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05/29/2026
Metal Up Your Tap PROUDLY presents …
Thursday, September 17th
Locals Bar & Stage
Des Moines, Iowa
21+/$15 Cover/6:00 Doors/ 7:00 Show
CASTLE (San Francisco doom)
QUADE (Des Moines hardcore)
BAT PROBLEM (Des Moines rock ‘n’ roll)
Join us.
Heavy Duty Show Announcement Coming May 28th …
04/10/2026
June 24th, 2011: The very first Metal Up Your Tap Des Moines. Headlined by local institution BLACK MARKET FETUS.
Black Market Fetus Black Market Fetus perform at Metal Up Your Tap in Des Moines, Iowa.
04/10/2026
We were lucky enough to book the mighty BIBLE OF THE DEVIL numerous times in both Chicago and Des Moines (and even the Glenwood Arts Fest for you diehards!), and they never, ever disappointed. This footage is from 2010 at the Red Line Tap (RIP) in Chicago …
Bible Of The Devil - "Hijack The Night" Bible Of The Devil performs "Hijack The Night" at Metal Up Your Tap on January 30th, 2010.
Show announcement coming soon! Stretch those necks, Des Moines!
03/10/2026
Our friends at Black Heart Booking deliver the goods next week with HAUNT and INTRANCED in both Des Moines and Iowa City. Feel it!
09/02/2025
One, two, three, four, five!!
Superchrist, "Hurry Up And Bleed" Superchrist performs "Hurry Up And Bleed" at Metal Up Your Tap on March 28, 2009.
08/20/2025
Kommandant, Yakuza, Deadnight, and Dark Psychosis … if memory serves, this was the very first sold out MUYT. Flyer design by Mark Sugar.
designed by Mark Sugar
08/17/2025
Reposting some old flyers and pics. This one was by the infamous Putrid (laid out by Mark Sugar) for Heavy Metal Halloween 2 in Chicago.
Heavy Metal Halloween II poster art by Putrid; layed out by Mark Sugar
08/16/2025
https://youtu.be/HdjUZ6KJIW0?si=_NlQyCQjTpNmGDZV
High Spirits - "High Spirits" High Spirits performs "High Spirits" at Metal Up Your Tap on June 26th, 2010.