Hey everyone, I’ve got another contest for you this week. Local southern metal act King Giant is playing Jaxx Nightclub in Springfield, Virginia this Saturday the 21st of January and DCHeavyMetal.com is giving away a free pair of tickets to one of you lucky readers of the site. This isn’t just any ordinary King Giant [...]
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Another Mega Sized Concert Recap
Well, I haven’t posted any concert reviews lately, but as usual I’ve still been going to lots of concerts. Things have slowed down a bit here in late December concert wise but this is normal since bands don’t usually like touring during the holidays. I’ve been to some great shows since my first mega sized [...]
December 23, 2011
Categories: Asefu's, Black Cat, Black Metal, Cellar Door, Concert Reviews, Death Metal, Jaxx Nightclub, Local Band Info, Norwegian Black Metal, Sludge Metal, Stoner, Thrash Metal, Velvet Lounge, Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia Metal Scene . Tags: Admiral Browning, Asefu's, Black Cat, Black Cobra, Black Skies, Borracho, Cellar Door, Concert, Concerts, Earthling, Fu Manchu, Heavy Metal, Honky, Ilsa, Jaxx, Jaxx Nightclub, Kingsnake, Mayhem, Metal, Midnight Eye, Music, Orthrus, Rezin, The Body, Velvet Lounge, Warchild, Zoroaster . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: Leave a Comment
Mega Sized Metal Concert Recap
Recently I’ve not been able to write as many concert reviews as I’d like to. I’m considering doing some shorter ones in the future. Believe it or not, my average concert review takes me 10-14 hours to put together. I have been going to a hell of a lot of shows and that just makes [...]
November 10, 2011
Categories: Asefu's, Black Metal, Comet Ping Pong, Concert Reviews, Death Metal, Jaxx Nightclub, Power Metal, Rams Head Live, Sonar, Stoner, Talking Head Club, Tech Death, Thrash Metal, Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia Metal Scene . Tags: A Sound Of Thunder, Asefu's, Auroboros, Black Metal, Blackened Death Metal, Bloodbath, Borracho, Comet Ping Pong, Concert Recap, Concert Review, Death Metal, Decapitated, Deceased, Decrepit Birth, Doom Metal, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Hate, Impiety, Inter Arma, Jaxx Nightclub, Johnny Brenda's, Keep Of Kalessin, Kvelertak, Landmine Marathon, Mayhem, Melodic Black Metal, Midnight, Midnight Eye, Opeth, Rams Head Live, Sabaton, Sepultura Cover Band, Skeletonwitch, Sludge Metal, Sonar, Stoner, Technical Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Warbringer, Windhand . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 4 Comments
Venue Changes Around The Area
There’s been a lot going on at several concert venues in the area recently. The biggest story is probably that the Fillmore will be opening on September 15th in Silver Spring, Maryland. The original Fillmore is in San Francisco and during the 60′s helped spawn many of the era’s biggest hippy bands, such as the [...]
August 26, 2011
Categories: Baltimore Soundstage, Bourbon Street, Concert Reviews, Corpse Fortress, Fillmore Silver Spring, Firehouse Grill, Hole In The Sky, Jaxx Nightclub, Red Palace, So Addictive Lounge, Sonar, Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia Metal Scene . Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Soundstage, Bourbon Street, Concert Venues, Concerts, Corpse Fortress, Fillmore, Fillmore Silver Spring, Firehouse Grill, Hole In The Sky, Jaxx, Jaxx Nightclub, Old Firestation #3, Red Palace, So Addictive Lounge, Sonar, The Fillmore, The Fillmore Silver Spring, Washington DC . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 1 Comment
Metal Marathon – The Final 3 Days
Well this is the final post in my series covering my 11 metal concerts in 9 straight days, aka my Metal Marathon. Friday I finally got my car back so I could actually drive myself around to shows in my own damn vehicle, what a concept. This was good because the last three days of [...]
March 22, 2011
Categories: Concert Reviews, Doom Metal, Firehouse Grill, Grind, Hardcore Metal, Jaxx Nightclub, Metal Marathon, Nightclub 9:30, Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia Metal Scene . Tags: Apocalyptica, Band, Concert, Concert Review, Concert Reviews, Cough, Dropdead, Drugs Of Faith, Gaza, Gig, Gradius, Heavy Metal, Ilsa, In Hell With Traitors, Magrudergrind, Meek Is Murder, Metal, Music, To The Teeth, Trap Them, Wasted Time . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: Leave a Comment
Metal Marathon – Days 4, 5 and 6
Ok, so my Metal Marathon posts are a bit behind, but I’m still going to recap them because the shows I saw during those 9 days were just too damn good. This is my second of three posts covering the 11 concerts and I’m going to recap the metal concerts I went to from Tuesday, [...]
March 16, 2011
Categories: Black Metal, Concert Reviews, Corpse Fortress, Death Metal, Doom Metal, Florida Death Metal, Jaxx Nightclub, Local Band Info, Metal Marathon, Sludge Metal, Sonar, Talking Head Club, Thrash Metal, Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia Metal Scene . Tags: A Life Once Lost, Atheist, Band, Concert, Concert Review, Concert Reviews, Earthling, Gig, Heavy Metal, Ilsa, Melechesh, Metal, Metal Marathon, Music, Revocation, Revolta, Rotting Christ, Spine Buster . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 2 Comments
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