ROCK MATRIX EASTER PARTY AT THE ZERO BAR! EASTER EGGCLECTIC!!
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CALLING ALL BANDS IN THE SOUTH EAST! DARBEX IS STILL OPEN!
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NIGHTWISH JOIN OPETH AND DIMMU BORGIR AS HEADLINERS AT BLOODSTOCK

It is set to be the biggest party yet! The Go Mental Easter Party at the Zero Bar sees resident DJ DJ KING STEVE, DJ SAMWISE, DJ THE KEV and DJ KEVORKIAN churn out the big tunes, requests and new stuff on two floors!!

Upstairs will be heavy shit and downstairs light stuff!

Free drink (while stocks last)

£3.00 for advanced tickets – £4.00 for those with flyers – £5.00 for everyone else.

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

RESULTS FOR SUNDAY 02 MARCH – Alternative

1ST – BRAIN ACHE

2ND – PRINCE KATOCO

3RD – CELERY GENERALS

RESULTS FOR MONDAY 03 MARCH – Metal to the Masses

1ST – KLUNK

2ND – REPUGNANT INEBRIATION

3RD – THE RODEO PLAN

RESULTS FOR TUESDAY 04 MARCH – Alternative

1ST – THE DEPTHS

2ND – RED 13

3RD – ALIQUOT

Sarah from the 103.7 TGR Sound TakeOver Show speaks to the winners of the heats at the Drayman and the Bull and Vic. Tune in to hear exclusive interviews and tracks from bands playing the Darbex Band Quest on 103.7FM and at www.tgrsound.co.uk.

So we have finally come to the first set of semi–finals starting with this Sunday.

SCARLETT OCCURANCE bring their funky basslines up against the acoustic JOE HARRISON. LIVE POLITICS return to the Drayman. DJ LIFEGUARD BUNNY keeps things all stoney and metally between bands.

Darbex Band Quest – Alternative at The Drayman in Bexleyheath every Monday. £2.00 for loyalty card holders – £3.00 for everyone else.

PLEASE NOTE: The Drayman is over 18s for Darbex Band Quest – Alternative.

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

With bands eyeing the chance to play the almighty Bloodstock festival in August the Monday installments of the Darbex Band Quest should be very exciting indeed.

Local thrash merchants SCHIZOPHRENIA hope to carry on the momentum gained by their excellent recent demo with a battle against hardcore kings AS THE RIGHTEOUS FALL and debutents DESIGNS OF CHAOS. DJ 69 keeps things metal in between bands.

Darbex Band Quest – Metal to the Masses at The Drayman in Bexleyheath every Monday. £2.00 for loyalty card holders – £3.00 for everyone else.

PLEASE NOTE: The Drayman is over 18s for Darbex Band Quest – Metal to the Masses.

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

The Darbex Band Quest comes to Dartford. The Alternative blues rock of CABARET DOLL meets the groove-ridden sounds of APOLLO WITHSTANDS. Expect a challenge though from the ever hyper JON COOPER.

Darbex Band Quest – Alternative at the Bull and Vic every Tuesday.

£2.00 for loyalty card holders – £3.00 for everyone else.

WIN £20 bar tab at Bull n Vic each Tuesday if you are Loyalty Card Holder.

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

Go Mental! at the Zero Bar this week sees resident DJ DJ KING STEVE, DJ GAMBLIN and DJ 69 churn out the big tunes, requests and new stuff!! Remember the music and drink goes on until MIDNIGHT!

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 Zero Bar? – Email us a request now!

MASSIVE EASTER PARTY APPROACHING ON THURSDAY 20TH MARCH – SEE TOP OF NEWSLETTER FOR INFORMATION!

It may be a far cry from the glory days of the Monsters of Rock festival but Download has continued to pack in 80,000 people every year since rock music returned to Donington Park back in 2003.

The line–up is far from complete but here are the bands confirmed so far:

• JUDAS PRIEST
• KISS
• MOTORHEAD
• CHILDREN OF BODOM
• IN FLAMES
• JOB FOR A COWBOY
• ALTER BRIDGE
• BLACK DAHLIA MURDER
• COHEED & CAMBRIA
• HIM
• DISTURBED
• BLEEDING THROUGH
• THROWDOWN
• JIMMY EAT WORLD
• RISE AGAINST
• THE OFFSPRING
• 36 CRAZYFISTS
• LOSTPROPHETS
• KID ROCK
• CHRIS CORNELL
• INCUBUS
• JONATHAN DAVIS
• A DAY TO REMEMBER
• THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
• ALESANA
• THE SUBWAYS

For more information on the festival visit the Download Festival website.

Bloodstock Open Air returns in 2008 and is set to be the biggest yet. Three days full of pure metal and a little bit more at Catton Hall!

The line–up is far from complete but here are the bands confirmed so far:

• NIGHTWISH
• OPETH
• EVILE
• DIMMU BORGIR
• ICED EARTH
• HELLOWEEN
• OVERKILL
• SOILWORK
• AT THE GATES
• PRIMAL FEAR
• TYR
• AS I LAY DYING
• ELUVEITIE
• COMMUNIC
• MOONSORROW
• SWALLOW THE SUN
• KATAKLYSM
• CLOUDSCAPE
• CROWNING GLORY
• MOB RULES
• SAINT DEAMON
• PRO-JEKT

For more information on the festival visit the Bloodstock website.

KLUNK
REPUGNANT INEBRIATION
THE RODEO PLAN

After the almighty clash between Zocalo and Without Remorse in last weeks semi-final it seems a little strange to find ourselves back into the normal heat stages but here we are. Three more bands battling it out for a place in the second semi-final.

First up are The Rodeo Plan. Full of energy, attitude and excitement these screamo metallers gave their all with a set of short, sharp and punchy tunes. These songs sometimes threaten to deliver a top chorus or melody but never quite get there. The frontman leaps around like he is possessed while the rest of the band never stay still which adds a little extra to their performance. (6/10)

Death metallers Repugnant Inebriation show they have been around a little while longer. Tight and mature they blast through 30 minutes of Deicide inspired metal which goes down well with the now assembled throng. Several tracks really slap the crowd into shape but they are played a different times in the set which overall, never really keeps the momentum going. Despite this the raging closing number could be used to clear mines in Afganistan, let alone decimate the crowd at Bloodstock. (6.5/10)

After the two previous bands had failed to really drive home an advantage, Klunk were in a good position to run away with it, but as with the others delivered an average set with a few highlights. The opening track failed to ignite the venue, with some not realising they had actually started. After this they slowly built a momentum which hooked more people as the set went on. The odd 'Wylde' guitar sound and a funky bass line here and there helped push some of the choruses onto another level. Not bad. (6/10)

Review by Alan

A quick update from our new Deathcore masters WHITECHAPEL:

"We are back home from the Doomsayer tour and it was fucking incredible! We had a blast and enjoyed every aspect about the tour! In other news, we are entering the studio on March 12th to record our second full length album with Backyard Studios artist Jonny Fay (ex-The Red Chord guitarist). We are very excited to work with Jonny on this record which will be released around Sumertime on Metal Blade Records. Stay tuned for more updates. Thanks."

Calling all Bands in South East! Darbex is still open! Massive £7000+ of prizes and huge exposure. Nothing to lose! read more....

With bands that have not paid their deposits and other that cannot play the dates left we have just a few places left on the Darbex Band Quest 'Elevation of Creation' competition and related activity (Scratch the surface compilation CD and Altascope Magazine).

If you are interested now.. please read over the details at this link and ask any questions through darbex@rockmatrix.co.uk, we are looking to cover from late March onwards 5 slots in Dartford and 5 more slots in bexleyheath. All we need is the form here completed and a £25 deposit (not a fee) to assure you of a place. The METAL section is closed so we are looking for Indie/Alt/Rock bands as well as acoustic acts to play in darbex between March 18 and May 7th (Heats).

The Prize fund is worth over £7000 now and we are looking to award 33 prizes for the 99 bands we are looking to take part, min prize value is £99 as it stands and the max £1000 CASH!! Prize list here.

We will launch - this week the scratch the surface CD - Your chance to have a professionally released CD with over 1000 copies bieng distributed throughout the South East and Industry from May onwards in 2008.

Further more.....We are putting out 3 magazines to maximise your chance of exposure for you band and activity, this is being worked on now!

Dont miss this once in a bands lifetime chance to utilise this promotional vehicle and get yourselves into the local and national papers and many event listings all handled by rock matrix through out this project.

What ya got to lose?

Adam

The Rock Matrix

If you want to help make this a massive success come to any of the 3 events this Sunday / Monday / Tuesday.

4 alternative bands needed – we need more bands to 'confirm' their intent to play.

We are doing this:

- 1x A Battle of the bands with a twist featuring show case events!
- 2x 20 track cds called 'scratch the surface' one heavy one light!
- 3x Magazine called Altascope, featuring all acts taking part and more!

We have now got 99 bands interested with 82 confirmed, so we are now taking on a reserve list and back up list in case any bands that have committed drop out or decide not to take part for what ever reason.

Therefore we ask 3 things of thee!

1. If you want to have a chance in taking part complete this application form
2. If you want to help make this a massive success come to any of the 3 launch events this Sunday 3rd/Monday 4th/Tuesday 5th – events are here: www.eventmatrix.co.uk/events/
3. Or just wish us well, this really could elevate bands form our local scene to something much more promising. Help by adding graphics to your site etc or reposting bulletins. Thanks for anything in advance.

We are deep in talks with festivals and promoters about getting our bands playing for them. We have £7000 of prizes already committed and 1 in 3 bands will win something.

There will be:

- 100 bands playing by the end of this comp
- 2 x 20 track cds launched to support the quest
- 3 Magazines called Altascope covering ALL local music activity
- Around 400 playing musicians and 100 professional people involved in making this work
- 45 events with over 6000 people attending
- 20,000 flyers hand to hand
- 500 posters
- 33 prizes worth over £7500
- Media, Radio, Record label support and coverage
- And a bucket loads of bloody great nights in good venues!

All further enquiries and questions will be answered only through darbex@rockmatrix.co.uk

PS. We would love to know if you are in a new band or have left a band we thought you may be in.

For FULL DETAILS see the full details blog.

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