The new Fillmore in Silver Spring, Maryland, hasn’t had a metal show since Anthrax and Testament played there in November, but they’ve just announced two killer metal concerts coming there in May. The Heritage Hunter tour with Opeth, Mastodon and Ghost on May 9th and the Ophidian Trek tour with Meshuggah, Baroness and Decapitated on [...]
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King Giant tickets and album give away
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 [...]
January 16, 2012
Categories: Contests, Jaxx Nightclub, Local Band Info, Shameless Promotion, Sludge Metal, Stoner, Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia Metal Scene . Tags: Music, Heavy Metal, Metal, Concert Tickets, Jaxx, Sludge Metal, King Giant, Stoner Metal, Jaxx Nightclub, Contest, The Crimson Electric, Auroboros, Borracho, Free, Free TIckets, Weed Warlock . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 23 Comments
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
Borracho CD release show!
Tonight is going to be a big night for the DC based stoner act Borracho, they’re finally having their big CD release show at the Velvet Lounge. You may recall that I gave away a few copies of their new album, Splitting Sky, in a post back in June and tonight, Friday the 16th of [...]
December 16, 2011
Categories: Doom Metal, Local Band Info, Shameless Promotion, Sludge Metal, Stoner, Velvet Lounge, Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia Metal Scene . Tags: Borracho, Kingsnake, Rezin, Velvet Lounge, Washington DC . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 1 Comment
Recap of Clutch and Suplecs gigs
On Sunday the 18th of September I had two shows I was trying to catch live. The first was a special free show that the Frederick, Maryland based band Clutch was holding at the Red Palace. This show was listed as a special five song acoustic set that was part of a promotional “release party” [...]
September 22, 2011
Categories: Concert Reviews, Red Palace, Sludge Metal, Stoner, Velvet Lounge . Tags: Band, Beer, Clutch, Clutch Dark Sour Ale, Concert, Concert Review, Concert Reviews, Concerts, Gig, Heavy Metal, Lo-Pan, Metal, Music, New Belgium Brewing, Nitroseed, Recap, Red Palace, Review, Sludge Metal, Stoner, Suplecs, Velvet Lounge, Washington DC . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: Leave a Comment
Recap of Black Skies gig at the Cellar Door
This isn’t a full review but a fairly quick recap of the house show I went to on Tuesday the 6th of September 2011. It took place on one of a string of rainy nights at a DIY venue I had been meaning to get to for a while, the Cellar Door. This is not [...]
September 8, 2011
Categories: Cellar Door, Concert Reviews, Local Band Info, Sludge Metal, Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia Metal Scene . Tags: Akris, Band, Black Skies, Cellar Door, Concert, DIY, Gig, Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, Rock, Trade . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: Leave a Comment
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