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A new heavy metal music night is opening in Birmingham and those with a lucky golden ticket can get in free.

OBEY will be a fortnightly Friday night event at The Tunnel Club in Water Street from March 6 and organisers are promising stilt-walking stunts, fire breathing and quirky DJs to kick it off with a bang.

Promoter Tim Dunstall is hoping it will spark a renewed interest in Birmingham’s heavy metal history and replace the clubs that have closed down over the years.

“Times have been tough, lots of places have closed – come and have a party on us!” he says.

Golden tickets for the first night will be handed out on flyers but keen metal heads can also sign up for one on the OBEYBirmingham Facebook page.

Tim adds: “XLs, The Gallows, The Foundry, Edwards No. 8, The Dale End Academy, Costermongers, Eddies Gough Street and now Subside have all closed venues in one of the oldest musical communities that was created in Birmingham – metal.

“We want OBEY to be exciting and explosive and to get people talking.

“A club night should be the beating pulse of the music, and this music was invented in this city.”

Tim says it is now 45 years since Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi and Black Sabbath created heavy metal in the city.

(Image: Jim Simpson)

“But Birmingham is rarely vocal about its achievements and the city has always seemed rather bemused with its cultural black sheep,” he adds.

“Apart from a few cursory boardwalk stars there are very few landmarks or places of cultural interest related to heavy metal, yet there were 13,000 metal fans at Slipknot at the Barclaycard Arena.”

Tim is hoping his new night which runs from 10pm to 4am will soon become established in The Tunnel Club.

The venue currently hosts Eddie’s rock night on Saturdays but doesn’t fill the 750-capacity venue.

The venue has several rooms and Tim is exploring the possibility of putting gigs on, too.

“I would love to fill the place and be turning people away,” says Tim, 34.

“We want to start with a big high and come down to a consistent level, rather than starting small and never getting to a consistent level.

“That’s why we are having the golden tickets which are free instead of what will be the usual price of £5.

“The closure of Subside has left a vacuum and we hope to fill it.

“Having worked on the Olympics and lots of other live events, we know how to put on a show – there will be fire-breathing, stilt-walking ladies and DJs who don’t just play the same old songs.”

OBEY returns to The Tunnel Club, Water Street, Birmingham from 10pm-4am on Friday, March 6, 2015.