FROM Portland, Oregon the bastard child of an unholy foursome consisting of the Deftones, Queens of the Stone Age, Clutch and Mastodon emerged kicking and screaming into the world demanding beer and distorted guitars -this Red Fang were born.

This creature has now stumbled into the light of its third-album, Whales and Leeches, a

SWEDEN'S In Solitude have been in and around the scene for a while; one of those bands who have been bobbing along, occassionaly being tracked on the radar. Now with their latest album, Sister, it seems they have finally found a sound that they can claim as their own.<br

THE entries have been counted, the adjudicator has inspected them and the draw was made last night (October 7th) for the Belfastmetalheadserunited, rockradioni and MCD Avenged Sevenfold competition.