Today In Metal History 🤘 July 25th, 2023🤘METALLICA, AC/DC, NAZARETH, SNOWY SHAW, OBITUARY, ALICE COOPER

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Today In Metal History 🤘 July 25th, 2023🤘METALLICA, AC/DC, NAZARETH, SNOWY SHAW, OBITUARY, ALICE COOPER

TALENT WE LOST

Happy 81st 
R.I.P. Manuel “Manny” 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 55th 
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 50th 
Daniel Lloyd Davey (aka Dani Filth; CRADLE OF FILTH) - July 25th, 1973

HEAVY RELEASES

Happy 54th
YES’ Yes - July 25th, 1969

Happy 53rd
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL’S Cosmo’s 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 40th 
METALLICA's Kill 'Em All - July 25th, 1983

Happy 36th 
LOUDNESS’ Lightning Strikes - July 25th, 1986

Happy 34th
ALICE COOPER's Trash - July 25th, 1989

Happy 17th 
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 EYES’ Killer - July 25, 2014


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