Ghost and Graveyard isn’t some crappy Dungeons & Dragons knock off, they’re the names of two awesome Swedish bands that are coming to DC next week! Graveyard is playing DC9 on Monday the 16th of January and Ghost is playing the Rock & Roll Hotel on Thursday the 19th of January. To celebrate this mini [...]
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This blog specializes in heavy metal music and how it relates to Washington DC and the surrounding area. Featuring info on upcoming metal concerts in Washington DC, Baltimore and Virginia, as well as info on local bands, area concert venues, reviews of live gigs, and links to free new heavy metal music.-
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2011 Recap, 2012 Preview
2011 is coming to a close and it has been another great year for DCHeavyMetal.com! The site has been growing and I’m glad I’ve made it through another calendar year of running this site and I have to say thanks for all the support I’ve gotten from the metal community here in DC. None of [...]
December 30, 2011
Categories: Local Band Info, Uncategorized, Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia Metal Scene . Tags: 2011, 2012, End Of Year, Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, Preview, Recap, Review, Washington DC, Year End . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 1 Comment
Borracho CD release show!
Tonight is going to be a big night for the DC based stoner act Borracho, they’re finally having their big CD release show at the Velvet Lounge. You may recall that I gave away a few copies of their new album, Splitting Sky, in a post back in June and tonight, Friday the 16th of [...]
December 16, 2011
Categories: Doom Metal, Local Band Info, Shameless Promotion, Sludge Metal, Stoner, Velvet Lounge, Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia Metal Scene . Tags: Borracho, Kingsnake, Rezin, Velvet Lounge, Washington DC . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 1 Comment
Mastodon and Puscifer ticket give aways
That’s right, DCHeavyMetal.com is giving away tickets to not one, but TWO kick ass shows coming up this weekend. Puscifer (featuring Maynard James Keenan of Tool fame) and Carina Round are playing at the Lisner Auditorium on Saturday the 26th of November 2011, and Mastodon, The Dillinger Escape Plan and Red Fang are playing at [...]
November 21, 2011
Categories: Contests, Lisner Auditorium, Metalcore, Nightclub 9:30, Stoner . Tags: 9:30 Club, Carina Round, Contests, Free, Free TIckets, George Washington University, GWU, Heavy Metal, Lisner Auditorium, Mastodon, Metal, MJK, Music, Nightclub 9:30, Puscifer, Red Fang, TDEP, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Washington DC . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 81 Comments
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
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