There’s nothing synthetic about decade-long metal rockers Synthetic Breed and their upcoming third studio album.

"We've all been playing our respective instruments for so long now, it's really just a progression of where we are as musicians,” says drummer, Daniel Luttick.

“Our songwriting and our performance is a lot more mature compared to where we were ten years ago.”

It's a milestone for the band, signposted by the return of original band members Vincent Zylstra and Jonas Bahlo, as well as longtime vocalist Callan Hughes.

'Xenogenius', the band's most recent single, foreshadows the more mature, versatile sound Luttick describes.

"I think the fans appreciate that we're trying new things out musically and vocally. That we're not just churning out the same thing over and over again, which unfortunately you see so many bands doing these days.

"You'll hear and you'll know it's us even though it might sound different from our previous releases."

Despite the more polished and refined progression Synthetic Breed have taken with age, the special 'formulated chaos' that defines the band remains, with the group's lively, rhythmic energy supported by Luttick's steady, near-mechanical drum-beat.

But Luttick stresses the band is not restrained by labels and taglines.

"It's our personalities that people are seeing up on stage. We don't really sit around the table and say, 'Ok guys during this song we're going to this movement and this choreographed dance'.

"It's really just our personalities shining through as we feel the music."

This is precisely why these guys have been around for so long. What you see is what you get with Synthetic Breed.

Unfortunately, as Daniel admits, it’s still an uphill battle to win over mainstream audiences.

"It's very different than overseas, which is where we'd like to spend more time. What's really lacking in the Australian scene is the support.

"I'm not talking about the fans, there's just this general perception that if you play in a metal band then you're not really given the credit that perhaps you should be."

Synthetic Breed play The Neck Wreck Festival, Transcontinental Hotel, November 16.