MENTALLICA headline metal all-dayer in Dartford!
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New EP release from SILAS
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Heavvy Sundayz FREE this Sunday! Snakebites return!
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New Year, New Life, New Live all-dayer

And then, on Saturday the 20th of December the real party begins with a Winter Wanderland Dark Party night. The downstairs floor will see the biggest/the best/and the dancable rest of Rock/Alt/Metal History, while upstairs you'll have Cheesey Disco 70's/80's/90's! It's a Xmas themed, fancy dress (optional) party with a whole load of stuff going on to keep you entertained with competitions, prizes, give aways and much much more! Tickets are available in advance from us at any of our events!

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Entry on the night is £5 on the door, £4 with a flyer, and £3 for Rock Matrix Gold Card Holders.

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Buy an advanced ticket from us at any of our events between now and then for just £4 (or £3 if you are a GCH) which will get you into both events! Plus, you get a free drink at event 2 if you turn up to event 1.

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WARHORSE bring some progressive thrash metal to the festive season this Sunday. The ferocious SNAKEBITE support along with STORM THE GATES.

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Hevvy Sundays at OHM every Sunday.

FREE ENTRY everyone.

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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!

This week the excellent APOLLO WITHSTANDS return to Dartford. CALM DOWN ANGEL DRAWS and ELLIOT HOUSE also play.

Bull n Vic Alter-Tainment Nights at the Bull and Vic every Tuesday.

FREE ENTRY.

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Come and celebrate a belated Christmas with us and some amazing talent at the Bull and Vic in Dartford!

The almighty MENTALLICA headline this post Christmas all-dayer. Main support comes from venue crushers WITHOUT REMORSE who missed playing Bloodstock by a whisker in 2008. Progressive death metal doesn't get much better in the local area than VIOLATION COMPLEX where as metalcore act FALLING EMPIRE could be one of the highlights of the day. Groove-driven foursome ZOCALO now with ex Inbreds and Mad Dog man Rob Gamblin on drums will have everyone grooving while the Lamb of Exodus sound of SCHIZOPHRENIA is just waiting for some afternoon moshpits... The other acts confirmed are superb metal band INNER FIRE along with ARCADES and AVENGE THEE. DJ 69 spins the heavyness between bands while SMUDGER provides some comical moments!

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Entry on the day is £5 on the door, £4 with a flyer, and £3 for Rock Matrix Gold Card Holders.

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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.

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

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 - £2.00 for everyone else.

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Continue the new year with a bang at The Drayman in Bexleyheath!

Premier ska/punk scoundrels THE LOVESPUDS headline this new year all-dayer. Also playing are THOSE GIN SOAKED RAGS, MONDAY STREET, BLACK DOVE STATE, THE SOUNDCASTERS, COLT 44, THE BRASSIC, REYKJAVIK, PHIL LETLEY, JEREMY AYRE and JASON OLVEIRA.

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Entry on the day is £5 on the door, £4 with a flyer or text, and £3 for Rock Matrix Gold Card Holders.

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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 cost £85.00 (up to 15th December, after which they will increase) 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.

CONQUEST need:

- Bass player
- Drummer

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

ROY STONE needs:

- All musicians

Contact Roy Stone here: admin@roystone.com or www.myspace.com/roystonelink.

UNTIL I BLEED need:

- Guitarist (with some lead ability)
- Bassist
- Drummer
- Female vocalist

Contact this band here: tombwibble@yahoo.co.uk

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

Metal Hammer magazine have included an A1 AMON AMARTH poster featuring the incredible cover art for their latest album:
Twilight of the Thunder God.

This will be included free with issue number 187 – in shops now.

Following their success on the recent Unholy Alliance Chapter III tour, Swedish Viking-Metal heroes AMON AMARTH will headline a special, one off, METAL HAMMER sponsored bill at The Forum, London on March 9th 2009.

Joining them on the night will be Floridian Death Metal legends OBITUARY, plus guests to be announced.

This will be the first time that Amon Amarth have ever brought their full European stage production to our shores. Check out the full stage show here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgjTil7iD8s

'THIS AGE OF SILENCE' is available now on METAL BLADE.

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