UPCOMING EVENTS

APRIL | MAY

APRIL

Black Pistol Fire, Teddy at Night - Fri - Apr 17 (7:30 PM)
Facebook    The Atlantis - Washington, D.C.


Javelin, Blood Marsh, Palisades, United By Choice - Fri - Apr 17 (8:00 PM)
Official Site    Simple Underground - Washington, D.C.


Still Burning, Corrosion, X-Cell - Fri - Apr 17 (7:00 PM)
Facebook    Shamrock Inn - Baltimore, MD


Dark Tranquility, SOEN, Persefone - Fri - Apr 17 (7:00 PM)
Facebook    The Recher - Towson, MD


Wretched Rite, Neolithic, Twisted Fate, Crosswords In Pen, Faith In Destruction, Fear Agent - Fri - Apr 17 (7:00 PM)
Official Site    American Legion Post 85 - Arlington, VA


Roxplosion Presents: Punk Rock Parking Lot #49
Rise Defy, Never Elected, Suncrest - Fri - Apr 17 (7:30 PM)
Backyard Grill - Chantilly, VA


Evil Sword, Curse, Slot - Sat - Apr 18 (7:00 PM)
Official Site    Current Space - Baltimore, MD


Devil In Disguise, Imbued, After The Broken, Violence In Vanity - Sat - Apr 18 (6:30 PM)
Facebook    Metro Gallery - Baltimore, MD


Grim Reefer Fest
Black Tusk, Cemetery Sex, Almost Honest, Haze Mage, Howling Giant - Sat - Apr 18 (3:30 PM-12:00 AM)
Necromancer, Seasick Gladiator, Total Maniac
Ottobar - Baltimore, MD


Enuff Z'Nuff, Stone Whiskey, Chatterbox, American Jetset, Nightwind - Sat - Apr 18 (6:30-11:00 PM)
Facebook    Morsbergers Tavern - Catonsville, MD


Waffle House Of 1000 Corpses, World of Chaos, Gut, Laus - Sat - Apr 18 (8:00 PM)
Official Site    Easton Pizzeria - Easton, MD


Never Early Fest (Patio Stage)
Music School, TWENTY TWO, SLACKRR, American Television, Billy Rooster - Sat - Apr 18 (12:30-9:45 PM)
Not Now, Letterbox, AITA, Short Fictions
The Recher - Towson, MD


Never Early Fest (Recher Stage)
Spilt Milk, Card Reader, Cheer Up Dusty, Another Body, STMNTS - Sat - Apr 18 (1:00 PM)
Kings of the Wild Things, Pilfers, Stacked Like Pancakes, The Toasters
The Recher - Towson, MD


Elizabeth's Furnace - Sat - Apr 18 (4:00 PM)
Facebook    Backseat Bar & Grill - Winchester, VA


McMansion, Lofidels, Choking Boys, Pretty Baby - Sun - Apr 19 (8:00 PM)
Official Site    The Depot - Baltimore, MD


Pallbearer, Knoll, Lathe - Sun - Apr 19 (7:00 PM)
Official Site    Ottobar - Baltimore, MD


Shellfest
Eyecatcher, Grozov, Metaler, Penanggalan, Visceral Violation - Sun - Apr 19 (7:00 PM)
Facebook    Clear Skies Meadery - Rockville, MD


HEALTH, Carpenter Brut, Desire - Mon - Apr 20 (7:00 PM)
Official Site    9:30 Club - Washington, D.C.


Leather Lung, Sorge, Weed Coughin' - Mon - Apr 20 (8:00 PM)
Official Site    Pie Shop - Washington, D.C.


Metal Monday
Mon - Apr 20 (9:00 PM)
Ottobar - Baltimore, MD


Heavy Temple, Waxed, Druid Stone - Tue - Apr 21 (8:00 PM)
Official Site    Pie Shop - Washington, D.C.


WEDNESD4Y: Dark Beats
DJ Red Leader, DJ Skruggz - Wed - Apr 22 (9:00 PM)
Little Miss Whiskey's Golden Dollar - Washington, D.C.


The P.A.'s, The Hips, Powerband - Wed - Apr 22 (7:45 PM)
Official Site    Rhizome - Washington, D.C.


Soraia, Peak Bloom, Apollo 66, The Idiot Kids - Thu - Apr 23 (8:00 PM)
Official Site    Pie Shop - Washington, D.C.


Cataclysmic, Vicious Order, The M.F.C. - Thu - Apr 23 (9:00 PM)
Official Site    Holy Frijoles - Baltimore, MD


Edging, Glycine, Muscle - Thu - Apr 23 (8:30 PM)
Official Site    Quarry House Tavern - Silver Spring, MD


De4dset, Holtfaction, The Mad Pranksters - Thu - Apr 23 (9:00 PM)
Facebook    O'Shaughnessy's Pub - Alexandria, VA


Clan of Xymox, Cold Cave, Buzz Kill, Rosa Anschütz - Fri - Apr 24 (7:30 PM)
Facebook    Baltimore Soundstage - Baltimore, MD


Imipolex, Self-Immolation, Ruined Earth - Fri - Apr 24 (7:30 PM)
Facebook    The Depot - Baltimore, MD


Consumer Culture, Miracle Blood, Ploy Machine - Fri - Apr 24 (9:30 PM)
Official Site    Holy Frijoles - Baltimore, MD


Glamour Kitty - Fri - Apr 24 (9:00 PM)
Official Site    Reckless Shepherd Brewery - Columbia, MD


Doc Marten & The Flannels - Fri - Apr 24 (7:00 PM)
Facebook    Fish Head Cantina - Halethorpe, MD


Gunshine, Black Secrets: Alice In Chains Tribute - Fri - Apr 24 (8:00 PM)
Facebook    Backseat Bar & Grill - Winchester, VA


Ripping Headaches Promotions Presents:
Bogside Sniper Squadron, Primitive Warfare, Shahanshah - Sat - Apr 25 (8:00 PM)
Pie Shop - Washington, D.C.


Life Force, God Instinct, Drivel, XmemoriestoburnX, In-Sight - Sat - Apr 25 (7:30 PM)
Official Site    Simple Underground - Washington, D.C.


Of Earth and Ash, Corrupted Palace, Mas Sexy, Shady Graves - Sat - Apr 25 (8:00 PM)
Facebook    The Depot - Baltimore, MD


Circuit Preacher, Cemetery Sex, Twings - Sat - Apr 25 (9:00 PM)
Official Site    Holy Frijoles - Baltimore, MD


Everyday Catastrophe, Space Drifters, Trap Ratt - Sat - Apr 25 (8:00 PM)
Facebook    Frederick Eagles Club - Frederick, MD


Roxplosion Presents: Punk Rock Parking Lot #50
We Are The Dirt, The Shroos, Mergers & Acquisitions - Sat - Apr 25 (6:30 PM)
Vanguard Arts Center - Chantilly, VA


Little Lungs, Moth Broth, Suppai Helwa - Sun - Apr 26 (6:00 PM)
Official Site    Current Space - Baltimore, MD


Past Self, Sunder, Marie Anne Hedonia - Sun - Apr 26 (8:00 PM)
Facebook    Metro Gallery - Baltimore, MD


Solen Korr, Bound By The Grave, Aviators, The Clara Beaux, Collect My Pages - Sun - Apr 26 (6:30 PM)
Official Site    Ottobar - Baltimore, MD


Rock Del Ray
Bad Dates, Beachface, Redwood - Sun - Apr 26 (6:00 PM)
The No. 9 Lounge - Alexandria, VA


Metal Monday
Mon - Apr 27 (9:00 PM)
Ottobar - Baltinore, MD


Powerplay, Chained, Ousted, Scorpion - Mon - Apr 27 (7:30 PM)
Official Site    Scott's Kitchen - Baltimore, MD


Arm's Length, The Callous Daoboys, Harrison Gordon, Super Sometimes - Tue - Apr 28 (7:00 PM)
Facebook    Baltimore Soundstage - Baltimore, MD


Light Asylum, Ronnie Stone, Pangelica - Wed - Apr 29 (8:00 PM)
Facebook    Metro Gallery - Baltimore, MD


Haunt Me, Sensory Overlord, Sickle Cell, DJ Jerrod Bronson, DJ Hell O'Kitty - Wed - Apr 29 (7:00 PM)
Facebook    Ottobar - Baltimore, MD


Uada, Mortiis, Rome, Wraith Knight - Thu - Apr 30 (7:00 PM)
Facebook    Metro Gallery - Baltimore, MD


Behemoth, Deicide, Immolation - Thu - Apr 30 (7:30 PM)
Facebook    The Fillmore - Silver Spring, MD


Dark Constellation Presents: Fiction
DJ MINDJacket - Thu - Apr 30 (7:00 PM)
The Renegade - Arlington, VA


Uli Jon Roth - Thu - Apr 30 (6:00 PM)
Official Site    Tally Ho Theater - Leesburg, VA

MAY

Distortion Inc., Hard Bleed, Holtfaction - Fri - May 1 (7:30 PM)
Facebook    Simple Underground - Washington, D.C.


Infected Mushroom, Rabbit In The Moon, DJ Proxxy - Fri - May 1 (9:00 PM)
Facebook    Baltimore Soundstage - Baltimore, MD


Heavy Temple, Waxed, Luxury Teeth, GENTL - Fri - May 1 (8:00 PM)
Facebook    Metro Gallery - Baltimore, MD


Metal 'N Hardcore
Dissentience, Mortal Ground, Anesthesiac, Sacricide, Stafford - Fri - May 1 (8:00 PM)
The Garage - Boyds, MD


The Violent Relaxation, A6, DamEon, Blackleg Miner - Fri - May 1 (7:00 PM)
Facebook    Cafe 611 - Frederick, MD


The Mostly Dead, Ligatures, Torino Death Ride, Hot Manana - Sat - May 2 (7:30 PM)
Facebook    The Artemis - Washington, D.C.


DMize, The S.E.T., Junkhead, Sluggo - Sat - May 2 (8:00 PM)
Official Site    Pie Shop - Washington, D.C.


The Decibel Magazine Tour 2026
Cryptopsy, Fulci, Blood Monolith, Necrot - Sat - May 2 (7:00 PM)
Baltimore Soundstage - Baltimore, MD


All That Remains, Born of Osiris, Dead Eyes, Who They Fear - Sat - May 2 (6:30 PM)
Facebook    Nevermore Hall - Baltimore, MD


Supersonic Goat Head, Moonsinger, Night Walks, Overcalc - Sat - May 2 (5:00 PM)
Official Site    Ottobar - Baltimore, MD


M3 Rock Festival
May 2-4 (12:00 PM)
Merriweather Post Pavilion - Columbia, MD


Wolves at the Gate, Bloodlines, Heal The Hurt - Sat - May 2 (7:00 PM)
Facebook    Grace Church of Fredericksburg - Fredericksburg, VA


Ripping Headaches Promotions Presents:
Haggus, No/Más, Suppression, Shunt - Sun - May 3 (8:00 PM)
Pie Shop - Washington, D.C.


Defeated Sanity, Inferi, Organectomy, Blood Vial, Scasm - Sun - May 3 (8:00 PM)
Facebook    Metro Gallery - Baltimore, MD


The Uncommitted - Sun - May 3 (3:00 PM)
Facebook    Fallston Barrel House - Fallston, MD


Hall of the Elders, A Kiss For Burial, onegirlrazor, Lagoon, Tooth on Asphalt - Sun - May 3 (7:00 PM)
Facebook    Cafe 611 - Frederick, MD


Bodied, Dog Food Chain, Gifts Ungiven, Lye Bath, Green Forest - Mon - May 4 (7:00 PM)
Facebook    Rhizome - Washington, D.C.


Bring Me The Horizon, Motionless In White, The Plot In You, Amira El-Feky - Mon - May 4 (6:00 PM)
Facebook    CFG Bank Arena - Baltimore, MD


Raw Distractions, Death By Despair, Skallar, Variation - Tue - May 5 (8:00 PM)
Official Site    Ottobar - Baltimore, MD


Dethklok, Amon Amarth, Castle Rat - Tue - May 5 (7:00 PM)
Facebook    The Theater at MGM National Harbor - Oxon Hill, MD


Sinister Feeling, Blood Stained Concrete, Crosswords, Heavens Die - Wed - May 6 (8:00 PM)
Official Site    Pie Shop - Washington, D.C.


Ingrown, Witness Chamber - Wed - May 6 (10:30 PM)
Facebook    Metro Gallery - Baltimore, MD


Bleed From Within, Sylosis, Great American Nightmare, Life Cycles - Wed - May 6 (7:00 PM)
Facebook    Nevermore Hall - Baltimore, MD


Wolf Eyes, Mold Omen, Comfort Link - Wed - May 6 (7:00 PM)
Official Site    Ottobar - Baltimore, MD


Nonpoint, SOIL, Sumo Cyco - Wed - May 6 (6:30 PM)
Official Site    Tally Ho Theater - Leesburg, VA


SleepMarks, Blood Family Reunion, Gaspers - Thu - May 7 (8:00 PM)
Facebook    The Wonderland Ballroom - Washington, D.C.


Archspire, Undeath, Crown Magnetar, Mutilation Barbecue - Thu - May 7 (7:00 PM)
Facebook    Baltimore Soundstage - Baltimore, MD


Wolf Eyes, Agonesiac, Beauty - Fri - May 8 (8:00 PM)
Facebook    Rhizome - Washington, D.C.


7SECONDS, Mouthpiece, Rule Them All, Grudge - Fri - May 8 (8:00 PM)
Facebook    Metro Gallery - Baltimore, MD


Hed PE, Sly Grin, Sonic Creeps, Uncle Brother - Fri - May 8 (6:45 PM)
Facebook    Zen West - Towson, MD


Trash Rocket, Heliocentric Overdrive, Her Majesty - Fri - May 8 (8:00 PM)
Facebook    Reclaim Arcade - Fredericksburg, VA


Balisong, Denouement., Brawler Unit, Sluggo - Sat - May 9 (7:00 PM)
Official Site    Songbyrd Music House - Washington, D.C.


Kings Of Thrash, Gravel, Offensive, Screaming Mad Dee, Nightwind, The Age of Fire, Unknown - Sat - May 9 (5:00 PM)
Facebook    Morsbergers Tavern - Catonsville, MD


Eyes of the Nile: Iron Maiden Tribute, Bastards of Reality: Black Sabbath Tribute - Sat - May 9 (8:00 PM)
Facebook    Fish Head Cantina - Halethorpe, MD


Elizabeth's Furnace - Sat - May 9 (8:30 PM)
Facebook    Ollie's Bar & Grill II - La Plata, MD


Doom Metal Night
Sundyr, Axecident, Stones Unturned - Sat - May 9 (8:00 PM)
Clear Skies Meadery - Rockville, MD


Hëdrush - Sat - May 9 (7:00 PM)
Facebook    The Muddy Beaver - Sparrow's Point, MD


The Casualties, The Drowns, The Rumkicks - Sun - May 10 (7:30 PM)
Official Site    Black Cat - Washington, D.C.


Godsmack, Stone Temple Pilots, Dorothy - Sun - May 10 (8:00 PM)
Facebook    Jiffy Lube Live - Bristow, VA


Cradle Of Filth, Suffocation, Ghost Bath, Cultus Black - Mon - May 11 (6:30 PM)
Official Site    Black Cat - Washington, D.C.


Snuffed On Sight, Final Resting Place, Granite State, Torture, Scum Sedition - Mon - May 11 (6:30 PM)
Facebook    Baltimore Soundstage - Baltimore, MD


Black Label Society, Zakk Sabbath, Dark Chapel - Mon - May 11 (7:30 PM)
Facebook    The Fillmore - Silver Spring, MD


The HU, Apocalpytica, The Rasmus - Tue - May 12 (7:00 PM)
Facebook    The Fillmore - Silver Spring, MD


Thy Art Is Murder, Carnifex, Bodysnatcher, 200 Stab Wounds - Wed - May 13 (4:45 PM)
Facebook    Nevermore Hall - Baltimore, MD


Earth Tongue, Pink Fuzz - Thu - May 14 (8:00 PM)
Official Site    Pie Shop - Washington, D.C.


Zepparella: Led Zeppelin Tribute - Thu - May 14 (8:00 PM)
Official Site    Rams Head On Stage - Annapolis, MD


Shadow Of Intent, AngelMaker, Mental Cruelty, Synestia - Thu - May 14 (7:00 PM)
Facebook    Baltimore Soundstage - Baltimore, MD


Dark Constellation Presents:
DJ Miss Guided, Das Ich, Melody Zenith - Thu - May 14 (7:30 PM)
The Renegade - Arlington, VA


Filter - Thu - May 14 (7:00 PM)
Official Site    Tally Ho Theater - Leesburg, VA


Suppai Helwa, Ammonite, 50'♀ & The Worms - Fri - May 15 (9:00 PM)
Facebook    Holy Frijoles - Baltimore, MD


Erode, Exit Life, No Truth, Fade To Nothing - Fri - May 15 (6:00 PM)
Official Site    Ottobar - Baltimore, MD


Fat Nave, Soroche, Teen Cobra - Fri - May 15 (7:00 PM)
Facebook    Bethesda Scooters and Boards - Bethesda, MD


Infected Rain, Stitched Up Heart, Blackwater Drowning, Anoxia - Fri - May 15 (7:30 PM)
Facebook    Zen west - Towson, MD


About Face, WarXGames, Reason Why, United By Choice, No Empathy - Sat - May 16 (7:30 PM)
Official Site    Simple Underground - Washington, D.C.


Sluice, Hiding Places - Sat - May 16 (8:00 PM)
Facebook    Metro Gallery - Baltimore, MD


Sevendust, Atreyu, Fire From The Gods - Sat - May 16 (7:00 PM)
Facebook    Nevermore Hall - Baltimore, MD


Roxplosion Presents: Punk Rock Parking Lot #51
Ammonite, Wolves x 4, Bad Ups - Sat - May 16 (7:00 PM)
Backyard Grill - Chantilly, VA


Fascination Street Presents: World Goth Day
DJ Hodge - Sat - May 16 (8:00 PM)
Reclaim Arcade - Fredericksburg, VA


Wage War, Nevertel, Orthodox - Sun - May 17 (7:30 PM)
Facebook    Nevermore Hall - Baltimore, MD


Between The Buried And Me, Imperial Triumphant, The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid To Die - Mon - May 18 (7:00 PM)
Official Site    9:30 Club - Washington, D.C.


Thornhill, 156/Silence, Fox Lake, vianova - Mon - May 18 (7:00 PM)
Facebook    Baltimore Soundstage - Baltimore, MD


Rickshaw Burger Billie's Patrol, American Sharks, Bleak Shore - Mon - May 18 (8:00 PM)
Facebook    Metro Gallery - Baltimore, MD


Maryland Deathfest
Napalm Death, Repulsion, Montrosity, Sinister, Organ Dealer - Wed - May 20 (6:00 PM)
Nevermore Hall - Baltimore, MD


Hed PE, Spineshank, Primer 55, Carbstone - Wed - May 20 (6:00 PM)
Official Site    Tally Ho Theater - Leesburg, VA


Maryland Deathfest
Solitude Aeternus, November's Doom, Bongripper - Thu - May 21 (3:30 PM)
Power Plant Live - Baltimore, MD


Glamour Kitty - Thu - May 21 (5:00 PM)
Facebook    Carroll Creek Amphitheater - Frederick, MD


No Second Troy, GXB - Fri - May 22 (8:00 PM)
Official Site    Pearl Street Warehouse - Washington, D.C.


Maryland Deathfest
Lividity, Rottrevore, She Lay Gutted, Diabolic Oath, Melting Rot, Ordr - Fri - May 22 (3:00 PM)
Baltimore Soundstage - Baltimore, MD


Commitment, HIRS - Fri - May 22 (7:00 PM)
Official Site    Ottobar - Baltimore, MD


Everyday Catastrophe, Blazoner, One Slack Mind - Fri - May 22 (9:00 PM)
Facebook    O'Shaughnessy's Pub - Alexandria, VA


RED, Kingdom Collapse, RA, Twist - Fri - May 22 (7:00 PM)
Official Site    Tally Ho Theater - Leesburg, VA


Maryland Deathfest
Atavistic Decay, Desolus - Sat - May 23 (1:00 PM)
Baltimore Soundstage - Baltimore, MD


Nayan, The Laterals, Burden's Landing - Sat - May 23 (9:30 PM)
Official Site    Quarry House Tavern - Silver Spring, MD


Rebel Rose - Sat - May 23 (9:30 PM)
Facebook    The Light Horse - Alexandria, VA


Memorial Day Meltdown
Terror, Pain of Truth, End It, Crush Your Soul, Fatal Realm - Mon - May 25 (5:00 PM)
Fightback, Start Today
Baltimore Soundstage - Baltimore, MD


Final Gasp, Blood Vulture - Tue - May 26 (6:00 PM)
Official Site    Ottobar - Baltimore, MD


Master Boot Record, Arottenbit, Curse - Thu - May 28 (9:00 PM)
Facebook    Metro Gallery - Baltimore, MD


Oxygen Destroyer, Drawn and Quartered, Muscipula, Torturous Descent - Fri - May 29 (8:00 PM)
Facebook    Metro Gallery - Baltimore, MD


Glamour Kitty - Fri - May 29 (8:00 PM)
Facebook    Fallston Barrel House - Fallston, MD


Restraining Order, Redeye, Seclusion, Unreal City - Sat - May 30 (9:30 PM)
Official Site    Holy Frijoles - Baltimore, MD


House Of Heavy: Alt-Metal/Core Night
Sat - May 30 (10:00 PM)
Ottobar - Baltimore, MD


Child's Play, Cinder Road - Sat - May 30 (8:30 PM)
Official Site    Reckless Shepherd Brewery - Columbia, MD


Mizery, Risk, Faith In Destruction, Sluggo - Sun - May 31 (7:30 PM)
Official Site    Ottobar - Baltimore, MD

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