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 [...]
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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
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
Summer Slaughter Ticket Give Away
The Summer Slaughter Tour is coming to Washington DC this year and this wouldn’t be DCHeavyMetal.com if I wasn’t giving away tickets to this heavy concert! They’re coming to the 9:30 Club on Monday, August 15th, 2011. All you have to do to enter to win is post a comment below telling me which of [...]
August 8, 2011
Categories: Contests, Death Metal, Local Band Info, Metalcore, Nightclub 9:30, Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia Metal Scene . Tags: 9:30 Club, As Blood Runs Black, Concert, Contest, Contests, Darkest Hour, Dying Fetus, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, Nightclub 9:30, Oceano, Powerglove, Six Feet Under, Summer Slaughter, Summer Slaughter Tour, The Black Dahlia Murder, White Chapel, Within Ruins . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 27 Comments
The History Of Witch-Hunt
Well since there aren’t any shows I’ll be going to this week for me to review, I wanted to at least write about SOMETHING here and DCHeavyMetal.com reader James gave me the idea of talking about one of the local bands in the area. Well, I didn’t want to deal with picking favorites, so I’ve [...]
July 27, 2011
Categories: Black Metal, Local Band Info, Melodic Black Metal, Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia Metal Scene . Tags: Band, Black Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, Music History, Northern Virginia, Witch-Hunt . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 4 Comments
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- Oak
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