Today In Metal History đ¤ July 25th, 2023đ¤METALLICA, AC/DC, NAZARETH, SNOWY SHAW, OBITUARY, ALICE COOPER
July 25, 2023, a year ago
TALENT WE LOST
Happy 81stÂ
R.I.P. Manuel âMannyâ Charlton (NAZARETH) - July 25th, 1941 - July 5th, 2022 (aged 80)
Founding guitarist from 1968 - 1990.
HEAVY BIRTHDAYS
Happy 80th
James Stanley "Jim" McCarty (THE YARDBIRDS) - July 25th, 1943
Drummer Jim McCarty is the only member of the band to feature in every lineup.
Happy 73rd
Mark Clarke (URIAH HEEP, COLISSEUM) - July 25th, 1950
Happy 55thÂ
Tommie Mike Christer Helgesson (aka Snowy Shaw; KING DIAMOND, DREAM EVIL, NOTRE DAME, MEMENTO MORI) - July 25th, 1968
Happy 54th
Trevor Peres (OBITUARY) - July 25th, 1969
Happy 50thÂ
Daniel Lloyd Davey (aka Dani Filth; CRADLE OF FILTH) - July 25th, 1973
HEAVY RELEASES
Happy 54th
YESâ Yes - July 25th, 1969
Happy 53rd
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVALâS Cosmoâs Factory - July 25th, 1970
#1 in Australia, Canada, France, Norway and the United States where it spent nine consecutive weeks in the number one position on the Billboard 200 chart.
Happy 43rd
AC/DC's Back In Black - July 25th, 1980
Happy 40thÂ
METALLICA's Kill 'Em All - July 25th, 1983
Happy 36thÂ
LOUDNESSâ Lightning Strikes - July 25th, 1986
Happy 34th
ALICE COOPER's Trash - July 25th, 1989
Happy 17thÂ
GRAVE's As Rapture Comes - July 25, 2006
VOIVOD's Katorz - July 25, 2006
FROM A SECOND STORY WINDOW's Delanda - July 25, 2006
Happy 9th
CRYSTAL EYESâ Killer - July 25, 2014