Taken from the event's Official Facebook Page:

The 1st ever Rock and Metal talent show in Jordan and the Middle East "CRASH OF THE TITANS", which will be comprised of a series of events to be held in Amman, Jordan, is expected to attract thousands of rock talents and fans from Jordan and neighboring countries. Auditions for the talent show will start after Ramadan from Sep. 27- 30, 2009 at Jara Café – Rainbow St. – Jabal Amman.

In a safe, legal and clean environment; a panel of judges will arbitrate Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, keyboard and Vocals. The contestant is expected to perform his best solo performance on any of these instruments to be considered for the next stage. He or she will be judged on the following criteria:

Attitude 30%
Skills 40 %
Taste in music 30%

The organizers of "CRASH OF THE TITANS" said they'd already received more than 95 applications on www.crashofthetitans.org , and they believe that Jordan's got more talents, so they are expecting more talents from Jordan to apply at www.crashofthetitans.org , and they are surprised that people from outside Jordan are applying to this contest!

What will happen after the auditions? The talents will be scrambled into bands and after they get a little time to practice, the winners taking home prizes, the organizers did not declare what are these prizes ( but could include instruments, cash, recording or tour opportunities) so they will declare soon the prizes to the talents via email.

For more information check out the event's official facebook page.

Bilocate are one of the leaders in the Jordanian and Middle Eastern metal scene,
they play doom/death metal blended with oriental instruments, they call their style "Dark Oriental Metal" the band's latest album "Sudden Death Syndrome" has been getting rave reviews ! from Blabbermouth.net, Decibel Magazine, JorZine, VileNoise.com and Live4Metal.com just to name a few (Check out alot more reviews over at their Official Website)

The band recently performed a show in Lebanon at "Metal Blast II" with Kimaera and Kaoteon,

They have also been featured in "J Magazine" (The Official In-flight Magazine for Kuwaiti Al Jazeerah Airways) Discussing the culture role in BILOCATE's Journey and its effect on the Music, highlighting A Musical CD, a Book & a Movie that effected BILOCATE's Music

The band is currently crushing its way through the scene and I got the chance to ask Ramzi Essayed the band's frontman some questions about whats going on lately with the band, how are they liking the reviews, about shooting a video and alot more,
Heres how it went:

TMR: Whats going on lately with Bilocate ?

Ramzi: We have released a new album "Sudden Death Syndrome" back in June this year, we got ourselves a distribution deal in some countries in our region as the album is being sold in Virgin Megastores, Currently trying to get our album to be distributed in Europe and USA, played one concert since the album release which took place in Lebanon on September 6th this year, the album is getting reviewed by lots of magazines and we are getting interviewed and recognized as a result of the album success.

TMR: Any plans for an upcoming video ?

Ramzi: Yes, we are planning a music video that we might start producing very soon, but as you know we need to make some studies in order to provide something good.



TMR: Hows the reviews for your new album "Sudden Death Syndrome"?

Ramzi: Actually "Sudden Death Syndrome" is a success, as we are getting positive feedback from all our fans who tend to leave comments and thats pretty much apprecited, also the album is getting very powerful encouraging reviews with high ratings from big magazines and webzines, like Decibel magazine, Blabbermouth.net, Vilenoise.com, Rockfreaks.net, live4metal.com and Jorzine.net



TMR: Are you guys planning on playing in gigs outside of Jordan ?

Ramzi: As I mentioned earlier we have already played one gig in Lebanon (One of our neighbour countries), the thing is, we are'nt allowed to play live in Jordan, so any gig we'll play will probably be outside Jordan.



TMR: What was the reason you guys started Bilocate in the first place ?

Ramzi: Our love for music that grew with us since we were so young, and we have always believed that we can do something different when we combine our efforts all together.



TMR: Which bands are you currently into ?

Ramzi: If you are asking about other projects in which Bilocate members are currently contributing, there's Orjuwan a side-solo project of mine "Waseem EsSayed" which has one album released back in 2005 "Merna" and I'm currently working on a new album, and our guitarist "Baha' Farah" is also establishing a new side-solo project called Enrive, however, if you are asking about bands that we are currently enjoy listening to, well I would list the following bands: Opeth, Porcupine Tree, Bloodbath, Myrkskog, Vital Remains, Katatonia, Evoken and several more.



TMR: What advice do you have for a young musician just starting out in today's metal scene ?

Ramzi: To some extent developing out of tone music is not a bad thing, because life itself is becoming out of tone, just keep it thoughtful.



TMR: Would you like to add anything to the fans out there?

Ramzi: We really appreciate all the support we are getting from our fans, Keep it Dark!!


I'd like to thank Ramzi for taking the time to send me feedback,
Keep an eye out for Bilocate cause they will surely kick your ass badly !!



Check out Bilocate's:
Myspace
Official Website


also
Check out the band's jamming video for 2nd War in Heaven

Figure Of Fate is a upcoming Jordanian Metalcore band, that mixes oriental sounds with modern Metalcore structures, they recently released a new song on their Myspace page called "Doors with no doornobs" which shows what the band is all about, I got the chance to ask the guys whats going on with the band lately,their influences and more !
Heres how it went:

Horns: You guys have been an active band for about a year now, whats your upcoming plans ?

FOF: SHOWS! We hope to play a bunch of shows and at the same time record more songs. After that we plan to record the album.


Horns: What inspired you to start Figure Of Fate ?

FOF: All the members in the band are long time friends and were in different bands over the years, it started as a side project. We found that we had something good going and decided to give it our full attention.


Horns: What bands influence you and what bands are you currently listening to ?

FOF: All the band members listen to very different things, which I think is the reason our songs are a little different than the typical Metalcore/ Hardcore genre. Basically anything that makes a sound!


Horns: Hows the metal scene in Jordan nowadays ?

FOF: The metal scene here is struggling, but alive... the lack of shows puts a lot of bands down but we are still standing strong and supporting the scene every way we can.


Horns: If you got the chance to pick a festival to play at, which one will you choose ?

FOF: Playing any festival would be great but Dubai Desert Rock would be something amazing to look for.


Horns: Anything you would like to add ??

FOF: Support you local scene, keep metal alive... and spread the word!



I'd like to thank Figure Of Fate for taking the time to send me feedback,

Be sure to check out their Myspace and to listen to their song (you can check out the track below)

Figure of Hate Player