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Terrifying! (Picture:Eat The Turnbuckle/Facebook)

A controversial death metal band who attack each other with baseball bats wrapped in barbed wire have reacted angrily after a show in Glasgow was pulled by promoters.

Eat The Turnbuckle attracted the ire of politicians even before their tour had travelled to Glasgow as a result of their brutal on-stage antics.

The band have been known to scrape cheese graters over their skin and smash fluorescent light tubes over each other while performing on stage.


But after a gig in Edinburgh, the band arrived at the Audio venue in Glasgow, only to be told that the gig was shelved as a result of police concerns.

The band are known for brutally attacking each other onstage (Picture: Facebook/Eat The Turnbuckle)

Speaking to the Daily Record, guitarist El-Schlak-O said: ‘We showed up. We are on tour and we came, but the city had got wind of it and some official pulled the permit and the show got pulled when we arrived.



‘I don’t know what the problem was.

‘We keep our stage antics and violence to ourselves.

‘It doesn’t disperse amongst the crowd, but apparently we are being crucified for no reason.

‘It’s a God-given right to watch something if you choose to.

‘If you don’t like it turn a blind eye.’

Tory politician John Lamont had previously urged police to cancel the gig, which was due to happen on Sunday night.

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‘Serious questions need to be asked about why this venue has booked a band which seems to condone bloody violence’, he said.

‘I would have thought that the local council and Police Scotland would be looking into this issue as a matter of urgency, before anyone is seriously injured’.

The band, who are originally from Philadelphia, are renowned for their blood-fuelled shows, but stressed that there is no real danger to the audience or themselves.

You’ve got something on your face (Picture: Facebook/Eat The Turnbuckle)

El Schlak-O added: ‘Get the stick out of your a**. We’re here to have some fun. If you don’t like it don’t watch it.

‘I don’t see what the problem is. We’re not doing anything illegal and we’re not hurting anybody other than ourselves.’

He continued: ‘It’s just a spectacle.

‘I don’t see why we’re being banned.

‘I can see a slight parallel with the Sex Pistols, but we are way crazier than they are’.