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Metal Music in Atlanta
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About Atlanta’s Metal Scene
Atlanta’s metal scene is loud, loyal, and always evolving — from old-school thrash and death metal to genre-bending hybrids and local underground rippers. With regular gigs at gritty clubs, major festival appearances, and passionate fanbases, Atlanta continues to be a stronghold for metal music in the South. Use this guide to plug into shows, explore rising bands, and find the venues that keep heads banging across the city.
Upcoming Metal Concerts in Atlanta
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Atlanta-Based Metal Bands
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Twin Studies
If beautiful vocals and trancelike instrumentals to the tune of a shoegaze haze are your thing, Twin Studies is for you.
Dead Now
Consisting of current and former members of Torche, Riddle of Steel, Tilts and Day Old Man, DEAD NOW are a veritable power-trio who play dynamic, melo...
FORSAKEN PROFITS
FORSAKEN PROFITS: "Aggressive and putrid these motherfuckers will destroy everything you love and you'll still beg for more. Political, deep and silly...
VAMPYRE
Atlanta-based VAMPYRE is an original hard rock / metal band that has played live shows across the Southeast including Slave To The Metal for Fuse TV's...
Ladybird
"When I ask Ladybird bassist Conor Ray what listeners can expect from their upcoming EP I Feel Nothing, I Exist Nowhere, he's quick to respond. "It's ...
Excitable
Excitable brings you a high energy tribute to Def Leppard, bringing a huge smile to your face as you relive the classic rock staples that we know and ...
Left To Suffer
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Based out of Atlanta, Georgia. What started as a couple of guys getting together to write music, soon turned into a gathering of some of the bes...
Alluvial
More than anything, our pain connects us. Hardship binds us as humans in one shared experience, bringing us closer together. Alluvial examine this phe...
Venues Known for Metal Music
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529 Bar
In the central East Atlanta spot formerly occupied by retro soul bar the Village, you'll find 529 — a tiny, smoky space that oozes cool. Despite being...
Drunken Unicorn
The literally underground club features plenty of figuratively underground punk, electro, and hip-hop acts. Although connected to MJQ Concourse, it ha...
The Bakery
website: The Bakery is a collective of creative thinkers aligned around social justice principles, environmental concerns, and the belief that art is ...
The Earl
East Atlanta staple for local and up-and-coming rock bands, as well as nationally established indie acts, and grub for the hipster-PBR set.
The Highlander
Cheap beer, pool tables, and fried food are the pillars of this dingy Midtown strip mall dive. Conveniently located next to Landmark Midtown, this is ...
The Masquerade
Tucked away in the Kenny's Alley section of Underground Atlanta, the Masquerade is Downtown Atlanta’s most revered music venue. Over the last 30 years...
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