Metal Mondays is back this Monday!
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Goodbye Rock Night Live - Hello Alter-Tainment Nights at the Bull n Vic!
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Total Party!!! The biggest pre-uni send off event ever!
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Metallica new album reviewed + Reading Festival!

South London metallers FALLING EMPIRE headline this week. INNER FIRE are back again to spread their metal fury while ANDY FINNEY dazzle you with his guitar skills. DJ 69 spins plenty of new stuff between bands.

Metal Mondays at OHM every Monday.

FREE ENTRY for Gold loyalty card holders, £2.00 for everyone else.

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

This week sees Dartford's own THE RUDIMENTARY CONFUSION bring their psychedelic indie rock to the Bull n Vic. They are joined by prog rockers STRANGER THINGS who play the first of their two Rock Matrix gigs in four days. Mr entertainment himself JON COOPER opens the night. DJ LACUSTA is back spinning between bands.

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

All musicians who we have details for will get in FREE!

FREE ENTRY for Gold loyalty card holders, £2.00 for everyone else.

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

Local heroes MAD DOG bring their blues enfused hard rock to the Camden Barfly this Wednesday.

After excellent sets at the Bull n Vic and the Borderline this promises to be something very special.

The Noisegate at the The Drayman in Bexleyheath every Thursday.

As you know we are currently down to one room as upstairs is being refurbished. Therefore, there will be a mix of metal, rock, alternative and indie on the main floor for the time being.

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.

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

Raucous punks THE DEPTHS bring anarchy to the night with a headlining set on Friday. STRANGER THINGS complete two gigs in four days for Rock Matrix by bringing prog to New Cross.

Live Rock in New Cross at the Goldsmiths Tavern.

£1.00 for Gold loyalty card holders – £2.50 for those with flyers – £3.00 for everyone else.

What track would you really like to hear played by the DJs at Live Rock in New Cross? – Email us a request now!

TOTAL PARTY - 2 VENUES - ONE NIGHT - 4 FLOORS!

That's right. This massive party night will span across 2 venues on one night! The Drayman and the OHM bar, both in Bexleyheath.

Mini bus will be running all night between venues.

Fancy dress themes and decor - Bond, retro disco, superheroes, pirates, sci-fi, beach party, school disco, toga, horror, ninjas, vikings, TV and films!

7pm to Midnight!

4 floors of music including ROCK / METAL / INDIE-ELECTRO-ALTERNATIVE / 70s AND 80s DISCO

£2.50 drinks offers across both venues.

Prizes for best costumes, free gifts for the 1st 100 people.

2 Pool Tables

Projection Screens, Lighting, Effects!

BBQ and Patio

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!

Over 18's ID Essential

£1.00 for Gold loyalty card holders in fancy dress - £3.00 for Gold loyalty card holders or those just in fancy dress - £5.00 for everyone else.

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

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 card!

We are in negotiations with more local businesses than ever before to bring you guys the most deal-packed card ever! 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.

KINGDOM OF THE BLIND need:

- Bass player

Contact this band here: dave.cottham@sky.com or ring 07890132197.

We are 'Kingdom of the blind' and we are made up of Ex Broken Silence singer/guitarist Dave Cottham and ex Mad Dog/Picture show drummer Sam Hancock. We're looking for a bass player with lots of attitude who's into grunge/classic rock, somewhere between Nirvana/Cream/Foos etc. Songs written but input welcome on an equal basis. Ideally the right person would also be able to provide backing vocals, but it's not essential. The average age of the band is 28. We practice at Goldie Leigh in Welling every sunday. We've had to stop rehearsing at the moment because we'll only have to go back and teach someone all the material if we keep going.

PRINCE KATOCO need:

- Drummer

Contact this band here: prince.katoco@gmail.com or ring Chris on: 07849990802 or Joe on: 07738820290.

SIZEN need:

- Guitarist

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

Lead singer of P.O.S. 51 Annika wants to join an additional band so she can sing even more:

Contact her here: annika@rockmatrix.co.uk

UNTIL I BLEED need:

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

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

Read all the latest reviews in the Rock Matrix reviews section. This weeks main review comes from the Reading Festival which saw bands such as METALLICA, THE KILLERS and RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE play.

There is also a review of the new METALLICA album 'Death Magnetic'.

STUCK MOJO will headline shows in the UK before joining VOLBEAT on an arena tour of the continent, kicking off in Peterborough on September 30th.

Mainman RICH WARD is eager get back to the UK:

“With the American political season in high gear, the buzz around the local coffee shops, school campuses, and family dinner tables is all about hope and change.

Let's be real, change is for quitters and for those who can't take a punch and keep moving forward. So with an excitement that rivals morning wood, and with the Big Dixie Stuck Mojo Mafia as my weapon of choice, we will once again invade Europe this fall.

First headlining in the UK and then over to the continent to support Volbeat, this is a tour that has all of us in the band training like we're Michael Phelps in the 100 meter freestyle”

The Atlanta outfit are busy finishing up their much anticipated new album ‘THE GREAT REVIVAL’ which is due for release in November on Napalm Records.

RICH says:

“In closing, let me say that with an amazing new album being released this November (The Great Revival), a guitar tone that has a bigger carbon footprint than Al Gore's private jet and a "I hope I never change" life motto, I hope that I can count on your vote this fall! I love you longtime, Rich Ward "The Duke of Metal"

The bands previous album, ‘SOUTHERN BORN KILLERS’ was finally released on CD in February this year after clocking up over 150,000 download sales over a year. More album news will follow shortly.

Support in the UK comes from UK outfits Vendetta and D.V.P.

STUCK MOJO + Vendetta + D.V.P.

September 2008

30th PETERBOROUGH - The Park

October 2008

1st MANCHESTER - Music Box
2nd NOTTINGHAM - Junktion 7
3rd GLASGOW – Cathouse
4th LEEDS – Rios
5th WOLVERHAMPTON - Little Civic
6th LONDON - Underworld

‘THE GREAT REVIVAL’ is out on Napalm in November 2008

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