Bengaluru four-piece Maneating Orchid have built “Cosmic Shroud” without a single bar of 4/4 in it, and the song still moves like something you could nod to in a basement. It’s the second track on the band’s forthcoming third album “Cold Logic“, out June 5 on Subcontinental Records, and we’re hosting the video premiere today.

Picture a wild collision of Meshuggah’s mechanical churn, unorthodox jazz patterns and the chaotic hardcore wing of mathcore. Spread-triad chord shapes that flicker between tonal centres. Drums that switch from groove to blastbeat without warning. A chorus that goes cold and dissonant the moment you reach for it...