HEAVY BIRTHDAYS

Happy 71st Birthday Bernie Taupin (ELTON JOHN) - May 22nd, 1950
ELTON JOHN’s right-hand man BERNIE TAUPIN turns 72 today (May 22nd, 1950). 🎂 They were inducted into the American Songwriters Hall Of Fame in 1992 and the Johnny Mercer Award in 2013.

Happy 62nd
Ted Kirkpatrick (TOURNIQUET) - May 22nd, 1960

Happy 58th Birthday Graham Woodcock (THE QUEST) - May 22nd, 1964

Happy 56th Birthday Kenneth “Kenney” Shaun Hickey (TYPE O NEGATIVE, SEVENTH VOID) - May 22nd, 1966

Happy 46th Birthday Daniel John Erlandsson (ARCH ENEMY, CARCASS) - May 22nd, 1976

Heavy Releases

Happy 33rd
QUEEN’s The Miracle - May 22nd, 1989

Happy 27th
MISERY LOVES COMPANY's Misery Loves Company - May 22nd, 1995

Happy 22nd
BLAZE's Silicon Messiah - May 22nd, 2000
One week before IRON MAIDEN released their long-awaited reunion album with Bruce Dickinson (Brave New World), BLAZE released their debut, Silicon Messiah 22 years ago today (May 22nd, 2000). 

Happy 16th
CATARACT's Kingdom - May 22nd, 2006
NECROPHOBIC's Hrimthursum - May 22nd, 2006

Happy 15th
OZZY OSBOURNE's Black Rain - May 22nd, 2007
Last time we saw Zakk Wylde with OZZY OSBOURNE, who released Black Rain, 15 years ago today (May 22nd, 2007).

DAYSEND's The Warning - May 22nd, 2007
SONIC SYNDICATE's Only Inhuman - May 22nd, 2007

Happy 13th
DEVIN TOWNSEND's Ki - May 22nd, 2009
PRIMAL FEAR's 16.6 (Before The Devil Knows You're Dead) - May 22nd, 2009
CAGE's Science Of Annihilation - May 22nd, 2009
SLYCLAD's In The...All Together - May 22nd, 2009
THERION's The Miskolc Experience (live album) - May 22nd, 2009
NEAERA's Omnicide - Creation Unleashed
UNANIMATED's In The Light Of Darkness (The Covenant O Death)

Happy 10th
SIX FEET UNDER’s Undead - May 22nd, 2012
BURZUM’s Umskiptar – May 22nd, 2012

Happy 7th
PYRAMAZE’s Disciples Of The Sun – May 22nd, 2015

Happy 2nd
CALIGULA'S HORSE’s Rise Radiant - May 22nd, 2020
CROSSFAITH’s Species (EP) - May 22nd, 2020
FAIRYLAND’s Osyrhianta - May 22nd, 2020
KILLITOROUS’s The Afterparty - May 22nd, 2020
OLD MAN GLOOM’s Seminar VIII: Light of Meaning - May 22nd, 2020
OZ’s Forced Commandments - May 22nd, 2020
REVENGE’s Strike.Smother.Dehumanize - May 22nd, 2020
SINISTER’s Deformation of the Holy Realm - May 22nd, 2020
SOULFLY’s Live Ritual NYC MMXIX (EP) - May 22nd, 2020