If your band is playing a show or you know of a show that isn’t listed here, email me the details including who is playing, what venue it is at, how much it costs and a promo flyer image to DCHeavyMetal@Gmail.com and I’ll list it here. If you’re playing a DIY show and can’t be bothered to make a flyer up real quick, don’t be surprised if I can’t be bothered to list the show.
January 2019
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Windhand and Genocide Pact
Venue: U Street Music Hall (9th Street corridor of Washington DC)
Date: Thursday, January 24th, 2019
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Windhand
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Asthma Castle, Yatra, Thought Eater and Tombtoker
Venue: Ottobar (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Thursday, January 24th, 2019
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#AsthmaCastle
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Horrendous, Outer Heaven and Foehammer
Venue: Adroit Theory brewery (Purcellville, VA)
Date: Saturday, January 26th, 2019
This show is a part of Adroit Theory’s 5th anniversary party, dubbed Dawn Of A Dark Day Fest V. You can get a ticket for the beer fest, which includes admission to the show, or you can get a cheaper ticket for just the metal show. The fest starts at 1pm and the show starts at 6pm. Both ticket options are listed below.
The Facebook event page for the beer fest is here
The Facebook event page for the metal show is here
Get tickets for the fest (includes admission to the metal show) here
Get tickets for just the metal show here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Horrendous
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Cognitive, Micawber, The Breathing Process, Wormhole, Hath, Cancer Priest and Butchers Dozen
Venue: The Raven Inn (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Saturday, January 26th, 2019
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Cognitive
February 2019
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Thunderchief, The Druids, Space Lumberjack and As I Burn
Venue: The Pinch (Columbia Heights, NW DC)
Date: Friday, February 1st, 2019
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Thunderchief
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Inter Arma, Earthling, Triac, Rashōmon and Total Maniac
Venue: Atlas Brew Works (NE Washington DC)
Date: Saturday, February 2nd, 2019
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#InterArma
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Cavern, The Osedax and Cranium Drain
Venue: Atlas Brew Works (NE Washington DC)
Date: Friday, February 7th, 2019
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Cavern
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Moths (from Puerto Rico)
Venue: Simple Bar & Grill (Brightwood neighborhood of Washington DC)
Date: Saturday, February 9th, 2019
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Moths
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Perpetual Warfare (from Colombia), Azotador (from Bolivia), Rat Infested and Nuclear Tomb
Venue: The Pinch (NW Washington DC)
Date: Sunday, February 17th, 2019
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Presale tickets available Jan 1st
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#PerpetualWarfare
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Corrosion Of Conformity, Crowbar, The Obsessed and Mothership
Venue: Ottobar (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Monday, February 18th, 2019
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#CoC
Tour promo video:
Bands: Disturbed and Three Days Grace
Venue: Capital One Arena (Chinatown, DC)
Date: Thursday, February 21st, 2019
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Disturbed
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Putrisect, Alsm, Total Maniac and Nuclear Tomb
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Friday, February 22nd, 2019
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Putrisect
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Attacker, Division, Hellpie and Evil Terror
Venue: Atlas Brew Works (NE Washington DC)
Date: Saturday, February 23rd, 2019
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Attacker
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Geezer, Backwoods Payback, Cavern and Dana Ortt
Note: This band Geezer has nothing to do with Geezer Butler
Venue: Oliver Brewing Company (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Saturday, February 23rd, 2019
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Geezer
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Infera Bruo, Myopic and Mother Moon
Venue: Joe Squared (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Saturday, February 23rd, 2019
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#InferaBruo
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Asthma Castle, Bound By The Grave, Snakefeast and Thought Eater
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Saturday, February 23rd, 2019
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/#MixedMetalArts
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Marty Friedman and Immortal Guardian
Venue: Ottobar (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Sunday, February 24th, 2019
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#MartyFriedman
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Within Temptation, In Flames and Smash Into Pieces
Venue: Rams Head Live (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Thursday, February 28th, 2019
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#WithinTemptation
March 2019
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Born Of Osiris, Chelsea Grin and Make Them Suffer
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Sunday, March 3rd, 2019
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#BornOfOsiris
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Queensrÿche, Fates Warning and The Cringe
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Thursday, March 7th, 2019
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Queensryche
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Graveyard, Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats and Twin Temple
Venue: Rams Head Live (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Thursday, March 7th, 2019
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Graveyard
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Morbid Angel, Immolation, Necrot and Blood Incantation
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Sunday, March 10th, 2019
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#MorbidAngel
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Anvil
Venue: Rock & Roll Hotel (H Street NE, DC)
Date: Thursday, March 21st, 2019
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Anvil
April 2019
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Evoken, Crypt Sermon and Ilsa
Venue: Atlas Brew Works (NE Washington DC)
Date: Friday, April 5th, 2019
This is the official Decibel Metal & Beer Fest Kick Off Party. Note that while the festival is happening at the Fillmore in Philadelphia on April 13th & 14th, this kick off party is at Atlas Brew Works in Washington DC. You can get more info on the rest of the festival here.
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Evoken
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Ulthar, Outer Heaven and Perpetuated
Venue: Atlas Brew Works (NE Washington DC)
Date: Saturday, April 6th, 2019
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Ulthar
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Cradle Of Filth, Wednesday 13 and Raven Black
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Saturday, April 6th, 2019
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#CradleOfFilth
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Baroness, Deafheaven and Zeal & Ardor
Venue: Fillmore Silver Spring (Silver Spring, MD)
Date: Wednesday, April 10th, 2019
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Baroness
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Dance Gavin Dance, Periphery, Don Broco, Hail The Sun and Covet
Venue: Fillmore Silver Spring (Silver Spring, MD)
Date: Thursday, April 11th, 2019
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#DanceGavinDance
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Children Of Bodom, Swallow The Sun, Wolfheart, Summoner’s Circle and Hollow Cry
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Saturday, April 13th, 2019
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#ChildrenOfBodom
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Dream Theater
Venue: Warner Theatre (NW Washington DC)
Date: Monday, April 15th, 2019
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#DreamTheater
Tour promo video:
Bands: Wake, Brainpan and No/Más
Venue: Atlas Brew Works (NE Washington DC)
Date: Monday, April 15th, 2019
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Wake
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Hatebreed, Obituary, Cro-Mags, Terror and Fit For An Autopsy
Venue: Fillmore Silver Spring (Silver Spring, MD)
Date: Thursday, April 18th, 2019
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Hatebreed
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Grim Reefer Fest
Ruby the Hatchet, Heavy Temple, Haze Mage, Horseburner, Mountainwolf, Book of Wyrms, Yatra and Tombtoker
Venue: Ottobar (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Saturday, April 20th, 2019 – 4/20 maaaaan
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#GrimReeferFest
May 2019
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Judas Priest and Uriah Heep
Venue: Anthem (The Wharf in SW Washington DC)
Date: Sunday, May 12th, 2019
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#JudasPriest
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Slayer, Lamb Of God, Amon Amarth and Cannibal Corpse
Venue: Merriweather Post Pavilion (Columbia, MD)
Date: Tuesday, May 14th, 2019
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
Tickets go on sale Thurs 12/13 at 10am EST
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Slayer
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Killswitch Engage, Parkway Drive and After The Burial
Venue: Fillmore Silver Spring (Silver Spring, MD)
Date: Tuesday, May 14th, 2019
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#KillswitchEngage
Check out the headliner:
Two dates, one in Baltimore, one in Washington DC!
Baltimore Date: Friday, May 17th, 2019
Balti Bands: Midnight, Cemetery Piss, Witchtrial and Bestial Evil
Balti Venue: Metro Gallery
The venue’s event page for the Baltimore concert is here
Get tickets here
Washington DC Date: Saturday, May 18th, 2019
DC Bands: Midnight, Devil Master, Witchtrial and Loud Night
DC Venue: Atlas Brew Works (NE Washington DC)
The Facebook event page for the DC concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Midnight
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Flotsam And Jetsam, Dead By Wednesday, Offensive, Final Flesh and Uncalled 4
Venue: Fish Head Cantina (Halethorpe, MD)
Date: Sunday, May 19th, 2019
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#FlotsamAndJetsam
Date: Thursday, May 23rd thru Sunday, May 26th, 2019
The Facebook event page for this festival is here
Get tickets here
Maryland Deathfest XVII line up:
Accused A.D.
Ampallang Infection
Anaal Nathrakh (UK)
Asylum
Benediction (UK) – Exclusive U.S. appearance!
Bethlehem (Germany)
Beton (Slovakia)
Blood (Germany) – Exclusive U.S. appearance!
Borknagar (Norway) – Exclusive U.S. appearance! First time in the U.S. since 1999!
Brutality
Carnivore A.D.
The Chasm
Church Of Misery (Japan)
Churchburn
Cro-Mags
Cryptic Slaughter – One of only 2 US shows!
Daeva
Dead in the Manger
Deicide
Délétère (Canada)
Devourment
Disassociate
Disharmonic Orchestra (Austria) – Exclusive US appearance!
D.R.I.
Drogheda
Endorphins Lost
Fleshcrawl (Germany)
Frightmare
Full of Hell
Grotesque Organ Defilement (Canada)
Guttural Secrete
Hard Charger (Canada)
Hell Bent
Hideous
Hummingbird of Death
Immolation
Indian
Inhumation
Majestic Downfall
Malignancy
Merrimack (France)
Messiah (Switzerland) – Exclusive US appearance!
Mortician
Mortuary (Mexico)
Naglfar (Sweden) – Exclusive US appearance!
Neckbeard Deathcamp
Obliteration (Norway) – Exclusive US appearance!
Ordeals
Outre-Tomb (Canada)
Pestilence (Netherlands)
Primitive Man
Regurgitation
Revenge (Canada)
Rippikoulu (Finland) – Exclusive US appearance!
Scour
Skaphe
Sorrower
Spectral Voice
Squash Bowels (Poland)
Sulaco
Theories
Tomb Mold (Canada)
Tormentor (Hungary) – Exclusive U.S. appearance!
Total Fucking Destruction
True Black Dawn
Unanimated (Sweden) – Exclusive U.S. appearance!
Unleashed (Sweden) – Exclusive U.S. appearance!
Vault Dweller
Violator (Brazil) – Exclusive U.S. appearance!
Voivod (Canada)
Vomitory (Sweden) – Exclusive U.S. appearance!
Zemial (Greece)
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Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#MDFXVII
Tour promo video:
Bands: Apocalyptica
Venue: Lincoln Theatre (9th Street corridor of Washington DC)
Date: Tuesday, May 28th, 2019
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Apocalyptica
June 2019
Date: Thursday, June 20th through Sunday, June 23rd, 2019
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Maryland Doom Fest line up:
After The Sun
The Age Of Truth
Apostle Of Solitude
Atala
Atomic 26
Backwoods Payback
Beelzefuzz
Benthic Realm
Clouds Taste Satanic
Conan
Crooked Hills
Dead Sisters
Deer Creek
Devil To Pay
The Druids
Earthride
Electric Age
Eternal Black
Faith In Jane
Foghound
Forming The Void
Freedom Hawk
Funeral Horse
Greenbeard
Horehound
Interitum
Kings Destroy
Kingsnake
Knoxxville
Lo-Pan
Mothership
Pale Divine
Pale Grey Lore
Pentagram
Seasick Gladiator
Shadow Witch
Sixes
Solace
Stone Dust Riders
Temptations Wings
Thonian Horde
Thousand Vision Mist
Thunderchief
Toke
Warhorse
Wasted Theory
Weed Is Weed
Wolf Blood
Year Of The Cobra
Zed
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#MarylandDoomFest
July 2019
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Iron Maiden and The Raven Age
Venue: Jiffy Lube Live (Bristow, VA)
Date: Wednesday, July 24th, 2019
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Get VIP package here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#IronMaiden
September 2019
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Kamelot, Sonata Arctica and Battle Beast
Venue: Fillmore Silver Spring (Silver Spring, MD)
Date: Tuesday, September 10th, 2019
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Kamelot
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you guys are cool
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.
very cool site.thanks for the listings. i think krass judgement are playing on the exumed/goatwhore show
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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. :-)
Great job on your new review at mayhem. I enjoy reading your reviews and strongly agree with your point of view you put out there. Stay brutal man..
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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Love the updates. I know DORO and SISTER SIN are coming to Empire (http://www.empire-nova.com/eventdetails.aspx?eventId=294 ) and Baltimore Soundstage next year.
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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Thanks so much for doing this!!!! I check it at least once a week XD