Today In Metal History 🤘 June 7th, 2023 🤘 RIOT, CHILDREN OF BODOM, TIAMAT, BOSTON, THERION, WATAIN

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Today In Metal History 🤘 June 7th, 2023 🤘 RIOT, CHILDREN OF BODOM, TIAMAT, BOSTON, THERION, WATAIN

Talent We Lost

R.I.P. Mark Reale (RIOT): June 7th, 1955 – January 25th, 2012 (aged 56 / photo credit: Marko Syrjala)

From the band: " Happy Birthday Mark! Your legacy forever Shines On!”

Heavy Birthdays

Happy 61st
Michael Cartellone (LYNYRD SKYNYRD, DAMN YANKEES) - June 7th, 1962

Happy 59th
Mats Karlssen (220 VOLT) – June 7th, 1964

Happy 57th
Eric Kretz (STONE TEMPLE PILOTS) - June 7th, 1966

Happy 56th
David Michael "Dave" Navarro (JANE'S ADDICTION, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS) - June 7th, 1967

Happy 43rd
Henri "Henkka T. Blacksmith" Seppälä (CHILDREN OF BODOM) - June 7th, 1980

Heavy Releases

Happy 41st
GIRLSCHOOL's Screaming Blue Murder - June 7th, 1982

Happy 33rd
TIAMAT’s Sumerian Cry - June 7th, 1990

Happy 29th
BOSTON’s Walk On - June 7th, 1994
First album without late singer Brad Delp, replaced by the very able Fran Cosmo (ORION THE HUNTER).

Happy 24th
THERION’s Crowning Of Atlantis - June 7th, 1999

Happy 13th
WATAIN's Lawless Darkness - June 7th, 2010
PURIFIED IN BLOOD’s Under Black Skies – June 7th, 2010

DEF LEPPARD's Mirror Ball - June 7th, 2011
Def Leppard released their first ever live CD, Mirrorball-Live & More exclusively at Wal-Mart. 34 years after they formed.



JOB FOR A COWBOY’s Gloom (EP) – June 7th, 2011
ORIGIN’s Entity - June 7th, 2011
TOMBS’ Path Of Totality – June 7th, 2011
TOUCHE AMORE’s Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me

Happy 10th
SUMMONING’s Old Mornings Dawn – June 7th, 2013

Happy 4th
AXEL RUDI PELL’s XXX Anniversary Live (live album) - June 7th, 2019
CAVE IN’s Final Transmission - June 7th, 2019
COMBICHRIST’s One Fire - June 7th, 2019
DIVINER’s Realms of Time - June 7th, 2019
ENTHRONED’s Cold Black Suns - June 7th, 2019
FIRESPAWN’s Abominate - June 7th, 2019
MAJESTICA’s Above the Sky - June 7th, 2019
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE’s Disguise - June 7th, 2019
NEBULA’s Holy Shit - June 7th, 2019
PELICAN’s Nighttime Stories - June 7th, 2019
ROADSAW’s Tinnitus The Night - June 7th, 2019
THE RODS’ Brotherhood Of Metal - June 7th, 2019
TANZWUT’s Semannsgarn - June 7th, 2019
UPON A BURNING BODY’s Southern Hostility - June 7th, 2019
WARRIOR SOUL’s Rock 'n' Roll Disease - June 7th, 2019
XENTRIX’s Bury The Pain - June 7th, 2019


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