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
January 2022
Check out the headliner:
Bands: The Day of the Beast, Cranium Drain, Millennial Snowflakes of Death (M.S.D)
Venue: Atlas Brew Works (Ivy City NE Washington DC)
Date: Friday, January 28th, 2022
UPDATE: This event was canceled.
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#TDOTB
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Bands: Wolves in the Throne Room, Full of Hell, Uada
Venue: Black Cat (U St Corridor NW Washington DC)
Date: Saturday, January 29th, 2022
This entire tour has been canceled. You can read WITTR’s statement here.
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/#WITTR
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Killswitch Engage, August Burns Red, Light The Torch
Venue: The Fillmore Silver Spring (Silver Spring, MD)
Date: Saturday, January 29th, 2022
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#KSE
February 2022
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Almost Honest, Wet Brain, Sorge, Dirt Eater
Venue: The Public Option (Langdon NE Washington DC)
Date: Friday, February 4th, 2022
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
FREE show!
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#AlmostHonest
Check out the headliner:
Bands: The Age of Truth, Asthma Castle, Akris, Mortal Ground, Ninth Realm
Venue: Pie Shop (H St NE Washington DC)
Date: Saturday, February 5th, 2022
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/#TAOT
Check out the headliner’s sketchy social darwinist comments (click on it to see full interview):
Bands: Asagraum, Wythersake, Skaldr
Venue: Atlas Brew Works (Ivy City NE Washington DC)
Date: Saturday, February 5th, 2022
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Asagraum
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Tel, Et Mors, False Gods, DOUR
Venue: Atlas Brew Works (Ivy City NE Washington DC)
Date: Sunday, February 6th, 2022
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#DoomedCity
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Visceral Disgorge, The Archaic Epidemic, Behead the Betrayer, NemesisMD, Humanity Decayed
Venue: Cafe 611 (Frederick, MD)
Date: Sunday, February 6th, 2022
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#VisceralDisgorge
Performer: Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden vocalist) doing spoken word
Venue: Warner Theatre (Downtown NW Washington DC)
Date: Tuesday, February 8th, 2022
The venue’s event page for this performance is here
The Facebook event page for this performance is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#BruceDickinson
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Fit For An Autopsy, Enterprise Earth, Ingested, Signs Of The Swarm, Great American Ghost
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Tuesday, February 8th, 2022
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/#FFAA
Check out the tour promo video:
Bands: Obituary, Municipal Waste, Gatecreeper, Enforced
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Saturday, February 19th, 2022
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/#DecibelTour
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Cannibal Corpse, Whitechapel, Revocation, Shadow of Intent
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Sunday, February 20th, 2022
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/#CannibalCorpse
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Tool, The Acid Helps
Venue: Capital One Arena (Chinatown NW Washington DC)
Date: Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Public Onsale : Fri, 1 Oct 2021 at 10am
Fan Club Presale : Wed, 29 Sep 2021 at 10am
Official Platinum : Wed, 29 Sep 2021 at 10am
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Tool
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Meshuggah, Converge, Torche
Venue: Fillmore Silver Spring (Silver Spring, MD)
Date: Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022 – First night of the tour
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/#Meshuggah
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Obscura, Abysmal Dawn, Vale of Pnath, Interloper, Wormhole
UPDATE: Abysmal Dawn dropped off this tour. Read their statement here.
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022
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/#Obscura
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Omnium Gatherum, Allegaeon, Black Crown Initiate
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Sunday, February 27th, 2022
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/#OmniumGatherum
March 2022
Check out the headliner:
Bands: High Spirits, Torvus, Desolus
Venue: Atlas Brew Works (Ivy City NE Washington DC)
Date: Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#HighSpirits
Check out the headliner:
Bands: King Buffalo, Fellowcraft
Venue: DC9 (U St Corridor NW Washington DC)
Date: Friday, March 4th, 2022
This show has been canceled.
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#KingBuffalo
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Deafheaven
Venue: Black Cat (U St corridor NW Washington DC)
Date: Saturday, March 5th, 2022
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/#Deafheaven
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, King Buffalo
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Saturday, March 5th, 2022
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/#UncleAcid
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Dream Theater, Arch Echo
Venue: Warner Theater (Downtown NW Washington DC)
Date: Sunday, March 6th, 2022
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#DreamTheater
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Ministry, The Melvins, Corrosion of Conformity
The Industrial Strength Tour: Celebrating 30 Years Of ‘The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste’
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Sunday, March 6th, 2022
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/#Ministry
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Dark Tranquillity, Kataklysm, Nailed to Obscurity
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Tuesday, March 8th, 2022
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/#DT
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Nile, Incantation, Sanguisugabogg
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Wednesday, March 9th, 2022
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Nile
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Leprous, The Ocean
Venue: Black Cat (U St Corridor NW Washington DC)
Date: Friday, March 11th, 2022
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/#Leprous
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Bands: Converge, Thou, Full of Hell, Uniform
Venue: Ottobar (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Friday, March 11th, 2022
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
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/#Converge
Check out the headliner:
Friday Bands (alphabetical): Bound By the Grave, Cyber Strike, Infinite Pizza, Midnite Hellion, Scissorfist, Scum Sedition
Saturday Bands (alphabetical): Arcanon, Arsena, Cruel Bomb, Mortal Ground, Lich King, Stone Cutters, Toxic Ruin
Venue: The Depot (Baltimore, MD)
Dates: Friday, March 11th thru Saturday, March 12th, 2022
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#StThrashricksFest
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Sepultura, Sacred Reich, Crowbar, Art of Shock
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Balitmore, MD)
Date: Sunday, March 20th, 2022
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/#Sepultura
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Fu Manchu, Speedealer, Foghound
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Wednesday, March 23rd, 2022
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/#FuManchu
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Mega Colossus, Ironflame, Hot Blood
Venue: The Depot (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Saturday, March 26th, 2022
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
$10 at the door
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#MegaColossus
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Bands: Cerebral Rot, Gravesend, Left Cross, Deliriant Nerve
Venue: Atlas Brew Works (Ivy City NE Washington DC)
Date: Sunday, March 27th, 2022
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#CerebralRot
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Mayhem, Watain, Midnight
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Tuesday, March 29th, 2022
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/#Mayhem
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Judas Priest, Queensrÿche
Venue: MGM National Harbor (Oxon Hill, MD)
Date: Thursday, March 31st, 2022
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/#JudasPriest
April 2022
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Bands: Miasmatic Necrosis, PLF, Sulfuric Cautery, Jarhead Fertilizer
Venue: Atlas Brew Works (Ivy City NE Washington DC)
Date: Saturday, April 2nd, 2022
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#MiasmaticNecrosis
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Dragonforce, Battle Beast, Seven Spires
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Thursday, April 7th, 2022
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/#Dragonforce
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Hulder, Cemetery Piss, Nixil
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Saturday, April 16th, 2022
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/#Hulder
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Dipygus, Coffin Dust, Anthropophagous
Venue: Atlas Brew Works (Ivy City NE Washington DC)
Date: Monday, April 18th, 2022
More info soon!
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Dipygus
May 2022
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Testament, Exodus, Death Angel
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Sunday, May 1st, 2022 (rescheduled date from 10/24/21)
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/#Testament
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Kontusion
Venue: Atlas Brew Works (Ivy City NE Washington DC)
Date: Saturday, May 7th, 2022
More info soon!
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Kontusion
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Rotting Christ, Borknagar, Wolfheart, Abigail Williams
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Sunday, May 8th, 2022
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/#DevastationOnTheNation
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Dzö-nga, Laang
Venue: Shamrock Inn (Hamilton, MD)
Date: Sunday, May 8th, 2022
More info soon!
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#DzoNga
Check out the headliner:
Bands: All That Remains, Miss May I, Varials, Tallah
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Sunday, May 15th, 2022
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/#AllThatRemains
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Deftones, Gojira
Venue: The Anthem (The Wharf SW Washington DC)
Date: Tuesday, May 17th, 2022
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/#Deftones
Bands: Carcass, Dismember, Hypocrisy, Obituary, Bloodbath, Hellhammer, Triptykon, Suffocation, Coroner, Mortician, Sacramentum, Monstrosity, Schirenc plays Pungent Stench, Atheist, Onslaught, Vio-Lence, Cancer, Massacre, Nifelheim, Nocturnus A.D., Demilich, Exhorder, Frizzi 2 Fulsi, Necrophobic, Blood Incantation, General Surgery, Impaled, Dark Fortress, Archgoat, Nunslaughter, Butcher ABC, At War, Skitsystem, Haemorrhage, Birdflesh, Skeletal Remains, Divine Eve, Imprecation, Cough, Graveyard (Spain), Acid Witch, Putrid Pile, Blaze of Perdition, Novembers Doom, Devil Master, Fuck The Facts, Blood Feast, Funerus, Flesh Parade, Panzerfaust, Scattered Remnants, Yautja, Valkyrja, Primitive Man, Mortiferum, Spite, Antichrist Siege Machine, Cerebral Rot, Cadaveric Incubator, Avslut, Cardiac Arrest, Sacrilegia, Antichrist (Sweden), ACxDC, Miasmatic Necrosis, Scorched, Gravesend, Vircolac, Malignant Altar, Necrofier, Throaat, Whores Nation, Fistula, Cloud Rat, Impure, Holy Cost, Limbsplitter, Zombie Assault, Shock Narcotic, Napalm Raid, Warmask, Backslider, Warfuck, No/Más, Asthma Castle
Venue: Rams Head Live and Baltimore Soundstage
Date: Thursday, May 26th, 2022 thru Sunday, May 29th, 2022
The festival’s website is here
The Facebook event page for this festival is here
Get tickets here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#MDFXVIII
June 2022
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Caustic Casanova, Tone, Seasick Gladiator
Venue: Atlas Brew Works (Ivy City NE Washington DC)
Date: Saturday, June 11th, 2022
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
$15 at the door
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#CausticCasanova
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Symphony X, Haken, Trope
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Saturday, June 11th, 2022
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/#SymphonyX
August 2022
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Rage Against The Machine, Run The Jewels
Venue: Capital One Arena (China Town NW Washington DC)
Date: Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022 and Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022
Rescheduled tour for 2020, previous tickets still honored
The venue’s event page for night one is here
The Facebook event page for night one is here
The venue’s event page for night two is here
The Facebook event page for night two is here
Get tickets to night one here
Get tickets to night two here
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#RATM
September 2022
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Architects, Polyphia, Loathe
Venue: Fillmore Silver Spring (Silver Spring, MD)
Date: Thursday, September 23rd, 2022
Rescheduled date, show was originally supposed to be on 11/17/21
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/#Architects
October 2022
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Iron Maiden, Within Temptation
Venue: Capital One Arena (Chinatown NW Washington DC)
Date: Sunday, October 23rd, 2022
The venue’s event page for this concert is here
The Facebook event page for this concert is here
Get tickets here
Public Onsale : Fri, 10 Dec 2021 at 10am
Iron Maiden Fan Club Presale : Tue, 7 Dec 2021 at 10am
Verified Fan Presale : Wed, 8 Dec 2021 at 10am
Live Nation Presale : Thu, 9 Dec 2021 at 10am
Radio/Venue/Local Presale : Thu, 9 Dec 2021 at 10am
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#IronMaiden
March 2023
Check out the headliner:
Bands: Static-X, Fear Factory, Mushroomhead, Dope
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Friday, March 17th, 2023
UPDATE: This show has been POSTPONED until 2023 (originally scheduled for March 11th, 2022). Read the band’s statement here.
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/#StaticX
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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.
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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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