Chicago
For a list of upcoming Metal events in Chicago and outlying area you can check out The Chicago Music Factory web page at http://www.theCMF.com.
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Apocalipsis Nocturnal is a tattoo and piercing studio in Chicago's Mexican nieghborhood. This place also has a small selection of metal cds, shirts, pins and various other metal items. They carry items from bigger bands as well as those more well known ...
Large venue which hosts Rock / Metal gigs occasionally. Check their website for info about the upcoming events.
Beyond the Limit sells band shirts, posters, patches, hats, incense, metal and punk cds as well as smoking gear. They also sell hair dye, metal and punk jewlery and various other trinkents. At one point, they were also peircing, but I don't know if the ...
The Bottom Lounge is a nice bar and venue on Lake Street in Chicago. They host a variety of rock, punk and metal shows. Up and coming bands that might not yet be big enought to sell out the House of Blues often play there. Bigger names, like Immortal ...
A bar in the Polish community that occaisonally has underground Metal shows. Open daily 05.00 pm - 02.00 am.
Visitor's review:I saw this place in Time out advertising an anti-pop festival with Enuff Z Nuff headling so went to check it out, they had pulled out but loads of other good bands anyway. A 2nd night had a sleaze rock band having an album launch. Beer wa ...
Club which has an upstairs dancefloor/bar playing anything from Gothic to 80's to Brit-pop. Downstairs has a long bar playing Punk on mondays and Metal on sundays. the rest of the week can be viewed on the site.
Venue with same concept as the Metro: Rock, Alternative, Metal, Blues and so on. Check their website for the schedule. House of Blues has also locations in several other US cities, btw.
Metal bar & restaurant famous for it's specialty burgers, each named after metal bands! They offer 22 different burgers, try 'The Slayer'!
Large venue playing Alternative / Rock / Metal, etc., check their website for details about upcoming events.Open daily 12.00 noon - 10.00 pm (or 08.00 pm if there is no show) After Metro closes at 10.00 pm you can go to the SmartBar which is located in ...
A good dark dance club where they have Metal on Mondays and the rest of the week its Gothic / Elektro / Industrial stuff.
Really Awesome venue in the South Loop with shows a minimum of five nights a week, with predominantly Hard Rock, Metal, and Punk Artists but certainly not exclusive. One side of the building is the main 400+ capacity main venue and the other side has a s ...
Rolling Stone Records is located just outside of Chicago, in the suburb of Norridge. It is one of Chicago's last big independent stores. The place sells lots of cds, some vinal, dvds, band shirts, music magazines and various other music trinkets, like h ...
Located at 2871 North Lincoln Ave., the Elbo Room prides itself on presenting diverse live shows seven nights a week. Numerous bands, such as Smoking Popes, Hoobastank, Butch Walker, Liquid Soul, Joss Stone, Filter, The Alarm, Local H, Ratt, Scott Weilan ...