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January 2026
Bands: The Virgos, Funeral Dancer, Troncale, Ninth Realm
A Night Of Evil And Speed
Venue: Songbyrd (Union Market NE Washington DC)
Date: Friday, January 9th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#TheVirgos
Bands: Age of Ruin, Shovelhead A.D., Skin Testament
Venue: The Pocket at 7DrumCity (Truxton Circle NW Washington DC)
Date: Saturday, January 10th, 2026
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Bands: The Last Match, Jenny Jams Dio
Venue: Pie Shop (H St corridor NE Washington DC)
Date: Saturday, January 10th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#B2TSS
Bands: Cemetery Sex, Ugabuga, Greenhead, Tripping Corpse
Venue: Layali Bar in Fairfax Circle (Fairfax, VA)
Date: Sunday, January 11th, 2026
$10 at the door
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#CemeterySex
Bands: Horrendous
Celebrating Ten Years of Anareta Tour
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Saturday, January 24th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Horrendous
Bands: Agriculture, Knoll, Sadness
The Spiritual Sound Tour
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Sunday, January 25th, 2026
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Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Agriculture
Bands: Left to Suffer, Your Spirit Dies, Fr3ak
The Eternal Suffering Tour
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Thursday, January 29th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#LTS
Bands: Total Maniac, O.I.L., Consumer Culture
Venue: Holy Frijoles (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Thursday, January 29th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#TotalManiac
Bands: Nunslaughter, Desolus, Nuclear Tomb
Headless Jehova Tour 2026
Venue: Songbyrd (Union Market NE Washington DC)
Date: Saturday, January 31st, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Nunslaughter
Bands: Hatebreed, End It, Agnostic Front, Next Step Up, Raw Brigade, Day By Day, Sinister Feeling, The S.E.T., Final Agony, Third World Youth, Posicion Unida, Ousted, Hellrazor, Vicious Order
Disturbin’ The Peace 2026
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Saturday, January 31st, 2026 (doors open at noon)
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Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#DTP
February 2026
Bands: Ritual Arcana, Borracho
Venue: Pie Shop (H St corridor NE Washington DC)
Date: Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#RitualArcana
Bands: Thra, Barbelith, Pilau, Mass Ego
Venue: Rhizome (Takoma NW Washington DC)
Date: Sunday, February 8th, 2026 (Super Bowl Sunday)
More info soon!
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Thra
Bands: Nine Inch Nails, Boys Noize
Peel It Back Tour 2026
Venue: Capital One Arena (Chinatown NW Washington DC)
Date: Wednesday, February 11th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#NIN
Bands: Kayo Dot, Carl Gene
2026 North America Tour
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Thursday, February 12th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Kayodot
Bands: Nosferatu Madre, Lemmy Shelter, Quick Machine
Farewell To The Kings: A Night of Black Sabbath & Ozzy Tributes
Venue: The Pocket at 7DrumCity (Truxton Circle NW Washington DC)
Date: Friday, February 13th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#SabbathTributeNight
Bands: Primeval Well, Torvus, Grandeur
Venue: Pie Shop (H St corridor NE Washington DC)
Date: Sunday, February 15th, 2026
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Bands: Thra, Barbelith, Genevieve, Crow’s Foot
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Friday, February 20th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Goblin
Bands: Genocide Pact, Suppression, Shitstorm, Sinister Feeling, Deliriant Nerve
Venue: The Ottobar (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Saturday, February 21st, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#GenocidePact
Bands: Wrekmeister Harmonies, Sadness, Oldest Sea, Witch’s Mirror
Venue: Rhizome (Takoma NW Washington DC)
Date: Monday, February 23rd, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#WH
Bands: Arkona (from Russia), Malphas
North American Paganist Tour 2026
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Thursday, February 26th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Arkona
Bands: Jarhead Fertilizer, Blood Monolith
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Friday, February 27th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#JHF
March 2026
Bands: Author & Punisher, King Yosef, Black Magnet
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Monday, March 2nd, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#AandP
Bands: The Obsessed, Borracho, Foghound
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Wednesday, March 11th, 2026
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Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Wino
Bands: Sabaton, Pop Evil, Wings of Steel
Legends on Tour
Venue: The Theater at MGM National Harbor (Oxon Hill, MD)
Date: Sunday, March 15th, 2026
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Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Sabaton
Bands: Lamb of God, Kublai Khan, Fit For An Autopsy, Sanguisugabogg
North America 2026
Venue: Theater at the MGM Casino at National Harbor (Oxon Hill, MD)
Date: Tuesday, March 17th, 2026 (St Patrick’s Day)
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Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#LoG
Bands: Haunt, Intranced
The Extraordinary Tour – USA 2026
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Wednesday, March 25th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Haunt
Bands: Sebastian Bach, Stitched Up Heart
The Party Never Ends Tour 2026
Venue: Tally Ho Theater (Leesburg, VA)
Date: Friday, March 27th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#SebastianBach
Bands: Invunche, Cape of Bats, Druhtiz, Dashuyn
Venue: Pie Shop (H St corridor NE Washington DC)
Date: Saturday, March 28th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Invunche
April 2026
Bands: Varials, UnityTX, HEAVY//HITTER, Boltcutter
Where The Light Leaves Release Tour 2026
Venue: The Ottobar (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Monday, April 6th, 2026
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Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Varials
Bands: Slaughter To Prevail, Whitechapel, Attila
North American Tour 2026
Venue: The Fillmore Silver Spring (Silver Spring, MD)
Date: Saturday, April 11th, 2026
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Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#STP
Bands: Faetooth, Latter, Bosses
Venue: The Ottobar (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Friday, April 14th, 2026
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Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Faetooth
Bands: Helloween, Beast In Black
40th Anniversary North American Tour 2026
Venue: The Fillmore Silver Spring (Silver Spring, MD)
Date: Tuesday, April 14th, 2026
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Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Helloween
Bands: Uli Jon Roth
Venue: Tally Ho Theater (Leesburg, VA)
Date: Thursday, April 30th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#UJR
Bands: Uada, Mortiis, Rome, Wraith Knight
The Witches of Dystopia Tour MMXXVI
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Thursday, April 30th, 2026
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Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Uada
May 2026
Bands: Defeated Sanity, Vulvodynia, Organectomy, Scasm, Blood Vial
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Sunday, May 3rd, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#DefeatedSanity
Bands: Bring Me The Horizon, Motionless In White, The Plot In You, Amira Elfeky
North American Ascension Program 2
Venue: CFG Bank Arena (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Monday, May 4th, 2026
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Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#BMTH
Bands: Amon Amarth, Dethklok, Castle Rat
The Amonklok Conquest Tour: North America 2026
Venue: Theater at the MGM Casino at National Harbor (Oxon Hill, MD)
Date: Tuesday, May 5th, 2026 (Cinco De Mayo)
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Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#AmonAmarth
Bands: Archspire, Undeath, Crown Magnetar, Mutilation Barbecue
Long Roads Big Loads Tour 2026
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Thursday, May 7th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#LRBL
Bands: Cradle of Filth, Suffocation, Ghost Bath, Cultus Black
Majestic In Death Tour 2026
Venue: Black Cat (U St corridor NW Washington DC)
Date: Monday, May 11th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#CoF
Bands: Black Label Society, Zakk Sabbath, Dark Chapel
North America Tour 2026
Venue: The Fillmore Silver Spring (Silver Spring, MD)
Date: Monday, May 11th, 2026
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Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#BLS
Bands: Shadow of Intent, AngelMaker, Mental Cruelty, Synestia
Imperium Delirium North American Tour 2026
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Thursday, May 14th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#SoI
Bands: Napalm Death, Repulsion, Sinister, Monstrosity, Organ Donor
Maryland Deathfest XXI Pre-Fest Show
Venue: Nevermore Hall (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Wednesday, May 20th, 2026
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Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#MDFXXIPreFest
Maryland Deathfest XXI
Venue: Baltimore Inner Harbor
Date: Thursday, May 21st thru Sunday, May 24th, 2026
Tickets available here: here
Bands announced so far:
1914 (Ukraine)
Aberration
Acheron
Aftermath
Anatomia (Japan)
…And Oceans (Finland)
Antichrist Siege Machine
Avernus
Batushka (Poland)
Blood Red Throne (Norway)
Bongzilla
Cancer (UK) Death Shall Rise set
Cephalic Carnage (Old school set – First 3 albums)
Cephalotripsy
Cerebral Hemmorhage
Chaotian (Denmark)
Condemned
The Crown (Sweden)
Cryptic Shift (UK)
Dead Void (Denmark)
Death Angel performing Act III in its entirety
Der Weg einer Freiheit (Germany)
Destruction performing Infernal Overkill in its entirety
Diabolic Oath
Dying Fetus first 3 albums set (Purification Through Violence, Killing on Adrenaline, Destroy the Opposition)
Emasculator
Excrescence
Gestation
God Dethroned (Netherlands)
Grave (Sweden) – Old School Grave/Corpse set
Grave Infestation
Haukago Grind Time
Havukruunu (Finland)
Hellbutcher (Sweden)
Hemorrhoid
Kreator (Germany) performing songs from Pleasure to Kill, Terrible Certainty, and Extreme Aggression
Lair of the Minotaur
Lividity
Lömsk (Sweden)
Macabre
Mellow Harsher
Melting Rot
Miasmatic Necrosis
Mortician
Necrofier
Novembers Doom
Old Man’s Child (Norway)
Ossuary
Pan-Amerikan Native Front
Pathology Due to a band member suffering an injury that will require extended physical therapy, Pathology are no longer able to perform at MDF 2026
Pig Destroyer Prowler in the Yard set
Poltergeist
Putridity (Italy)
Rotten Sound (Finland) Murderworks and Exit set
Rotting Christ (Greece) playing an old school set (1989-1995)
Rottrevore (replacing Pathology)
Rwake
Sarcófago (Brazil) (performed by Gerald “Incubus” Minelli and the Laws)
Sardonic Witchery
Sex Prisoner
Slimelord (UK)
Soil of Ignorance (Canada)
Solitude Aeturnus
StarGazer (Australia)
!T.O.O.H.! (Czech Republic)
Torture Rack
Terror Corpse
To Violently Vomit (ex-Disgorge US)
Torsofuck (Finland)
Unmerciful
Warbringer
Whiplash
Windhand
Witch Vomit
Wolfheart (Finland)
Wrathprayer (Chile)
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#MDFXXI
June 2026
Bands: Spite, Emmure, Psycho Frame, Rev3rent
United States Tour 2026
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Wednesday, June 17th, 2026
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Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Spite
Bands: Evanescence, Spiritbox, Nova Twins
Venue: Jiffy Lube Live (Brisow, VA)
Date: Saturday, June 27th, 2026
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Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Evanescence
Bands: Mötley Crüe, Tesla, Extreme
The Return of Carnival of Sins Tour 2026
Venue: Jiffy Lube Live (Brisow, VA)
Date: Monday, August 3rd, 2026
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
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Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#MotleyCrue
September 2026
Bands: Iron Maiden, Megadeth
Run For Your Lives World Tour 2026
Venue: Jiffy Lube Live (Brisow, VA)
Date: Friday, September 11th, 2026
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
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Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#IronMaiden
Bands: Hammerfall, Evergrey, Elvenking
Venue: Tally Ho Theater (Leesburg, VA)
Date: Sunday, September 13th, 2026
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
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Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Hammerfall
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Thank you!! Finally a site to combine all metal shows.
Good list. Keep it up!
As always, nice info, Chris.
thanks for putting these together! very useful info dc needs.
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Metal Chris, you could not be more awesome. Thank you so much for keeping this list going! If I ever run into you at one of these gigs, the beers are on me, dude.
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Had lots of fun at the Ghost show, It was fucking beautiful. Once again thanx for the site, new to area and pleased with this healthy metal sceene. DC knows how to tear shit up… See ya’ll at the Testament show!
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M/A was the band that got me into the genre many years ago.I’ve never seen them live and I pretty much adore you for making my day with the news that they are touring to a place I can see them….. in only a few months. I thank you big big. :-)
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By any chance did you whats the latest the buses run in Springfield, VA? I wil be livig in Washingon DC, but I would not have a problem going there, only getting back home.
Thanks
I don’t know but you can probably find out on the Metro’s website: http://www.wmata.com
Also check out the local Fairfax Connector busses:
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/connector.
(A good guide is on page 2 of the Metro section in the Sept. 2 Washington post.)
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Love the updates. I know DORO and SISTER SIN are coming to Empire (http://www.empire-nova.com/eventdetails.aspx?eventId=294 ) and Baltimore Soundstage next year.
this site is really cool! Thanks for keeping us up to date with shows!
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