Today In Metal History đ¤ June 5th, 2024 đ¤ IRON MAIDEN, BLUE ĂYSTER CULT, METALLICA, KAMELOT, TESLA
June 5, 2024, 6 months ago
HEAVY HAPPENINGS
20 years ago now (June 4th/5th, 2004). The BW&BK Six-Pack weekend reconvened in Cleveland, Ohio at The Odeon.
TALENT WE LOST
R.I.P. Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Glenn Colvin; RAMONES): September 18th, 1951 â June 5th, 2002 (aged 50)
HEAVY BIRTHDAYS
Happy 72nd
Michael Henry "Nicko" McBrain (IRON MAIDEN, PAT TRAVERS, TRUST) - June 5th, 1952
Heavy Releases
Happy 23rd
BLUE ĂYSTER CULTâs Curse Of The Hidden Mirror - June 5, 2001
The final Blue Ăyster Cult album to feature longtime keyboardist Allen Lanier, who died in 2013.
Happy 21st
METALLICA's St. Anger - June 5th, 2003
Happy 17th
DEVIN TOWNSEND's Ziltoid The Omniscient - June 5th, 2007
KAMELOT's Ghost Opera - June 5th, 2007
TESLA's Real To Reel - June 5th, 2007
GRAVEWORM's Collateral Defect - June 5th, 2007
ION DISSONANCE's Minus The Herd - June 5th, 2007
Happy 12th
FEAR FACTORYâs The Industrialist - June 5th, 2012
GOJIRAâs The Flesh Alive - June 5th, 2012
HELLYEAHâs Band of Brothers - June 5th, 2012
MARDUKâs Serpent Sermon - June 5th, 2012
ULVERâs Childhoodâs End - June 5th, 2012
WATAINâs Opus Diaboli - June 5th, 2012
AUTOPSYâs Born Undead - June 5th, 2012
Happy 11th
OLIVAâs Raise The Curtain - June 5th, 2013
Happy 4th
THE GHOST INSIDEâs The Ghost Inside - June 5th, 2020