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BraveWords has one of the biggest music collections on the planet, with thousands of items signed. Each week we will showcase the last seven days of birthdays featuring some of the greatest releases in metal history. From August 21st to 27th, the following albums/releases celebrated an anniversary. Click the gallery above to view photos. 

33 years ago (August 24th, 1990), a Reno, Nevada judge ruled that JUDAS PRIEST wasn’t responsible for two suicides.



Happy 46th 
MOTÖRHEAD's Motörhead - August 21st, 1977
MOTÖRHEAD released their debut album, Motörhead, 46 years ago today (August 21st, 1977). 🎂 🤘❤️

Happy 36th 
METALLICA's Garage Days Re-Revisited - August 21st, 1987

Happy 34th
KING DIAMOND's Conspiracy - August 21st, 1989
JETHRO TULL’s Rock Island - August 21st, 1989

Happy 33rd 
ALICE IN CHAINS' Facelift - August 21st, 1990
ANTHRAX' Persistence Of Time - August 21st, 1990
RATT's Detonator - August 21st, 1990

Happy 11th 
LYNYRD SKYNYRD’s Last Of A Dyin' Breed - August 21st, 2012
LYNYRD SKYNYRD’s 14th and last studio album, Last Of A Dyin' Breed, was released 11 years ago today (August 21st, 2012). 🎂

Happy 28th
THE GATHERING’s Mandylion - August 22nd, 1995

Happy 17th 
DEICIDE's The Stench Of Redemption - August 22nd, 2006
LAMB OF GOD's Sacrament - August 22nd, 2006

Happy 10th
ANNIHILATOR’s Feast – August 23rd, 2013

Happy 43rd 
TYGERS OF PAN TANG’s Wild Cat - August 23rd, 1980

Happy 35th
BAD COMPANY’s Dangerous Age - August 23rd, 1988

Happy 29th 
TESLA’s Bust A Nut – August 23rd, 1994

Happy 30th
ANNIHILATOR's Set The World On Fire - August 24th, 1993

Happy 5th
ALICE IN CHAINS - Rainier Fog - August 24th, 2018

Happy 47th 
BOSTON's Boston - August 25th, 1976

Happy 41st 
ALICE COOPER’s Zipper Catches Skin - August 25th, 1982

Happy 36th
AEROSMITH’s Permanent Vacation - August 25th, 1987

Happy 31st 
WARRANT’s Dog Eat Dog - August 25th, 1992

Happy 26th 
GAMMA RAY’s Somewhere Out In Space - August 25th, 1997

Happy 27th 
NEUROTIC OUTSIDERS' Neurotic Outsiders - August 26th, 1996
Signed to MADONNA’s label Maverick, this was a short-lived project featuring GUNS N’ ROSES bassist Duff McKagan and drummer Matt Sorum, SEX PISTOLS guitarist Steve Jones and DURAN DURAN bassist John Taylor. 

Happy 15th 
MOTÖRHEAD’s Motörizer - August 26th, 2008

Happy 14th 
LEAVES' EYES' Njord - August 26th, 2009

 Happy 41st 
AEROSMITH's Rock In A Hard Place - August 27th, 1982

Happy 32nd 
PEARL JAM's Ten - August 27th, 1991
13 million copies and three hit singles: “Alive”, “Even Flow” and “Jeremy”. 

Happy 32nd 
BAD ENGLISH’s Backlash - August 27th, 1991

Happy 27th 
MONSTROSITY’s Millennium - August 27th, 1996
The last album to feature George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher on vocals before replacing Chris Barnes in CANNIBAL CORPSE. 

Happy 11th 
GRAVE’s Endless Procession Of Souls - August 27th, 2012
KATATONIA’s Dead End Kings - August 27th, 2012

Happy 9th 
HAMMERFALL’s (r)Evolution - August 27th, 2014

Happy 2nd
EX DEO - The Thirteen Years Of Nero - August 27, 2021