My first "Blog." Ech, I hate the word Blog.

So, this is likely to be just another place to advertise upcoming metal shows in North Carolina.  Who knows, though?  Perhaps I'll use it as a journal.  We shall see. 

Upcoming NC shows, as of 15 Jan 2011:

Upcoming shows, as of 7 Jan 2011

****PLEASE, let me know any shows I'm missing???  THANK YOU!!****

JANUARY
DIVEbar: Raleigh - FREE SHOW - Sat - 15 Jan - 21+ only - The Loners, Biggy Stardust and His Wretched Hive
Ground Zero - Spartanburg, SC - Sat - 15 Jan - Chivalry, Before the Ancients, Dig ur Grave, A Darker Shade of Scarlet
Local 506 - Chapel Hill - Sat - 15 Jan - Hellrazor, Widow, Corpse War - $5
The Soapbox Laundr-o-lounge - Wilmington - (upstairs) - Sat - 15 Jan - Thou Shall Burn, Children of the Reptile, Dim the Darklit, Realm of Ashes, Rictus Grim, Nothing - 8pm - $5 (+$3 for <21)

King's Barcade - Raleigh - Wed - 19 Jan - Kylesa, Zoroaster, Fight Amp

King's Barcade - Raleigh - Thur - 20 Jan - Cannabis Corpse, Inter Arma, Salvacion, Mutant Supremacy, Drug Lord - 10pm - $10 - All ages
The Milestone Club - Charlotte - Thur - 20 Jan - The Toasters, All Rise, Dirty South Revolutionaries, I.E.D., Elder Statesmen - 8pm - $10/12 - 18+
Volume 11 Tavern - Raleigh - Thur - 20 Jan - Jucifer, Parasite Drag, Casualty

Amos' Southend - Charlotte - Fri - 21 Jan - Hell Awaits (Slayer tribute band), Perpetual Nightmare, Nemesis, Nephilim - $8 (+$3 for <21) - 7:30 - All ages
DIVEbar: Raleigh - FREE SHOW - 21+ only - Fri - 21 Jan - Twisted Tower Dire, Hour of 13
Ground Zero - Spartanburg, SC - Fri - 21 Jan - Adema, Kelen Heller, Facedown, Right to Fall, TBA - 8pm - $10
Volume 11 Tavern - Raleigh - Fri - 21 Jan - Psycho Enhancer, Enemy For Life, Broadslab - $15
DIVEbar: Raleigh - FREE SHOW - 21+ only - Sat - 22 Jan - The Independents, Blood Red River, The Villians
The Milestone Club - Charlotte - Sat - 22 Jan - Jucifer, Machete!, The Gloominous Doom - 8pm - $8/10 - 18+
Stella Blue - Asheville - Sat - 22 Jan - Ironside, From a Dig
The Rock Shop - Fayetteville - Sat - 22 Jan - Nephilym, Evans City Saints, Driven, Waking Tera - FREE for active duty military - 7pm - $7

Ground Zero - Spartanburg, SC - Tue - 25 Jan - Arson Anthem, Haarp, Warbeast, Stone Mountain Freeway

Amos' Southend - Charlotte - Wed - 26 Jan - Nonpoint, Straight Line Stitch - 7pm - $12/15 - all ages (+$3 for under 21)

Ground Zero - Spartanburg, SC - Thur - 27 Jan - We Sail at Dawn, Nephilim, TBA
The Lincoln Theatre - Raleigh - Thur - 27 Jan - Nonpoint, Straight Line Stitch, Red Line Chemistry - 7pm - $13/15

DIVEbar: Raleigh - FREE SHOW - 21+ only - Fri - 28 Jan - The T's, Octane Saints
Ground Zero - Spartanburg, SC - Fri - 28 Jan - Boolow, Thunderdome, Abandonist
The Milestone Club - Charlotte - Fri - 28 Jan - Biggy Stardust and His Wretched Hive, Dielectrics, Razorkat - 8pm - $6/8 - 18+
Stella Blue - Asheville - Fri - 28 Jan - Drone Summit of the Carolina Mountains

Ground Zero - Spartanburg, SC - Sat - 29 Jan - Whiskey Mountain Machine, TBA
Slim's Downtown - Raleigh - Sat - 29 Jan - Maldora, The Royal Nites, Sex Panther

Tremont Music Hall* - Charlotte - Sun - 30 Jan - Bulletboys, Hair Nation, Steel Standing, 3 Quarters Dead - 8pm - $15/18 (+$3 for <21)
Volume 11 Tavern - Raleigh - Sun - 30 Jan - Death Angel, Lazarus AD, Bonded By Blood - 7pm - $17/20

Tremont Music Hall* - Charlotte - Mon - 31 Jan - Death Angel, Lazarus AD, Bonded By Blood, SkinKage - 7pm - $17/20 (+$3 for <21)

FEBRUARY
Casbah - Durham - 4 Feb - Bull City Metal Fest - Day 1: Lurch, Graves of Valor, Music Hates You, MAKE, Torch Runner, Mortal Man, Systems - show starts at 6pm - 2 day pass $20 adv/$24 day of - $12 adv/$15 day of
DIVEbar: Raleigh - FREE SHOW - 21+ only - Fri - 4 Feb - Far and Away, Parasite Drag
Ground Zero - Spartanburg, SC - Fri - 4 Feb - Buzzov*en, ANTiSEEN, Cough, TBA
The Rock Shop - Fayetteville - Fri - 4 Feb - Betray Your Own, Hephystus, Vikindin - 8pm - $7

Casbah - Durham - 5 Feb - Bull City Metal Fest - Day 2: Caltrop, Hog, US Christmas, Royal Thunder, Sons of Tonatiuh, Colossus, Gollum, Horseback, Monsonia, Unholy Tongues, In the Year of the Pig - show start at 2pm - 2 day pass $20 adv/$24 day of - $12 adv/$15 day of
Stella Blue - Asheville - Sat - 5 Feb - From the Ashes
Volume 11 Tavern - Raleigh - Sat - 5 Feb - The Devil's Ransom, TBA

Volume 11 Tavern - Raleigh - Thur - 10 Feb - Catalepsy, Ender, Every Single Lie, KONG!

Ground Zero - Spartanburg, SC - Fri - 11 Feb - Apocalyptic Visions, Carbon Black, TBA
The Soapbox Laundr-o-lounge - Wilmington - (upstairs) - Fri - 11 Feb - Predecesor, + TBA - 9pm - $5 (+$3 for <21)

Amos' Southend - Charlotte - Sat - 12 Feb - Whitechapel, Acacia Strain, Veil of Maya, Chelsea Grin, I Declare War - 6pm - $15/18 - all ages (+$3 for <21)
Volume 11 Tavern - Raleigh - Sat - 12 Feb - Malevolent Creation, Full Blown Chaos, The Absence, Havok, Beyond Terror Beyond Grace - 7pm - $12/15

Tremont Music Hall* - Charlotte - Wed - 16 Feb - Deicide, Belphegor, Blackguard, Neuraxis, Pathology - 7pm - $23/26 - $65 VIP (+$3 for <21)
Casbah - Durham - Wed - 16 Feb - Buzzov*en, Cough, Lurch, K. Lloyd - 8pm doors - $13 adv/$16 day of

Volume 11 Tavern - Raleigh - Thur - 17 Feb - Deicide, Belphegor, Blackguard, Neuraxis, Pathology - 7pm - $25 - $55 VIP
The Lincoln Theatre - Raleigh - Thur - 17 Feb - GWAR, Mensrea, Mobile Deathcamp

The Milestone Club - Charlotte - Fri - 18 Feb - Gore Gore Luchadores, 2013 Wolves, Southside Punx, Boolow - 8pm - $5/7 - 18+

The Brewery - Raleigh - Sat - 19 Feb - KONG! CD release + TBA
The Rock Shop - Fayetteville - Sat - 19 Feb - Memphis Witch, Oakcrest - 8pm - $7

Dregs Grotto - Raleigh - Mon - 21 Feb - Parasytic, TBA

The Lincoln Theatre - Raleigh - Wed - 23 Feb - That 1 Guy, TBA - 7pm - $12/15

Cat's Cradle - Carrboro - Thur - 24 Feb - Pietasters - 8pm - $12/14

The Soapbox Laundr-o-lounge - Wilmington - (upstairs) - Fri - 25 Feb - The 1 Guy + TBA - 8pm - $12/15 (+$3 for <21)
Volume 11 Tavern - Raleigh - Fri - 25 Feb - Slaves to Addiction, TBA

The Lincoln Theatre - Raleigh - Sun - 27 Feb - As I Lay Dying, Winds of Plague, After the Burial, TBA - 5pm - $16.50/20

MARCH
The Soapbox Laundr-o-lounge - Wilmington - (upstairs) - Tue - 1 Mar - As I Lay Dying, Winds of Plague, After the Burial - 7pm - $18/20 (+$2 for <21)

Tremont Music Hall* - Charlotte - Thur - 3 Mar - Finntroll, Ensiferum, Rotten Sound, Barren Earth - 7pm - $20/22 - $45 VIP (+$3 for <21)

Volume 11 Tavern - Raleigh - Fri - 4 Mar - Finntroll, Ensiferum, Rotten Sound, Barren Earth - 7:30pm - $22/25 - $50 VIP

The Milestone Club - Charlotte - Sat - 5 Mar - Parasytic, No Tomorrow, Towering Pyre - 8pm - $6/8 - 18+

Orange Peel - Asheville - Sun - 6 Mar - ICE CUBE!!  :D  Today was a good day...

Ground Zero - Spartanburg, SC - Tue - 8 Mar - Lecherous Nocturne, TBA

Orange Peel - Asheville - Wed - 9 Mar - Cradle of Filth, Nachtmystium, Turisas, Daniel Lioneye - 8pm - $24 adv, $26 DOS - 18+

Stella Blue - Asheville - 14 Mar - Murder By Death

Volume 11 Tavern - Raleigh - Wed - 16 Mar - Kataklysm, All Shall Perish, Decrepit Birth, Conducting From the Grave, Abysmal Dawn - 7pm - $15/20

Tremont Music Hall* - Charlotte - Sat - 19 Mar - The Adicts, Juicehead, The Rouge Nation - 8pm - $14 (+$3 for <21)

APRIL
Volume 11 Tavern - Raleigh - Sat - 9 Apr - Rotting Christ, Melechesh, Hate, Abigail Williams, Lecherous Nocturne - 7:30pm - $17/$20 - $45 VIP

Tremont Music Hall* - Charlotte - Sun - 10 Apr - Rotting Christ, Melechesh, Hate, Abigail Williams, Lecherous Nocturne - 7pm - $17/20 - $40 VIP - (+$3 for <21)

Tremont Music Hall* - Charlotte - Tue - 26 Apr - Sepultura, Belphegor, Hate, Keep of Kalessin, Neuraxis, Bonded By Blood, Agony Drags On - 7:30pm - $22/25 - $55 VIP - (+$3 for <21)

MAY
Tremont Music Hall* - Charlotte - Fri - 20 May - DRI, TBA - 8pm - $12/14 (+$3 for <21)
Volume 11 Tavern - Raleigh - Fri - 20 May - Symphony X, Nevermore, Soilwork, Powerglove, Blackguard - 7pm - $27.50

Tremont Music Hall* - Charlotte - Sat - 21 May - Symphony X, Nevermore, Soilwork, Powerglove, Blackguard - 7:30pm - $25/28 (+$3 for <21)

*Tremont Music Hall charges $5 for parking, now.  Enjoy.  :|