Thursday, October 22, 2026
ICED EARTH heavy metal EP anniversary
ICED EARTH heavy metal anniversary
October 21, 2003: Iced Earth – The Reckoning - Steamhammer Records
"'The Reckoning' is a single by American heavy metal band Iced Earth. The single was released in October 2003, but originally the band had planned to release the album The Glorious Burden (from which the tracks on 'The Reckoning' are taken from) in October 2003, but after the band was forced to move the album's release date due to singer Matt Barlow's departure from the band, record company released 'The Reckoning' in order to fill in the gap. 'The Reckoning' was also the first Iced Earth release from to feature lead vocalist Tim 'Ripper' Owens." -Wikipedia
Iced Earth - "The Reckoning" (Official Music Video 4K)
ICED EARTH heavy metal covers anniversary
ICED EARTH heavy metal anniversary
October 21, 2002: Iced Earth – Tribute to the Gods - Century Media Records
"Tribute to the Gods is a covers album by heavy metal band Iced Earth. It is notable as the last Iced Earth album featuring Larry Tarnowski on lead guitar, and the last featuring singer Matt Barlow on vocals until his 2007 return. It was also their last album with Century Media until they returned to the label in 2010. This record was first released in 2001 in the box set Dark Genesis, but was re-released as a standalone disc in 2002. It was then re-released as part of the set Enter the Realm of the Gods along with the band's 1989 demo Enter the Realm in 2008 with new cover." -Wikipedia
Creatures of the Night (cover version)
STRYPER keeping it yellow and black heavy metal anniversary
STRYPER keeping it yellow and black heavy metal anniversary
October 21, 2022: Stryper - The Final Battle - Frontiers Records
"The Final Battle is the nineteenth release and fourteenth studio album by Christian metal band Stryper, produced by frontman Michael Sweet and released on October 21, 2022." -Wikipedia
Stryper - "Transgressor" - Official Music Video
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
SODOM - German thrash death anniversary
SODOM - German thrash death anniversary
October 21, 1992: Sodom: Tapping the Vein > 1992, CD, Metal Mania (Japan)
[The earliest release date listed on The Metal Archives is August 1, 1992 on Steamhammer Records.]
"Tapping the Vein is the fifth studio album by German thrash metal band Sodom, released in August 1992 through Steamhammer/SPV. The album was recorded with producer Harris Johns at Dierks Studios in Cologne, Germany. The release marks the studio debut of guitarist Andy Brings and is the last album to feature original member Chris Witchhunter on drums. The album represents a return to a heavy and fast-paced musical direction, and features notable death metal characteristics." -Wikipedia
Sodom - Body Parts (2024 Remaster) (Official Audio)
in memory of IRON MAIDEN singer Paul Di'Anno
remembering IRON MAIDEN inspiration Samuel Taylor Coleridge -author of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner- on his birthday
NAPALM DEATH grindcore anniversary
NAPALM DEATH grindcore anniversary
Napalm Death > Order of the Leech > 2002, CD, Spitfire Records
"Order of the Leech is the tenth studio album by the British grindcore band Napalm Death, released in 2002 through Spitfire. Although credited in the line-up, Jesse Pintado never performed. The second guitar is actually Mitch Harris overdubbing, hence marking this album's lineup as today's lineup. 'The Great Capitulator' is 2:49. At the end of the song, a long silence follows from 2:50 to 9:56. At 9:57, a soundbite comes fading in of a fan speaking of his attitude to metal music, mentioning bands like Krabathor or Immortal. His speech is then translated in Czech. It is the last album in a trilogy to feature these kinds of soundbites, with the others being Leaders Not Followers EP and Enemy of the Music Business." -Wikipedia
NAPALM DEATH - Lowest Common Denominator
PROTECTOR - German thrash death anniversary
PROTECTOR - German thrash death anniversary
October 21, 1988: Protector - Golem - Atom H Records
"Germanophobe"
The mankind always look for scapegoats
And we germans fit very good for that
Well our history is full of blood
But look at the history of other countries
No blood? No war? No killings? I don't see that!
Aggression, violence, invasions everewhere!
Corpses, ruins, killing - the world bleeds
Opression? A leader? Warplans? In our land?
Freedom? Justice? Equality is what counts!
Please learn now, or believe what you want!
Disgusting smiles, defame - oh, so nice
If you don't know better? Please, shut up!
I am so damned sick of it! Wouldn't you be too?
You call us nazis - and Führer's slaves
But we're no nazis - We're no fascists
We're germans - We're humans like you!
Let's free the earth from dictators
History the signpost of the future
Genocide, murder, rasism - stop it!!!
Terror, injustice, fear must leave our planet
Let us build a new, better world
Nobody shall ever suffer again!
Never again!!!
PROTECTOR - Germanophobe
Happy birthday to DELIVERANCE guitarist vocalist Jimmy P. Brown!
Happy birthday to DELIVERANCE guitarist vocalist Jimmy P. Brown!
James Peter Brown II - October 21, 1969 - birthday
"Deliverance is an American Christian metal band. A progenitor of Christian thrash metal, they shifted towards progressive metal and alternative rock. The band was founded by Jimmy P. Brown II in 1985, who has been the only constant member through numerous lineup changes ... Jimmy P. Brown II formed Deliverance in 1985 in Los Angeles. They debuted in 1989 with Deliverance, followed up by Weapons of Our Warfare in 1990, What a Joke in 1991, and Stay of Execution in 1992. These releases featured traditional thrash and speed metal. The band was a Christian thrash metal pioneer. The debut album earned them the label of Metallica clones, sometimes meant as praise. Weapons of Our Warfare is considered the band's peak. The music video for the title song earned regular airplay on MTV Headbangers Ball, and in 1999, Metallica's Lars Ulrich listed the video on his Top 10 metal videos." -Wikipedia
DELIVERANCE - Weapons of Our Warfare
Happy birthday to SEVENDUST groove keeper guitarist John Connolly!
Happy birthday to SEVENDUST groove keeper guitarist John Connolly!
"John Connolly (born October 21, 1968) is an American musician best known as one of two guitarists in rock band Sevendust. Connolly is known for his fire-designed custom-made Les Paul guitar designed by Epiphone, but has since switched to Dean Guitars ... In 1988, John Connolly, accompanied by vocalist Greg Anderson, guitarist Mike Grimmett and bassist Kyle Sanders started a band called Piece Dogs in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1992, Piece Dogs released an LP titled Exes for Eyes through Energy Rekords. Connolly was the band's original drummer. The band genre was power and thrash metal. Piece Dogs disbanded several months after releasing the album ... In 1994, Connolly joined the rock band Sevendust as a guitarist, and has since been with the band through all of their studio releases. He also provides backing vocals." -Wikipedia
Monday, October 19, 2026
1980s RUSH prog anniversary
1980s RUSH prog anniversary
October 19, 1987: Rush - Time Stand Still (single)- Mercury Records
"'Time Stand Still' is a song by Canadian progressive rock band Rush, released in 1987 as the lead single from their twelfth studio album Hold Your Fire. The song features American singer-songwriter Aimee Mann. It peaked at No. 3 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart on November 6, 1987, and was a minor hit single in the United Kingdom, peaking at No. 42 on the UK Singles Chart. A music video for the song was directed by Zbigniew Rybczyński. On June 7, 2026, Aimee Mann joined Rush on stage to play the song live for the first time without the use of a backing track." -Wikipedia
Rush - Time Stand Still (Official Music Video)
Wintersun - a great album from 2012 anniversary
Wintersun - a great album from 2012 anniversary
October 19, 2012: Wintersun - Time I - Nuclear Blast Records
"Time I is the second studio album by Finnish melodic death metal band Wintersun ... As of the commencement of recording, Jari Mäenpää stated that the album length would run over 65 minutes, and that it would be a concept album. Furthermore, according to Mäenpää, the album's sound was to be highly intricate. Each song was said to contain about 200 tracks ... The album's complexity was one of the main reasons for its slow production process. As of April 2007, drums, bass and all the guitars had been recorded. Kai Hahto stated on the official site that due to studio intervention, progress was being made, but also announced that they would not be giving any more release dates at that time, so as not to disappoint fans if they were not met." -Wikipedia
Wintersun - Sons of Winter and Stars
MANOWAR - anniversary of fighting the world with true heavy metal wearing jeans and leather not cracker jack clothes for the triumph of steel with the warriors of the world the manowarriors
MANOWAR - anniversary of fighting the world with true heavy metal wearing jeans and leather not cracker jack clothes for the triumph of steel with the warriors of the world the manowarriors
October 19, 2012: Manowar > The Lord of Steel > 2012, CD, Magic Circle Music
"The Lord of Steel is the eleventh studio album of the American heavy metal band Manowar. It was first released as a download on June 16, 2012, and the limited-edition pre-release special edition CD of the British heavy metal magazine Metal Hammer on June 26, 2012. The retail edition of the album was available as CD, limited-edition vinyl and digital album. It featured cover art by Ken Kelly who has worked on many previous Manowar covers. It marks a change in the band's sound, moving away from the symphonic sound of Gods of War and going back to the style of Louder than Hell with the production quality of Thunder in the Sky." -Wikipedia
MANOWAR - Annihilation
Happy birthday to Gojira guitarist vocalist Joe Duplantier!
Happy birthday to multi-genre bassist extraordinaire Oliver Holzwarth!
1990S RUSH prog anniversary
1990S RUSH prog anniversary
October 19, 1993: Rush > Counterparts > 1993, Cassette, Atlantic Records
"Counterparts is the fifteenth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released October 18, 1993, in the UK and October 19 worldwide, through Anthem Records ... Counterparts reached No. 2 in the United States, one of the band's two highest-charting albums in the country, and No. 6 in Canada. The first single, 'Stick It Out', was No. 1 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart for four weeks." -Wikipedia
RUSH - Stick It Out (2004 Remaster)
Elgibbor – lo-fi, barbed-wire, vocal-cord-destroying, mountain-cave-gremlin, tape-hiss-drenched, frost-bitten, basement-dwelling, cauldron-stirring raw black metal anniversary
Elgibbor – lo-fi, barbed-wire, vocal-cord-destroying, mountain-cave-gremlin, tape-hiss-drenched, frost-bitten, basement-dwelling, cauldron-stirring raw black metal anniversary
October 19, 2016: Elgibbor - The Roots of Blood
"The name of the project means, 'God Almighty'. Jarek, before becoming a Christian, was a Satanist. Since becoming a Christian, his faith has been the foundation of his band. Although Elgibbor is a one-man band, founded by Fire, the band played out live at Audiofeed Festival 2017, with the lineup of Fire on guitar, former Frost Like Ashes bandmates Azahel on vocals and Sebat on guitar, Ruah on bass, and bandmate Taberah of Katharos on drums. In 2020, the band reconvened with many of the live members returning - Azahel on vocals, Fire on guitars, Sebat on guitars, Ruah on bass, and Pathøs." -Wikipedia
"The Blood of Messiah ransoms our souls from death, bring us near to the divine presence and cleanses us from all sin. The voice of His blood cries out on our behalf, and His life was given in exchange for ours. Life is in the blood; the blood of the sacrifice was given in exchange for the life of worshipers. Come now and ransom with the Lord; though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow." -"The Blood" - Elgibbor
NECROPHAGIST wrist-breaking tendonitis-inducing technical death metal anniversary - Japan version
NECROPHAGIST wrist-breaking tendonitis-inducing technical death metal anniversary - Japan version
October 19, 2005: Necrophagist: Epitaph (2005), CD, Relapse Japan (Japan) [original year of release: 2004]
"Epitaph is the second and final studio album by German death metal band Necrophagist released by Relapse Records on August 3, 2004. Unlike on Onset of Putrefaction, guitarist and vocalist Muhammed Suiçmez recorded the album alongside a full band instead of recording it by himself." -Wikipedia
SOULFLY - Max Cavalera anniversary - groove thrash metal anniversary
SOULFLY - Max Cavalera anniversary - groove thrash metal anniversary
October 19, 2018: Soulfly - Ritual - Nuclear Blast Entertainment
Wikipedia notes:
Ritual is the eleventh studio album by American heavy metal band Soulfly, released on October 19, 2018, through Nuclear Blast. It is the third Soulfly album with Max Cavalera's son Zyon on drums and the last to feature lead guitarist Marc Rizzo. It features musical guests Randy Blythe of Lamb of God, Ross Dolan of Immolation, and Mark Damon of The Pretty Reckless. Four singles were released from the album— "Evil Empowered", title track "Ritual", "Dead Behind the Eyes", and "Under Rapture".
DORO - heavy metal anniversary
DORO - heavy metal anniversary
October 19, 2012: Doro - Raise Your Fist - Nuclear Blast Records
"Raise Your Fist is the twelfth studio album by the German female heavy metal singer Doro, released on 19 October 2012 and 6 November 2012 in USA through Nuclear Blast Records. The song 'Hero' is dedicated to the late Ronnie James Dio." -Wikipedia
DISTURBED anniversary
DISTURBED anniversary
October 19, 2018: Disturbed – Evolution - Reprise Records
"Evolution is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Disturbed. It was released on October 19, 2018, by Reprise Records. The album's first single, 'Are You Ready', was released before the album in August 2018, while the second single, 'A Reason to Fight', was released a month later. The third single, 'No More', was released on June 2, 2019." -Wikipedia
Saturday, October 17, 2026
OBSCURA - anniversary repress of technical progressive extreme metal quality of the best in the world - safety helmet recommended
OBSCURA - anniversary repress of technical progressive extreme metal quality of the best in the world - safety helmet recommended
October 17, 2013: Obscura > Omnivium > 2013, CD, Relapse Records (Repress) [original release year 2011]
On The Metal Archives the reviewer mason_voorhees on January 20th, 2016 writes: Technical Perfection - 100%. Obscura's 2011 release Omnivium is without a doubt one of the best releases from the band and truly showcases why this band, its members, and releases have become staples of the technical death metal world. Obscura is no stranger to technicality as they've showed with their past releases (especially on their 2009 release Cosmogenesis) but they really went for more than sheer technicality with Omnivium. Omnivium contains just as many beautiful acoustic sections as well as clean vocal sections as it does sweeps and blast beats. The clean vocals done by Steffen ran through a vocoder on such tracks as Prismal Dawn and Celestial Spheres give the listener a sense of euphoria and beauty while tracks such as Ocean Gateways and Vortex Omnivium still broadcast that sheer death metal brutality that brings in many listeners in the first place ... All the members and their musical abilities truly come together in Omnivium and form an over all perfect tone and feeling with it. Omnivium is easily one of the best albums within the technical death metal genre and will live on as such for years to come."
Relapse Records has the entire album on YouTube.
OBSCURA - 'Omnivium' (Full Album Stream)
Manowar - Louder than Hell reissue anniversary
MANOWAR - anniversary 1990s louder than hell warriors' fight the falseness with marbled red wax' in name of truest hevy metall to die the false!
October 17, 2025: Manowar > Louder than Hell > 2025, 2 12" vinyls, Geffen Records (Limited edition, Reissue, Transparent red/black marbled vinyl) [reissue of 1996]
On The Metal Archives the reviewer Need4Power on February 27th, 2014 declares: "It delivers exactly what it attempts to deliver - 92%. It is Manowar doing what they've always done, just even more extreme in their beliefs than ever before. To the general public, this is probably not much of anything, but to real, serious, true heavy metal fans, this is one of the greatest things ever. Not everyone will understand, but I do."
MANOWAR - Return Of The Warlord
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Review: SHORES OF NULL - Homesick - Dusktone - 16 October 2026
SHORES OF NULL - Homesick - Dusktone - 16 October 2026
Dorothy, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore.
Strong with this one, the doom and gloom is. On their fifth album, hold back they do not in delivering their special brand of doom and gloom, loading every song with the two things that best they do: melancholy and melody.
The music is melodic-gothic uptempo death doom, uptempo enough that it is not really the trudging of death doom and with a slight feel of a depressive-progressive vibe. However, they're not crazy! It is ten songs in 47 minutes, with only one song reaching the six-minute mark: most of the songs stay within the timeframe of four minutes to 5:30. Very reasonable. Gloomy? Yes. Yes, but it is engaging, melodic extreme and melodic metal. You'd be surprised that this album will not be setting you up to enter a deep depression at all. You might feel joy!
The band works their signature sad-melodic, that heavy-melodic sound with riffs that sound and feel good, and the heavy vocals with good singing. The album moves well between the lines of gothic and doom death metal, and heavy metal, albeit melancholic heavy metal, and the result is melodies that I remember, and want to hear again. I am pleased with the general quality of the album as an entire work.
https://www.facebook.com/shoresofnull
Shores Of Null - The Numbing Void (Official Video)
Shores Of Null - Bleed to Life (Official Video)
Review: IAPETUS - The Mother Void - Willowtip Records - 16 October 2026
Iron Maiden 1980s live heavy metal anniversary
Happy birthday to NARNIA guitarist CJ Grimmark!
October 14, 1977: CJ Grimmark (Carl-Johan Grimmark guitarist for Narnia) – birthday
"Carl Johan Grimmark (born 14 October 1977) is a Swedish guitarist. He has appeared with several influential Christian metal bands including Narnia, Saviour Machine, and Rob Rock. He joined the band Beautiful Sin in 2006. He has also played with Jerusalem on several occasions including Sweden rock in 2015. He's been a special guest guitarist on fellow Narnia bandmate Christian Liljegren's side projects Divinefire and Audiovision. He recorded his debut solo album titled Grimmark, where he also handles the lead vocals. Grimmark's style of playing, especially on Narnia's earlier work, is often compared to the neoclassical metal stylings of Yngwie Malmsteen, or under a more broad genre, neoclassicism." -Wikipedia
NARNIA - I STILL BELIEVE (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO HD) 2016
A hunger deep inside wakes me up at night
Where are we going
We’re far away from home
Like a blind leading a blind
We sail away from all responsibilities
Far away from home
Tearing it down stone by stone
Raise an altar of pride, leave the worries behind
I still believe in the Maker
One by one, we all must bow down
I still believe in the Father, the Son and the Fire
Burning on, I still believe
Turning the tide, following the winds of change,
Denying everything we know
I’ve heard enough.
Your silence is deafening to my ears
Did I ever know you?
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Happy birthday to singer Kobra Paige!
Happy birthday to singer Kobra Paige!
October 14, 1988: Kobra Paige - birthday
Kobra Paige is the singer for Kobra and the Lotus. "Kobra and the Lotus (also initialized as KATL) is a Canadian heavy metal band formed in 2009 by lead vocalist and songwriter Kobra Paige." -Wikipedia
KOBRA AND THE LOTUS - You Don't Know (Official Video) | Napalm Records
SANCTUARY Seattle metal anniversary
SANCTUARY Seattle metal anniversary
October 14, 2014: Sanctuary > The Year the Sun Died > 2014, CD, Century Media Records (US)
The Year the Sun Died
MEGADETH 1980s classic thrash anniversary
MEGADETH 1980s classic thrash anniversary
"What do you mean I don't believe in God?
I talk to him every day!"
October 14, 2003: Megadeth > Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? > 2003, DVD, Capitol Records [reissue of 1986]
About this reissue: "Audio tracks featured in DVD-A 5.1 surround, DTS 5.1 surround, and PCM 2.0 stereo, all with 96K sample rate and 24 bit depth. Bonus features include exclusive interview footage and 'Play Along' versions of 'Devils Island' (different tracks of the song). Also has lyrics and photo gallery." -The Metal Archives
Wikipedia observes: "In the liner notes on the 25th anniversary reissue, Lars Ulrich gave his praise for the album, 'Whether you heard this record for the first time in 1986, or you hear this record for the first time today or tomorrow, Peace Sells is a great heavy metal album. Nothing more, nothing less. It has stood the test of time. And will continue to do so.'"
Wikipedia also notes: "According to Ellefson, he was once approached by Dimebag Darrell giving his approval of the album, 'We went out, drank hard, a good time, and Dimebag – who was known as Diamond Darrell at that time – after we had been drinking all night, he comes up to me and he looks me dead in the eye and he goes, ---David, I just want to tell you the Peace Sells album changed my life.--- And I kind of shrugged it off like, 'Oh, thanks, man. Appreciate it.' And I remember he put his hand on my shoulder. He goes, ---No, it changed my life.--- It was like a sobering moment right there when he said that.'"
Megadeth - Peace Sells
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