Today In Metal History 🤘 August 27th, 2023🤘 ALEX LIFESON, STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN, MONSTROSITY, OPETH, HAMMERFALL
August 27, 2023, a year ago
TALENT WE LOST
R.I.P. Stephen "STEVIE" RAY VAUGHAN: October 3rd, 1954 – August 27th, 1990 (aged 35)
Happy 78th
R.I.P. John Voorhis "Tim" Bogert III (VANILLA FUDGE, CACTUS, BECK, BOGERT & APPICE): August 27th, 1944 - January 13, 2021 (aged 76)
HEAVY BIRTHDAYS
Happy 70th
Alex Lifeson (born Aleksandar Živojinović); RUSH) - August 27th, 1953 (photo above by Allan Zilkowsky)
Happy 73rd
Neil Murray (BLACK SABBATH, WHITESNAKE) - August 27th, 1950
Happy 67th
SEX PISTOLS' Glen Matlock - August 27th, 1956
Happy 61st
Coburn Pharr (ANNIHILATOR) - August 27, 1962
Happy 48th
Björn Gelotte (IN FLAMES) - August 27th, 1975
HEAVY RELEASES
Happy 41st
AEROSMITH's Rock In A Hard Place - August 27th, 1982
Happy 32nd
PEARL JAM's Ten - August 27th, 1991
BAD ENGLISH’s Backlash - August 27th, 1991
Happy 27h
MONSTROSITY’s Millennium - August 27th, 1996
The last album to feature George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher on vocals, as he went on to join the death metal band Cannibal Corpse.
Happy 22nd
AFTER FOREVER’s Decipher - August 27th, 2001
Happy 18th
OPETH's Ghost Reveries - August 27th, 2005
Happy 16th
BENEDICTION's Killing Music - August 27th, 2007
Happy 13th
LIV KRISTINE's Skintight - August 27th, 2010
Happy 11th
ENSIFERUM’s Unsung Heroes - August 27th, 2012
GRAVE’s Endless Procession Of Souls - August 27th, 2012
KATATONIA’s Dead End Kings - August 27th, 2012
Happy 10th
AVENGED SEVENFOLD’s Hail To The King - August 27th, 2013
DEVILDRIVER’s Winter Kills - August 27th, 2013
Happy 9th
HAMMERFALL’s (r)Evolution - August 27th, 2014
Happy 2nd
EX DEO - The Thirteen Years Of Nero - August 27, 2021
HOODED MENACE - The Tritonus Bell - August 27, 2021
JINJER - Wallflowers - August 27, 2021
LEPROUS - Aphelion - August 27, 2021
OBSCURITY - Skogarmaors - August 27, 2021
PHINEHAS - The Fire Itself - August 27, 2021
TESSARACT - P O R T A L S (live album) - August 27, 2021
SCULPTURED - The Liminal Phase - August 27, 2021
SONS OF ALPHA CENTAURI - Push - August 27, 2021
SPIRIT ADRIFT - Forge Your Future (EP) - August 27, 2021
THYRFING - Vanagandr - August 27, 2021