Biggest ever offer from new Loyalty Cards - Save £200!
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CD Launch (Scratch The Surface) All-dayer at the Drayman
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5 years of Rock Nights - Biggest party in 5 years!
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Darkcore 2 is cumming!

Scratch The Surface Metal CD Launch at The Drayman in Bexleyheath.

12 noon to 12 midnight

Free FOOD for the first 100 paying guests from the BBQ off the 'RM Menu'

Free Shot between 12-3pm (with any full priced drink purchsed) and Drinks

Promo's throughout

BBQ ALL DAY/NIGHT - *New Menu*

Giveaways on the day

Special launch day Price CD £2.50 on the day - £2 for LCH - 20 Tracks!

-----Rock Matrix Pool Competition-----

It will be £1 per game and £1 to enter each game for charity, plus £5 entry fee per person, (winner takes all the entry fees)
Free drink to each winner of best of 3

Format - as many entrants as we think we can fit in, will play against another player and the winners of those matches get put into a knockout round later in the day.

Looking for about 32 players in total (£150) £100 Top Prize, £40 runner-up and £20 play off.

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Over 18's ID essential R.O.A.R.

£5.00 on the door, £4.00 with flyer/Adv, £3.00 for LCH Gold Card and Darbex players.

Closest train station - Bexleyheath - 1/2 km away

What track would you really like to hear played by the DJs at the Scratch The Surface Metal CD Launch? – Email us a request now!

The battle to play Bloodstock is STILL very close! You could make THE difference!

Potential voters need to join the Bloodstock forum and place 'ONE' vote for their chosen act.

The link you need to join is here:

www.bloodstock.uk.com/community/index.php

The link to vote for the Bands of Kent is here - this takes you to our page:

www.bloodstock.uk.com/community/viewtopic.php

The band with the most votes wins!

WARNING: If you sign up more than once to vote for your choice of band you damage the chances of them playing the festival!

If you are not sure which band you are going to vote for have a listen on their respective myspace pages:

A. DENOUNCE
www.myspace.com/denounce

B. SILENT DESCENT
www.myspace.com/silentdescent1

C. WITHOUT REMORSE
www.myspace.com/withoutremorse1

D. ZOCALO
www.myspace.com/zocalotheband

GOOD LUCK!

Rock Matrix are doing a coach to Bloodstock

Ticket + Coach for £110 or £99 for LCH holders

£35 for coach only, £30 for LCH.

The Rock Matrix

WODEN return to pillage your musical thoughts while AS THE RIGHTOUS FALL bring their brand of metalcore. AVENGE THEE open the night. DJ GAMBLIN blasts out the grooves between bands.

Metal Mondays at The Drayman in Bexleyheath every Monday. £2.00 for loyalty card holders and Metal Monday band members – £2.50 for everyone else.

PLEASE NOTE: The Drayman is over 18s for Metal Mondays.

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

Bull n Vic Live delivers a very diverse bill for you this week with REASONS TO BE FEARFUL, MUDDY FUNSTERS and BLACK DOVE STATE all giving you something very different. Don't miss it!

Bull n Vic Live at the Bull and Vic every Tuesday.

£2.00 for loyalty card holders and those with flyers – £2.50 for everyone else.

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

OK peeps, you guys all have loyalty cards that expire at the end of next month (aww...) We're gonna be launching a new card in just under a week (yay!), and it's gonna be the best card ever! GOOD TIMES!

There are going to be TWO cards to choose from during July. They are:

- The Gold Card
- The Silver Card

Joining the Gold card will mean you get this:

At least £200 off Rock Matrix events:

- Metal Mondays
- Live at the Bull and Vic
- The Noisegate
- Ten special events

FREE STUFF!!! A goody bag on the night with?

- Scratch The Surface CD worth £4
- Napalm Death DVD with 140 minutes of footage.
- Four stickers
- A coaster
- A Dingo Jacks plectrum
- Free CD - choose from our promo list!
- FREE STUFF VOUCHERS!!
- Free entry to a Rock Matrix weeknight event (excluding special events)
- Free drink worth up to £3 at the Drayman, Bexleyheath.
- Free drink worth up to £3 at the Bull and Vic, Dartford.
- Free drink worth up to £3 at the Red Lion, Northfleet
- Free gift from the Rock Matrix stall.

Special offers from Rock Matrix, including

- 25% off your next purchase at the Rock Matrix
- CD and T-shirt for £20
- 3 for 2 on CDs
- 5 patches for £10

Special offers from other companies who support us?

- Cheaper tickets to BLOODSTOCK! Coach travel there and back and entry ticket for £99, that's £11 off! Or you could get a ticket for only £80!
- Free game of bowling at Bexleyheath Tenpin when you buy a game.
- 10% off at Fiendish clothing in Gravesend when you show your card.
- 10% off at Dingo Jacks in Dartford when you show your card.

If you have ever had a Loyalty Card, you get £5 off the Gold or Silver card!

We are in negotiations with more local businesses than ever before to bring you guys the most deal-packed card ever! We'll have more offers on the launch night, which is on... WEDNESDAY 25TH JUNE, where we'll also be giving out the DarBex awards. The new cards will first go on sale on this date, so be the first to get your paws on a Gold card! Be the envy of all your rock buddies! Feel special! And support the Rock Matrix in giving you guys entertainment, music and cheap alcohol.

See you on the 25th...

Loyalty Card Re-Launch + Darbex Awards at The Drayman in Bexleyheath. FREE ENTRY FOR EVERYONE!

PLEASE NOTE: The Drayman is over 18s.

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)

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.

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

Yes 5 years! Some of you will remember how the little rock night at the Kings Arms from July 2003 gave Bexleyheath the biggest kick up the backside it had ever seen. This was followed by around 3 and a half years of legendary nights at the Rat and Parrot and Zero Bar before it moved to our current and possibly best location, The Drayman. Wherever the rock night has been held it has been the centrepoint of the local scene, outlasting bands, trends and virtually every other weeknight rock night in the country. Bands, relationships and even marriages have been forged on these Thursdays, not to mention being the catalyst for countless other rock nights starting (and finishing) locally. Now after 5 years we bring you the biggest rock night ever! Enjoy!

The 5 year rock night party at The Drayman in Bexleyheath.

- As part of the Party Night we'll be swapping the rooms in the Drayman
- there will be FREE FOOD for the first 100 people
- an Early Bird Drinks Special for the night plus lots more

ROOM 1 – RUNNING WITH THE DEVIL will side with the heavier, sleazier, gothy and more extreme side!!

ROOM 2 – ALTA-SCOPE will concentrate on the lighter and eclectic side of the alternative music spectrum.

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

What track would you really like to hear played by the DJs at the 5 year rock night party? – Email us a request now!

There are several Rock Matrix flavoured acts at this years Danson Festival.

The beautiful parkland of Danson Park in Bexleyheath will once again host one of the South East's largest annual, free events - The Danson Festival on July 5 and 6.

Headlining the main stage on Saturday night and bringing Las Vegas style glitz and glamour to the Festival will be Suspiciously Elvis. Even if you are not a fan of the King - this is a show not to be missed, recreating the great man at the height of his powers and guaranteed to put a smile on your face.

The Park will be divided into themed areas including a youth zone, arts zone, sports zone, community zone and an environmental zone. If you enjoy watching other people work hard, the dance stage will give you a good idea of how much practice does actually make perfect.

On the main stage, hosted once again by 103.7FM TGR Sound, local bands will get a chance to play in front of their biggest ever audience, as Festival organisers give the best of the bunch at least fifteen minutes of fame.

DIRTY SAM

APOLLO WITHSTANDS

JEREMY AYRE

CHRIS DABNER

If you missed the Boat Race - don't worry - Danson has a great alternative - Dragon Boat racing on the Park's 9 acre lake. Raising money for The Anthony Nolan Trust, heroic teams will battle for supremacy in their 30ft long highly decorated boats, in time to the beat of a bass drum.

Danson Festival is one of the best family days out of the summer and with free admission, there is no better place to be.

Information taken from www.bexley.gov.uk/service/culture/events/dansonfest08.html

We need models for the Darkcore night, especially MALE ones!!

On Thursday 10th July 2008, Rock Matrix is going to make all your wildest dreams come true....

We want to bring all your darkest desires to you in one dirty night...

Darkcore 2 at The Drayman in Bexleyheath.

What track would you really like to hear played by the DJs at Darkcore 2? – 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!

Weekend tickets cost £85.00 and can be ordered from the Bloodstock website - Order Bloodstock Open Air tickets.

Rock Matrix are doing a coach to Bloodstock

Ticket + Coach for £110 or £99 for LCH holders

£35 for coach only, £30 for LCH.

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
• NAPALM DEATH
• PRIMAL FEAR
• DESTRUCTION
• TYR
• AS I LAY DYING
• SEVENYEARSDEAD
• ELUVEITIE
• COMMUNIC
• MOONSORROW
• AKERCOCKE
• SWALLOW THE SUN
• KATAKLYSM
• CLOUDSCAPE
• CROWNING GLORY
• PRAYING MANTIS
• MOB RULES
• SAINT DEAMON
• ALESTORM
• PRO-JEKT
• UNITING THE ELEMENTS
• KELTIC JIHAD

ALTERNATIVE KARAOKE RETURNS TO BOA

After many dragon filled battles and quests for grails, Alternative Karaoke has been confirmed to run what is now known as a legendary event! That's right depite other rumours and reports and things beyond even the Gods control, we have prevailed and are ready to give each evening at BOA the send off deserved!

For more information on the festival visit the Bloodstock website.

SIZEN need:

- Guitarist

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

SILAS need:

- Lead singer
- Guitarist

Contact this band here: silasmusic@hotmail.co.uk

UNTIL I BLEED need:

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

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

Frontman Chris Barnes from Tampa-based death metallers SIX FEET UNDER has issued the following update: "Finished up vocal tracks for the new SFU album yesterday at the Hit Factory Criteria in Miami. Many thanks to my friend and engineer, Chris Carroll, for an awesome session, special thanks to Trevor Fletcher for the use of the studio. Also want to thank our assistant Alex Graupera for all the help. Now on to the mix...."

SIX FEET UNDER's as-yet-untitled new album is expected before the end of the year.

www.myspace.com/sixfeetunder

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Facebook group - Rock Matrix

Facebook group - Darbex Band Quest

Facebook group - Rock Matrix Loyalty Card Holder

Facebook group - Rock Night Live

Facebook group - Metal Mondays

Facebook group - Bloodstock

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www.myspace.com/rockmatrix

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