Massive 20 band CD launch this Sunday at Red Lion!
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Go to Bloodstock for £95!
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German legends Sodom for Bloodstock!
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Don't watch TV, watch TVFORDOGS in Dartford!

A whole day of music to celebrate the Unified Sounds CD launch!

Metal Band Quest bands SILAS, SHATTERED ALLIANCE, VENXIA and ROY STONE are joined by MDMA, SILENCE BROKEN, JEREMY AYRE, APOLLO WITHSTANDS, THE BIMMYS, SHADOW ASPECT, SUNRISE FALLING, SEVEN7, THEIR NAME ESCAPES ME, PHIL LETLEY, REASONABLE DOUBT, THE HOPELESS SONS, SKULLS 158, THE CONSPIRACY THEORY, LIFE UNDER SURVEILLANCE, hardcore heroes CIRCLE OF RAGE with more to be confirmed.

Unified Sounds CD Launch at the Red Lion in Gravesend.

£3.00 for Loyalty Card Holders, £4.00 for those with flyers, £5.00 for everyone else.

Dartford Live continues to bring you the best in local alternative music every Tuesday!

This week TVFORDOGS, CARTEL, THE BIMMYS, DUNCAN TAYLOR and LIVIA get Tuesday night going.

Dartford Live at the Bull and Vic every Tuesday.

£1.00 for Loyalty Card Holders, £2.00 for those with flyers, £2.50 for everyone else.

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

DJ 69 will be spinning an EBM/Alt dance set at the weekly Wasted Sundays event.

From twisted imaginations comes Waysted Sundays, a night set to bring the best in PsyTrance, Acid Techno and Hard House to Sunday Nights for those of us who don't think that the weekend stops after the clubs shut on Saturday Night.

From 7pm expect the unexpected as we take you on a journey where even we don't know where we're going, and keep those post weekend blues a little further away...

Wasted Sundays at the The Hobgoblin (Devonshire Arms) every Sunday.

Free entry for everyone.

Bloodstock Open Air returns in 2009 and is set to be bigger than last year! Three days full of pure metal and a little bit more at Catton Hall!

Weekend tickets are available from Unified Sounds/Rock Matrix for as little as £95.00. Just email contact@rockmatrix.co.uk for details.

Here are some of the monster bands confirmed so far:

• CARCASS
• ARCH ENEMY
• CRADLE OF FILTH
• SNAKEBITE
• BLIND GUARDIAN
• EUROPE
• AMON AMARTH
• SATYRICON
• ENTOMBED
• ANATHEMA
• WOLF
• SANCTORUM
• SAXON
• KATATONIA
• TURISAS
• MUNICIPAL WASTE
• ENSLAVED
• KREATOR
• THE HAUNTED
• CANDLEMASS
• MOONSPELL
• BATTLELORE
• GIRLSCHOOL
• SABATON
• SODOM
• DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER
• EQUILIBRIUM
• MILLION DOLLAR RELOAD
• BEHOLDER
• THE GREEN RIVER PROJECT
• VALLENBROSA
• INSOMNIUM
• THE ROTTED
• ARTHEMIS

Click the link below to view the full line-up:

For more information on the festival visit the www.bloodstock.uk.com/bands-line-up.php.

NOISEPILOTS needs:

- Drummer

Looking for an extremely talented drummer who is 20+, own gear and transport. London based or willing to travel to London, live and studio experience, dedication and influences from Grohl, Bonham, Serafin, Mew, Radiohead, Raconteurs, Tool, Haunts and Baddies.

Contact the band here: noisepilotsuk@gmail.com or www.myspace.com/noisepilotsuk.

ARXIS need:

- Bass player

Contact this band here: www.myspace.com/arxisuk.

MDMA need:

- Guitarist

Preferrably someone in their late teens/early twenties with an open mind as we are a diverse and energetic punk-rock/hip-hop outfit.

Contact this band here: check_this_shit@hotmail.com or www.myspace.com/mdmamusic.

PRINCE KATOCO needs:

- Drummer

Contact the band here: cmp5000@hotmail.co.uk or ring Chris on 07506 550 303 or spoek@tiscali.co.uk or ring Joe on 07738 820 290.

WAIT FOR TOMORROW needs:

- Guitar player X 2

Contact Ricky Lane here: picketfencecartel@hotmail.co.uk or www.myspace.com/waitfortomorrowuk.

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.

BAND WITH NO NAME YET needs:

- Singer

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

BAND WITH NO NAME YET needs:

- Singer

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

BAND WITH NO NAME YET needs:

- Song writing guitarist

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

One of the downsides of the metalcore genre for some unimaginative bands is that sometimes the unrelenting screaming vocals can stifle the songs, unless they contain enough twists, turns and anything else that help with differentiation. This is exactly what The Devil Wears Prada do on their latest release 'With Roots Above and Branches Below'.

At a little over 40 minutes long this album gives the listener an audio collection of breakdowns, screamo and melodic vocals, beautifully orchestrated soundscapes and most importantly some good songs. Underoath are an influence on the heavier tracks while emo rears its head during the more melodic parts of the album.

Opener 'Sassafras' is an audio version of being hit around the head with a cricket bat, with a melodic outro saving it from becoming a mess. A post-rock layering of guitars throughout the album gives tracks such as 'I hate buffering' a mature and at times spine tingling quality, at odds with the more youthful melody provided by the vocals.

All the influences come together for the momentus trio of 'Assistant to the regional manager', 'Dez Moines' and 'Big wiggly style' which push the quality up another level.

The material from this album will help rip up stages on the Warped Tour this summer, and a lot more after that.

7.5/10

Review by Alan Hicks

Last Monday the new album 'Ruination' by JOB FOR A COWBOY saw the light of day! The band has just uploaded another new song of 'Ruination' - Have a look on www.myspace.com/jobforacowboy to check out 'Regurgigated Disinformation'!

Tracklisting for 'Ruination':

1. Unfurling A Darkened Gospel
2. Summon The Hounds
3. Constitutional Masturbation
4. Regurgitated Disinformation
5. March To Global Enslavement
6. Butchering The Enlightened
7. Lords Of Chaos
8. Psychological Immorality
9. To Detonate And Exterminate
10. Ruination

'Ruination' was released the 6th of July 2009 in the UK via Metal Blade Records.

www.jfacmetal.com

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