Wednesday the 9th of May 2012 was a rainy day in the Washington, DC area, perfect weather for a mid-week, indoor concert. The Heritage Hunter Tour brought the impressive line up of Opeth, Mastodon and Ghost to the Fillmore in Silver Spring, Maryland, that night and I finally got a chance to check out this [...]
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Rob Zombie and Megadeth ticket give away
Rob Zombie, Megadeth and Lacuna Coil are coming to Merriweather Post Pavilion on Sunday, May 13th for the epic Metal Lords’ Day! Since I would personally hate it if you missed this concert I’m giving away a pair of kick ass seated tickets to one of you lucky readers. All you have to do to [...]
May 4, 2012
Categories: Bay Area Thrash, Classic Metal, Contests, Industrial, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Thrash Metal . Tags: Battery Masters Of Metallica, Contest, Contests, Free, Free TIckets, Heavy Metal, Lacuna Coil, Maryland, Megadeth, Metal, Metal Lords' Day, Moon Baby, Music, Rob Zombie, Sanctuary, Ticket Contest . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 81 Comments
Iron Maiden, Alice Cooper and Rammstein ticket give aways
Well here’s something great for you readers of DCHeavyMetal.com, I’ve made an agreement with Live Nation to give away pairs of tickets to two of the biggest concerts coming to the area! Rammstein is playing the 1st Mariner Arena (formerly Baltimore Arena) in Baltimore on Wednesday 25 April 2012 and Iron Maiden with Alice Cooper [...]
March 2, 2012
Categories: 1st Mariner Arena, Classic Metal, Contests, Industrial, Jiffy Lube Live, New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, Power Metal . Tags: 1st Mariner Arena, Alice Cooper, Baltimore, Baltimore Arena, Bristow, Contest, Contests, First Mariner Arena, Free, Free TIckets, Heavy Metal, Iron Maiden, Jiffy Lube Live, Made In Germany, Maiden England North American Tour 2012, Maryland, Metal, Music, Nissan Pavilion, Rammstein, Ticket Contest, Virginia, Washington DC . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 153 Comments
Reviews of three Swedish concerts in one week
So this past week I saw three Swedish bands headline concerts in a row. I saw In Flames play on Saturday 14 January 2012, Graveyard play on Monday the 16th and Ghost play on Thursday the 19th. This was total coincidence as these bands aren’t label mates or anything like that, they just all happened [...]
January 25, 2012
Categories: Classic Metal, Concert Reviews, DC9, Gothenburg Sweden, Melodic Death Metal, Rams Head Live, Rock And Roll Hotel . Tags: DC9, Ghost, Graveyard, In Flames, Rams Head Live, Rock And Roll Hotel . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 2 Comments
Ghost and Graveyard ticket give aways
Ghost and Graveyard isn’t some crappy Dungeons & Dragons knock off, they’re the names of two awesome Swedish bands that are coming to DC next week! Graveyard is playing DC9 on Monday the 16th of January and Ghost is playing the Rock & Roll Hotel on Thursday the 19th of January. To celebrate this mini [...]
January 10, 2012
Categories: Classic Metal, Contests, DC9, Rock And Roll Hotel . Tags: Ancient VVisdom, Blood Ceremony, Contests, Daniel Davies, DC9, Free, Free TIckets, Ghost, Graveyard, Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, Radio Moscow, Rock And Roll Hotel, Washington DC . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 42 Comments
Metal Marathon – The First 3 Days
Well it’s Tuesday the 8th as I write this, and I’ve been to four metal shows in the last three days. I saw two metal fests in Richmond on Saturday, the Virginia Extreme Metal Festival at the Canal Club and A Rockin Massacre at Alley Katz, both are just blocks away and I walked back [...]
March 8, 2011
Categories: Bourbon Street, Classic Metal, Concert Reviews, Death Metal, Local Band Info, Metal Marathon, Metalcore, Power Metal, So Addictive Lounge, Thrash Metal, Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia Metal Scene . Tags: A Rockin Massacre, A Sound Of Thunder, Band, Blood Tribe, Chopper Trike Rebels, Concert, Concert Review, Concert Reviews, Cradle Of Filth, Death Penalty, Division, Gig, Hatred, Heavy Metal, Loculus, Metal, Metal Marathon, Music, Palkoski, Virginia Extreme Metal Festival, Wolfnuke, Xuekatre . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 2 Comments
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