TALENT WE LOST

R.I.P. Marty Balin (JEFFERSON AIRPLANE / JEFFERSON STARSHIP): January 30th, 1942 - September 27th, 2018 (76)

R.I.P. Clifford Lee "Cliff" Burton (METALLICA): February 10th, 1962 - September 27th, 1986

35 years ago today (September 27th, 1986), Metallica's Cliff Burton is killed when the band's tour bus crashes between Stockholm and Copenhagen during the Master Of Puppets European tour. He died when the band's tour bus over-turned in Ljungby, Sweden. He was only 24 years old and leaves his mark on Metallica's first three treasured releases: Kill 'Em All (1983), Ride the Lightning (1984) and Master of Puppets (1986).

HEAVY BIRTHDAYS

Happy 78th 
Randolph "Randy" Charles Bachman (BACHMAN TURNER OVERDRIVE, GUESS WHO) - September 27th, 1943

Happy 74th 
MEAT LOAF (real name Marvin Lee Aday) - September 27th, 1947

Happy 47th 
Nicklas Rudolfsson (SACRAMENTUM) - September 27th, 1974

HEAVY RELEASES

Happy 27th 
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY's Deliverance - September 27th, 1994
SLAYER's Divine Intervention - September 27th, 1994

Happy 17th 
RHAPSODY's Symphony of Enchanted Lands II - The Dark Secret - September 27th, 2004

Happy 16th 
GOJIRA's From Mars To Sirius - September 27th, 2005

Happy 11th 
HALFORD’s Halford IV: Made Of Metal - September 27th, 2010
ENSLAVED's Axioma Ethica Odini - September 27th, 2010
THE CROWN’s Doomsday King - September 27th, 2010

Happy 10th 
MASTODON’s The Hunter - September 27th, 2011
SEBASTIAN BACH’s Kicking & Screaming - September 27th, 2011
BRUTAL TRUTH - End Time - September 27th, 2011 
DEIVOS - Demiurge Of The Void - September 27th, 2011 
LANDMINE MARATHON - Gallows - September 27th, 2011 
MACHINE HEAD - Unto The Lost - September 27th, 2011 
MASTODON - The Hunter - September 27th, 2011 
RWAKE - Rest - September 27th, 2011 
WARBRINGER - Worlds Torn Asunder - September 27th, 2011 

Happy 8th 
MASTER - The Witchhunt - September 27th, 2013
MYGRAIN - Planetary Breathing - September 27th, 2013 
MYSTIC PROPHECY - Killhammer - September 27th, 2013 
WISDOM - Marching For Liberty - September 27th, 2013
HATESPHERE - Murderlust - September 27th, 2013 

Happy 2nd
ACID REIGN - The Age of Entitlement - September 27th, 2019
BORKNAGAR - True North - September 27th, 2019
CAR BOMB - Mordial - September 27th, 2019
CORKY LAING - Toledo Sessions - September 27th, 2019
DAYSEEKER - Sleeptalk - September 27th, 2019
DRAGONFORCE - Extreme Power Metal - September 27th, 2019
EXCALION - Emotions - September 27th, 2019
GHOST - Seven Inches of Satanic Panic (EP) - September 27th, 2019
HELLYEAH - Welcome Home - September 27th, 2019
IQ - Resistance - September 27th, 2019
KMFDM - Paradise - September 27th, 2019
NETHERBIRD - Into the Vast Uncharted - September 27th, 2019
OF MICE & MEN - Earthandsky - September 27th, 2019
OPETH - In Cauda Venenum - September 27th, 2019
SIFTING - The Infinite Loop - September 27th, 2019
STEEL PANTHER - Heavy Metal Rules - September 27th, 2019
THUNDER - The Greatest Hits (compilation album) - September 27th, 2019
WEDNESDAY 13 - Necrophaze - September 27th, 2019
WIND ROSE - Wintersaga - September 27th, 2019