Feeling BULLISH? Want some METAL?
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Death to 2009 - Hello 2010!
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Cutting Edge metal at the Camden Underworld!
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Clash of the TITANS is on!

Starting at 2pm and going through until midnight, we have some of the finest metal that you could want for Xmas.

Local metal titans INNER FIRE head up this all-dayer with the likes of the industrialised DYSTOLIC and groove metallers ZOCALO in close support. Also playing are AVENGE THEE, ORPHAN GEARS, who's mix of classic rock and grunge went down a storm at a recent Purple Turtle gig and classic metal four-piece CONQUEST. 2ND2NONE, BREAK NECK and additional bands also play.

Bullish Metal All-Dayer at the Bull and Vic next Monday.

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

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Come along and bring in the new year at the Red Lion in Gravesend and enjoy which surely be a breathtaking headlining performance from SPLINTERED SOUL, who were not only one of the highlights at this years Red Roar Festival but they are one of THE bands to watch in 2010. MAN OF KIN, SEVEN and REJECTED BY DEATH also play, with DJ LAMINATOR spinning into 2010.

Old Years Death/New Years Eve at the Red Lion on New Years Eve.

£4.00 entry before 8.30pm, £5.00 after.

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After a sold out debut show at the Underworld in 2009 (featuring Alestorm, Silent Descent and O.M.T) CUTTING EDGE returns in 2010 with another top line-up.

Melodic death metallers IGNOMINIOUS INCARCERATION headline this special showcase event. Their 'Of Winter Born' (debut for Earache) album received top reviews across the industry and they are ready to release their fury on you! Wacken bound SNAKEBITE are the main support alongside DENOUNCE who ripped Bloodstock a new one in 2008. Band Quest 2009 Metal finalists REASONABLE DOUBT and INTO EXILE open the evening.

Cutting Edge - An Industry Showcase at the Underworld in Camden.

£6.00 in advance and £7.00 on the door.

Tickets available from all bands (except the headliners) and Stargreen, Seetickets, Ticketweb and behind the bar upstairs at the Worlds End Pub.

The BIG Boys are coming to town! The birth of strength within the British Metal Scene collide in one MASSIVE furious night of metal. Gravesend will shake for months after this.

Local techno metallers SILENT DESCENT need no introduction. Sets at Download, Bloodstock and most recently at the Cutting Edge showcase event at the Camden Underworld has seen the band take massive strides, beating their electrofied metal riffage over the heads of fans and industry folk alike. Also playing are INFESTATION and the gigantic metallic chunk that is BEHOLDER. This band have opened the main stages of both the Bloodstock and Hellfire festivals. You have been warned! THE CUSTARD CHUCKERS add some comical respite. The simply excellent SANCTORUM also play with more bands to be announced.

The Titans - A Heavyweight Showdown at the Red Lion in Gravesend.

£5.00 entry to all.

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Starting at 9pm and going through until 2am, resident DJs LOLA and DANY SERRANO spin some nice thick metal until the early hours.

About the fox (taken from the myspace page.)

Conceived by rock n' roll, born the bastard child of punk; raised on streets filled with trash, worshipped on the altar of rock and welded to the engine by metal...!!! Ladies and gentlemen, we give you the infamous INTREPID FOX... From it's beginnings in the heart of Soho in the sixties, once patronised by the likes of Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood, hellraising actors Richard Harris and Peter O'Toole; the seventies led to the Sex Pistols and Malcolm Mclaren proclaiming it "like an old friend"; Slash could be seen propping up the bar in the eighties whilst the nineties provided a watering-hole for such legends as Lemmy and Zakk Wylde... Re-located to it's new lair in St Giles in 2006, the Fox continues to uphold the alternative spirit, playing host to Iron Maiden, Bullet For My Valentine, Buckcherry, Zodiac Mindwarp and Backyard Babies to name a few, always providing a safe haven for London's rockers and goths, punks and metallers alike. Always entertaining and fun, frequently deranged n' impossibly handsome the wily old Fox continues to rock this town like a motherfker...!!!

Check out the calendar, our resident dj's Fri & Sat in the upstairs bar from 9PM: Dj Lola (Unholy) & Danny Serrano with "METAL DEMENTIA", playing all things hard n' heavy. Max (Generation Graveyard) & Rich Jones (The Loyalties) with "3rd GENERATION NATION", playing dirty gutter punk n' roll. Devilman, Lucyfur & Lucretia with "DENIM & LEATHER", playing tunes n' drinking booze. Adam Lightspeed (Electric Ballroom) & Ben Christo (Sisters Of Mercy) with "HELL YEAH", Jonny Le Shithouse (Generation Graveyard) & Sky (King Lizard) with "DIRTY BOMB", playing hard n' sleazy rock wiv a touch o' metal. Dj Lola & Dany (Breed 77) with "ALCOHAULIN' ASS", playing metal and stoner. Duncan & Giles with "LAST MEN STANDING", playing metal and hard rock. Shel with "SHOCK TREATMENT", playing all things glam.

OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK MON-WED 3PM til 11PM THUR 3PM til MIDNIGHT FRI-SAT 3PM til 2AM SUN 5PM til 11PM We are an over 18's venue, ID will be required if you look under 21 We reserve the right to refuse admission (no football colours, chavs or suit n' ties unless it's rock n' roll...!!!)

Metal Dementia at the Intrepid Fox.

Free entry for all.

Band Quest 2010 IS The South East's most comprehensive set of opportunities for alternative music acts. A Free to Enter*, multi-faceted promotional platform which includes opportunities such as Live Recordings and Filming of live events for DVD production within a Battle of the Bands-esque format, 6 Finals where at least every finalist wins a prize valued at £100 upward, with up to 60 PRIZES, worth over £20K and extended high profile industry showcases with top acts. Your music could feature on an exciting brand new set of triple Promotional CD compilations going to industry addresses. You will appear in a full colour program covering all Band Quest acts and supporters. This platform also offers reduced studio costs, festival slots, local discounts, money saving merchandise deals and more.... so what you waiting for? You just can't lose?

* A deposit is required to ensure a place which is fully returnable at the end of the duration of the events undertaken in the battle of the bands period.

You can view more details at the Band Quest website by clicking on the flyer below:

If you are in a band and want to apply immediately click on the image below and you will be taken to the application form:

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.

Singer available - Contact Darren Holmes here: dareneholmes@hotmail.co.uk.

How refreshing was it that Monster Magnet played at Camden's Koko, with no new album to promote? The set list was open to the wildest guesses... and hopes...

Opening was the awesome Karma to Burn (6/10). The instrumental rock collective was lost to the world when they disbanded but thankfully they recently reformed. Their set was fast, loud and tight, and for those of you who are not familiar with the band, totally instrumental. The line up was the original one of William Mecum (guitar), Rich Mullins (bass) and Rob Oswald (drums). They were the perfect warm up act for Monster Magnet, oozing dark thick energy, powerful loudness and undoubted musical skills. There's apparently new material ready, so stay tuned for the next Karma To Burn album coming your way soon.

Monster Magnet (8) clearly had the intention to please their die hard fanbase, delivering a succession of old masterpieces which could've possibly made this one of their best shows.

Kicking off with the brilliant 'Dopes to Infinity' we were treated to a set of gems, like 'Crop Circle' and 'Powertrippin', delivered with the slickness the crowd (myself include) were hoping for. The leaders of space rock were definately at their best, pushing out classics like 'Space Lord' and a cover of Hawkwind's 'The Right Stuff'.

With the psychedelic light show, they glide through a set that is a fan's dream, finishing with their version of 'Spine of God'.

This gig was the perfect reminder of why we loved them all along. With a new album on the way our thirst for more may not have to wait that long.

Review by Gurpreet Kaur-Chohan

Conquest (7/10) opened the night with a raw mix of 70's rock and NWOBM bands of the 80's. The crunchy bass, high vocals and steady beats showed the band taking their Maiden influences down a slower, grinding route; a different direction to today's Power and Speed metal bands. Though their sound may seem old, their lyrics keep them up to date, with such songs as 'Dangerous City', a critique on 'those idiots who still insist on carrying knives for protection'. The manic and seemingly improvised solos were sadly lost amidst the heavy rhythm section, but overall a strong set.

The Huffmen (7) delivered a varied set of covers, paying their dues to the likes of Hendrix, the Chilli Peppers and RATM. Despite covering such a variety of musical styles, the band managed a crisp all-round sound, the guitar rising above the drums and bass for a variety of classic solos. One criticism could be that Heng-Suan's vocals were a little weak in places, but he easily made up for this with his energy.

Tragedy struck when, at the end of The Huffmen's set, the head amp belonging to Edd Amos from This Addiction (9) was damaged. In the tense break before their set, one expected to see them limp through their set, a crippled group already one guitarist down and now the present axeman missing a head amp. All these worries passed as soon as the band let rip. Matt bounded in and out of the stage area screaming like a rabid animal. Their thrash metal roar stayed strong and, despite the setbacks, Amos’ Impressive shreddery shone through.

Review by Adam Evans

Just home from touring with Trivium and Chimaira and closing out an extremely busy and successful year, Tennessee's WHITECHAPEL are now set to head into the studio December 27th to January 31st with infamous metal producer Jason Suecof (Trivium, All That Remains, The Black Dahlia Murder, Chimaira, DevilDriver and many more).

WHITECHAPEL are set to record the follow up to the band's crushing Metal Blade debut, This is Exile, at Jason's Orlando, FL based Audiohammer Studios. Be sure to stay tuned to WHITECHAPEL's and Metal Blade's sites as more information regarding guest vocalists, studio updates, and video updates will be posted throughout the band's recording process.

Guitarist and founding member Alex Wade comments: "We're really excited to announce that we will be hitting the studio in January with a producer who needs no introduction, Jason Suecof. Suecof has produced some of the most brutal metal albums to date and we are excited for him to get his hands on our new material to make it the heaviest music we've created thus far.

Also, Dusty Peterson has been signed on to handle the artwork duties. His dark, yet meticulously detailed style of hand drawn artwork is sure to bring out a truly vivid and brutal masterpiece. We really wanted our artwork for the record to speak as loudly for us as the music we are creating, thus, Dusty was picked for his unbelievably realistic and detailed hand drawn style. In this day and age where downloading a CD is as easy as typing the CD's name into a search bar, we wanted to make the artwork something creative and special for the fans who actually purchase the CD. Almost like owning a piece of art.

As for the title and tracklisting, you'll just have to wait for that as the CD comes closer to completion."

This is Exile was unleashed on July 8th, 2008, and debuted at #118 on the Billboard top 200 charts, #2 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers, and #14 on Billboard's Top Independent albums. An accomplishment that is impressive for veteran artists, much less a relatively brand new metal act.

WHITECHAPEL is:
Phil Bozeman - Vocals
Ben Savage - Guitar/Leads
Alex Wade - Guitar
Zach Householder - Guitar
Gabe Crisp - Bass
Kevin Lane – Drums

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