As metal concerts are starting to be announced again I’ll be listing them here. Please send info on any that aren’t listed to DCHeavyMetal@Gmail.com
June 2023
Bands: Ilsa, Fister, Et Mors
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Wednesday, June 7th, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Ilsa
Bands: Currents, Like Moths To Flames, Invent, Animate, Foreign Hands
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Wednesday, June 7th, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Currents
Bands: YOB, Cave In, Darsombra
Venue: The Ottobar (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Thursday, June 8th, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#YOB
Bands: Polluted Tongues, Iron Gag, Flesh Dump, Eyecatcher
Venue: Key Brewing (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Thursday, June 8th, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
$10 at the door
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#PollutedTongues
Bands: Hellwitch, Consumed with Hatred, Ninth Realm, Desolus
Venue: Pie Shop (H St NE Washington DC)
Date: Friday, June 9th, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Hellwitch
Bands: Nechochwen, Seasick Gladiator, Bert Hall, Screaming Mad Dee Calhoun
Venue: The Depot (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Friday, June 9th, 2023
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Nechochwen
Bands: Hot Blood, Pain Directive, Crystal Spiders, Outerloop
Venue: Pie Shop (H St NE Washington DC)
Date: Saturday, June 10th, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#HotBlood
Bands: Spiral Grave, Severed, Cranium Drain
Venue: Sky Lounge (Silver Spring, MD)
Date: Saturday, June 10th, 2023
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
$5 at the door
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#SpiralGrave
Bands: Felspar, Polluted Tongues, Greenhead
Venue: The Runaway (Brookland NE Washington DC)
Date: Sunday, June 11th, 2023
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Felspar
Bands: Dischordia, The Last of Lucy
The Abyss Tour
Venue: Pie Shop (H St NE Washington DC)
Date: Sunday, June 11th, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Dischordia
Bands: ACxDC, No/Más, Knoll
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Monday, June 12th, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#ACxDC
Bands: Bracewar, Worn, Full Circle, Struck Nerve, Street Power
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Thursday, June 15th, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Bracewar
Bands: Corvo, Lifeless Dark, Innocent, Total Maniac
Venue: Slash Run (Petworth NE Washington DC)
Date: Friday, June 16th, 2023
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Corvo
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Bands: Tarja Turunen, Chaoseum
Living The Dream Tour 2023
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Friday, June 16th, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Tarja
Bands: Downe Lands, Skomucon, Mammoth Rider, Foehammer
Venue: Döner Bistro (Leesburg, VA)
Date: Saturday, June 17th, 2023
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
FREE SHOW
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#DonerBistroJune
Bands: Between the Buried and Me, Thank You Scientist, Rivers of Nihil
The Parallax II: Future Sequence Tour
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Saturday, June 17th, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#BTBAM
Bands: No/Más, Knoll, Triac, Psyop, Uncle Buck
Venue: Pie Shop (H St NE Washington DC)
Date: Tuesday, June 20th, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#NoMas
Bands: Mares of Thrace, Myopic + At the Graves, Et Mors, Dicqbeats
Venue: The Runaway (Brookland NE Washington DC)
Date: Tuesday, June 20th, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#MaresOfThraceDC
Bands: Mares of Thrace, Ixias, Eyelet
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Wednesday, June 21st, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#MaresOfThraceBalti
Bands: Kommand, Desolus, Nuclear Tomb, Infra Humanocide
Venue: Key Brewing (Dundalk, MD)
Date: Thursday, June 22nd, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
$10 at the door
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Kommand
Maryland Doom Fest 2023
Bands: The Skull, Lo-Pan, Brimstone Coven, Earthride, Conclave, Hollow Leg, Mythosphere, Shadow Witch, Borracho, Switchblade Jesus, Las Cruces, Thunderbird Divine, Black Lung, Weed Coughin, Akris, Gallowglas, Guhts, Fox 45, Bloodshot, Hot Ram, Doctor Smoke, Crow Hunter, Helgamite, Mangog, Spiral Grave, Faith in Jane, Cloud Machine, Dust Prophet, Above the Treachery, Flummox, Thousand Vision, Mist, Future Projektor, Thonian Horde, VRSA, Unitiy Reggae, Curse the Sun, Red Mesa, Cobra Whip, High Leaf, Severed Satellites, Smoke the Light, Bonded by Darkness, Hog, False Gods, Ritual Earth, When the Deadbolt Breaks, Grim Reefer, Hovel, Double Planet, Temple of the Fizz Witch, Doomstress
Venue: Cafe 611 & Olde Mother Brewing (Frederick, MD)
Date: Thursday, June 22nd thru Sunday, June 25th, 2023
The official web page for this festival is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#MDDF2023
Bands: Horseburner, dirt eater, Sorge
Venue: Atlas Brew Works (Ivy City NE Washington DC)
Date: Saturday, June 24th, 2023
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
$10 at the door
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Horseburner
Bands: Ninth Realm, Lunar Blood, Nixil, Nuclear Tomb
Venue: Atlas Brew Works (Ivy City NE Washington DC)
Date: Thursday, June 29th, 2023
More info soon!
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#NinthRealm
July 2023
Bands: Turn Cold, Living in Fear
Venue: Pie Shop (H St NE Washington DC)
Date: Saturday, July 1st, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#TurnCold
Bands: For Fear Itself, Temple of Ellora, PathWeChoose, The Edge of Desolation, Who They Fear
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Sunday, July 2nd, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#ForFearItself
Bands: Cynic, Atheist
Focus and Presence Tour 2023
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Friday, July 7th, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Cynic
Bands: Analepsy, Cognitive, Wormhole, Necroticgorebeast, The Archaic Epidemic, Bound By The Grave
Quiescence North American Tour
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Saturday, July 8th, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Analepsy
Bands: Liturgy, HIRS Collective, Carl Gene
93696 Tour
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Tuesday, July 11th, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Liturgy
Check out the headliner here
Bands: Sölicitör, Seax
Venue: Pie Shop (H St NE Washington DC)
Date: Wednesday, July 12th, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Solicitor
Bands: Poison Ruin, Artificial Brain, Vosh, Desolus
Hasan’s Birthday Gig
Venue: Ottobar (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Friday, July 14th, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#HasansBday
Bands: Tómarúm
Venue: Pie Shop (H St NE Washington DC)
Date: Sunday, July 16th, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Tomarum
Bands: Savage Master, Traveler, Sanhedrin, Desolus
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Tuesday, July 18th, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#SavageMaster
Bands: Defeated Sanity, Stabbing, Perished, Scum Sedition
Liquifying Northern Hemispheres Tour
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Wednesday, July 19th, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#DefeatedSanity
Bands: Clutch
Venue: The Atlantis (U St Corridor NW Washington DC)
Date: Thursday, July 20th, 2023
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here SOLD OUT
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#ClutchAtlantis
Bands: Clutch, Dinosaur Jr, Red Fang
No Stars Above Tour 2023
Venue: The Anthem (The Wharf SW Washington DC)
Date: Friday, July 21st, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Clutch
Bands: Lugubrious Cult, Musick, Necralant, Unholy Altar
Venue: Public Option (Brookland NE Washington DC)
Date: Saturday, July 22nd, 2023
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
$12 at the door
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#LugubriousCult
Bands: Living Colour
Venue: The Atlantis (U St Corridor NW Washington DC)
Date: Wednesday, July 26th, 2023
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here SOLD OUT
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#LivingColour1
Bands: Living Colour
Venue: Tally Ho Theater (Leesburg, VA)
Date: Friday, July 28th, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#LivingColourVA
Bands: Living Colour, King Krule
Venue: The Atlantis (U St Corridor NW Washington DC)
Date: Saturday, July 29th, 2023
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here SOLD OUT
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#LivingColour2
August 2023
Bands: Havok, Toxic Holocaust, I Am, Hammerhedd
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Wednesday, August 2nd, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Havok
Check out the headliner here
Bands: Disturbed, Breaking Benjamin, Theory of a Deadman, Jinjer
Take Back Your Life Tour
Venue: Jiffy Lube Live (Bristow, VA)
Date: Wednesday, August 9th, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Disturbed
Bands: Kamelot, Battle Beast, Xandria
Venue: The Fillmore Silver Spring (Silver Spring, MD)
Date: Thursday, August 17th, 2023
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Kamelot
Check out the headliner here
Bands: Ghost, Amon Amarth
Venue: Jiffy Lube Live (Bristow, VA)
Date: Saturday, August 24th, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Ghost
September 2023
Bands: Mr Bungle, Battles
Venue: Rams Head Live! (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Tuesday, September 5th, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#MrBungle
Bands: Akris, The Plan, Koluna, Throwdown Syndicate, Silence the Blind, Everyday Catastrophe
Venue: Tucked Away Brewery (Manassas, VA)
Date: Saturday, September 9th, 2023
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
$10 at the door
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#MHHWVSMBSSA
Bands: Beast in Black, Dance with the Dead
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Saturday, September 9th, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#BeastInBlack
Bands: Godflesh, Cel Genesis, Curse
Purge North American Album Tour 2023
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Thursday, September 14th, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Godflesh
Check out the headliner here
Bands: Pantera, Lamb of God
Venue: Jiffy Lube Live (Bristow, VA)
Date: Friday, September 15th, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Pantera
Bands: Tithe
Venue: The Runaway (Brookland NE Washington DC)
Date: Sunday, September 24th, 2023
More info soon!
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Tithe
Bands: Max & Iggor Cavalera: Morbid Devastation, Exhumed, Incite, Desolus
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Monday, September 25th, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Cavalera
Bands: The Devil Wears Prada, Fit for a King, Counterparts, Landmvrks
The Metalcore Dropouts Tour
Venue: The Fillmore Silver Spring (Silver Spring, MD)
Date: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#MetalcoreDropouts
October 2023
Check out the headliner here
Bands: Ne Obliviscaris, Beyond Creation, Persefone
Exul North American Tour
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Thursday, October 5th, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#NeObliviscaris
Bands: Bell Witch, Spirit Possession
Venue: The Ottobar (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Wednesday, October 10th, 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#BellWitch
November 2023
Bands: Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs
Venue: The Atlantis (U St Corridor NW Washington DC)
Date: Saturday, November 4th, 2023
The band’s event page for this concert is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Pigsx7
Bands: Bongzilla, The Atomic Bitchwax’ High Reeper, The Golden Grass, Geezer, Black Lung, Witchpit, Cosmic Reaper, Gozu, Luger
Heavy Psych Sounds Fest New York & Baltimore
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Friday, November 10th, 2023 and Saturday, November 11th 2023
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#HPSF
May 2024
Bands: TBA
Venue: TBA (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Thursday, May 23rd thru Sunday, May 26th, 2024
After much speculation that Maryland Deathfest XVIII in 2022 would be the final installment of the festival, it was announced on August 2nd, 2022 that MDF would be returning in 2024. You can read that full statement here.
Bands (still more to be announced): 1349, Ahab, Apartment 213, Archgoat. Aura Noir, Avulsed, Bloodbath, Blue Holocaust, Brodequin, Broken Hope, Carpathian Forest, Cenotaph, Coffins, Deathhammer, Defleshed, Depulsed, Extortion, Fossilization, Grave, Impure, Inhume, Internal Suffering, Kurnugia, Mortuary Drape, Necessary Death, Primordial, Ripper, Rot, Sacrifice, Severe Torture, Skinless, Stabbing, Tankard, Vomitory, Vomi Noir, Yacøpsæ, Yellow Eyes
Get tickets here
I will post more info on the festival here as it becomes available.
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#MDFXIX
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Thanks for having this site!!
Awesome site for concert info guys!!! thanks!!!
thanks!
This is great site. Keep it up!!
Sick site, keep it up!
Thank you!! Finally a site to combine all metal shows.
Good list. Keep it up!
As always, nice info, Chris.
thanks for putting these together! very useful info dc needs.
Yes, very awesome! Thank you!
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Metal Chris, you could not be more awesome. Thank you so much for keeping this list going! If I ever run into you at one of these gigs, the beers are on me, dude.
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Had lots of fun at the Ghost show, It was fucking beautiful. Once again thanx for the site, new to area and pleased with this healthy metal sceene. DC knows how to tear shit up… See ya’ll at the Testament show!
thanks for the info,forever metal.greetings to all metal bassists from THUNDERCHILD…………..
kep it comin man thanks.
This site is really cool for letting people updated for their favorite metal band concerts and tours….
M/A was the band that got me into the genre many years ago.I’ve never seen them live and I pretty much adore you for making my day with the news that they are touring to a place I can see them….. in only a few months. I thank you big big. :-)
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Hammer fist!
By any chance did you whats the latest the buses run in Springfield, VA? I wil be livig in Washingon DC, but I would not have a problem going there, only getting back home.
Thanks
I don’t know but you can probably find out on the Metro’s website: http://www.wmata.com
Also check out the local Fairfax Connector busses:
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/connector.
(A good guide is on page 2 of the Metro section in the Sept. 2 Washington post.)
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this site is really cool! Thanks for keeping us up to date with shows!
Love this site. A real goldmine. Thanks for the time and effort keeping it up to date.
Would miss out and never hear about many of these local shows happening without it.
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