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 [...]
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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 Clutch and Suplecs gigs
On Sunday the 18th of September I had two shows I was trying to catch live. The first was a special free show that the Frederick, Maryland based band Clutch was holding at the Red Palace. This show was listed as a special five song acoustic set that was part of a promotional “release party” [...]
September 22, 2011
Categories: Concert Reviews, Red Palace, Sludge Metal, Stoner, Velvet Lounge . Tags: Band, Beer, Clutch, Clutch Dark Sour Ale, Concert, Concert Review, Concert Reviews, Concerts, Gig, Heavy Metal, Lo-Pan, Metal, Music, New Belgium Brewing, Nitroseed, Recap, Red Palace, Review, Sludge Metal, Stoner, Suplecs, 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
Review of Proclamation gig at the Ottobar
On Tuesday the 9th of August 2011 there were several metal shows all around the area, quite odd for a random Tuesday. Queensrÿche was playing the 9:30 Club, Emmure was headlining a 14 band concert for the All Stars Tour‘s Baltimore stop at Sonar, and there was also a rare metal showcase at Jammin Java [...]
August 11, 2011
Categories: Concert Reviews, Black Metal, Ottobar . Tags: Black Metal, Concert Review, Music, Heavy Metal, Metal, Band, Concert, Gig, Live, Concert Reviews, Proclamation, Abazagorath, Ottobar . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: Leave a Comment
Review of Liturgy gig at DC9
The Brooklyn based black metal band Liturgy played a gig on Tuesday the 5th of July 2011 at DC9 and even though I was running a fever I still headed up there to catch them play. I’m glad I did as it was an entertaining show, even if I was feeling as sick as a [...]
July 11, 2011
Categories: Black Metal, Concert Reviews, DC9 . Tags: Band, Black Metal, Concert, DC9, Dope Body, Gig, Heavy Metal, Liturgy, Metal, Music, Washington DC . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 1 Comment
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