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 [...]
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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
Recap of the first Metal Night at the State Theatre
Wow what a night for local metal! Friday the 20th of August 2010 was the first metal night at the State Theatre in Falls Church, Virginia and it was a pretty fun time. Four local bands played, Invader, Croatoan, King Giant and Timelord, and the event was organized by an employee of the State Theatre, [...]
August 22, 2010
Categories: Concert Reviews, Death Metal, Local Band Info, Power Metal, Sludge Metal, State Theatre, Thrash Metal, Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia Metal Scene . Tags: Band, Concert, Concert Review, Concerts, Croatoan, Gig, Heavy Metal, Invader, King Giant, Metal, Metal Night, Monthly Metal, Music, State Theatre, Timelord . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: Leave a Comment
Review of Iron Maiden gig at Jiffy Lube Live
Whenever Iron Maiden comes to town you can bet most of the metal heads in the area are going to find their way to that concert. Tuesday the 20th of July 2010 was no exception when Iron Maiden played the horribly named Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow, Virginia. The concert was fun as always, though [...]
July 22, 2010
Categories: Classic Metal, Concert Reviews, Jiffy Lube Live, New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, Power Metal . Tags: Band, Concert, Concert Review, Concerts, Final Frontier Tour, Gig, Heavy Metal, Iron Maiden, Jiffy Lube Live, Metal, Music, setlist . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 16 Comments
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- Gravewürm
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- Iris Divine
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- Misery Index
- Oak
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