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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King Giant tickets and album give away
Hey everyone, I’ve got another contest for you this week. Local southern metal act King Giant is playing Jaxx Nightclub in Springfield, Virginia this Saturday the 21st of January and DCHeavyMetal.com is giving away a free pair of tickets to one of you lucky readers of the site. This isn’t just any ordinary King Giant [...]
January 16, 2012
Categories: Contests, Jaxx Nightclub, Local Band Info, Shameless Promotion, Sludge Metal, Stoner, Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia Metal Scene . Tags: Music, Heavy Metal, Metal, Concert Tickets, Jaxx, Sludge Metal, King Giant, Stoner Metal, Jaxx Nightclub, Contest, The Crimson Electric, Auroboros, Borracho, Free, Free TIckets, Weed Warlock . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 23 Comments
DCHeavyMetal.com vs Inverted Umlaut
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 [...]
April 26, 2011
Categories: Local Band Info, Shameless Promotion, Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia Metal Scene . Tags: Animals As Leaders, Apothys, Auroboros, Balor's Eye, Borracho, Deceased, Division, Fierce Allegiance, Gravewurm, Hatred, Heavy Metal, Ilsa, Inverted Umlaut, King Giant, Loculus, Magrudergrind, Metal, Music, Oak, Orgy Of The Damned, Pentagram, Pig Destroyer, Pirate Radio, Podcast, Radio, Radio CPR, The Neologist, Washington DC, Wolfsschanze, Wrnlrd . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 3 Comments
Recap of King Giant gig at the State Theatre
Saturday the 29th of January 2011 was a big night for metal at the State Theatre. On that night they hosted their first metal show that wasn’t part of the Mandatory Metal series. King Giant headlined the show and it was pretty awesome. The band was joined by The Crimson Electric from Virginia Beach, Throwdown [...]
January 31, 2011
Categories: Concert Reviews, Doom Metal, Hardcore Metal, State Theatre, Thrash Metal, Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia Metal Scene . Tags: Band, Concert, Concert Review, Concert Reviews, Death Penalty, Ghetto Metal, Heavy Metal, King Giant, Metal, Music, State Theatre, Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock, The Crimson Electric, Thrash Metal, Throwdown Syndicate . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 2 Comments
King Giant Contest
Sadly, the Mandatory Metal shows at the State Theatre have ended, but in their wake comes the first heavy metal show that wasn’t part of the Mandatory series to be booked at the historic venue in Falls Church, Virginia. That’s right, on Saturday the 29th of January 2011 Arlington’s southern stoner metal band King Giant [...]
January 13, 2011
Categories: Contests, Doom Metal, Hardcore Metal, Local Band Info, State Theatre, Thrash Metal, Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia Metal Scene . Tags: Contest, Contests, Death Penalty, Heavy Metal, King Giant, Metal, Music, Southern Metal, State Theatre, Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock, The Crimson Electric, Thrash Metal, Throwdown Syndicate . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 23 Comments
Review of Priestess gig at the Red Palace
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve gotten out to a good metal show, so I was glad I could make it out to see Priestess, Naam and King Giant at the newly opened Red Palace in Washington DC on Tuesday the 9th of November 2010. This was a concert that almost didn’t happen because [...]
November 10, 2010
Categories: Concert Reviews, Red Palace, Sludge Metal, Thrash Metal, Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia Metal Scene . Tags: Band, Concert, Concert Review, Concert Reviews, Gig, Heavy Metal, King Giant, Metal, Music, Naam, Priestess, Red Palace, The Red Palace . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: Leave a Comment
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