Inverted Umlaut // Inverted Umlaut Podcast, No. 25: Locals Only With DCHeavyMetal.com's Metal Chris

Apr 26 10:39 am

Inverted Umlaut Podcast, No. 25: Locals Only With DCHeavyMetal.com’s Metal Chris

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Contrary to popular belief, Washington, D.C. does have somewhat of a metal scene. Sure, it’s difficult to get touring bands to play here instead of Baltimore or Richmond, but there’s a committed group of metalheads and bands making the Capital a grimmer place. Metal Chris is one such metalhead, extensively documenting the DC/VA/MD scene at DCHeavyMetal.com, where you’ll find show listings, curated MP3 downloads of local bands and concert reviews.

I asked Metal Chris to come on Inverted Umlaut to play the D.C. area’s best metal bands, including some I know and love (Ilsa, King Giant, and Wrnlrd, who tweeted at us during the live show), but mostly lots of unknowns-to-me (Apothys, Orgy of the Damned and Wolfsschanze are among my new favorites). You can see the full playlist below.

OAK “Saline,” Oak [A389]
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PENTAGRAM “8,” Last Rites [Metal Blade]
PIG DESTROYER “Loathsome,” Phantom Limb [Relapse]
ANIMALS AS LEADERS “CAFO,” Animals as Leaders [Prosthetic]
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DECEASED “The Traumatic,” Surreal Overdose [unreleased]
LOCULUS “Hacked Apart,” Sinew [self-released]
FIERCE ALLEGIANCE “Devil’s Knight,” Season in Hell [self-released]
MAGRUDERGRIND “Incapacity Reigns,” “Stagnant,” “Heaving Bombing,” Crusher [Scion A/V]
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BALOR’S EYE “Pissing Rainbows,” Balor’s Eye [self-released]
ILSA “Frosthrower,” Tutti il Colori del Buio [Contagion Releasing]
THE NEOLOGIST “A Dress Rehearsal for a Funeral,” The 26 Letters of Your Universe [Incense Lady]
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AUROBOROS “Precarious,” Demo 2010 [self-released]
DIVISION “Short Attention Span Society,” Control Issues [Two Fifths Gone]
APOTHYS “Venomcrest,” Advent: Doom [self-released]
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KING GIANT “Burning Regrets,” Southern Darkness [self-released]
WRNLRD “Moonlight Ride,” Death Drive [FSS]
ORGY OF THE DAMNED “Feces Fiend,” MUS 871 — Contrapuntal Techniques II [self-released]
GRAVEWURM “Brought Before the Altar,” Blood of the Pentagram [Hells Headbangers]
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BORRACHO “Concentric Circles,” Demo [self-released]
HATRED “Red Death,” Burning Paradise [self-released]
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WOLFSSCHANZE “Peering Through the Looking Glass of Hatred,” Traurigkeit Von Der Vergangheit [self-released]

(Incidental music)
MORTUUS ARUIS & THE BLACK HAND, Sleep [Stunned]

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