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Faith No More ticket give away

Faith No More at Merriweather Post Pavilion

Faith No More is back together and they’re doing a short run of shows, including a performance at Merriweather Post Pavilion on Sunday, August 2nd! We’re so excited here at DCHM to see Mike Patton and the gang back together that we’re giving away a free pair of seated tickets (as in, not lawn) to this show to one of our lucky readers. To enter just leave a comment on this post telling me what your favorite metal come back album is. At 5pm EST this Friday, June 26th, a winner will be chosen at random (using Random.org) from all valid entries to win the tickets. Be sure to enter using a valid email you check regularly so I can contact you if you win. Don’t worry, I won’t add you to any spam lists or sell your info or anything sleazy like that. If I haven’t heard back from the winner within 24 hours another winner will be chosen at random. If you can’t wait to see if you win or the contest is already over when you read this, then you can get tickets from Ticket Fly for $40 (lawn) or $55 (seats and pit) here.

In May Faith No More released Sol Invictus, the band’s first album since 1997. They have put together a small US tour to support this album and we’re lucky enough to get one of these dates in our area, so you don’t want to miss this rare chance to see Faith No More live! Of course they’ll be playing plenty of their older classics as well. The opening act on this tour is Refused, a Swedish hardcore punk band that has reunited to play once more after breaking up in the late 90s. Now check out these songs by the bands playing below and let me know what you favorite metal come back album is in the comments!

Faith No More – Superhero

Faith No More – Epic

Refused – Elektra

June 22, 2015
Categories: Contests, Merriweather Post Pavilion . Tags: Faith No More, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Refused . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 36 Comments

Free Tickets to Mad Max: Fury Road advance screening

Well this isn’t directly heavy metal related but when I heard about the new Max Max movie, officially titled Mad Max: Fury Road, was coming out I have to admit that I was excited since I have always liked the Mad Max movies. So when I was given the chance to give away 30 pairs of tickets (60 tickets total) to an advance screening at 7:30pm on Wednesday, May 6th (that’s THIS Wednesday!) in Silver Spring I couldn’t turn that down! The Mad Max: Fury Road advance screening will take place at the Regal Majestic in Silver Spring (map). To claim your free pair of tickets just click on the link here and either create a free account or just log in using your Facebook, Twitter or Google+ user name. The tickets are first come first served and once they are all claimed they’ll be gone. Note that the movie isn’t officially released until May 15th so this is an exclusive advance viewing just for readers of DCHM!

Mad Max: Fury Road is the first Mad Max film to be released in 30 years by the post-apocalyptic franchise’s director George Miller. This is the first film in the series where “Mad” Max Rockatansky will be played by Tom Hardy, the actor that played Bane in Batman: The Dark Knight Rises, and it also co-stars Charlize Theron as Imperator Furiosa. For more info you can check out the trailer embedded below or read about it on IMDB (here) or Wikipedia (here).

May 4, 2015
Categories: Contests, Shameless Promotion . Tags: Charlize Theron, George Miller, Mad Max, Mad Max; Fury Road, Tom Hardy . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 1 Comment

Testament and Exodus ticket give away

Testament and Exodus at the Fillmore Silver Spring

Thrash metal fans cannot miss the Dark Roots Of Thrash II Tour when it brings both Testament and Exodus to the Fillmore Silver Spring on Tuesday, April 28th of 2015! We’re so psyched that we want to get as many people out to this show as possible so this week we’re giving away a free pair of tickets to one of you lucky DCHM readers. To enter just leave a comment on this post telling me what your favorite thrash metal band is. You can go old school Bay Area like Testament and Exodus themselves, or Big Four like Anthrax and Slayer, or maybe new school like Municipal Waste and Warbringer or even go with a crossover band for you DRI and Power Trip fans! At 5pm EST this Friday, April 24th, a winner will be chosen at random (using Random.org) from all valid entries to win the tickets. Be sure to enter using a valid email you check regularly so I can contact you if you win. Don’t worry, I won’t add you to any spam lists or sell your info or anything sleazy like that. If I haven’t heard back from the winner within 24 hours another winner will be chosen at random. If you can’t wait to see if you win or the contest is already over when you read this, then you can get tickets from Live Nation for $35.50 here.

On this tour Testament will be playing a set mostly consisting of material from their first three albums, The Legacy, The New Order and Practice What You Preach, so fans of the band’s classic older material are in for a hell of a show. And you may have heard that Exodus has brought back Steve Souza to front the band so you can expect to hear songs from their new album with him, Blood In Blood Out, as well as classic older material from when he was with the band in the 80s and 90s. The opening act for this show is going to be Shattered Sun, a Texas based band that is having their debut full length album, Hope Within Hatred, released this very week on Victory Records. Now to get you in the headbanging, crowd surfing, mosh pit shoving mood check out these videos by each band below and tell me what your favorite thrash metal band is in the comments!

Testament – Rise Up

Exodus – Blood In, Blood Out

Shattered Sun – Hope Within Hatred

April 20, 2015
Categories: Bay Area Thrash, Contests, Fillmore Silver Spring, Thrash Metal . Tags: Exodus, Shattered Sun, Testament, Thrash Metal . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 36 Comments

Inter Arma ticket give away

Inter Arma at DC9

One of Richmond’s sickest bands, Inter Arma, is playing DC9 on Monday, April 13th and we’re so psyched about this show that we’re going to give away a free pair of tickets to it to one of you lucky readers! To enter: just leave a comment on this post telling me what your favorite band from Virginia, Maryland or DC is (it can even be your own band you self promoters). At 5pm this Friday, April 10th, a winner will be chosen at random (using Random.org) from all valid entries to win the tickets. Be sure to enter using a valid email you check regularly so I can contact you if you win. Don’t worry, I won’t add you to any spam lists or sell your info or anything sleazy like that, I hate spam too. If I haven’t heard back from the winner within 24 hours another winner will be chosen at random. If the contest is already over when you read this, or you just can’t wait to see if you win, you can buy them from Ticket Fly for $10 here.

Inter Arma, who are currently signed to Relapse Records, is a hard band to pin a subgenre on. The best thing I have been able to come up with to describe them is to say they sound like a really pissed off Neurosis. Their live shows are always intense so don’t skip this one. Also on the tour with Inter Arma is Yautja, a Tennessee based sludge/grind band that is named after the species of alien in the Predator movies. The local support on this bill comes from the excellent Drugs Of Faith. The band has developed a sound known as grind n roll that is just as angry, but quite a bit more catchy, than your standard grind band. This is a pretty awesome bill and you’re not going to want to miss any of these bands so get there early! Now give a listen to these tracks by the bands below as you leave your comment telling me your favorite area band from VA, MD or DC!

Inter Arma – ‘sblood

Yautja – Denihilist

Drugs Of Faith – Insanity

April 7, 2015
Categories: Contests, DC9 . Tags: Drugs Of Faith, Inter Arma, Yautja . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 19 Comments

24 hour ticket give away

There a couple of shows coming up at DC9 in the next week and for you fans that check in to DCHM regularly we’re doing a very short give away for tickets to both shows! On Sunday, March 29th you can catch Miami’s Torche, always a high energy live show, at the venue and on Thursday, April 2nd, Brooklyn’s Liturgy will be there. To enter just tell me which show you’d like to win a pair of tickets to (you can enter for both if you’d like as well, tho different winners will be chosen for each show). But hurry, the winners will be chosen TOMORROW, Saturday March 28th, at 5pm EST, so don’t sleep on this!

The winners will be chosen at random (using Random.org) from all valid entries to win a pair of tickets to either Torche on 3/29 or Liturgy on 4/2. Be sure to enter using a valid email you check regularly so I can contact you if you win, and be sure to check it this weekend, especially if you’re entering for Torche because the show is on the next day. Don’t worry, I won’t add you to any spam lists or sell your info or anything sleazy like that, I hate spam too. If I don’t hear back from the winners new ones will be chosen. I’m keeping this one short today but be sure to check out these sick Torche and Liturgy songs below and tell me which shows you’d like to see!

Torche – Loose Men

Liturgy – Father Vorizen

Torche – Healer

Liturgy – Generation

March 27, 2015
Categories: Contests, DC9 . Tags: Liturgy, Torche . Author: Metal Chris . Comments: 8 Comments

Electric Wizard ticket give away

Electric Wizard at Baltimore Soundstage

You may have heard that Electric Wizard is returning to Baltimore, this time to play at the Baltimore Soundstage on Wednesday, April 1st, 2015. And you may have heard that this show is already sold out. These things are true but we here at DCHM wanted to give everyone one last chance to get into this show so we’re giving away a pair of tickets to one of you lucky readers! To enter: just leave a comment on this post telling me what was the best sold out concert you’ve ever been to. At 5pm EST this Friday, March 20th, a winner will be chosen at random (using Random.org) from all valid entries to win the tickets. Be sure to enter using a valid email you check regularly so I can contact you if you win. Don’t worry, I won’t add you to any spam lists or sell your info or anything sleazy like that. If I haven’t heard back from the winner within 24 hours another winner will be chosen at random. This is your last chance to get Electric Wizard tickets so don’t put it off!

Electric Wizard last played in Baltimore in 2012 as a headliner at that year’s Maryland Deathfest. It was the UK based stoner/doom metal band’s first time in the US in many years. They’ve finally put out a new album since then, last year’s Time To Die, and now they’re finally coming back to the US for a tour. This will be our area’s only stop for the tour and as you can imagine, it sold out pretty quick. The opening band for the tour is actually a local band from our area, Satan’s Satyrs. The throwback band has become a favorite of the guys in Electric Wizard, so much so that Satan’s Satyrs bass player Clayton Burgess is now also playing bass for Electric Wizard. If you’re looking for a night of down tuned fuzzy riffs then you don’t want to miss this concert! This show is going to seriously kick some ass so check out these videos by the bands playing and leave a comment below telling me what your favorite sold out concert was!

Electric Wizard – Satanic Rites Of Drugula