The Metal Column – October 2012

As we dive headlong into the month of Samhain, Between the Buried and Me return to Glasgow prior to the release of tech-death assault The Parallax II: Future Sequence, but why settle for just the record when you can witness the band's ridiculously complex playing unfold live? They're set to destroy The Garage with fellow prog-metallers Periphery and The Safety Fire (3 Oct). 

 

Soulfly are sounding heavier than ever these days. If that's your bag, make sure you're in attendance when Max Cavalera and co bring the brutality to the Classic Grand (5 Oct) with fellow groove-metallers Incite (Cavalera's stepson's band, don'tcha know?) and off-kilter punks Lody Kong.

 

Frank Carter may not be with them anymore, but make no mistake; Gallows are fiercer and more awesome than ever. Don't believe us? Take yor ass to King Tut's (9 Oct) where they'll be tearing shit up with demented hardcore bros Feed the Rhino and Brotherhood of the Lake.

 

Young Guns are bringing their stadium-ready rock to the O2 ABC (14 Oct) with pop-punkers We Are In The Crowd. It's gonna be sugary, sure, but surely you'd rather have these guys in the charts than this Chris Brown tit? If you enjoy your mainstream metal a little heavier, Trivium will be encouraging circle pits aplenty in the same house the with their metalcore compadres As I Lay Dying (O2 ABC, 16 Oct).

 

If you're up for a quality night of old school hardcore punk, do not – I repeat – do not miss Detroit legends Negative Approach at Ivory Blacks (17 Oct). In case you need more convincing, may I point out that modern thrashcore brats Punch and SSS are on the bill, alongside local fellas Heavy Hands.

 

Thrash fans, get this into yer noggins: Evile are showcasing their technically proficient take on the genre with power metal buddies Wolf at the O2 ABC (18 Oct), but if you require your bands to play their instruments at superhuman levels, don't miss Animals as Leaders at the Cathouse (25 Oct). If your face isn't completely melted by the end of that, you might want to also catch ex-Iron Maiden vocalist Blaze Bayley's band Wolfsbane the next night at the same venue (26 Oct). That'll finish you.

 

Those kids in Rolo Tomassi are fair growing up, eh? With their third album on the way you'll likely get a taste of the Sheffield spazzcore wizards' new material at King Tut's (28 Oct). Belgian hardcore outfit Oathbreaker (they're on Deathwish, a mark of quality) and fellow Brits Goodtime Boys support.

 

We'll advise you to spend Halloween the right way when the big night finally arrives by witnessing the God of rock'n'roll theatre at work when Alice Cooper touches down at Edinburgh's Usher Hall (31 Oct) for a Night of Fear with Duff McKagan's Loaded and Ugly Kid Joe in for support. Bring yer scariest costume.