I’m doing a blog about the heavy metal scene as it relates to the greater Washington DC area. I’m mostly interested in news about upcoming concerts, but some stuff on local bands and album reviews will probably pop up too. I’m mostly into black and death metal (including the melodic versions of both), plus thrash, grind and doom. Basically the overly broad “extreme metal” is what I’ll be focusing on. I do like some progressive, avant garde, experimental and generally oddball bands, as well as some of the older classic bands (like Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Motörhead, etc…) I don’t think I’ll talk much about any hardcore bands, goth, industrial, screamo, “hair” or glam bands, power metal, or basically bands that suck. Since it’s my blog what sucks is totally up to me and if ya don’t like it you can go read the other DC metal blogs (if there are any). I’ll probably talk a lot about shows at Jaxx since they seem to get the most metal shows in the DC area, but sometimes other venues get some metal shows, like the 9:30 Club, the Black Cat, the Rock & Roll Hotel, the Velvet Lounge and a few others. I’ll also talk about concerts/tours coming to nearby areas. This means bands that come to Baltimore or Richmond, maybe even a bit farther. I do drive to places like Sonar for concerts on occasion and so I think I’ll include them here since I don’t think it’s too unreasonable to travel that far. I’m open to suggestions  on what to talk about, as well as any info on upcoming shows I should talk about/list. Well, that’s all for now, here’s some links to crap I post on the net:

My videos: www.youtube.com/rapejesus

My photos: www.flickr.com/photos/metalchris

My Twitter: twitter.com/metalchris

My Schedule: www.songkick.com/users/rapejesus