TALENT WE LOST

A major influence on LED ZEPPELIN, THE ROLLING STONES, JEFF BECK, CREAM and the list goes on and on! American blues legend WILLIE DIXON was born 109 years ago today (July 1, 1915). He passed away in 1992 at the age of 76.

R.I.P. Melville John "Mel" Galley (WHITESNAKE, TRAPEZE) March 8th, 1948 – July 1st, 2008 (aged 60)

HEAVY BIRTHDAYS

Happy 61st 
Richard Edward "Rick" Hunolt (EXODUS) - July 1st, 1963
The BraveWords Museum met with Rick at the OmegaFest just outside of San Francisco earlier this year and he signed all of our golden collectibles!



Roswell Christopher "Roddy" Bottum (FAITH NO MORE) - July 1st, 1963

Happy 63rd 
Vito Bratta (WHITE LION) - July 1st, 1961

Happy 31st 
Dhani Mansworth (THE TREATMENT) - July 1st, 1993

HEAVY RELEASES

Happy 54th 
CACTUS' Cactus - July 1st, 1970

Happy 49th
TROOPER’s Trooper - July 1, 1975

Happy 41st 
BITCH's Be My Slave - July 1st, 1983
MANOWAR's Into Glory Ride - July 1st, 1983

Happy 40th
SODOM's In The Sign Of Evil - July 1, 1984
LOUDNESS’ Disillusion (English version) - July 1, 1984

Happy 39th
LIZZY BORDEN’s Love You To Pieces - July 1st, 1985

Happy 37th 
NAPALM DEATH's Scum - July 1st, 1987

Happy 34th
NAPALM DEATH's Harmony Corruption - July 1st, 1990

Happy 33rd 
CANNIBAL CORPSE's Butchered At Birth - July 1st, 1991

Happy 16th
LAMB OF GOD’s Walk With Me In Hell - July 1st, 2008

Happy 13th 
LOCK UP’s Necropolis Transparent - July 1st, 2011
STONELAKE’s Marching On Timeless Tales - July 1st, 2011 

Happy 10th
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY’s IX - July 1st, 2014

Happy 8th
CHELSEA GRIN - Self Inflicted - July 1st, 2016
FATES WARNING - Theories of Flight - July 1st, 2016
ISKRA - Ruins - July 1st, 2016
ORACLES - Miserycorde - July 1st, 2016
WOLF HOFFMANN - Headbangers Symphony - July 1st, 2016



Happy 2nd
DEREK SHERINIAN - Vortex - July 1st, 2022
GREG PUCIATO - Mirrorcell - July 1st, 2022
HAUNT - Windows of Your Heart - July 1st, 2022
HOLY DRAGONS - Jörmungandr – The Serpent of the World - July 1st, 2022
MASSACRE - Mythos - July 1st, 2022
MUNICIPAL WASTE - Electrified Brain - July 1st, 2022
RANDY HOLDEN - Population III - July 1st, 2022
SAINT ASONIA - Introvert  - July 1st, 2022
SHINEDOWN - Planet Zero - July 1st, 2022
SUPERHEIST - MMXX - July 1st, 2022