Today In Metal History 🤘 August 21st, 2023🤘 GLENN HUGHES, MOTÖRHEAD, KING DIAMOND, ANTHRAX, RAINBOW, GHOST
August 21, 2023, a year ago
TALENT WE LOST
R.I.P. John Graham Mellor (aka Joe Strummer - THE CLASH): August 21st, 1952 – December 22nd, 2002 (aged 50)
HEAVY BIRTHDAYS
Happy 72nd
GLENN HUGHES (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH, TRAPEZE) - August 21st, 1951
Happy 69th
Steve Smith (JOURNEY, TONY MACALPINE) - August 21st, 1954
Happy 55th
Dirk Bruinenberg (ELEGY) – August 21st, 1968
HEAVY RELEASES
Happy 46th
MOTÖRHEAD's Motörhead - 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
HOUSE OF LORDS’ Sahara - August 21st, 1990
JANE'S ADDICTION’S Ritual De Lo Habitual - August 21st, 1990
Happy 28th
RAINBOW’s Stranger in Us All - August 21st, 1995
Happy 27th
JAKE E. LEE’s A Fine Pink Mist - August 21st, 1996
Happy 22nd
MASTODON's Lifesblood - August 21, 2001
Happy 17th
MERCENARY's The Hours That Remain - August 21, 2006
Happy 16th
AS I LAY DYING's An Ocean Between Us - August 21st, 2007
BLUE CHEER's What Doesn't Kill You... - August 21st, 2007
ARSONISTS GET ALL THE GIRLS’ The Game Of Life - August 21st, 2007
I DECLARE WAR’s Amidst The Bloodshed - August 21st, 2007
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA’s Plagues - August 21st, 2007
THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD’s Malice - August 21st, 2007
Happy 14th
U.D.O.'s Dominator - August 21st, 2009
VADER's Necropolis - August 21st, 2009
Happy 11th
LYNYRD SKYNYRD’s Last Of A Dyin' Breed - August 21st, 2012
BLACK MOOR’s Lethal Waters - August 21st, 2012
Happy 10th
TURISAS’ Turisas2013 – August 21st, 2013
Happy 8th
ACT OF DEFIANCE’s Birth And The Burial – August 21st, 2015
BATTLECROSS’ Rise To Power – August 21st, 2015
BUTCHER BABIES’ Take It Like A Man – August 21st, 2015
DISTURBED’s Immortalized – August 21st, 2015
GHOST’s Meliora – August 21st, 2015
PRAYING MANTIS’ Legacy – August 21st, 2015
ROTTING CHRIST’s Lucifer Over Athens – August 21st, 2015
ROYAL HUNT’s Devil’s Dozen – August 21st, 2015
THE SWORD’s High Country – August 21st, 2015