From remixing Michael Jackson to working with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra to producing some of Example’s biggest hits… Nero have achieved so much so far it’s difficult to know where to start. Their roots that can be traced back to the early 2000s with drum & bass slammers on Reformed Records but the trio really shot to fame with their dubstep bombs on MTA Records as tracks like Innocence, Me And You and Promises pushed the genre further and further into the popular conscious. Their album Welcome Reality compounded their creative abilities and more than proved their musical might… They’re currently on a full media blackout and total studio lockdown until their follow up album drops later this year. We can’t wait to hear it.

D&B dynamite: Sigma have risen through the most respected ranks of the game to become one of the most versatile acts in drum & bass. Breaking through on Hospital and Viper, Joe and Cam have gone on to establish their own imprint Life Recordings and create universal bangers that refuse to sit in any D&B sub genre and enjoy support from the very biggest DJs in the scene.

Shogun bossman, scene ambassador on BBC Radio1 and marksman-level selector legend: what Friction doesn't know about drum & bass truly isn't worth knowing.