They are the genre refuseniks.

Huddersfield’s Relics have left promoters baffled by their brand of hard core, which is “too punk for metal and too metal for punk”.

At least it makes the self-confessed “lovers of riffs” hard to forget, who have been pounding out their noise to sometimes surprised audiences since 2013.

Liam Knowles, the four piece’s bassist, spoke about the success of their first two years.

So Liam, how did Relics come to be formed?

Liam: “It was in Autumn 2013 when our guitarist Richard Sewell and I had a jam in our kitchen.

“We realised that we worked particularly well together so set about finding more members.

“We got Paul (Drybrough) as our frontman and went through three drummers before we found Sam (Matthews).

“Our first gig was at the Parish, which we’ve kept coming back to.”

When was your first ‘big gig’?

Liam: “It was through supporting Cancer Bats at the Parish last year.

Relics' front man Paul Drybrough

“Off the back of that they asked us to play with them at a big London show.

“It was great to go from being a local band to playing with an act of that size.

“Since then we’ve played with Krokodil, Agnostic Front, Discharge, HECK, Bastions and more.

“It has got out of hand sometimes but all ends well.

“Heck made us up our game because they really give it their all on stage.”

You’ve played lots of gigs now, what has the crowd response been like so far?

Liam: “Ha, well we’re a weird band because we’re too punk for metal line ups and too metal for punk ones.

“We were the poppiest at the No Fun Intended weekend in Leeds and we’ll probably be the heaviest in Manchester when we play there later this summer.

“It certainly makes people remember us.

“And a lot of people say that we don’t sound like we look– maybe it’s because we’re so pretty and our music is so ugly.

Relics. From left to right: Liam Knowles, Richard Sewell, Sam Matthews and Paul Drybrough

“We’re just about having a good time, which is what we’re doing. We are just as we come, which is usually pretty drunk.”

You’ve released two EPs so far, Beast Market and Bring Your Own Blood, tell us about them.

Liam: “Our first EP in 2014 we self released and that went down really well. Now it’s available to download for free from our website.

“The second one we self released again but this time with the help of Wooderson Records.

“Listening to them both we seem to have come quite a way in the song writing and music.”

Are there any more releases in the pipeline?

Liam: “We’re working on our first album right now.

“We’re not going to be touring as much for the rest of 2016 so we can really focus and get it done.

“But we are thinking about doing a smaller tour at some point later in the year.”

Relics' drummer Sam Matthews

Will we have chance to catch you live before you lock yourselves in the studio then?

“Our next gig will be on June 14 at the Parish.

“We’re going to be supporting Norma Jean, who have been a huge favourite of mine for years.

“It’ll be awesome to play with them.

“We’re also playing at Sound Control in Manchester on June 19 for a refugee fundraiser.

“The Parish gig will be our last in Huddersfield for a while though because we want to visit other places.

“We’ve been as far as London but want to get to the south coast, Wales and Scotland to try build on our momentum.”