Wednesday the 9th of May 2012 was a rainy day in the Washington, DC area, perfect weather for a mid-week, indoor concert. The Heritage Hunter Tour brought the impressive line up of Opeth, Mastodon and Ghost to the Fillmore in Silver Spring, Maryland, that night and I finally got a chance to check out this [...]
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Onslaught and M-Pire Of Evil Concert Review
On Easter Sunday, the 8th of April, I headed over to the U Street Music Hall in Washington DC to see Onslaught and M-Pire Of Evil play the final show of their 2012 North American tour. This tour was the first time either band had ever been to the US and this show was the [...]
April 12, 2012
Categories: Concert Reviews, Thrash Metal, U Street Music Hall . Tags: Band, Concert, Concert Review, Gig, Heavy Metal, M-Pire Of Evil, Metal, Music, Onslaught, Thrash Metal, U St Music Hall, U Street Music Hall, Venom, Washington DC . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 1 Comment
New Local Music Videos
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 [...]
February 2, 2012
Categories: Local Band Info, Shameless Promotion, Stoner, Thrash Metal, Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia Metal Scene . Tags: Auroboros, Band, Doom Metal, Fierce Allegiance, Heavy Metal, King Giant, Metal, Music, Music Video, Music Videos, Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal, Thrash Metal . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: Leave a Comment
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
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