Today In Metal History 🤘 June 29th, 2024🤘 DOKKEN, DEEP PURPLE, GREAT WHITE, VOIVOD, BATHORY, RUSH
June 29, 2024, 6 months ago
TALENT WE LOST
R.I.P. John Lawton (URIAH HEEP, LUCIFER'S FRIEND): July 11th, 1946 - June 29th, 2021 (aged 74)
John Lawton, who sang on three URIAH HEEP studio albums: Firefly (1977), Innocent Victim (1977), and Fallen Angel (1978), passed away unexpectedly two years ago today (June 29th, 2021) at 74.
HEAVY BIRTHDAYS
Happy 71st
Don Dokken (DOKKEN) - June 29th, 1953
Happy 76th
Ian Paice (DEEP PURPLE) - June 29th, 1948
Happy 65th
Robert “Rob” Rock (ROB ROCK, IMPELLITTERI, DRIVER) - June 29th, 1959
Happy 50th
Flo Mounier (CRYPTOPSY) - June 29th, 1974
HEAVY RELEASES
Happy 56th
PINK FLOYD's A Saucerful Of Secrets - June 29th, 1968
Happy 37th
GREAT WHITE's Once Bitten - June 29th, 1987
Happy 36th
VOIVOD's Dimension Hatröss - June 29th, 1988
Happy 33rd
BATHORY's Twilight Of The Gods - June 29th, 1991
Happy 32nd
MALEVOLENT CREATION’s Retribution (June 29th, 1992).
SUICIDAL TENDENCIES’ F.N.G. - June 29th, 1992
Happy 25th
MÖTLEY CRÜE’s Supersonic And Demonic Relics - June 29th, 1999
SLIPKNOT's Slipknot - June 29th, 1999
DRAIN STH’s Freaks Of Nature - June 29, 1999
SLAUGHTER’s Back To Reality - June 29th, 1999
Happy 25th
ALICE IN CHAINS’ Nothing Safe: Best of the Box - June 29th, 1999
STYX’ Brave New World - June 29th, 1999
Happy 20th
RUSH’s Feedback - June 29th, 2004
Happy 18th
CONFIDE's Introduction - June 29th, 2006
Happy 17th
AT VANCE's VII - June 29th, 2007
Happy 15th
AMBERIAN DAWN's The Clouds Of Northland Thunder - June 29th, 2009
ANAAL NATHRAKH's In The Constellation Of The Black Widow - June 29th, 2009
Happy 14th
MASTODON’s Jonah Hex: Revenge Gets Ugly - June 29th, 2010
HASTE THE DAY’s Attack Of The Wolf King - June 29th, 2010
KNUT’s Wonder - June 29th, 2010
PARKWAY DRIVE’s Deep Blue - June 29th, 2010
Happy 12th
MISERATION’s Tragedy Has Spoken – June 29th, 2012
Happy 9th
THY ART IS MURDER’s Holy War – June 29th, 2015
Happy 6th
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE’s Gravity - June 29th, 2018
CONVERGE’s Beautiful Ruin - June 29th, 2018
CRYSTAL VIPER’s At the Edge of Time - June 29th, 2018
DEATH REQUISITE’s Threnody - June 29th, 2018
FATES WARNING’s Live Over Europe (live album) - June 29th, 2018
NIGHT VERSES’ From the Gallery of Sleep - June 29th, 2018
NONEXIST’s In Praise of Death - June 29th, 2018
STORMWITCH’s Bound to the Witch - June 29th, 2018
THOU’s Inconsolable - June 29th, 2018