I was fortunate enough to be asked to guest co-host on the Inverted Umlaut pirate radio show/podcast last night for a special on heavy metal in the Washington DC area. DJ Young Padawan was really cool and let me pick the playlist too, which I’ve posted below. The show plays metal every Monday night from [...]
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Second Wave Of Free Music
It’s been a little while since my last post but I’ve been working on a few things and this is the first one to get finished up. Today is tax day and if you’re like me you’ve waited until the last minute to pay the man, so I figured you all could use some stimulus [...]
April 18, 2011
Categories: Local Band Info, Shameless Promotion, Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia Metal Scene . Tags: Absolute Vengeance, An Obscure Signal, Apothys, Auroboros, Aurora Borealis, Band, Billows, Borracho, Cassandra Syndrome, Deranged Theory, Download, Dragon Wing Begonia, Free Download, Free MP3 Download, Free MP3s, Free Music, Gründle Hammer, Heavy Metal, Local Bands, Metal, MP3, MP3s, Music, Permafrost, Prodigium, Sacrum, The Neologist, To The Teeth, Wolfnuke, Yesterday's Saints . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: Leave a Comment
Review of Loculus gig at Jaxx
Ashburn, Virginia based Loculus headlined a local metal night with openers Above The Altar and Apothys at Jaxx on Saturday the 20th of November 2010 and it was pretty damn awesome. This was the release party show for Loculus’ new EP, Sinew, which they were giving away copies of for free to everyone in attendance. [...]
November 23, 2010
Categories: Concert Reviews, Death Metal, Jaxx Nightclub, Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia Metal Scene . Tags: Above The Altar, Apothys, Band, Concert, Concert Review, Concert Reviews, Concerts, Death Metal, Gig, Heavy Metal, Jaxx, Jaxx Nightclub, Loculus, Metal, Music . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: Leave a Comment
Review of Metal Monday at So Addictive
So Addictive Lounge is a small venue out in Herndon, Virginia that’s been having a weekly Metal Monday showcasing mostly local metal bands. As such, I’ve heard a lot about this place since most of the local bands I try to follow seem to play there sooner or later. This evening, Monday the 15th of [...]
November 18, 2010
Categories: Black Metal, Blackened Death Metal, Concert Reviews, Grind, So Addictive Lounge, Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia Metal Scene . Tags: Apothys, Archael, Band, Black Metal, Concert, Death Metal, Frank Palkoski, Gig, Grind, Grindcore, Heavy Metal, Immortal Decay, Metal, Metal Mondays, So Addictive Lounge, The Seventh Gate . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 1 Comment
Review of Blood And Fire Festival at KC’s
On Saturday the 10th of July, 2010 I headed down to Fredericksburg to a gathering of bands from Washington DC and Northern Virginia. This was the first Blood And Fire Festival and was held at KC’s Music Alley. The doors opened at 2pm but there was no way I was going to get down to [...]
July 13, 2010
Categories: Black Metal, Concert Reviews, Death Metal, KC's Music Alley, Local Band Info, Thrash Metal, Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia Metal Scene . Tags: Apothys, Blood And Fire Festival, Concert, Concert Review, Hatred, Heavy Metal, Immortal Decay, KCs Music Alley, Music, Orgy Of The Damned . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 1 Comment
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