The Welsh outfit announced his departure in February during the recording of their forthcoming fifth album Venom and later named Jamie Mathias as their latest member.

Tuck tells Revolver: "We parted ways with him a long time before we announced it. We wanted to make sure we were comfortable making that decision, and comfortable with making that statement publicly."

He says the band were "going through emotional distress" behind the scenes but adds: "We were writing good songs. It probably helped having that distress to bring out that feistiness that the last album lacked."