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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This blog specializes in heavy metal music and how it relates to Washington DC and the surrounding area. Featuring info on upcoming metal concerts in Washington DC, Baltimore and Virginia, as well as info on local bands, area concert venues, reviews of live gigs, and links to free new heavy metal music.-
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Torche ticket give away
Here’s a quick contest for you readers who check in regularly here on DCHeavyMetal.com. Florida’s Torche is bringing their thunder pop to DC9 this Thursday. I’m giving away a pair of tickets to one of you on Wednesday 9 November 2011 at 6pm EST. All you’ve got to do to enter is tell me which [...]
November 7, 2011
Categories: Contests, DC9, Stoner . Tags: Band, Chumps, Concert, Contest, DC9, Free TIckets, Gig, Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, Part Chimp, Regents, Ticket Contest, Torche, Washington DC . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 7 Comments
Review of Cavalera Conspiracy gig at the Rock And Roll Hotel
I was excited to see the Cavalera Conspiracy play the Rock & Roll Hotel on H Street in Washington DC on Wednesday the 12th of October 2011. The Cavalera brothers, Max and Igor, were founding members of one of my favorite bands when I was growing up, Sepultura. Sepultura, the Portuguese word for grave, formed [...]
October 14, 2011
Categories: Concert Reviews, Hardcore Metal, Rock And Roll Hotel, Thrash Metal . Tags: Band, Cavalera Conspiracy, Concert Review, Concert Reviews, Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, Rock And Roll Hotel, Sepultura, Washington DC . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 2 Comments
Yngwie Malmsteen ticket give away
Yngwie Malmsteen is coming to the brand new Fillmore Silver Spring on Saturday 15 October 2011 and DCHeavyMetal.com has tickets to give away. All you have to do to enter to win is post in the comments below why you’re a fan of Yngwie and/or why you’d like to go to this show. On Friday [...]
October 10, 2011
Categories: Contests, Fillmore Silver Spring, Power Metal . Tags: Band, Contest, Fillmore, Fillmore Silver Spring, Free, Guitar Virtuoso, Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, The Jones, Yngwie Malmsteen . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 6 Comments
Cavalera Conspiracy ticket give away
Cavalera Conspiracy is coming to the Rock & Roll Hotel on Wednesday 12 October 2011 and DCHeavyMetal.com is giving away a pair of tickets to a lucky one of you readers. All you have to do to enter to win is in the comments below post a classic old school Sepultura song title you’d like [...]
October 4, 2011
Categories: Contests, Hardcore Metal, Rock And Roll Hotel, Thrash Metal . Tags: An Obscure Signal, Band, Cavalera Conspiracy, Contest, Earth Crisis, Free, Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, Otep, Rock & Roll Hotel, Rock And Roll Hotel, Sepultura, Washington DC . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 24 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
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