Cradle of Filth & Blackbraid ticket give away

Cradle of Filth and Blackbraid are coming to the Baltimore Soundstage this Monday, October 19th, with support from Worm and Black Satellite! That’s one hell of a line up which makes DCHM excited to give away a pair of tickets to one of you lucky readers. 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 win. If you want to double your chances of winning you can even enter in both places. Then this Friday, October 16th at 8pm 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.

On this tour Cradle of Filth will be playing several songs from their classic 1996 album Dusk and Her Embrace as well as other selected tracks from their entire catalog. Blackbraid will bring their moving Native American black metal as direct support, a late addition to the tour after Moonspell fell victim to visa issues. Worm plays a style of symphonic black metal with touches of doom metal and a heavy dose of medieval fantasy imagery. Opening act Black Satellite is an gothy rock band from New York City that will get things started right. Now check out the videos of all of these bands below and tell me your favorite song by any band on the bill!

Cradle of Filth – Her Ghost in the Fog

Blackbraid – The Spirit Returns

Worm – Blackheart

Black Satellite – Kill For You

October 14, 2026
Categories: Black Metal, Contests, Baltimore Soundstage . Tags: , , , , , . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 3 Comments

Weedeater Ticket Give Away

Dixie Dave Collins and his band of misfit stoners known as Weedeater are returning to the Black Cat on Thursday, October 15th! To help you burn outs remember the date (that’s coming up real soon), we’re going to give away a free pair of tickets to one of you lucky DCHM readers! 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 win. If you want to double your chances of winning you can even enter in both places. Then this Friday, October 9th at 8pm 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.

Weedeater produces only the highest quality of fuzzy stoner sludge metal and their live energy cannot be understated. Direct support on the bill is Zeke from Seattle who are closer to the Ramones in sound than the grunge bands of the 90s. Atlanta’s Royal Thunder bring their southern bluesy rock to the stage on this tour as well. And the opening band is Yes Ma’am, a folk band from the streets of NOLA. A killer line up from top to bottom! Now check out the videos of all of these bands below and tell me your favorite song by any band on the bill!

Weedeater – Mancoon

Zeke – Mountain Man

Royal Thunder – Whispering World

Yes Ma’am – Tell Me

October 7, 2026
Categories: Black Cat, Contests, Stoner . Tags: , , , , . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 3 Comments

Cradle of Filth & Suffocation ticket give away

Cradle of Filth is making their way to DC to play at the historic Black Cat venue on Monday, May 11th with death metal legends Suffocation and support from Ghost Bath and Cultus Black. We’re so excited about this show at DCHM that we’re giving away a free pair of tickets to this very show to one of you lucky readers! I’ve noticed that some of you have struggled to figure out how to leave comments in the new WordPress comment system so 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 win. If you want to double your chances of winning you can even enter in both places. Then this Thursday, May 7th at 2pm 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.

Cradle of Filth has been releasing their unique style of extreme gothic metal since the early 90s and in March 2025 they released their 15th studio album, The Screaming of the Valkyries, however they’ll be playing some of their classic songs on this tour as well. Suffocation raised the bar of technicality and brutality in death metal when they released their debut album Effigy of the Forgotten in 1991 and they’ve never let up since! Ghost Bath are from North Dakota (not China) and play a somber style of post-black metal that fans of Alcest and Deafheaven will want to check out. The opening band, Cultus Black, is a nu-metal band formed by James Anthony Legion after he left Motograter. Now check out the videos of all of these bands below and tell me your favorite song by any band on the bill!

Cradle of Filth – Malignant Perfection

Suffocation – Seraphim Enslavement

Ghost Bath – Rose Thorn Necklace

Cultus Black – House of Straw

May 4, 2026
Categories: Black Cat, Contests, Death Metal, Melodic Black Metal . Tags: , , , , , , , . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 12 Comments

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: , , , , , , , . 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: , , , , , . 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: , , , , , , . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 6 Comments

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