Download returns at the legendary Donington Park. See the official Download Festival website for ticket and opening time information.

The bands have now been allocated days to play. See below for details:

FRIDAY MAIN STAGE

• My Chemical Romance
• Velvet Revolver
• Wolfmother
• Dragonforce
• Megadeth
• Hinder
• Buckcherry
• Zico Chain

FRIDAY 2ND STAGE

• Korn
• Enter Shikari
• Paramore
• Porcupine Tree
• Saosin
• From Autumn to Ashes
• Turbonegro
• Ill Nino
• ANJ

FRIDAY 3RD STAGE

• Suicidal Tendencies
• Hayseed Dixie
• Yourcodenameis: Milo
• Job For a Cowboy
• The Hedrons
• Sanctity
• I Was a Cub Scout
• The Scare
• This Et Al
• Fortune Drive
• Drive By Argument

SATURDAY MAIN STAGE

• Linkin Park
• Marilyn Manson
• Slayer
• Machine Head
• Bowling For Soup
• 30 Seconds to Mars
• Aiden
• Shadows Fall
• Hell Yeah
• Turisas

SATURDAY 2ND STAGE

• Motley Crue
• Satellite Party
• Biffy Clyro
• My Vitriol
• My Dying Bride
• Gallows
• Anathema
• As I Lay Dying
• Bring Me The Horizon
• Bloodsimple
• Elliot Minor
• Cat The Dog

SATURDAY 3RD STAGE

• Head Automatica
• Necro
• The Answer
• Silverstein
• Lez Zeppelin
• Architects
• Priestess
• Panic Cell
• Beyond All Reason
• My Alamo
• Damone
• Army of Freshmen
• Malpractice

SUNDAY MAIN STAGE

• Iron Maiden
• Evanescence
• Killswitch Engage
• Stone Sour
• Lamb of God
• Mastodon
• Papa Roach
• Chimaira
• Reuben
• Parikrama

SUNDAY 2ND STAGE

• Billy Talent
• Dream Theater
• Dimmu Borgir
• Within Temptation
• Napalm Death
• Paradise Lost
• Orange Goblin
• Devildriver
• Unearth
• Cancer Bats
• After Forever
• Eyelash

SUNDAY 3RD STAGE

• Reel Big Fish
• Fastaway
• Cult of Luna
• Lauren Harris
• Fair To Midland
• Kids In Glass Houses
• Between The Trees
• Flood of Red
• Hardcore Superstar
• Lights.Action!
• In This Moment
• The Ghost of a Thousand
• Lost Alone

Metal Monday at The Woodman every Monday. £1.50 for loyalty card holders – £2.00 for everyone else.

Without Remorse bring their thunderous riffs back to Blackfen while Sister Ketamine add a little melodic nu-anthemic sound. Get there early though to witness the fastest guitar playing this side of Dragonforce in the form of Roy Stone.

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

Rock Night Live at the Bull and Vic every Tuesday. £1.50 entry for loyalty card holders – £2.00 for everyone else.

You may not have expected another top bill after last weeks Mad Dog and Reculver combination but guess what? Yes, we have another superb line–up! Anti Kid seem to have had an extra spring in their step these days so catch them now! Making their Rock Night Live debut are Billy Rebel, probably the only deathrock band there has ever been in these parts. The evening begins with Did You C' Nova.

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

DJs playing new and old indie favourites at the Rat and Parrot every week. Free entry for all.

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

Go Mental! at the Rat and Parrot every week. DJs playing the likes of Devin Townsend, My Chemical Romance, Lamb of God, Def Leppard, The 69 Eyes and lots more! Free entry for loyalty card holders – £1.00 for everyone else.

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

Black Tie Promotions present live music at Infernos in Welling every Sunday. £3.00 for Rock Matrix loyalty card holders and those with fliers – £4.00 for everyone else.

The countdown has begun. Darkness decends on Bexleyheath on Thursday the 28th June. As a one off celebration of all things dark and decadent Darkcore enters the Rat and Parrot. The dark delights include an Ann Summers fashion show, a fiendish fashion show (Gravesend goth store) and DJs playing a mix of seductively dark tunes for your consumption.

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

Surely, this years Bloodstock festival is adding up to be the best 'metal' festival of the year. Held at Catton Hall in south Derbyshire, the festival returns for its sophomore year. See the official Bloodstock Open Air 2007 website for more detailed information on opening times and ticket prices.

Rock Matrix and Kent favourites Kobrakai have already been confirmed. Here is a list of all the bands confirmed to date:

THURSDAY

• Testament
• Kiuas
• Firewind
• Head–On

FRIDAY

• Lacuna Coil
• Dark Tranquillity
• Nevermore
• Epica
• Wolf
• Exploder
• Memfis
• Korpiklaani
• Mindflow
• Terrathorn
• Speedtheory

SATURDAY

• In Flames
• Arch Enemy
• Dream Evil
• Sabbat
• Finntroll
• Kobrakai
• Benediction
• Legion of the Damned
• Beyond All Reason
• Rise To Addiction
• Sinnergod
• Trigger 9
• Nephwrack
• The Hollow Earth Theory
• Nemhain

Bloodstock is giving 4 lucky Metal heads the opportunity of a lifetime at this years Bloodstock Open Air!

We will give 4 of you lucky winners the opportunity with a friend to meet and greet bands of your choice backstage, mingle with the bands, meet the crews, have your photo taken with the bands of your choice, eat with the bands in the green room and have total VIP treatment ALL weekend! You will be personally looked after ALL weekend by one of the Bloodstock crew.

In addition to this amazing prize we will ALSO give you a goody bag full of CDs, Band Merchandise and Metal goodies EXCLUSIVE to Bloodstock!

To top all this you will be given the opportunity if you wish, to introduce one of your favourite bands onto the MAIN STAGE!!!!!!

All you have to do is buy your ticket between now and 3rd June 2007 and you will be put into a draw to win all of the above, the winner will be picked by random on the 4th June and will be notified via phone and email.

The earlier you purchase your ticket the more entries into the draw you get!

• Purchase your ticket from May 14th – 20th May and get 8 entries into the draw
• Purchase your ticket from May 21st – 27th May and get 4 entries into the draw
• Purchase your ticket from May 28th – 3rd June and get 2 entries into the draw

So what are you waiting for.... Get your Ticket Today!!

Regards

Bloodstock Team

www.bloodstock.uk.com
webmaster@bloodstock.uk.com

With Rock Matrix local event nights now seeing over 1000 people a week, Rock Matrix now feels that it has taken the event nights as far as it can on its own, but fully believes that these nights can be even bigger and better. Therefore and after years of working with Blacktie Promotions all the Rock Matrix events will be passed to Andy and Nat of BTP to be managed from 1st June. As part of the collaboration there will be a celebratory hand over week from Sunday 1st July, culminating in the 4 year ROCK NIGHT party at the Rat n Parrot on Thursday July 5th which will be free entry for all!

This collaboration is a chance to put this area on the map forever and be recognised as the best scene in the country. Rock Matrix will be working behind the scenes to forge relationships and build stronger offerings to all the bands, venues and attendees to the nights it promotes.

So... It's my pleasure to hand the running of ALL the nights including:

• Sunday at Infernos
• Metal Mondays at The Woodman
• Rock Night Live at Bull n Vic
• Go Mental Rock Night at The Rat n Parrot
• Flamin Live at Flamingo Park

Over to BTP for them to build on what we have achieved over the last 4 years.

And to everyone out there who has been part of the scene at any stage, thank you for taking it to where it is, thanks for being part of The Rock Matrix.