Today In Metal History 🤘 September 18th, 2023🤘 TWISTED SISTER, JIMI HENDRIX, BLACK SABBATH, KISS, DOKKEN, XENTRIX
September 18, 2023, a year ago
TALENT WE LOST
R.I.P. James Marshall "JIMI" HENDRIX (born Johnny Allen Hendrix): November 27th, 1942 - September 18th, 1970 (aged 27)
R.I.P. Dee Dee Ramone (born Douglas Glenn Colvin; RAMONES); September 18th, 1951 - June 5th, 2002 (aged 50)
R.I.P. Pepsi Tate (real name Justin Smith; TIGERTAILZ): March 10th, 1965 - September 18th, 2007 (aged 42)
HEAVY BIRTHDAYS
Happy 61st
Antony "Tony" Harnell (SKID ROW, TNT, MOURNING WOOD) - September 18th, 1962
Joey Scott (LIZZY BORDEN) - September 18th, 1962
Happy 43rd
Charles Hedger (MAYHEM, CRADLE OF FILTH) - September 18th, 1980
HEAVY RELEASES
Happy 53rd
BLACK SABBATH's Paranoid - September 18th, 1970
Happy 45th
KISS solo albums from ACE FREHLEY, GENE SIMMONS, PAUL STANLEY, PETER CRISS - September 18th, 1978
Happy 42nd
GENESIS’ Abacab - September 18th, 1981
Happy 41st
TWISTED SISTER's Under The Blade - September 18th, 1982
Happy 40th
KISS' Lick It Up - September 18th, 1983
DOKKEN's Breaking The Chains - September 18th, 1983
Happy 36th
KISS' Crazy Nights - September 18th, 1987
Happy 34th
XENTRIX’ Shattered Existence - September 18th, 1989
Happy 34th
CORONOR’s No More Color - September 18th, 1989
Happy 22nd
ALICE COOPER's Dragontown - September 18th, 2001
MOONSPELL's Darkness And Hope - September 18th, 2001
Happy 17th Birthday:
WARCRY's La Quinta Esencia - September 18th, 2006
THE ARMS OF PERDITION's Halloween Of Tales - September 18th, 2006
Happy 16th Birthday:
A LIFE ONCE LOST's Iron Gag - September 18th, 2007
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER's Nocturnal - September 18th, 2007
BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME's Colors - September 18th, 2007
BLOTTED SCIENCE's The Machinations Of Dementia - September 18th, 2007
BROWN BRIGADE's Into The Mouth Of Badd(d)ness - September 18th, 2007
HANDGUNS' The Sons Of Thunder - September 18th, 2007
HIMSA's Summon In Thunder - September 18th, 2007
SUICIDE SILENCE's The Cleansing - September 18th, 2007
WAR FROM A HARLOTS MOUTH's Transmetropolitan - September 18th, 2007
Happy 14th
EUROPE's Last Look At Eden - September 18th, 2009
LYNCH MOB's Smoke And Mirrors - September 18th, 2009
SONATA ARCTICA's The Days Of Grays - September 18th, 2009
AT VANCE's Ride The Sky - September 18th, 2009
DANGER DANGER's Revolve - September 18th, 2009
THEATRE OF TRAGEDY's Forever Is The World - September 18th, 2009
Happy 11th
THE DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT’s Epicloud - September 18th, 2012
DOWN’s Down IV Part I - The Purple EP - September 18th, 2012
BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE’s I Am - September 18th, 2012
UFOMAMMUT’s Oro: Opus Alter – September 18th, 2012
VISION OF DISORDER’s The Cursed Remain Cursed - September 18th, 2012
Happy 8th
DAVID GILMOUR’s Rattle That Lock – September 18th, 2015
ANNIHILATOR’s Suicide Society – September 18th, 2015
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER’s Abysmal – September 18th, 2015
MY DYING BRIDE’s Feel The Misery – September 18th, 2015
OPERATION: MINDCRIME’s The Key – September 18th, 2015
ATREYU’s Long Live – September 18th, 2015
BLESSTHEFALL’s To Those Left Behind – September 18th, 2015
CHRISTIAN MISTRESS’ To Your Death – September 18th, 2015
MALEVOLENT CREATION’s Dead Man’s Path – September 18th, 2015
SEVEN WITCHES’ The Way Of The Wicked – September 18th, 2015
TANK’s Valley Of Tears – September 18th, 2015
TESSERACT’s Polaris – September 18th, 2015
Happy 3rd
ACE FREHLEY’s Origins Vol. 2 - September 18th, 2020
DEREK SHERINIAN’s The Phoenix - September 18th, 2020
FINNTROLL’s Vredesvävd - September 18th, 2020
FIT FOR A KING’s The Path - September 18th, 2020
HEATHEN’s Empire of the Blind - September 18th, 2020
NAPALM DEATH’s Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism - September 18th, 2020
RAVEN’s Metal City - September 18th, 2020
STILLWELL’s Supernatural Miracle - September 18th, 2020