“I was speechless,” admits Orbit Culture frontman Niklas Karlsson as he and his bandmates saw Trivium’s Matt Heafy calling them the future of metal on Kerrang!’s Instagram. The brains behind the Swedish metallers joins us from their rehearsal space as they prepare for a sold-out run of UK shows, with a sense of eagerness exuding from his demeanour. Orbit Culture’s blend of melodic death and crunching metalcore riffs has seen them touted by more than Matt as one of metal’s hottest propositions – they were also hand-picked by Robb Flynn to support Machine Head in the States. Even with such weighty backing, all the praise is something they’re still completely surprised about. “They say you should never meet your heroes, right? Everybody shouldn’t meet them!” gleams ...