HEAVY HISTORY

Eight years ago today. On April 16th, 2016, AC/DC announced that GUNS N' ROSES singer Axl Rose would replace Brian Johnson.




TALENT WE LOST

R.I.P. Lee Kerslake (OZZY OSBOURNE, URIAH HEEP): April 16th, 1947 – September 19th, 2020 (aged 73; photo credit: Richard Galbraith)

HEAVY BIRTHDAYS

Happy 66th  
Mark Zonder (FATES WARNING, WARLORD, DRAMATICA) - April 16th, 1958

Happy 50th  
Ted Lundstrom (AMON AMARTH) - April 16th, 1974

HEAVY RELEASES

Happy 60th
THE ROLLING STONES’ The Rolling Stones - April 16th, 1964

Happy 40th  
VENOM’s At War With Satan - April 16th, 1984


SAXON’s Crusader - April 16th, 1984

Happy 36th  
SCORPIONS' Savage Amusement - April 16th, 1988

Happy 34th  
BATHORY’s Hammerheart - April 16th, 1990

Happy 17th  
ANNIHILATOR's Metal - April 16th, 2007
MAYHEM's Ordo Ad Chao - April 16th, 2007

PAIN's Psalms Of Extinction - April 16th, 2007
SHINING's Halmstad - April 16th, 2007
W.A.S.P.'s Dominator - April 16th, 2007

Happy 15th  
EMPEROR's Live Inferno - April 16th, 2009

Happy 12th 
GORY BLISTER's Earth-Sick - April 16th, 2012
ANATHEMA's Weather Systems - April 16th, 2012

Happy 11th  
SKID ROW’s United World Rebellion: Chapter One - April 16th, 2013
JEFF LOOMIS’ Requiem For The Living – April 16th, 2013

Happy 3rd
AUGUST BURNS RED's Guardians Sessions (EP) - April 16, 2021
CANNIBAL CORPSE's Violence Unimagined - April 16, 2021

ESCAPE THE FATE's Chemical Warfare - April 16, 2021
LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT's Liquid Tension Experiment 3 - April 16, 2021
LIV KRISTINE's Have Courage Dear Heart (EP) - April 16, 2021
MARTY FRIEDMAN's Tokyo Jukebox 3 - April 16, 2021
WEDNESDAY 13's Necrophase: Antidote (EP) - April 16, 2021
WHILE SHE SLEEPS's Sleeps Society - April 16, 2021