It carried the same moniker as a defining five-track EP a few years ago, which you might claim lacks imagination.

But singer/guitarist Brad Andrews is making no excuses. "We had tons of different names for the album but none seemed to sum up all we've put in to getting it recorded and released," he says.

"By Any Means Necessary just sums it up perfectly so we stuck with that."

And just as well. Recorded with Matt Elliss at Doncaster's Axis Studios, this loud, melodic, wilful, occasionally snarling rock-punk cage fight of a record has been drawing positive reviews from the right places – re-assuring after living within the album bubble for so long.

"Ever since we finished it off, probably even during recording, I've always thought 'What are people going to make of it' and the good stuff we've had said has been amazing really.

"Even if we have had anything negative written it's been someone who just doesn't 'get it'. Like they don't understand bands can still make straight-up, heavy rock 'n' roll records. I can live with criticism if it's justified but it does my head in when someone hasn't a clue or are just lazy.

"We just do what we do and always have done. We did initially get lumped in some daft '80s hair metal revival but we wanted nothing to do at all with that so we ended up becoming even faster and heavier. I wouldn't want to be complacent sitting in a stale scene doing what everyone else does."

While Sheffield enjoyed its time back in the spotlight courtesy of Arctic Monkeys and others, living outside the city means you sometimes get over-looked. So Disarm have done what any ambitious band should do and toured their backsides off.

Brad, for one, believes having Mexborough as their hometown may have played a part in their music.

"It probably does, more than we've realised. Because we're in a town that isn't really part of anywhere as such we haven't been part of a 'scene' so have just done what we've felt like.

"I don't think there are many bands we 'sound' like – it's a real mix of stuff. It seems to frustrate people trying to categorise us; we're too heavy for some but not heavy enough for some.

"We have had some reviews where they've been shocked and stunned we're from Yorkshire, like we should be down the pit earning a crust to buy flat-caps and black pudding for our whippets. Strange."

That Disarm have shrugged off indifference, ignorance and all the other stuff that comes of putting yourself in the line of fire could well pay dividends. While the country's economy goes down the toilet at least rock continues to enjoy a renaissance – something not lost on Brad and the boys.

"It could be people getting sick and tired of manufactured rubbish, some kind of nostalgia, or just that people are getting much more varied tastes," he says.

"I did hear someone mention their daughter and all her friends were in to R&B.

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