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April 2026
Bands: Varials, UnityTX, HEAVY//HITTER, Boltcutter
Where The Light Leaves Release Tour 2026
Venue: The Ottobar (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Monday, April 6th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Varials
Bands: Sunn O)))
US Tour Spring 2026
Venue: Lincoln Theatre (U St corridor NW Washington DC)
Date: Friday, April 10th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Sunn
Bands: Rise Defy, Drugs of Faith, Rustlords
Venue: Simple Underground Stage (Brightwood NW Washington DC)
Date: Friday, April 10th, 2026
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$12 at the door
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#RiseDefy
Bands: Mast Year, Sloth Herder, Wince, Theydontsleepanymore
Venue: Wax Atlas (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Friday, April 10th, 2026
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$12
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#MastYear
Bands: Weed Coughin, Mangog, Engineered Extinction, Opium Church
Venue: Galactic Panther (Old Town Alexandria, VA)
Date: Saturday, April 11th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#WeedCoughin
Bands: Slaughter To Prevail, Whitechapel, Attila
North American Tour 2026
Venue: The Fillmore Silver Spring (Silver Spring, MD)
Date: Saturday, April 11th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#STP
Bands: Poison The Well, Converge, Spy, Balmora
Peace In Place Tour
Venue: Nevermore Hall (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Sunday, April 12th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#PTW
Bands: Realms of Death, Ninth Realm, Immortal Form, Embalmed
Venue: Pie Shop (H St corridor NE Washington DC)
Date: Monday, April 13th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#RoD
Bands: Helloween, Beast In Black
40th Anniversary North American Tour 2026
Venue: The Fillmore Silver Spring (Silver Spring, MD)
Date: Tuesday, April 14th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Helloween
Bands: Wretched Rite, Neolithic, Twisted Fate, Crosswords, Faith In Destruction, Fear Agent
Venue: The American Legion Hall Post 85 (Arlington, VA)
Date: Friday, April 17th, 2026
$20 at the door
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#WretchedRite
Bands: Dark Tranquillity, Soen, Persefone
Scandinavian Heavy Arts Tour
Venue: Recher Theater (Towson, MD)
Date: Friday, April 17th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#DT
Bands: Black Tusk, Howling Giant, Total Maniac, Haze Mage (final show), Shadow Witch, Cemetery Sex, Almost Honest, Seasick Gladiator, Necromancer
Grim Reefer Fest 2026
Venue: The Ottobar (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Saturday, April 18th, 2026 (doors open at 2:30pm, music starts at 3:30pm)
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Bands: Pallbearer, Knoll, Lathe
Performing Foundations of Burden in full
Venue: The Ottobar (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Sunday, April 19th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Pallbearer
Bands: Leather Lung, Weed Coughin, Sorge
Venue: Pie Shop (H St corridor NE Washington DC)
Date: Monday, April 20th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#LeatherLung
Bands: Heavy Temple, Waxed, Druid Stone
Venue: Pie Shop (H St corridor NE Washington DC)
Date: Tuesday, April 21st, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#HeavyTemple
Bands: Faetooth, Latter, Bosses
Venue: The Ottobar (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Friday, April 24th, 2026
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Bands: Imipolex, Self Immolation, Ruined Earth
Venue: The Depot (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Friday, April 24th, 2026
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$10 at the door
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Imipolex
Bands: Bogside Sniper Squadron, Primitive Weapons, Shāhanshāh
Venue: Pie Shop (H St corridor NE Washington DC)
Date: Saturday, April 25th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#BSS
Bands: Behemoth, Deicide, Rotting Christ, Immolation
The Godless IV 2026
Venue: The Fillmore Silver Spring (Silver Spring, MD)
Date: Thursday, April 30th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Behemoth
Bands: Uli Jon Roth
Venue: Tally Ho Theater (Leesburg, VA)
Date: Thursday, April 30th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#UJR
Bands: Uada, Mortiis, Rome, Wraith Knight
The Witches of Dystopia Tour MMXXVI
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Thursday, April 30th, 2026
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May 2026
Bands: Holt Faction, Hard Bleed, Distortion Inc.
Venue: Simple Underground Stage (Brightwood NW Washington DC)
Date: Thursday, May 1st, 2026
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$12 at the door
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#HardBleed
Bands: Heavy Temple, Waxed
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Friday, May 1st, 2026 (May Day)
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#HTMD
Bands: All That Remains, Born of Osiris, Dead Eyes
Venue: Nevermore Hall (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Saturday, May 2nd, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#ATR
Bands: Cryptopsy, Necrot, Fulci, Blood Monolith
The Decibel Magazine Tour 2026
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Saturday, May 2nd, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Decibel
Bands: Haggus, No/Más, Suppression, Shunt
Venue: Pie Shop (H St NE Washington DC)
Date: Sunday, May 3rd, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Haggus
Bands: Defeated Sanity, Vulvodynia, Organectomy, Scasm, Blood Vial
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Sunday, May 3rd, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#DefeatedSanity
Bands: Bring Me The Horizon, Motionless In White, The Plot In You, Amira Elfeky
North American Ascension Program 2
Venue: CFG Bank Arena (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Monday, May 4th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#BMTH
Bands: Amon Amarth, Dethklok, Castle Rat
The Amonklok Conquest Tour: North America 2026
Venue: Theater at the MGM Casino at National Harbor (Oxon Hill, MD)
Date: Tuesday, May 5th, 2026 (Cinco De Mayo)
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#AmonAmarth
Bands: Bleed From Within, Sylosis, Great American Ghost, Life Cycles
The Zenith Tour North America 2026
Venue: Nevermore Hall (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Wednesday, May 6th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#BFW
Bands: Ingrown, Witness Chamber, and surprise guest TBA
United States Tour 2026
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Wednesday, May 6th, 2026 (doors at 10pm)
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Ingrown
Bands: Archspire, Undeath, Crown Magnetar, Mutilation Barbecue
Long Roads Big Loads Tour 2026
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Thursday, May 7th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#LRBL
Bands: Cryptorchidism, Immortal Form, Chronic Wasting, Brain Surgery, Kleptomaniacs Anonymous
Venue: The Depot (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Wednesday, May 6th, 2026
$15 at the door
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Cryptorchidism
Bands: Cradle of Filth, Suffocation, Ghost Bath, Cultus Black
Majestic In Death Tour 2026
Venue: Black Cat (U St corridor NW Washington DC)
Date: Monday, May 11th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#CoF
Bands: Black Label Society, Zakk Sabbath, Dark Chapel
North America Tour 2026
Venue: The Fillmore Silver Spring (Silver Spring, MD)
Date: Monday, May 11th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#BLS
Bands: The Hu, Apocalyptica, The Rasmus
Venue: The Fillmore Silver Spring (Silver Spring, MD)
Date: Tuesday, May 12th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#TheHu
Bands: Thy Art Is Murder, Carnifex, Bodysnatcher, 200 Stab Wounds, Ingested, Gates To Hell, Bodybox
Chaos & Carnage 2026
Venue: Nevermore Hall (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Wednesday, May 13th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#TAIM
Bands: Shadow of Intent, AngelMaker, Mental Cruelty, Synestia
Imperium Delirium North American Tour 2026
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Thursday, May 14th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#SoI
Bands: The Amity Affliction, August Burns Red, Boundaries
The Spring Horizons Tour 2026
Venue: Nevermore Hall (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Friday, May 15th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#TAA
Bands: David Lee Roth
Venue: Warner Theatre (Downtown NW Washington DC)
Date: Saturday, May 16th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#DLR
Bands: Sevendust, Atreyu, Fire From The Gods, American Adrenaline
One Tour
Venue: Nevermore Hall (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Saturday, May 16th, 2026
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Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#7dust
Bands: Wage War, Nevertel, Orthodox
It Calls Me By Name Tour
Venue: Nevermore Hall (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Sunday, May 17th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#WageWar
Bands: Between The Buried And Me, Imperial Triumphant, The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
The Blue Nowhere U.S. Tour – Spring 2026
Venue: 9:30 Club (U St corridor NW Washington DC)
Date: Monday, May 18th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#BTBAM
Bands: Spineshank, Hed PE, Primer 55, Carbstone
The Nu Metal Sucks Tour
Venue: Tally Ho Theater (Leesburg, VA)
Date: Wednesday, May 20th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#NuMetalSucks
Bands: Napalm Death, Repulsion, Sinister, Monstrosity, Organ Donor
Maryland Deathfest XXI Pre-Fest Show
Venue: Nevermore Hall (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Wednesday, May 20th, 2026
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Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#MDFXXIPreFest
Maryland Deathfest XXI
Venue: Baltimore Inner Harbor
Date: Thursday, May 21st thru Sunday, May 24th, 2026
Tickets available here: here
Bands announced so far:
1914 (Ukraine)
Aberration
Acheron announces cancelation of all 2026 festival appearances
Aftermath
Anatomia (Japan) Due to logistical issues with tour
…And Oceans (Finland)
Antichrist Siege Machine
Avernus
Batushka (Poland)
Blood Red Throne (Norway)
Bongripper
Bongzilla
Cancer (UK) Death Shall Rise set
Cephalic Carnage (Old school set – First 3 albums)
Cephalotripsy
Cerebral Hemmorhage
Chaotian (Denmark)
Condemned
The Crown (Sweden)
Cryptic Shift (UK)
Dead Void (Denmark)
Death Angel performing Act III in its entirety
Der Weg einer Freiheit (Germany)
Destruction performing Infernal Overkill in its entirety
Diabolic Oath
Dying Fetus first 3 albums set (Purification Through Violence, Killing on Adrenaline, Destroy the Opposition)
Emasculator
Excrescence
Gestation
God Dethroned (Netherlands)
Grave (Sweden) – Old School Grave/Corpse set
Grave Infestation
Haukago Grind Time
Havukruunu (Finland)
Hellbutcher (Sweden)
Hemorrhoid
Kreator (Germany) performing songs from Pleasure to Kill, Terrible Certainty, and Extreme Aggression
Lair of the Minotaur
Lividity
Lömsk (Sweden)
Macabre
Mellow Harsher
Melting Rot
Miasmatic Necrosis
Mortician
Necrofier
Novembers Doom
Old Man’s Child (Norway)
Ossuary
Pan-Amerikan Native Front
Pathology Due to a band member suffering an injury that will require extended physical therapy, Pathology are no longer able to perform at MDF 2026
Pig Destroyer Prowler in the Yard set
Poltergeist
Putridity (Italy)
Rotten Sound (Finland) Murderworks and Exit set
Rotting Christ (Greece) playing an old school set (1989-1995)
Rottrevore (replacing Pathology)
Rwake
Sarcófago (Brazil) (performed by Gerald “Incubus” Minelli and the Laws)
Sardonic Witchery
Sex Prisoner
Shitstorm
Slimelord (UK)
Soil of Ignorance (Canada)
Solitude Aeturnus
StarGazer (Australia) Due to personal circumstances, StarGazer have informed us that they are cancelling their appearance at MDF 2026
!T.O.O.H.! (Czech Republic)
Torture Rack
Terror Corpse
To Violently Vomit (ex-Disgorge US)
Torsofuck (Finland)
Unmerciful
Warbringer
Whiplash
Windhand Due to booking recording studio time at the same time
Witch Vomit
Woe
Wolfheart (Finland)
Wrathprayer (Chile)
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#MDFXXI
Bands: Buckethead
Venue: 9:30 Club (U St corridor NW Washington DC)
Date: Sunday, May 24th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Buckethead
Bands: Uga Buga, Greenhead, Cemetery Sex, Tired All The Time
Valley of the Wolf Tour 2026
Venue: Pie Shop (H St corridor NE Washington DC)
Date: Wednesday, May 27th, 2026
More info soon!
Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#UgaBuga
Bands: Master Boot Record
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Thursday, May 28th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#MBR
Bands: Loveletters, Dead in My Eyes, Denouement, One Girl 37 Razors, Teeth On Asphalt
Venue: Jammin’ Java (Vienna, VA)
Date: Friday, May 29th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Loveletters
Bands: Oxygen Destroyer, Drawn And Quartered, Muscipula, Torturous Descent
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Friday, May 29th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#kaiju
Bands: Satchvai Band (featuring Joe Satriani and Steve Vai), Animals As Leaders
Surfing with the Hydra 2026 Tour
Venue: Wolftrap (Vienna, VA)
Date: Saturday, May 30th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Satchvai
June 2026
Bands: Witch Club Satan, Penelope Trappes
Founding of the North American Coven
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#WCS
Bands: Morgue Breath, Retorsion (from Hungary), Bacteria, Muscipula
Venue: Pie Shop (H St corridor NE Washington DC)
Date: Friday, June 5th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#MorgueBreath
Bands: Windwaker, If Not For Me, Colorblind
The Hounds of the Underground Tour
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Friday, June 5th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Windwaker
Bands: Wretched Blessing, Lastima, Barbelith, Witch’s Mirror
Venue: Pie Shop (H St corridor NE Washington DC)
Date: Friday, June 12th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#WB
Bands: Hashtronaut, Borracho, Druid Stone
Venue: Pie Shop (H St corridor NE Washington DC)
Date: Wednesday, June 17th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Hashtronaut
Bands: Spite, Emmure, Psycho Frame, Rev3rent
United States Tour 2026
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Wednesday, June 17th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Spite
Bands: Wolfmother
Celebrating 20 years of their s/t debut album — performed in full
Venue: 9:30 Club (U St corridor NW Washington DC)
Date: Friday, June 19th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Wolfmother
Bands: Sloth Herder, Nganga, Rale, Devil Lust
Venue: Pie Shop (H St corridor NE Washington DC)
Date: Friday, June 19th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#SlothHerder
Bands: Worm
Total Possession of America Tour
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Saturday, June 20th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Worm
Maryland Doom Fest presents The Knights of Doom 2026
Saturday Bands: Lie Heavy, Crop, Vanishing Kids, Wolftooth, Black Manta, Hovel, Moonsinger, Tommy Stewart’s Dyerwulf, Bloodshot, Curse the Son, Thunderbird Divine, Clamfight, Uga Buga, Sun Voyager, Professor Emeritus, Gravediggers Biscuits, Bog Wizard, Bleak Shore
Sunday Bands: Thunder Horse, Stone Nomads, Foghound, Faith in Jane, Borracho, Double Planet, Strange Highways, Locust Pointe, End of Age, Grave Next Door, Kulvera, Dreadstar, Mourn the Light, Born of Plagues, Black Night, Stormtoker, Burn the Martyr
Venue: Cafe 611 (Frederick, MD)
Date: Saturday, June 20th + Sunday, June 21st, 2026
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Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#KoD
Bands: Kittie, Kingdom Of Giants, GORE.
Legacy of Fire Tour: 30 Years of Kittie North America 2026
Venue: Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Sunday, June 21st, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Kittie
Bands: Gozu, Restless Spirit
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Wednesday, June 24th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Gozu
Bands: Sammy Hagar’s Best of All Worlds Band
Venue: The Theater at MGM National Harbor (Oxon Hill, MD)
Date: Friday, June 26th + Saturday, June 27th, 2026
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The Saturday Facebook event page for this concert is here
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Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Hagar
Bands: Evanescence, Spiritbox, Nova Twins
Venue: Jiffy Lube Live (Brisow, VA)
Date: Saturday, June 27th, 2026
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Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Evanescence
July 2026
Bands: Thunderchief, Textiles, Drugs of Faith
Venue: Galactic Panther (Old Town Alexandria, VA)
Date: Monday, July 6th, 2026
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Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#DirtyDeeds
Bands: Metal Church, Heathen, All Sinners
Dead To Rights Tour 2026
Venue: Tally Ho Theater (Leesburg, VA)
Date: Sunday, July 26th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#MetalChurch
August 2026
Bands: Mammoth, 10 Years
Venue: Nevermore Hall (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Sunday, August 2nd, 2026 (This is the make up date for the 3/18 show that was postponed due to illness)
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Direct link to this concert listing:
https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Mammoth
Bands: Mötley Crüe, Tesla, Extreme
The Return of Carnival of Sins Tour 2026
Venue: Jiffy Lube Live (Bristow, VA)
Date: Monday, August 3rd, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#MotleyCrue
Bands: Eihwar
Nordic Ritual Nights Across The USA
Venue: Recher Theater (Towson, MD)
Date: Sunday, August 30th, 2026
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September 2026
Event: Labor Daze – Second Dose
Saturday Bands: Monolord, Khemmis, Dirty Sound Magnet, Gran Moreno, Whistling Moon
Sunday Bands: John Christ & The Apostles (Danzig Set), Dopethrone, Ecstatic Vision, Bleak Shore
Venue: Metro Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Saturday, September 5th and Sunday, September 6th, 2026
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Bands: Iron Maiden, Megadeth
Run For Your Lives World Tour 2026
Venue: Jiffy Lube Live (Brisow, VA)
Date: Friday, September 11th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#IronMaiden
Bands: Hammerfall, Evergrey, Elvenking
Venue: Tally Ho Theater (Leesburg, VA)
Date: Sunday, September 13th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Hammerfall
Bands: Kamelot, Visions of Atlantis, Frozen Crown
Dark Asylum World Tour – North America Pt 1
Venue: The Fillmore Silver Spring (Silver Spring, MD)
Date: Sunday, September 27th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Kamelot
October 2026
Bands: Panopticon, Catharsis
Know Hope, Against Hope – East Coast October 2026
Venue: Ottobar (Baltimore, MD)
Date: Sunday, October 11th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Panopticon
Bands: Mushroomhead, Fear Factory, Nine Treasures
Soul of a New War Machine Tour
Venue: Tally Ho Theater (Leesburg, VA)
Date: Sunday, October 18th, 2026
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https://dcheavymetal.com/upcoming-concerts/#Mushroomhead
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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