Today In Metal History 🤘 January 26th, 2023 🤘VAN HALEN, CINDERELLA, DIO, NAPALM DEATH, NEVERMORE
January 26, 2023, a year ago
TALENT WE LOST
R.I.P. Andrew "Mac" McDermott (THRESHOLD): January 26th, 1966 – August 3rd, 2011
R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen (VAN HALEN) - January 26, 1955 – October 6, 2020
HEAVY BIRTHDAYS
Happy 75th
Laurence Gordon "Corky" Laing (MOUNTAIN, WEST BRUCE & LAING) - January 26th, 1948
Happy 62nd
Tom Keifer (CINDERELLA) - January 26th, 1961
Happy 54th
Ron Sumners (SLAUGHTER) - January 26th, 1969
Happy 47th
William Adler (LAMB OF GOD) - January 26th, 1976
Happy 37th
Matthew “Matt” Kiichi Heafy (TRIVIUM) - January 26th, 1986
HEAVY RELEASES
Happy 35th
DAVID LEE ROTH's Skyscraper - January 26th, 1988
Happy 25th
MOONSPELL's Sin/Pecado - January 26th, 1998
Happy 24th
NEVERMORE's Dreaming Neon Black - January 26th, 1999
Happy 19th
SCARVE’s Irradiant – January 26th, 2004
Happy 14th
ARCHITECTS’ Hollow Crown – January 26th, 2009
DARK MOOR’s Autumnal – January 26th, 2009
EPHEL DUATH’s Through My Dog’s Eyes – January 26th, 2009
Happy 12th Birthday
BATTLELORE’s Doombound – January 26th, 2011
POWER QUEST’s Blood Alliance – January 26th, 2011
Happy 13th
APOCALYPTICA’s MAG: S.V.E.R. – January 26th, 2010
FOZZY’s Chasing The Grail – January 26th, 2010
SUICIDAL TENDENCIES’ Live At The Olympic Auditorium (DVD) – January 26th, 2010
GREELEY ESTATES’ No Rain, No Rainbow – January 26th, 2010
LIVING SACRIFICE’s The Infinite Order – January 26th, 2010
Happy 8th
NAPALM DEATH’s Apex Predator – Easy Meat – January 26th, 2015
U.D.O.’s Decadent – January 26th, 2015
ARMAGEDDON’s Captivity & Devourment – January 26th, 2015
Happy 5th
AGRIMONIA's Awaken - January 26th, 2018
HAMATOM's Bestie der Freiheit - January 26th, 2018
IN VAIN's Currents - January 26th, 2018
LABYRINTH's Return to Live (live album) - January 26th, 2018
LOUDNESS' Rise to Glory - January 26th, 2018
MACHINE HEAD's Catharsis - January 26th, 2018
NEW YEARS DAY's Diary of a Creep (EP) - January 26th, 2018
ORPHANED LAND's Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs - January 26th, 2018
PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS' The Age of Absurdity - January 26th, 2018
PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS' Choosing Mental Illness as a Virtue - January 26th, 2018
THE POODLES' Prisma - January 26th, 2018
PORTAL's Ion - January 26th, 2018
SLEEPING GIANT's I Am - January 26th, 2018
TRIBULATION's Down Below - January 26th, 2018
Happy 4th
PANOPTICON's The Crescendo of Dusk (EP) - January 26th, 2019