This Day In Metal

𝐌𝐚𝐫 𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟔 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 "𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐟 𝐏𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐬"

𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝'𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐟 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟗 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬

𝐅𝐞𝐛 𝟏𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟎 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 "𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠"

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰....

𝐅𝐞𝐛 𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐒𝐨𝐢𝐥𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞”

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰..

𝐅𝐞𝐛 𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟗 𝐋𝐚𝐚𝐳 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 “𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞”

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰...

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰....

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐫𝐚.

Photo Credit – Christopher Wood – Listen Media, www.listenmedia.ca​ Fall of Earth, based in Edmonton, Alberta, is a hybrid metal band led by the growls, screams, and soaring clean vocals of Inuit frontman Alex Rye, who captivates every audience member with his energy and showmanship. The flying fingers of axe slinger Brody Bauer produce a dizzying array of sounds that regularly elicits screams…

L-R – Mark X. Plog (Guitar), Chad McMurray (Vocals), Mark Hopkins (Bass), Michael Robson (Drums) Photo Credit – Niffer Calderwood Releasing the re-imagined full-length “Trail of Souls: Samsara” in July 2022, Seattle and Los Angeles-based heavy metal four-piece RivetSkull are sharing a new lyric video for the track “Mystified”. The song is about dealing with the fears of stepping out of your…

Iron Maiden surprisingly have only reach number 3 with SENJUTSU. You think with albums such as The Number of the Beast and Powerslave they would have. Mind you the band has had a few number one albums in their home country with Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, The Number of the Beast, Fear of the Dark, The Final Frontier and The Book of Souls. Can we expect a Billboard number one album in the…

Sadly around 1:42 am Pacific time on April 20th his body was found. He was only 34 years old. In the early 1990s he publicly acknowledged an addiction to heroin. Staley was well known for being the lead singer of Alice in Chains who had success with the albums Facelift and Dirt. Did you know… He was ranked at No. 27 on Hit Parader‘s list of “Heavy Metal’s All-Time Top 100 Vocalists” in 2006

Bay Area metal legends FORBIDDEN are reborn! FORBIDDEN are beyond thrilled to reveal their first and only European appearance this year will be at Belgium’s Alcatraz Metal Festival in August. The band is already laying the groundwork for some very exciting news and announcements, but right now they are focusing on Alcatraz and rehearsing to give Europe the very best performance…

ELEGANT WEAPONS UNLEASH NEW SINGLE/VIDEO “DO OR DIE” FROM THE FORTHCOMING ‘HORNS FOR A HALO’ ALBUM, ANNOUNCE LIVE DATES Metal fans are finally getting to hear what the much-talked about new collaboration, Elegant Weapons, sounds like – with the arrival of their latest single, “Do or Die.” Comprised of Rainbow singer Ronnie Romero, Judas Priest guitarist Richie Faulkner, Uriah Heep bassist Dave…

On April 19, 1980, AC/DC released an official announcement on the replacement of the charismatic singer Bon Scott, who had died exactly two months earlier, on February 19, 1980. As you may recall, Bon Scott‘s death left the band broken and shattered by the heavy disaster that befell them, right after the release of their most successful album to date – “Highway To Hell“. After Bon Scott’s death,…

Album Review: Mike Tramp – Songs of White Lion Mike Tramp has re-recorded some of the biggest hits by White Lion on the appropriately named release entitled “Songs of White Lion”. Despite the band not being the original lineup from the yesteryears this new version of the classic hits is an amazing representation of the band.  Now I am like you and miss Vito Bratta and the shredding guitar and…

Top Left – Lukky Sparxx, Top Right – Luis Amaro, Bottom Left – David Mendez, Bottom Right – Rich Gray L.A. Project has a solid new EP “Electric Life” coming out July 223 and leading up to it, they are releasing their single “Come Alive”. The international melodic metal/rock group has been pieced together by top players in the game including bassist Rich Gray (Annihilator, Aeon Zen), and vocalist…

In the city of Namur, Belgium, a monument to Brian Johnson was unveiled to commemorate Johnson’s first concert with AC/DC as lead singer of the band, on June 29, 1980. The project was spearheaded by AC/DC fans Michel Remy, Mike Davister and Georges Boussingault, with support from the Belgian radio station RTBF Classic 21. The monument is constructed of bluestone, a naturally occurring stone…