Talent We Lost

R.I.P. Paul Charles Caravello (KISS' Eric Carr): July 12th, 1950 – November 24th, 1991
Caravello was selected as the new Kiss drummer after Peter Criss departed officially on May 18th, 1980. He'd be 74 today.



R.I.P. John Kenneth Wetton (ASIA, KING CRIMSON, U.K.): July 12th, 1949 - January 31st, 2017 (aged 67)

Heavy Birthdays

Happy 50th
Sharon Janny Den Adel (WITHIN TEMPTATION) - July 12th, 1974

Happy 57th
John Peter Petrucci (DREAM THEATER) - July 12th, 1967

Heavy Releases 

Happy 38th
DESTRUCTION’s Eternal Devastation – July 12th, 1986

Happy 30th
AMORPHIS’ Tales From The Thousand Lakes – July 12th, 1994
ALICE COOPER’s The Last Temptation - July 12th, 1994



Coincidentally, BraveWords launched the same year Tales From The Thousand Lakes was released. Guitarist Esa Holopainen reminices:

BraveWords: Everyone has their stories about their first trip to North America. Do you remember the first US show? 

Holopainen: "Yeah, I remember. We were on Relapse Records, they were based in Pennsylvania at the time. We started the tour with Entombed, they had just released the Wolverine Blues album, and our Tales From The Thousand Lakes came out. So, we did a tour with them, and before that we did a promotion, four days in the Relapse office. And you know the land lines, you call out to different people and radio stations..." 

BraveWords: Like BraveWords?

Holopainen: "Yeah, BraveWords as well. And it was such a different time in that time. I only have positive feelings. The first shows, I don't know, it wasn't what you expected from the US because you thought that everything was huge and different, but you realize that they have the same shitty little venues that you have in Europe. In that way, it really wasn't much different. But we had a great time. During the tour we bought great albums that were released at that time, like the Danzig 4 album. We played that album and a lot of great music was released in that time, 1994. What else do I remember from that tour? You know, when you're young and you don't really have any reference to anything bigger, like tour buses, we were travelling with a van. And we were five guys in the band at that time, a sound guy from Finland, and another guy who helped us, so we were seven guys in the van. It was insane. We toured with that across the US. Some nights we booked a motel room and two guys went in and the other guys snuck in after."  

Happy 19th
IRON MAIDEN’s The Essential Iron Maiden - July 12th, 2005
OBITUARY's Frozen In Time - July 12th, 2005

Happy 17th
CARNIFEX's Dead In My Arms - July 12th, 2007

Happy 14th
NORMA JEAN's Meridional - July 12th, 2010
DEVIL LOST HIS SOUL's Blessed & Cursed - July 12th, 2010

Happy 13th
DECAPITATED’s Carnival Is Forever - July 12th, 2011
SUICIDE SILENCE’s The Black Crown - July 12th, 2011
EARTH CRISIS’ Neutralize The Threat - July 12th, 2011
FAIR TO MIDLAND’s Arrows And Anchors - July 12th, 2011
ICON IN ME’s Head Break Solution - July 12th, 2011
SLEEPING GIANT’s Kingdom Days In An Evil Age - July 12th, 2011
RINGWORM’s Scars - July 12th, 2011

Happy 5th
311’s Voyager - July 12th, 2019
BATUSHKA’s Hospodi - July 12th, 2019
DISENTOMB’s The Decaying Light - July 12th, 2019
ELDER’s The Gold & Silver Sessions - July 12th, 2019
OH, SLEEPER’s Bloodied / Unbowed - July 12th, 2019
RIBSPREADER’s Crawl and Slither - July 12th, 2019
SUICIDE SILENCE’s Live & Mental - July 12th, 2019
TORCHE’s Admission - July 12th, 2019