Metal Up Your Ass - February, 2007
Here's where to spend your hard-earned on the pursuit of metal in February.<br/>
Some people take January out to replenish dried-up funds from Christmas' excesses, others to dry out from the New Year swally-fest. By now everyone should have finished that last bit of Lego from Santa, eaten all the selection box favourites and have a paycheck under your belts. Here's where The Skinny suggests you spend your hard-earned on the pursuit of metal in February.
4th of February at The Cathouse gives us a marathon line-up of class local bands (including Zillah and Co-Exist) with touring headliners Brutal Truth and Narcosis topping off £12 worth of deliciously extreme grind and death. Sunday the 18th brings prog-metal to the Catty in the form of To-Mera, who cite Opeth and Dream Theatre among their influences. Achren and Man of The Hour play The Cathouse on Friday the 23th, with an identical line-up of head-banging mayhem the next day at Edinburgh's Studio 24, including Conquest of Steel & Massacre on the Fjords. Barnsley heavy-metal legends Saxon hit the Glasgow Garage on Wednesday the 28th as the 80s New Wave of British Heavy Metal heroes continue their tireless touring schedule, this time in anticipation of their incredible 18th studio release, The Inner Sanctum, which will be released in March. No excuses for not getting out and sinking your teeth into one of these tasty treats this month.