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 [...]
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This blog specializes in heavy metal music and how it relates to Washington DC and the surrounding area. Featuring info on upcoming metal concerts in Washington DC, Baltimore and Virginia, as well as info on local bands, area concert venues, reviews of live gigs, and links to free new heavy metal music.-
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Yngwie Malmsteen ticket give away
Yngwie Malmsteen is coming to the brand new Fillmore Silver Spring on Saturday 15 October 2011 and DCHeavyMetal.com has tickets to give away. All you have to do to enter to win is post in the comments below why you’re a fan of Yngwie and/or why you’d like to go to this show. On Friday [...]
October 10, 2011
Categories: Contests, Fillmore Silver Spring, Power Metal . Tags: Band, Contest, Fillmore, Fillmore Silver Spring, Free, Guitar Virtuoso, Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, The Jones, Yngwie Malmsteen . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 6 Comments
Queensrÿche ticket give away
Here’s another ticket give away for readers of DCHeavyMetal.com! This time you can win a pair of tickets to see the old school power prog metal band Queensrÿche play the 9:30 Club on Tuesday 9 August 2011 with opening act The Voodoos. To enter just tell me what song you’d like to hear Queensryche play [...]
July 29, 2011
Categories: Contests, Nightclub 9:30, Power Metal, Progressive Metal . Tags: Band, Concert, Contest, Free, Free TIckets, Give Away, Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Queensrÿche, Tickets . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 48 Comments
Holy Grail ticket give away
On Thursday the 5th of May 2011 the Red Palace is hosting their second metal concert ever and to celebrate DCHeavyMetal.com is giving away a pair of tickets! The band playing, Holy Grail, is a newer metal band that plays in the traditional style of bands from the 70s and 80s. They put out their [...]
April 27, 2011
Categories: Contests, Power Metal, Red Palace . Tags: Band, Cauldron, Concert, Contest, Contests, Gig, Heavy Metal, Holy Grail, Metal, Music, Power Metal, The Red Palace, To The Teeth, Washington DC . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 9 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
Recap of Mandatory Metal 3 at the State Theatre
Mandatory Metal 3 was the third local metal night at the State Theatre in Falls Church, Virginia held on 16 December 2010. This was the first Mandatory Metal to take place on a Thursday night, instead of a Friday, and that combined with the fact that it snowed a couple inches that day unfortunately kept [...]
December 21, 2010
Categories: Concert Reviews, Hardcore Metal, Local Band Info, Power Metal, State Theatre, Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia Metal Scene . Tags: A Sound Of Thunder, Band, Concert, Concert Review, Concert Reviews, Division, Gig, Heavy Metal, Iris Divine, Mandatory Metal, Mandatory Metal 3, Metal Night, Music, Scream/Ruin, State Theatre . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 1 Comment
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