Metal Monday at The Woodman every Monday. £1.50 for loyalty card holders – £2.00 for everyone else.

Have you ever suffered abuse? If not (or even if you have) get down to Metal Monday this week to witness your worst nightmare! Ritual Abuse finally make a Metal Monday appearance! Les Clayden will open the night with guitar skills fit for a god. Also playing are Silent Descent.

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

Rock Night Live at the Bull and Vic every Tuesday. £1.50 entry for loyalty card holders – £2.00 for everyone else.

The Rudimentary Confusion show us some indie class when Dartford needs it most while the instrumental tappings of Codes In The Clouds will have you floating skywards. Gary Ptaszek opens the night.

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

DJs playing new and old indie favourites at the Rat and Parrot every week. Free entry for all.

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

Go Mental! at the Rat and Parrot every week. DJs playing the likes of Lamb of God, Enter Shikari, Nine Inch Nails, Motley Crue, The 69 Eyes and lots more! Free entry for loyalty card holders – £1.00 for everyone else.

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

King Lizard gatecrash the Canal Club in Wolverhampton on Friday as part of their Straight Back To Hell tour. If you are in the area and like your hard rock, hair metal or just fine music – go see them!!!

Black Tie Promotions present live music at Infernos in Welling every Sunday. £3.00 for Rock Matrix loyalty card holders and those with fliers – £4.00 for everyone else.

After a long wait the Helsinki vampires – The 69 Eyes will finally tour the UK. After showing what they can do live at the Islington Academy in 2005 as support to Wednesday 13 their first UK tour will end at the Barfly in Camden on Thursday 31st May. Tickets are available on the Ticketweb website now.

They also play Rock City in Nottinham on Tuesday 29 May and King Tuts in Glasgow on Wednesday 30 May.

To hear all of the tracks from their new album 'Angels' go to the official 69 Eyes myspace page.

Download returns at the legendary Donington Park. See the official Download Festival website for ticket and opening time information.

Worried about the line–up for Donington Park this year? Well don't be! Just think about a warm summers day, the legendary surroundings of Donington Park and this lot to get your teeth into – Iron Maiden, Slayer, Megadeth, Lamb of God, Machine Head, Within Temptation, Motley Crue, Velvet Revolver, Marilyn Manson, Korn, Stone Sour, Evanescence, Dragonforce, Dream Theater, Wolfmother, Unearth, Turbonegro, 30 Seconds to Mars, Shadows Fall, Killswitch Engage, Job For a Cowboy, Gallows, Enter Shikari, Dimmu Borgir, Chimaira, Devildriver, Buckcherry, Bring Me The Horizon, Bowling For Soup, Linkin Park, Bloodsimple, Turisas, Drive By Argument, I Was a Cub Scout, ANJ, Hell Yeah, Biffy Clyro, Billy Talent, Papa Roach, Mastodon, Aiden, Hinder, From Autumn to Ashes, Reuben, Reel Big Fish, Hayseed Dixie, Between The Trees, Kids In Glass Houses, Necro, Lez Zeppelin, This Et Al, Hardcore Superstar, Beyond All Reason and we can't forget My Chemical Romance can we... Phew!