folks that might not necessarily feel at home at a conventional "metalfest". 

Ugly music for all: no battle-jacket required.

Not certain of exact times yet, but Friday will probably kick off around 6pm with curfew is at 11pm

Saturday will start about 1pm, and run until 10pm at Strange Brew, followed by an after party at The Gryphon until 3am. 

Unless we're blessed with another train strike, Londoners should be able to see the full programme at Strange Brew and still make the last train home.

The Saturday lineup is spread across 2 stages that run back to back with no clashes. Last year they also ran with absolutely no gaps for 8 solid hours, which lead to a lot of people throwing around the word "relentless" as if it's a bad thing, and asking questions like "when am I supposed to eat?" In an act of craven populism, I'm going to try and carve out half an hour or so from the programme for onboarding calories.

My name's Rich. I've been involved in running Supernormal Festival in Oxfordshire since 2011, and I put on occasional experimental music nights (including Mouthfeel) and recently formed a programming collective at the Cube called Margin Forever

While this is essentially a DIY event, a couple of organisations have kindly offered some support. Moor Beer, an excellent local Bristol brewery, are covering the bands' beer riders (and saving you a couple of quid off the ticket price in the process). We've also partnered with forward-thinking music website The Quietus who in turn will help us promote this new event.

I'm afraid so. You should probably get used to them; they ain't going anywhere.