Back to the BULL N VIC!
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Full day of bands including metal semi final!
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Back to 2 floors every week - special nights upstairs!
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Charity Fundraiser All Day Event

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LATEST BAND QUEST RESULTS

Results for all the heats and semi finals can be found at www.unifiedsounds.co.uk/results.html.

Thanks from the Team at http://www.unifiedsounds.co.uk

Sponsors:

DINGO JACKS MUSIC STORE | ELEPHANT MUSIC | ROADRUNNER RECORDS UK | MEDIA SOURCING | WHATEVERNEXT RECORDS

Partners:

BLOODSTOCK-METAL TO THE MASSES | ORE NET SERVICES | JIGGA JAM STUDIOS | BANANA ROAD STUDIOS | DEMELZA | HELLFIRE FESTIVAL

Support from:

BEXLEY COUNCIL | DARTFORD COUNCIL | HOLLOWEBDESIGN

The alternative side of Band Quest 2009 continues tonight in Dartford with a return to one of the best venues in north Kent.

A whole day of bands including THE COLORADO and HOOF battling it out in a Band Quest semi final.

Win a Reading Ticket as guests of this events in a Super Draw! Ask at the event for details.

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Back to the Bull n Vic All-dayer at Bull and Vic.

£2.00 for Gold loyalty card holders, £2.50 for those with flyers, £3.00 for everyone else.

What track would you really like to hear played by the DJs at Band Quest 2009 - Back to the Bull n Vic All-dayer? – Email us a request now!

Band Quest 2009 will be bringing the METAL TO THE MASSES to you every Monday in Bexleyheath as bands battle it out for a place at Bloodstock!

A whole day of bands including the semi final between SILENT DESCENT, AFFLUENZA and INTO EXILE.

Win a Bloodstock Ticket as guests of this event in a Super Draw! Ask at the event for details.

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Band Quest 2009 - Metallday All-dayer at The Drayman in Bexleyheath.

£2.00 for Gold loyalty card holders, £2.50 for those with flyers, £3.00 for everyone else.

What track would you really like to hear played by the DJs at Band Quest 2009 - Metallday All-dayer? – Email us a request now!

No Band Quest at this venue this week but we have MARY DINEEN, CASINOS! and STANDING ON GIANTS to entertain your music loving souls!

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Dartford Live at the Darenth Suite, Acacia Hall.

£2.00 for Gold loyalty card holders, £2.50 for those with flyers, £3.00 for everyone else.

What track would you really like to hear played by the DJs at Dartford Live? – Email us a request now!

The Noisegate at the The Drayman in Bexleyheath every Thursday.

ROOM 1 (main floor) – Rock, Metal, Goth, Alt, Punk on the main floor at The Noisegate.

ROOM 2 (upstairs) – Revolving nights depending on night:
- 1st Thursday of month - TBC
- 2nd Thursday of month - The Rush Hour (Indie/Alternative)
- 3rd Thursday of month - Dark Desires (Goth/Industrial/EBM)
- 4th Thursday of month - The Rush Hour (Indie/Alternative)

2 Pool Tables

Projection Screens, Lighting, Effects!

7pm-11.30pm

BBQ and Patio (on the warm nights) or stating subject to weather

Drinks Promo's inc, Buy on get ONE FREE on bottles of wine, Vodka and Red Bull Mix £3, Fosters, Becks, Stella, Strongbow and selected house Spirits with Mixer £2.50, and '2 for 1 cocktails £5/£6 + More!

Staffed Door!

Special Promotional Feature Nights, with free stuff and Brand New Music!

ID Essential FOR EVERYONE! PASSPORT OR DRIVING LICENCE IS THE BEST! NO ID NO ENTRY!

No entry after 11pm

FREE entry for Gold loyalty card holders - £1.00 for everyone else.

What track would you really like to hear played by the DJs at The Noisegate? – Email us a request now!

The journey from Gravesend to Bloodstock continues!

CALLOUS looked highly professional in their first heat and are now up against SEVEN and SHADOW ASPECT for a place in the grand final. There are also bands downstairs this week.

Win a Bloodstock Ticket as guests of this event in a Super Draw! Ask at the event for details.

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Band Quest 2009 - Metal Fridays at the Red Lion every Friday.

£2.00 for Gold loyalty card holders, £2.50 for those with flyers, £3.00 for everyone else.

What track would you really like to hear played by the DJs at Band Quest 2009 - Metal Fridays? – Email us a request now!

A day full of live bands and great music all in aid of an amazing cause...

Charity Fundraiser All Day Event at the Red Lion.

£2.50 for those with flyers, £3.00 for everyone else.

This month we have a very special Dark Desires as DJ Angel will be the very special guest!

DJ Angel has been a top DJ in London for many years now. As well as creating and DJing at Inferno at the Electric Ballroom he has also had regular slots at Club AntiChrist, Sound Circus as well as appearances at The Coven + more. This is on top of all the non-goth nights he has ran or DJ-d at (usually both). So be an Angel and come to Dark Desires.

A night of goth, industrial, EBM, gothic metal, 80s and dark alternative.

DJs 69 and Cybertrash + guests playing the likes of Sisters of Mercy, VNV Nation, Paradise Lost, The Mission, Combichrist, The Birthday Massacre, Type O Negative, BlutEngel, Marilyn Manson, NFD, Colony 5, Ministry, The Ghost of Lemora, 69 Eyes, Nine Inch Nails, Fields of Nephilim, Lacuna Coil, Joy Division, The Cult, KMFDM, Dope Stars Inc, Siouxse, Lacimus Profundere, The Cure, Deathstars, Evanescence, Covenant, Specimen, Poisonblack, Star Industry, Adam Ant, Billy The Rebel, Killing Joke and much much more!

Entry on the night is FREE for Gold loyalty card holders and just £1 for everyone else - This gets you into both floors.

What track would you really like to hear played by the DJs at Dark Desires? – Email us a request now!

The best rock pub in London always has something special happening at the weekend. Here is what May has got in store for anyone who wishes to venture to London.

The Intrepid Fox's Calendar for May:

1 May 2009 21:00
TORTURE CHAMBER! CLASSIC HEAVY METAL - SPECIAL ALBUM LAUNCH PARTY- AEON ZEN @ UPSTAIRS BAR

2 May 2009 21:00
DIRTY BOMB! PURE GLAM ROCK!!!! DJ’S JOHNNY AND SKY (KING LIZARD) @ UPSTAIRS BAR

8 May 2009 21:00
DJ LOLA ’S BIRTHDAY! AND HER NIGHT WITH DANYSERRANO METAL DEMENTIA!!!! @ UPSTAIRS BAR

9 May 2009 21:00
DJ MAXX AND RICH JONES - ’3RD GENERATION NATION’ OLD SCHOOL PUNK

15 May 2009 21:00
DJ’S DEVILMAN & LUCYFUR - ’DENIM & LEATHER’ - ROCK!!!!

16 May 2009 21:00
DJ’S NINA AND ADAM LIGHTSPEED - ’HELL YEAH!’ - GLAM ROCK AND H

22 May 2009 21:00
DJ’S NINA AND KRISTOPHER C. - ROCK ROCK ROCK

23 May 2009 21:00
DJ ADAM LIGHTSPEED - ROCK N ROLL/PUNK/HARD ROCK

28 May 2009 20:00
’ASYLUM’ - ROCK/GOTHIC/METAL - DJ BILLIE

29 May 2009 21:00
’ALCOHOLIN’ ASS’ DJ’S LOLA AND GUEST STONER ROCK/METAL

30 May 2009 21:00
DJ SHELDON - ROCK AND METAL MIX

Bloodstock Open Air returns in 2009 and is set to increase in size for the 5th year running. Three days full of pure metal and a little bit more at Catton Hall!

Weekend tickets are available and can be ordered from the Bloodstock website - Order Bloodstock Open Air tickets.

Here are the bands confirmed so far:

• CARCASS
• ARCH ENEMY
• CRADLE OF FILTH
• BLIND GUARDIAN
• EUROPE
• FEAR FACTORY
• AMON AMARTH
• SATYRICON
• SAXON
• GWAR
• KATATONIA
• TURISAS
• MUNICIPAL WASTE
• ENSLAVED
• KREATOR
• THE HAUNTED
• CANDLEMASS
• MOONSPELL
• BATTLELORE
• GIRLSCHOOL
• SABATON
• DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER
• EQUILIBRIUM
• MILLION DOLLAR RELOAD
• BEHOLDER
• PYTHIA

Click the Link Below to view our VIP Packages Now!

www.bloodstock.uk.com/vip-camping.html

For more information on the festival visit the Bloodstock website.

FUSED needs:

- Bassist

Contact the band here: fusedmusic@hotmail.co.uk.

Bassist available - Contact Jamison Nesbitt here: jtn70@btinternet.com or www.myspace.com/jamoid70.

NEONFLY needs:

- Drummer

Contact the band here: neonfly@hotmail.co.uk or www.myspace.com/neonflyband.

BAND WITH NO NAME YET needs:

- Singer

Contact the band here: John Riddle jr224a@yahoo.com.

DRUGDEALER CHEERLEADER needs:

- Bass player

Contact the band here: info@drugdealercheerleader.com or www.myspace.com/drugdealercheerleader.

BAND WITH NO NAME YET needs:

- Singer

Contact the band here: Nel on 07798640786 or nelcooper@hotmail.com or Joe on 07752519676.

CONQUEST need:

- Bass player

Contact this band here: leslie.clayden@ntlworld.com or ring 07832 235715.

BAND WITH NO NAME YET needs:

- Song writing guitarist

Contact the band here: www.myspace.com/ajddk.

UNTIL I BLEED need:

- Guitarist (with some lead ability)
- Bassist
- Drummer
- Female vocalist

Contact this band here: tombwibble@yahoo.co.uk

ROY STONE needs:

- All musicians

Contact Roy Stone here: admin@roystone.com or www.myspace.com/roystonelink.

1st) Snakebite
2nd) Falling Empire
3rd) Violation Complex

Another week and another semi final in the Bexleyheath metal category of Band Quest, with 3 bands battling for a place at Bloodstock!

When three of your local big hitters meet each other in a semi final it is always going to be a night of great music. Technical death metallers Violation Complex (7.5/10) started things off in their usual way. Twisted riffs guided the songs while the three pronged vocal attack ensured everyones interest was maintained in the early stages. They finished their set with arguably the best song of the night, although some may feel that Violation Complex should have more to offer in the next year or so. All their material hints at more progressive, thrashy or simply heavier influences and if these can be pushed to the forefront they could possibly have a bigger arsenal of material ready for next years competition.

A band that has done a good job of maintaining its momentum the past year is Falling Empire (7). The way in which they overturned former finalists Zocalo in their first heat was nothing short of bone crunching. Tonight though their in-your-face metalcore attack lacked that usual edge that everyone had expected. Out of the three bands on the night Falling Empire struggled the most with the muffled sound with the softer vocal moments failing to deliver the melody which would have lifted the tracks to another level. Despite this they still managed to get the crowd whipped into a frenzy, even causing security to investigate what all the shoving and frantic head movement was all about. With this set of songs that hit you like sharp hammer blows to the face Falling Empire will be back before we know it.

You would have to be deaf or extremely lacking in musical knowledge to not have realised by now that Snakebite (8) worship at the alter of Pantera. Of course, they are just one of thousands of bands up and down the country and the world who do the same but Snakebite probably do it a lot better than most. Tonight they are a league above the proceeding two bands. The rhythem section make it all sound so easy while the guitar players hair and beard are the only things closer to Dimebag than some of his excellent meaty southern riffs. The vocals hit the target on all the songs, which themselves are delivered with confidence by a band who know how to entertain the crowd, fill the stage and play a damn good set at the same time. The other finalists have been warned - Snakebite are poisonous!

Review by Alan Hicks

AS I LAY DYING's first-ever DVD, "This Is Who We Are", sold 4,200 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 2 on the Top Music Videos chart. It also debuted at No. 3 in Canada, where the DVD has already shipped platinum.

Commented AS I LAY DYING frontman Tim Lambesis: "I'm completely honored to have our DVD reach so many people in only its first week out. Needless to say, it's a great achievement for our band, but it also goes to show that metal music has been opening new doors. Regardless of what mainstream media pushes, there are enough diehard fans out there to make something like this happen."

With "This Is Who We Are", AS I LAY DYING steps into new territory by releasing its first-ever DVD consisting of three discs produced and directed by Denise Korycki (CANNIBAL CORPSE's "Centuries of Torment"DVD) that provide viewers with live performances and a complete AS I LAY DYING audio/visual history.

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