Maryland Deathfest X is almost here and I’ve created another Survival Guide for this tenth installment of the festival. This post is full of info you can use regardless of how many days you spend at this year’s fest or whether you are visiting Baltimore or a resident. First, I’ll post a few handy links [...]
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Heritage Hunter Tour At The Fillmore Silver Spring Concert Review
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 [...]
May 11, 2012
Categories: Classic Metal, Concert Reviews, Fillmore Silver Spring, Progressive Metal . Tags: Band, Concert, Concert Review, Concert Reviews, Fillmore, Fillmore Silver Spring, Ghost, Heavy Metal, Heritage Hunter Tour, Mastodon, Metal, Music, Opeth, Progressive Heavy Metal, The Fillmore, The Fillmore Silver Spring . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 1 Comment
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
Onslaught ticket give away
DCHeavyMetal.com has another chance for you to win some free tickets. After decades, the 80s UK thrash metal band Onslaught are on their first ever North American tour and they’re bringing along Mpire Of Evil, a new band with two former members of the legendary Venom. Mantas and Demolition Man even play some of those [...]
April 2, 2012
Categories: Black Metal, Contests, Thrash Metal, U Street Music Hall . Tags: Black Metal, Concert, Contest, Free TIckets, Heavy Metal, Metal, Mpire Of Evil, Music, Onslaught, Thrash Metal, Ticket Contest, U Street Music Hall, Washington DC . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 11 Comments
Alcest ticket give away
Listen up folks, there’s a new ticket contest on DCHeavyMetal.com! This time you can win a free pair of tickets to see the French shoegaze/black metal band Alcest play at DC9 on Thursday 29 March 2012. To enter just leave a comment on this post telling me why you are excited to see this show. [...]
March 20, 2012
Categories: Black Metal, Contests, DC9, Local Band Info, Sludge Metal, Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia Metal Scene . Tags: Alcest, Auroboros, Black Clouds, Black Metal, Concert, Contest, DC9, deafheaven, Free TIckets, Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, Shoegaze, Ticket Contest, Washington DC . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 24 Comments
Review of Windhand at St. Stephen’s
On Saturday the 3rd of March 2012 I headed over to Saint Stephen’s Church in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington DC to catch a great line up of metal bands. And while drinking wasn’t allowed at the venue this wasn’t some sort of Christian rock concert, upside down crosses and other metal standards were [...]
March 6, 2012
Categories: Concert Reviews, Death Metal, Doom Metal, Local Band Info, Sludge Metal, St. Stephen's Church, Thrash Metal, Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia Metal Scene . Tags: Concert, Concert Review, Death Metal, Doom Metal, Heavy Metal, Ilsa, Music, Natur, Pilgrim, Satan's Satyrs, Sludge Metal, St. Stephen And The Incarnation Episcopal Church, St. Stephen's Church, Thrash Metal, Washington DC, Windhand . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 1 Comment
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