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Lorna Shore ticket give away

We’re gonna do things a little differently this to so read carefully! The deathcore superstars Lorna Shore are coming to the Theater at the MGM National Harbor casino on Sunday, September 21st and best of all we’re going to give away a pair of tickets to this very show to a lucky DCHM fan! I’ve noticed that some of you have struggled to figure out how to leave post comments in the new WordPress comment system so for this contest you can enter by either leaving a comment telling me your favorite song by any band playing this show on my Instagram post here OR you can leave a comment on this post as usual, making sure to include an email address so I can contact you. If you want to double your chances of winning you can even enter in both places. Then this Friday at 12pm noon the contest will close and a winner will be selected from all valid entries using Random.org! If the selected winner hasn’t written me back within 24 hours then another winner will be selected. If you can’t wait to see if you win or the contest is already over when you read this, then you can purchase tickets here.

Lorna Shore‘s 2022 break out album Pain Remains solidified them as a heavyweight of the deathcore genre and just last Friday they released their follow up album, I Feel the Everblack Festering Within Me. This tour also features support from Detroit based The Black Dahlia Murder, already legends of the melodic death metal genre. Also playing is Shadow of Intent a New England based deathcore band with symphonic leanings, and the opening band is PeelingFlesh, a slam death band from Oklahoma. Now check out these videos from each band and leave a comment on this post or Instagram (here) to enter to win your pair of tickets to this sick show!

Lorna Shore – Glenwood

The Black Dahlia Murder – Panic Hysteric

Shadow of Intent – Mechanical Chaos

PeelingFlesh – Midnight

September 16, 2025
Categories: Contests, Death Metal, Deathcore, Melodic Death Metal, Slam Death, Theater at MGM National Harbor . Tags: Death Metal, Deathcore, Lorna Shore, PeelingFlesh, Shadow of Intent, Slam Death, TBDM, The Black Dahlia Murder . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 8 Comments

Ticket Give Away: Fu Manchu at the Black Cat 9/18/25

Fu Manchu has been one of the pioneers of the stoner scene since the 90s and their big riffs have made them fans with metal heads, stoners and skaters alike! On Thursday, September 18th, the band is playing the legendary Black Cat and we’re so excited that we’re giving away a pair of tickets to one of you lucky DCHM readers! To enter: just leave a comment on this post telling me your favorite stoner or desert rock album ever. Then on Saturday, September 13th, 2025, at 5pm Eastern the contest will close and a winner will be selected from all valid entries using Random.org! Be sure to use a valid email you check regularly when you enter so I can contact you if you win. When you leave a comment you must click the little email icon and enter your email in (only I can see the email address you enter) otherwise I won’t be able to contact you if you win. If the selected winner hasn’t written me back within 24 hours then another winner will be selected. If you can’t wait to see if you win or the contest is already over when you read this, then you can purchase tickets here.

Fu Manchu burst out of the Southern California desert rock scene with their own high energy take on the stoner sound and formed a devoted fan base after releasing classic albums of the genre like The Action is Go! and King Of The Road and an iconic stoner style cover of the Blue Öyster Cult hit song “Godzilla.” Several of Fu Manchu’s tracks ended up on various Tony Hawk skateboard video games that were hugely popular on the Playstation 2, gaining them an even wider audience. The band still puts out studio albums full of killer riffs, including 2024’s The Return of Tomorrow. Now go get in the comments and tell me what your favorite stoner or desert rock album of all time is!

September 9, 2025
Categories: Black Cat, Contests, Stoner . Tags: Black Cat, Desert Rock, Fu Manchu, Stoner, Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 10 Comments

Sadness and Barbelith ticket give away

Don’t forget that this Monday, May 5th is Cinco de Mayo and you be able to catch the depressive atmo-black metal band Sadness‘s tour at Songbyrd that night! The Texas band is headlining a killer line up that night which includes Barbelith, Curse and Torvus and because I want to make sure people don’t overlook this sick show so DCHM is giving away a pair of tickets to one of you lucky readers. To enter just leave a comment on this post telling me what your favorite depressive, atmospheric or just generally mopey band is. Alcest, The Cure, Xasthur, Deafheaven, it all counts! Then on Friday, May 2nd, 2025 at 5pm Eastern the contest will close and a winner will be selected from all valid entries using Random.org! Be sure to use a valid email you check regularly when you enter so I can contact you if you win. When you leave a comment you must click the little email icon and enter your email in (only I can see the email address you enter) otherwise I won’t be able to contact you if you win. If the selected winner hasn’t written me back within 24 hours then another winner will be selected. If you can’t wait to see if you win or the contest is already over when you read this, then you can purchase tickets here.

Sadness formed in the Chicago area but has since moved their project to Texas where in just 2024 alone they released 3 full length albums! Barbelith is a Baltimore based black metal band that started out with a more raw sound but has since gotten much more atmospheric in their musical direction and I can’t recommend the 18 minute single track EP Deathless Master enough! Also from Baltimore will be the duo Curse, who have a more synth based sound but bring the sorrow just the same. The local openers on this one, Torvus, are not to be missed either. Their catchy take on the goth metal sound is as inspiring as it is depressing. If you haven’t heard of any of these bands please take some time to check them out below and then enter to win a pair of tickets to this stacked line up on May 5th at Songbyrd!

April 29, 2025
Categories: Black Metal, Contests, Gothic, Songbyrd . Tags: Atmospheric Black Metal, Barbelith, Curse, goth, Gothic, Sadness, Torvus . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 6 Comments

Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats ticket give away

It’s very rare that Cambridge, England, based Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats make it to this side of the pond for a proper tour so we’re excited here at DCHM for the band to play the Fillmore Silver Spring on Wednesday, February 5th! That’s why we’re giving away a pair of seated tickets to this sure to be epic show. To enter just leave a comment on this post telling me what your favorite movie soundtrack or score is. Then on Monday, February 3rd, 2025 at 5pm Eastern the contest will close and a winner will be selected from all valid entries using Random.org! Be sure to use a valid email you check regularly when you enter so I can contact you if you win. When you leave a comment you must click the little email icon and enter your email in (only I can see the email address you enter) otherwise I won’t be able to contact you if you win. If the selected winner hasn’t written me back within 24 hours then another winner will be selected. If you can’t wait to see if you win or the contest is already over when you read this, then you can purchase tickets here.

This isn’t your normal Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats tour. For starters it will be seated and the band will be performing their 2024 concept album Nell’ ora blu (Italian for “the blue hour”) from start to finish. Why does a band from England have an album title in Italian you may ask? That’s because this album is a love letter to Italian horror and crime cinema and sounds like a movie soundtrack to a film that was never actually shot, but with that distinct creepy stoner metal vibe that Uncle Acid has perfected. The story revolves around vigilante justice of a corrupt businessman and fits perfectly thematically with Uncle Acid’s throwback sound. You may have seen Uncle Acid perform before but you’ve never seen a set from them like this! Support on this show comes from Jonathan Hultén, a Swedish folk musician most people will probably know for his time in the band Tribulation before going solo. Now check out these releases by the bands below and tell me your favorite movie soundtrack or score in the comments (and be sure to include your email address)!

Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats – La vipera

Jonathan Hultén – Riverflame

January 30, 2025
Categories: Contests, Fillmore Silver Spring, Stoner . Tags: Concerto Spettacolare, Jonathan Hultén, Nell' ora blu, The Deadbeats, The Fillmore Silver Spring, Uncle Acid, Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats, Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 13 Comments

Pig Destroyer & Mammoth Grinder tickets & albums give away

2024 is the 20th anniversary of the classic Terrifyer album by local grind legends Pig Destroyer! To mark the occasion, Relapse Records is reissuing the album in a newly remastered version that also includes the 38 minute “Natasha” song and a ton of previously unreleased demos and bonus tracks. If this wasn’t cool enough, Pig Destroyer is playing an album release show for this killer reissue at the Black Cat this Thursday, November 14th of 2024! And if that wasn’t enough, DCHM is going to give away a pair of tickets to this very show, and the winner will also receive a copy of the Terrifyer reissue signed by the band. But wait, there’s more! Relapse Records label mates Mammoth Grinder are playing direct support of Piggy D on this show and they’ve got a new EP coming out, titled Undying Spectral Resonance, and the winner will get a signed copy of that at the show as well! If you’re not into vinyl we’ll make sure you can get another format (probably CD) signed at the show instead. Now to enter just leave a comment on this post telling me what your favorite metal release of 2024 is so far. Then on Monday, November 11th, 2024 at 5pm Eastern the contest will close and a winner will be selected from all valid entries using Random.org! Be sure to use a valid email you check regularly when you enter so I can contact you if you win. When you leave a comment you must click the little email icon and enter your email in (only I can see the email address) otherwise I won’t be able to contact you if you win. If the selected winner hasn’t written me back within 24 hours then another winner will be selected. If you can’t wait to see if you win or the contest is already over when you read this, then you can purchase tickets here.

Pig Destroyer doesn’t play a ton of home town shows so don’t miss this chance to see them at the Black Cat! Direct support comes from Mammoth Grinder and I don’t know if you’ve been paying attention but they now include members of Exhumed and Battlemaster in their line up, so they’re only getting more brutal! Also playing will be Genocide Pact, another Relapse band and also based in DC. They play a modern take on that old school Swedish buzzsaw style of death metal. Opening the show is local band Entrail Asphyxiation, a local death metal/goregrind band that’s been getting a lot of notice lately. Anyways, check out these videos of the bands below and leave a comment telling me your favorite metal album so far of 2024 (Gotta make sure I haven’t missed anything for my end of year lists!)

Pig Destroyer – Gravedancer

Mammoth Grinder – Undying Spectral Resonance

Genocide Pact – Perverse Dominion

Entrail Asphyxiation – s/t EP

November 7, 2024
Categories: Black Cat, Contests, Death Metal, Grind . Tags: Black Cat, Contest, Entrail Asphyxiation, Genocide Pact, Mammoth Grinder, Pig Destroyer, PxDx . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 25 Comments

Baroness ticket give away

Despite a terrifying bus wreck, several drastic line up changes and member relocations, Baroness has consistently been able to put out great releases and put on killer live shows! Which is why we’re so excited here at DCHM to see Baroness at The Fillmore Silver Spring on Sunday, June 23rd! In fact we’re so excited that we’re going to give away a free pair of tickets to one lucky DCHM reader! To enter just leave a comment on this post telling me what your favorite Baroness song is! I’ve been loving “Anodyne” off their 2023 release Stone but if you need help picking you can always find their discography here. On Sunday, June 16th, 2024 at 5pm Eastern the contest will close and a winner will be selected from all valid entries using Random.org! Be sure to use a valid email you check regularly when you enter so I can contact you if you win. Don’t worry, I won’t add you to any spam lists or sell your info to Sleazy P. Martini. If the selected winner hasn’t written me back within 24 hours then another winner will be selected. If you can’t wait to see if you win or the contest is already over when you read this, then you can purchase tickets here.

Baroness is one of those bands that has straddled the line between heavy metal and hard rock but one thing has always been obvious: John Baizley’s ability to bring his vision for the band to life through uncompromising songwriting. They’re sure to put on a killer performance at the Fillmore Silver Spring later this month however there’s two other bands on the bill as well! Direct support will be provided by Ruby The Hatchet, a psychedelic doom band with haunting vocals by frontwoman Jillian Taylor. The opening act is Filth Is Eternal, a pissed off Seattle rock band with lots of punk influences known for their high energy live shows. Now hurry up and leave a comment on this post telling me what your favorite Baroness song is!

Baroness – Anodyne