Rock and Metal NIGHT CLUB - ELUSIVE!
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Massive Metal All-Dayer at the Red Lion on Saturday!
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Drayman hosts spectacular Alt all-dayer!
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The Noisegate/Dark Desires back at the Drayman next Thursday!

ASHFORD AWAKENS FROM HELLS BELLY! The first ever club night running from 8pm to AT LEAST 1am at Ashfords hottest club ELUSIVE. NOTHING but the best hard and heavy and darkest music beating its way through the body of the town centre. GET READY FOR ELUSIVE ROCK NIGHT.

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The Elusive Club Night at Elusive Night Club in Ashford.

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The journey from Gravesend to Bloodstock continues!

A special day for a special time. Two heats are combined as six bands battle for a place in the semi-finals. Plenty of other bands playing as well!

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 Saturday at the Red Lion.

£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 Saturday? – Email us a request now!

A special day for a special time. Two heats are combined as six bands battle for a place in the semi-finals.

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

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Band Quest 2009 - Alternative Monday at the The Drayman.

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

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The alternative side of Band Quest 2009 continues tonight in Dartford.

One of the best bands in Kent enter the fray tonight in the form of mature alternative punkers ONE DAY ELLIOTT. ABOUT YOUR BEAR and MARCHING POWDER are their opposition.

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Band Quest 2009 - Alternative Tuesdays at the Darenth Suite, Acacia Hall every Tuesday.

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

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The Noisegate at the The Drayman in Bexleyheath every Thursday.

ROOM 1 (main floor) – Rock, Metal, Goth returns to the main floor at The Noisegate - expect a bigger mix of all things alternative.

ROOM 2 (upstairs) – Indie, indie disco etc.

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 entry after 11pm

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

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On the main floor (or possibly upstairs) at the Drayman as part of The Noisegate is Dark Desires.

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

DJs 69 and Cybertrash 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 Rock Matrix Gold Card Holders and just £1 for everyone else.

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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
• 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

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

For more information on the festival visit the Bloodstock website.

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LATEST BAND QUEST RESULTS BELOW:

SUNDAY 05 APRIL - Band Quest - Heat 7 - Alt

1ST - STAND ALONE

2ND - SKULLS 158

3RD - GREEN PHOENIX

MONDAY 06 APRIL - Band Quest - Heat 8 - Metal

1ST - INTO EXILE

2ND - ECHOES FALL

3RD - P.O.S. 51

TUESDAY 07 APRIL - Band Quest - Heat 8 - Alt

1ST - MARCHING POWDER

2ND - ONE DAY ELLIOTT

3RD - ABOUT YOUR BEAR

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

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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

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.

RELEASING A SINGLE

Step Five – Who should you send your CD to?

1) Radio stations – local and national. One to each different show that you think you have a chance to appear on. It’s a good idea to only send a CD to a show that you think would play your music – for example, if you’re in a thrash metal band; don’t send your CD to Trevor Nelson. It’s a waste of time. Do some research too – if you can find out the producer’s name, put that person’s name on the envelope instead of the DJ. It’s a good idea to make a list, and then simply send your CD to everyone on that list. If you end up getting radio airplay, try and keep a record of who has played you, as it will help you with future releases.

2) Press – internet, local and national. Look on the internet sites of all the broadsheet newspapers (The Guardian etc) and all dedicated music magazines that you know of. Again, get up to date names and addresses… research is everything. As with the radio stations, don’t send your CD to a specialist music magazine – Kerrang are unlikely to care too much about a new grime MC, for example.

3) Record companies and publishers. You can get lists in all kinds of Unsigned Guide books that are now available – get up to date contacts, and send them CDs. They will take more of an interest in a band that is clearly prepared to go that extra mile and sell their own music, and they are much more likely to take notice if you’re already starting to get radio airplay etc.

Please note that you should try and get to this stage (i.e having gigs sorted and having sent copies of the single to everyone) at least 10 weeks before the release date. Do not rush it and send the week before, or even a month before – the radio producers/press writers will not see it in time for the release date. Bear in mind how many CDs Zane Lowe, for example, receives a day – it will probably take at least 3 weeks to get on to the right desk. Weekly newspapers will be prepared well in advance too, so don’t miss the boat.

Sixth part to follow next week.

Please take some time to check out the following websites:

BBC Kent Introducing Website

BBC Kent Introducing Myspace page

BBC Kent Introducing Facebook event

BBC Kent Introducing Newsletter signup

1st) Into Exile
2nd) Echoes Fall
3rd) P.O.S. 51

With a local 'supergroup' waiting to play this night was always going to have a threatning edge to it, but it was up to P.O.S. 51 (5.5/10) to begin proceedings. In the past their slight industrial edged nu-metal has failed to hit the target and tonight was no exception. Small chunks of the songs showed promise with some interesting guitar parts and enthusiastic drumming, but with bass lines all the over the place the songs struggled to remain cohesive. Frontwoman Annika Burgess' voice is probably the best instrument in the band but is somewhat held back by a nervousness which could be wiped clear after a consistant run of live performances. One of P.O.S. 51s best performances was at the Phoenix in Dartford several years ago which came at time when they were gigging more regularly.

Having only formed at the arse end of 2008, nobody would have expected Into Exile (8.5) to sound this good so quickly. With ex members of local heavyweights Bileduct and Without Remorse in the band it was always going to be brutal. The set they delivered to a packed out house was as unrelenting and fierce as anything else the Drayman has seen this year. The impressively powerful vocals were barked over sledgehammer riffs which in turn were underpinned by Napalm hot drumming. Myspace track 'Gorefields' already looks to be a local hit and like tonight, expect it to incite many more moshpits. The band already sound 'big' enough to appear at Bloodstock despite at times, this performance looking like it was their first together (which it was). The influences contained within their music vary but the most noteable would be that of fellow local metallers Denounce with a touch of The Inbreds which is no bad thing. Into Exile have blasted their way into contention with their debut gig. What can they achieve with their next two?

In a way Echoes Fall (8) can be considered unlucky because their performance tonight would have been good enough to win several of the earlier heats at the same venue. Their brand of deathcore was excellently delivered by a band who look to have plenty of live performances behind them. Some of the deathly riffs were sharp enough to knock the crowd back into mosh mode and singer Jamie Bennett's constant movement was the focal point for the entire 30 minutes. With or without this competition Echoes Fall will continue to impress and at the very least they made a new set of fans tonight.

Review by Alan Hicks

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