HEAVY HISTORY

VOIVOD + CELTIC FROST + DESTRUCTION + POSSESSED + NASTY SAVAGE. 39 years ago today (November 30th, 1985), Voivod manager Maurice Richard curated and presented the famous World War III festival at The Palladium in Montreal, Quebec. The legendary event was done to help raise funds for Voivod to record their second studio album (which would come to be named Rrröööaaarrr). 

At the time, SLAYER’s final show was November 30th, 2019 at the Los Angeles Forum in California.

TALENT WE LOST

R.I.P Donald Scott Smith (LOVERBOY): February 13th, 1955 - November 30th, 2000

24 years ago today (November 30th, 2000), LOVERBOY bassist Donald Scott Smith died aged 45 when he was sailing off the coast of San Francisco near the Golden Gate Bridge, when a 36-foot wave swept him overboard. His body was never found. 



 

R.I.P. Adrian “ The Energizer” Bromley: November 30th, 1971 - December 7th, 2008

Adrian “ The Energizer” Bromley worked for Canuck magazines  M.E.A.T, Chart and Unrestrained! He also ran the publicity department for The End Records and left in early 2008 to work as an indie. He passed away at age 37, of pneumonia.

HEAVY BIRTHDAYS

Happy 79th
Roger Glover (DEEP PURPLE) - November 30th, 1945 (photo credit above: Jennifer Bartram-Schmitt)

Happy 69th
BILLY IDOL - November 30th, 1955

Happy 67th
Richard Barbieri (PORCUPINE TREE) - November 30th, 1957

Happy 65th
Cherie Ann Currie (THE RUNAWAYS) - November 30th, 1959

Happy 60th
Mike Matijevic (STEELHEART) - November 30th, 1964

Happy 57th
Gus Pynn (SACRIFICE) - November 30th, 1967

Happy 51st
John Moyer (DISTURBED, OPERATION: MINDCRIME, ART OF ANARCHY) - November 30th, 1973

HEAVY RELEASES

Happy 45th
PINK FLOYD’s The Wall - November 30th, 1979

Happy 43rd
YES’s Classic Yes - November 30th, 1981

Happy 42nd
SAMMY HAGAR’s Three Lock Box - November 30, 1982

Happy 27th
SHADOWS FALL’s Somber Eyes To The Sky - November 30th 1997

Happy 26th
CHILDREN OF BODOM’s Something Wild – November 30th, 1998

Happy 15h
METALLICA's Orgullo, Pasion Y Gloria - Tres Noches En La Ciudad De Mexico - November 30th, 2009

Happy 14th
CHAPTER 14’s Like Trees In November – November 30th, 2010

Happy 13th
NIGHTWISH’s Imaginaerum – November 30th, 2011

THE UNGUIDED’s Hell Frost – November 30th, 2011

Happy 12th Birthday
FRAGMENTS OF UNBECOMING’s The Art of Coming Apart - November 30th, 2012
GAMMA RAY’s Skeletons & Majesties Live - November 30th, 2012
HAMMERFALL’s Gates Of Dalhalla - November 30th, 2012

SATURNUS’ Saturn In Ascension - November 30th, 2012

Happy 7th
SILENT DESCENT’s Turn to Grey - November 30th, 2017

Happy 6th
CHROME DIVISION’s One Last Ride - November 30th, 2018
EMIGRATE’s A Million Degrees - November 30th, 2018
NACHTMYSTIUM’s Resilient - November 30th, 2018