MASSIVE DARBEX WEEK - 2 ALTERNATIVE SEMI FINALS!
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ARXIS SLAY THE HORDE!
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TWO WEEKS OF THE NOISEGATE AND IT GETS BETTER AND BETTER!

RESULTS FOR SUNDAY 06 APRIL – Alternative

1ST – P.O.S.51

2ND – CABARET DOLL

3RD – JEREMY AYRE

RESULTS FOR MONDAY 07 APRIL – Metal to the Masses

1ST – ARXIS

2ND – THE FURIOUS HORDE

3RD – AVENGE THEE

RESULTS FOR TUESDAY 08 APRIL – Alternative

1ST – TOKYO JOE

2ND – THE DEPTHS

3RD – ELEMENTS

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.

Sponsors:

DINGO JACKS MUSIC STORE | ELEPHANT MUSIC | DOGHOUSE MUSIC | ROADRUNNER RECORDS UK | MEDIA SOURCING | VICTORY RECORDS | DEMOLITION RECORDS

Partners:

BLOODSTOCK-METAL TO THE MASSES | ORE NET SERVICES | JIGGA JAM STUDIOS

Support from:

TGR 103.7FM | NEWSSHOPPER | BEXLEY COUNCIL | KN MEGA PIX | RICHARD MORRIS PHOTOGRAPHY

Nu-nu-metallers P.O.S.51 are back for the second week in a row after winning last weeks heat. Funksters ELEPHANT HEAD and the melodic DIRTY SAM also compete. DJ LIFEGUARD BUNNY keeps things interesting 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!

Terrorizer coverdisk stars DENOUNCE bring their brand of death metal to Darbex. They are up against ex Equinox members in the form of FISTFUL OF NOTHING and modern thrashers VIALATE. DJ 69 spins the metal between the bands.

Without Remorse and Silent Descent are through to the final. Two more places are up for grabs! Follow the music, the drama and excitement at the Drayman every Monday to see who will grace the stage at the Bloodstock Open Air Festival in August.

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. Funked up rockers TOKYO JOE return after last weeks heat win and find experimentalists CODES IN THE CLOUDS and MDMA in their path.

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!

The Noisegate at the The Drayman in Bexleyheath every Thursday.

ROOM 1 – ALTA-SCOPE will concentrate on the lighter and eclectic side of the alternative music spectrum.

DJ KING STEVE

ROOM 2 – RUNNING WITH THE DEVIL will side with the heavier, sleazier, gothy and more extreme side!!

DJ 69

2 Pool Tables

Projection Screens, Lighting, Effects!

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

BBQ and Patio (on the warm nights) or stating subject to weather

Drinks Promo's inc, 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 loyalty card holders – £1.00 for everyone else.

4 years and 9 months after starting the first Rock Night at the Kings Arms, we finally get a venue to give YOU what you wanted.

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

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
• ALESTORM
• PRO-JEKT
• KELTIC JIHAD

For more information on the festival visit the Bloodstock website.

ARXIS
THE FURIOUS HORDE
AVENGE THEE

With Silent Descent winning the second of the semi finals last week it was back to the normal heats - heat 7.

Bromley five-piece Arxis were an unknown quantity to a lot of people in Bexleyheath before tonight but their lively power metal set means that is no longer the case. What was most impressive about Arxis was their songs. They were powerful, immediate and showcased the all round excellence of the musicianship within the band. Some of the in-song guitar solos were superb although the individual solos between two of the songs quickly became tiresome. At times the vocals could have been louder but overall Bexleyheath will welcome Arxis back with open arms in three weeks time. (7.5/10)

After releasing an impressive debut album and decimating crowds in places such as Essex and Rochester The Furious Horde arrived at the Drayman as the biggest challenge to Arxis. The main problem with the performance was the sound never allowed them to reach the heights of Arxis before them. The guitars were nowhere to be found until the final two songs while the keyboards dominated the overall sound. Despite this they battled their way through a set of cradle-borgir inspired black metal, keeping the crowd in head banging action from start to finish. They finished the set in style with the best song of the night. (7/10)

Avenge Thee were a strange bunch. The songs were delivered with power and some of the riffs were big and meaty enough to strip the paint from the walls. Ultimely though they just never seemed to find that spark that was needed. The vocals were at times very Alsemo-like which is in itself impressive, especially alongside the aforementioned riffs. They even had the biggest headbanging session seen in months going for the latter part of their set. Despite this, where other bands have taken their influences and modified them into their own personal sounds, Avenge Thee have yet to do so but easily have enough quality to change that. (6.5/10)

Review by Alan

British up and rising ANTERIOR are searching for a new drummer. "Ross has decided to pursue a new career and wishes to leave the band as soon as we have a replacement. So, we need a new drummer as soon as possible. We are preferably looking at someone between 18-25 based in the South Wales area and must be 1,000,000% commited with their own gear and transport. However if you are interested and think you can do the job but live elsewhere then get in touch."

Anyone interested please send your details and previous experience to: anterior@hotmail.co.uk

Cheers and Beers

Anterior:
www.myspace.com/anterior

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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