Metal Up Your Ass - April, 2007

It's almost six years since Dave Williams proclaimed "ONE! Nothing wrong with me!" on Drowning Pool's big hit, Bodies. Head down and respect the irony of that statement at The Cathouse on Wednesday 11th to see the melodic metallers in tandem with Il Nino and Panic Cell.

Underground highlight of the month is without a doubt an all day orgy of toothy hardcore enchantment at Subway in Edinburgh on Saturday the 14th. With Scissors, Whores Whores Whores and Chronicles of Adam West are among the ensemble of strapping acts, with events likely to kick off in the early afternoon.

Moving things in a decidedly more Viking direction, why not heave your long-boat along to The Catty on Tuesday 17th to salute unkempt Norse revivalists Amon Amarth and their surprisingly folksy pals Fintroll.

With their cool-o-meter plummeting at an inversely proportionate rate to their bank balances, maybe only a platoon of haircut wielding sensitive types can save Lostprophets from musical banality… watch the cavernous SECC inexplicably fill on Wednesday the 18th.

The following day it's off to ABC Glasgow for a filling of Cradle of Filth, supported by Hanzel und Gretyl and their fantastically named frontman Kaizer von Loopy. Wrapping up the cream of our metal leaning exploits for the month are the smashingly different screamo purveyors Kaddish, who will be live and destructive on Friday 20th at The Tron in Edinburgh, kick off 7.30pm.