DARK DESIRES is now monthly - next one is this Thursday!
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Metal Mondays is looking red hot this Monday!
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Mad Dog and Apollo Withstands invade Dartford this Tuesday!
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The Noisegate at The Drayman on Thursday - Is rock and metal back downstairs??

LIVE POLITICS return to deliver yet another set of quality commercial hard rock. BOHEMIA, PRINCE KATOCO and PHIL LETLEY support.

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Hevvy Sundays at OHM every Sunday.

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Anyone who was at the first Metal Monday since its return last week will testify to how good it was. Well this week looks set to be just as good!

Are you a fan of the Gallows or Everytime I Die? If yes then BEARTRAP will be just up your street! To add to that we have the almighty SILAS. They may have been away for a long time but if their warm up gigs over the last month or so are anything to go by you had better get down to see them. Hardcore mob PANDORA support along with the fastest guitarist in the West ROY STONE. DJ 69 spins some of the best metal from 2008 from the likes of Satyricon, Enslaved, Slipknot and Denounce.

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Metal Mondays at The Drayman in Bexleyheath every Monday.

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A new year and a new venue! Yes, on Tuesdays we are now at the Darenth Suite, Acacia Hall.

A great night out with live bands playing on the night, along with raffles, karaoke, food deals, comedy acts, Wii competitions, pool competitions, crowd/band bingo, and lots more for everybody to enjoy!

To really kick this venue into touch we have some heavy hitters this week in the form of MAD DOG and APOLLO WITHSTANDS. BLACK MARKET KARMA and the always excellent GARY STAR GUTTER support.

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Dartford Live at the Darenth Suite, Acacia Hall every Tuesday.

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The Noisegate at the The Drayman in Bexleyheath every Thursday.

ROOM 1 (main floor) – Rock and Metal returns to the main floor at The Noisegate. Yes, you read correctly. Over the past few months there has been more and more rock and metal on the main floor, so expect a bigger mix of all things alternative.

ROOM 2 (upstairs) – This week it is the now monthly DARK DESIRES!

2 Pool Tables

Projection Screens, Lighting, Effects!

7pm-Midnight - The whole night (Lower Floor) and upstairs (8pm-11.30pm) when open

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!

Over 18's ID Essential

No entry after 11pm

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

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Dark Desires is now monthly upstairs at The Noisegate at the Drayman on the 3rd Thursday of each month.

DJ 69 and DJ CYBERTRASH + guest DJ LOSTBOYROY will play gothic, industrial, EBM, goth metal, 80s and dark alternative music as part of the UNTIL I BLEED E.P release party.

Until I Bleed were formed in August 2006. Featuring Kie the founder member of The Voice and Ciaran the first drummer of The Voice, they play Gothic Metal, based on Hammer Horror and the poetry of Byron.

Have a listen to some tracks on the Until I Bleed myspace page.

Some bands that you may hear on the night:
Sisters of Mercy, Until I Bleed, 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, Killing Joke, Adam Ant, Luntara and much much more!

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Local death metallers RITUAL ABUSE play the Purple Turtle in Camden on Saturday 17th January.

Things are gonna get brutal!

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:

• AMON AMARTH
• SATYRICON
• SAXON
• KATATONIA
• TURISAS
• THE HAUNTED
• CANDLEMASS
• WINTERSUN
• SABATON
• DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER

For more information on the festival visit the Bloodstock website.

Local metal masters SILAS have a new EP out. It's self titled, has 3 songs 'In The Grind' 'Rollin On' and 'Angles Lie' and is available completely free from any SILAS gig or by request via email at silasmusic@hotmail.co.uk or on myspace at www.myspace.com/silasworld.

DRUGDEALER CHEERLEADER needs:

- Bass player

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

CONQUEST need:

- Bass player
- Drummer

Contact this band here: leslie.clayden@ntlworld.com or admin@roystone.com or ring Les Clayden on 07832 235715.

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.

Following on from fine efforts by fellow Gravesenders Denounce and Silent Descent, Cursed As Angels release a quality debut album.

Over the past 2 years Cursed As Angels have built up a strong local following thanks to their impressive live shows and collection of songs. An award from TotalRock radio in 2007 was followed by one of their most impressive performances at the Bloodstock festival this summer gone. This all led nicely to the release of 'The Hanging Tree'.

Crushing openers 'And so it has been...' and 'War' cram everything you like about Cursed As Angels into two songs. Chugging riffs are backked up with highly melodic choruses thanks to the distintive vocal of Omen Jinx. There is no let up as 'Scream all you want' blares out from the speakers, threatning to encite a mosh pit wherever you may be listening to it. The song is driven by an almost mechanical drumming style. The title track and 'Stand alone' have melody spilling out from them before you are met with the dual female/Omen vocal attack on 'The puzzle box'. 'Rise up' sounds like an old friend having heard it so many times over the past few years. Next up is 'Bleeding hearts' which was featured on the Scratch The Surface metal compilation ealier this year. On penaltimate track 'Only a fool breaks the two second rule' we see more aggression as seen at the start of the album, while 'Soul searchers' is well placed as the album closer.

What is most impressive about this album is that it gets better after every listen. The whole album is laced with some quality guitar work which at times sounds similar to icon-era Paradise Lost, while Omen Jinx puts on an excellent vocal display throughout.

Cursed As Angels have successfully put all of the good bits of their last 2 years onto this disc and made an album which can stand proud alongside the excellent releases from both Denounce and Silent Descent.

Watch out world, the Gravesend 3 are coming!

8/10

Review by Alan

CANNIBAL CORPSE have posted a videoclip online where they talk about their instruments and how they started their career.

In another short videoclip you see bits and pieces of the recording process.

CANNIBAL CORPSEs new album 'Evisceration Plague' will be released January, 30th (D/A/CH/I), February, 2nd (rest of Europe) 2009 via Metal Blade Records.

'Evisceration Plague' will be available as ltd. edition Digipak incl. bonustrack and bonus DVD, jewelcase CD and ltd. splatter vinyl!

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