"It's unbelievable," says Gareth Davies of headliners Funeral For A Friend, fresh from the Japanese leg of the show.

"It blows our minds every night. The atmosphere is incredible - it's like our own mini-festival."

Send seven of the planet's loudest rock bands on a world tour and watch the mayhem unfold - that's the simple method behind the madness of the Taste Of Chaos tour.

Formed by the organisers of the Warped Tours in America and propelled by the hugely popular reaction the concept received stateside, the party now hits the UK with an eight-date tour featuring some of the best emerging grunge, punk and metal talents.

"We saw what it was like over there and said to the promoters, Yeah, we'd love to get involved with something like that here'," enthuses Davies. "It's brilliant that we've managed to bring it to the UK. The kids love it, although by the time we get on they're usually exhausted after going mad for the other bands for three hours."

With their spidery jet black hair and brooding onstage mannerisms, Funeral For A Friend display no such signs of fatigue, despite having toured almost constantly worldwide since the release of their second album, Hours. Indeed, considering the rigours of such extensive travels, Davies is an astonishing bundle of energy.

"I've bought a new house which I've managed to spend about three weeks in," he says. But the Welsh quintet, whose snarling riffs and heartfelt lyrics have seen them become emo icons, are neither the types to complain or boast.

"We do miss our families but that's just an occupational hazard," admits the irrepressible bassist. Any thoughts of homesickness, though, are banished y the wild anarchy the bands enjoy on heir rare days off.

"We were absolutely hammered for three days straight in Japan, seven bands in this tiny bar in Osaka," he says. "We've all got something in common, which is great because you just never get used to this lifestyle. It's crazy, six-hour plane journeys to play all over the place when we started out practising once a week in a church."

It also makes contemplating a return to their previous way of life impossible to envisage.

"We realise that this could all end at any point. There are loads of bands out there which could be where we are," says the 25 year old with refreshing modesty.

"I'm not sure I'll ever be able to go back to having a nine-to-five. I get up at one, eat, loiter around the town, play the gig and get drunk. I just can't see how we're ever going to be able to live normally again."

Starts at 5pm. Tickets cost £18.50, call 01273 290131.