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
Guest post on Heavy Uber Alles
The blog Heavy Uber Alles is a place for all things heavy. Among news, concert reviews and other heavy topics, every week on Tuesday they put up six songs (that you can stream) as a sort of play list they aptly call the Tuesday Six. Heavy Uber Alles has decided to start letting some guests [...]
December 6, 2011
Categories: Shameless Promotion, Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia Metal Scene . Tags: Guest Post, Heavy Uber Alles . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: Leave a Comment
Mega Sized Metal Concert Recap
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 [...]
November 10, 2011
Categories: Asefu's, Black Metal, Comet Ping Pong, Concert Reviews, Death Metal, Jaxx Nightclub, Power Metal, Rams Head Live, Sonar, Stoner, Talking Head Club, Tech Death, Thrash Metal, Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia Metal Scene . Tags: A Sound Of Thunder, Asefu's, Auroboros, Black Metal, Blackened Death Metal, Bloodbath, Borracho, Comet Ping Pong, Concert Recap, Concert Review, Death Metal, Decapitated, Deceased, Decrepit Birth, Doom Metal, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Hate, Impiety, Inter Arma, Jaxx Nightclub, Johnny Brenda's, Keep Of Kalessin, Kvelertak, Landmine Marathon, Mayhem, Melodic Black Metal, Midnight, Midnight Eye, Opeth, Rams Head Live, Sabaton, Sepultura Cover Band, Skeletonwitch, Sludge Metal, Sonar, Stoner, Technical Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Warbringer, Windhand . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 4 Comments
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
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