I know I usually write really long posts but today I thought I’d just do a short post featuring a couple of very professionally produced music videos by two kick ass local metal bands. Both of them are brand new, released in January 2012. I was going to have a third music video on here [...]
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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
2011 Recap, 2012 Preview
2011 is coming to a close and it has been another great year for DCHeavyMetal.com! The site has been growing and I’m glad I’ve made it through another calendar year of running this site and I have to say thanks for all the support I’ve gotten from the metal community here in DC. None of [...]
December 30, 2011
Categories: Local Band Info, Uncategorized, Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia Metal Scene . Tags: 2011, 2012, End Of Year, Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, Preview, Recap, Review, Washington DC, Year End . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 1 Comment
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
DC Metal Spotlight On Metal Underground
I was asked to write a guest post for one of my favorite metal news websites, MetalUnderground.com, and it went live on the site today. They have a weekly column called Unearthing The Metal Underground where each post explores a different area’s underground metal scene. They asked me to write the one about underground metal [...]
September 26, 2011
Categories: Concert Reviews, Local Band Info, Red Palace, Shameless Promotion, Velvet Lounge, Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia Metal Scene . Tags: Band, Blabbermouth, Blabbermouth.net, Borracho, Clutch, Concert, Garage Hoppers, Gig, Ilsa, Metal, Metal Underground, MetalUnderground.com, Midnight Eye, Music, Red Palace, The Garage Hoppers, Velvet Lounge, Washington DC . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: Leave a Comment
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