Today In Metal History 🤘 June 22nd, 2023🤘 BLACK SABBATH, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, WHITE LION, DEATH, MORBID ANGEL
June 22, 2023, a year ago
TALENT WE LOST
Vincent Paul Abbott (PANTERA, DAMAGEPLAN): March 11th, 1964 – June 22th, 2018
Heavy Birthdays
Happy 75th
Todd Rundgren - June 22nd, 1948
Happy 74th
Gary Moffet (APRIL WINE) - June 22nd, 1949
Moffet can be heard on everything from 1973’s Electric Jewels to 1984’s Animal Grace.
Lawrence E. "Larry" Junstrom (LYNYRD SKYNYRD, .38 SPECIAL) - June 22nd, 1949
Heavy Releases
Happy 44th
QUEEN's Live Killers - June 22nd, 1979
Recorded live during the European leg of Queen's Jazz Tour in 1979.
Happy 42nd
BLUE ÖYSTER CULT’s Fire Of Unknown Origin - June 22nd, 1981
Happy 36th
WHITE LION's Pride - June 22nd, 1987
MARILLION’s - Clutching At Straws - June 22nd, 1987
The last album with lead singer Fish, who left the band in 1988.
Happy 35th
ANATHEMA’s Alternative 4 - June 22nd, 1998
Happy 31st
BLACK SABBATH's Dehumanizer - June 22nd, 1992
Happy 30th
DEATH’s Individual Thought Patterns - June 22nd, 1993
The only album by the band to feature KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy LaRocque.
MORBID ANGEL’s Covenant - June 22, 1993
Happy 25thÂ
ICED EARTH’s Something Wicked This Way Comes – June 22nd, 1998
Happy 24th
HYPOCRISY’s Hypocrisy - June 22nd, 1999
Happy 19th
MOTÖRHEAD’s Inferno - June 22nd, 2004Â
GARY MOORE’s Power Of The Blues - June 22nd, 2004
Happy 16th
CANDLEMASS' King Of The Grey Islands - June 22nd, 2007
Happy 14th
ASPHYX's Death...The Brutal Way - June 22nd, 2009
DRUDKH's Microcosmos - June 22nd, 2009
NIGHTRAGE's Wearing A Martyr's Crown - June 22nd, 2009
SPINAL TAP's Back From The Dead - June 22nd, 2009
Happy 13th
DANZIG's Deth Red Sabaoth - June 22nd, 2010
EARLY GRAVES’ Goner
YAKUZA’s Of Seismic Consequence
Happy 12th
PROTEST THE HERO Scurrilous - June 22nd, 2011
BORN OF OSIRIS’ The Discovery
EYEHATEGOD’s Live (DVD)
TESSERACT’s One
STREAM OF PASSION’s Darker Days
Happy 11th
LUCA TURILLI'S RHAPSODY Ascending To Infinity - June 22nd, 2012
DEATHSPELL OMEGA’s Drought (EP) – June 22nd, 2012
Happy 5th
CRAFT’s White Noise And Black Metal - June 22nd, 2018
IMPENDING DOOM’s The Sin And Doom, Vol. II - June 22nd, 2018
KHEMMIS’ Desolation - June 22nd, 2018
MARDUK’s Viktoria - June 22nd, 2018
NINE INCH NAILS’ Bad Witch - June 22nd, 2018