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. [...]
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Metal In Other Places
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
Iron Maiden, Alice Cooper and Rammstein ticket give aways
Well here’s something great for you readers of DCHeavyMetal.com, I’ve made an agreement with Live Nation to give away pairs of tickets to two of the biggest concerts coming to the area! Rammstein is playing the 1st Mariner Arena (formerly Baltimore Arena) in Baltimore on Wednesday 25 April 2012 and Iron Maiden with Alice Cooper [...]
March 2, 2012
Categories: 1st Mariner Arena, Classic Metal, Contests, Industrial, Jiffy Lube Live, New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, Power Metal . Tags: 1st Mariner Arena, Alice Cooper, Baltimore, Baltimore Arena, Bristow, Contest, Contests, First Mariner Arena, Free, Free TIckets, Heavy Metal, Iron Maiden, Jiffy Lube Live, Made In Germany, Maiden England North American Tour 2012, Maryland, Metal, Music, Nissan Pavilion, Rammstein, Ticket Contest, Virginia, Washington DC . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 153 Comments
Marilyn Manson ticket give away
The king of goth shock rock, Marilyn Manson, is coming to the Fillmore in Silver Spring, Maryland on Tuesday the 1st of May! Support on this show will be by The Pretty Reckless. DCHeavyMetal.com is giving away a free pair of tickets to one lucky reader and all you’ve got to do is post a [...]
February 24, 2012
Categories: Contests, Fillmore Silver Spring, Gothic . Tags: Contest, Contests, Fillmore, Fillmore Silver Spring, Free, goth, Heavy Metal, Marilyn Manson, Metal, Music, Shock Rock, The Fillmore Silver Spring, The Pretty Reckless, Ticket Contest . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 50 Comments
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
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: Auroboros, Borracho, Concert Tickets, Contest, Free, Free TIckets, Heavy Metal, Jaxx, Jaxx Nightclub, King Giant, Metal, Music, Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal, The Crimson Electric, Weed Warlock . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 23 Comments
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