Metal Bulletin Zine

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

RAMONES - "Havana Affair" - RAMONES trailblazing rock and roll discography

This is song number nine from the Ramones' debut studio album released on April 23, 1976 by Sire Records. This one is so catchy. The studio version is great, and I also like the live version from the 1977 London concert. It's such a perfect Ramones song, just the band thrashing their way through it in the most efficient, zero-time-wasting method. I really like how the chorus flows and how Joey makes it sound so fun. Try to sing it fast like he does and see what happens ha ha! Anyway, if you like the song, you've got to check the footage of the band tearing through this song live.

"Havana Affair"

PT Boat on the way to Havana

I used to make a livin' man pickin' the banana

Now I'm a guide for the CIA

Hooray! for the U.S.A

Baby, baby, make me loco

Baby, baby, make me mambo

Sent to spy on a Cuban talent show

First stop Havana go-go

I used to make a living man pickin' the banana

Hooray! for Havana

Baby, baby, make me loco

Baby, baby, make me mambo

PT Boat on the way to Havana

I used to make a livin' man pickin' the banana

Now I'm a guide for the CIA

Hooray! for the U.S.A

Baby, baby, make me loco

Baby, baby, make me mambo

Sent to spy on a Cuban talent show

First stop Havana go-go

I used to make a living man pickin' the banana

Hooray! for Havana

Baby, baby, make me loco

Baby, baby, make me mambo

Ramones - "Havana Affair"

Ramones Havana Affair It´s Alive 1977

Monday, November 2, 2026

SAXON - "Stand Up and Be Counted"- SAXON heavy metal discography

According to The Metal Archives, April 3, 1980 is the release date for the second album Wheels of Steel by the British heavy metal band Saxon. This the second song on the album. The song begins with sounds a bit the opening riff of Motorhead's "No Class," which in turn is direct borrowing from ZZ Top's "Tush." Anyway, "Stand Up and Be Counted" features a street heavy metal vibe. It's such a good Saxon song.

Stand up and Be Counted

MEGADETH anniversary - Blood in the Water: Live in San Diego on HDNet TV

Internet sources show that November 2, 2008 was the television premiere of the Megadeth concert special Blood in the Water: Live in San Diego on HDNet TV. Sources say that it was recorded May 20, 2008 during Gigantour. It looks like this was also sometimes called Waking up Dead. This show is available on YouTube, but it's not clear that it is available from an official Megadeth source on YouTube. The Metal Archives does not seem to have, for Megadeth, anything under the name of Blood in the Water nor Waking up Dead, if I am not mistaken.

Dave Mustaine - Chris Broderick - James LoMenzo - Shawn Drover

0:00:58 - Sleepwalker

0:06:23 - Wake up Dead

0:09:59 - Take no Prisoners

0:13:30 - Skin o' my Teeth

0:17:30 - Washington is next!

0:22:52 - Kick the Chair

0:26:40 - In my Darkest Hour

0:32:13 - Hangar 18

0:38:06 - Burnt Ice

0:42:02 - A Tout Le Monde

0:46:05 - Chris' Solo

0:46:37 - Tornado of Souls

0:52:06 - Ashes in Your Mouth

0:58:02 - Symphony of Destruction

1:01:57 - Trust

1:07:07 - Peace Sells

1:13:16 - Holy Wars ... The Punishment Due!

Megadeth « Blood in the Water - Live in San Diego » 1080P

RAMONES - "Loudmouth" - RAMONES trailblazing rock and roll discography

This is song number eight from the Ramones' debut studio album released on April 23, 1976 by Sire Records. Simple, direct, minimalist and fun! "You're a loudmouth baby. You better shut up. I'm gonna beat you up. 'Cause you're a loudmouth babe." That's the entire lyrics!

SAXON - "Motorcycle Man"- SAXON heavy metal discography

According to The Metal Archives, April 3, 1980 is the release date for the second album Wheels of Steel by the British heavy metal band Saxon. The first song on the album, "Motorcycle Man" is one of those Saxon songs that came to personify the grit of early 1980s Saxon heavy metal.

Saxon - Motorcycle Man

a mighty MEGADETH metal anniversary

November 1, 1994: Megadeth - Youthanasia - Capitol Records

"Youthanasia is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Megadeth, released on November 1, 1994, through Capitol Records. It is stylistically similar to their previous album, Countdown to Extinction (1992). The title is a play on words, implying that society is euthanizing its youth. The cover art features an elderly woman hanging babies by their feet on a seemingly endless clothes line, a direct reference to a line in the title track." -Wikipedia

Train Of Consequences

a mighty MEGADETH American heavy metal thrash metal album anniversary

November 1, 2011: Megadeth – TH1RT3EN - Roadrunner Records

Black Swan

MEGADETH 1980s American classic thrash album Japan edition anniversary

November 1, 1986: Megadeth > Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? > 1986, 12" vinyl, Capitol Records (Japan)

The Conjuring

Saturday, October 31, 2026

Happy birthday to Napalm Death guitarist Mitch Harris!

October 31, 1969: birthday - Mitch Harris

"Mitchell Harris (born October 31, 1969) is an American guitarist. He started his career in the Las Vegas, Nevada grindcore band Righteous Pigs ... he left Righteous Pigs and permanently joined Napalm Death in 1989, firstly appearing on the Harmony Corruption album. He is still with them, playing guitar and back-up vocals." -Wikipedia

Napalm Death - Mind Snare

Joe Satriani guitar anniversary

October 31, 2006: Joe Satriani - Satriani Live! (live album and DVD) - Red Ink Records

Joe Satriani - Made of Tears (from Satriani LIVE!)

Helloween power metal anniversary

October 31, 1988: Helloween - I Want Out (single from Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II)

HELLOWEEN - I Want Out (Official Music Video)

Germán Pascual hard rock heavy metal anniversary

October 31, 2025: Germán Pascual – Beyond Our Comprehension - Roxx Records The Metal Archives shows that singer Germán Pascual works or has worked with: Bethesda, Essence of Sorrow, Heartwind, Denied, Narnia, DivineFire, Mind's Eye, Empire 21, Forged Wings, and Mendez.

Germán Pascual - Perfect Harmony

Helloween power metal anniversary

October 31, 2005: Helloween > Keeper of the Seven Keys - The Legacy > 2005, 2CD, Victor (Japan, Limited edition, Digipak)

Wikipedia shows:

Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy is the eleventh studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released in 2005. It is the first album with new and current drummer Dani Löble and a continuation of their 1987 and 1988 albums Keeper of the Seven Keys, Parts I and II. The album is a double CD with nearly 80 minutes playing time and comes in a digipack with 6 flaps. It was produced by Charlie Bauerfeind (Blind Guardian, Halford, Rage) and features Blackmore's Night singer Candice Night on the track "Light The Universe". The album's opening track, “The King for a 1000 Years” is, to date, the longest song released by the band.

Helloween - Come Alive

Testimony of Apocalypse thrash groove metal anniversary

October 31, 2025: Testimony of Apocalypse - Agony in the Garden - Roxx Records

"Testimony of Apocalypse brings brutal, high-energy metal with thrash, groove, and death elements in a progressive sound. Formed in 2021, their debut album, None Escape the Judgement (2022), featured Sacrament’s Michael Torone. The follow-up, The Offering (2023), showcased 10 guest vocalists. Now with Derek Corzine as frontman, their third album, Agony in the Garden, arrives in 2025." -Bandcamp

Agony In The Garden by Testimony of Apocalypse

Helloween power metal heavy metal anniversary

October 31, 2010: Helloween - 7 Sinners - Sony Music

Wikipedia shows: 7 Sinners is the thirteenth studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released in 2010. A video clip for "Are You Metal?" was released 31 October 2010. The whole album could be heard on Myspace a week before the physical release. For the first time since 2000's The Dark Ride, each song on the album is a solo composition, i.e. each member has written both the music and lyrics to his song with no additional input from any other member. 7 Sinners sold 1,900 copies in its first week of release in the U.S.

HELLOWEEN - Are You Metal? (Official Music Video)

Stryper heavy metal anniversary

October 31, 2006: Stryper - Extended Versions (live album) - Sony BMG (Wikipedia date)

Makes Me Wanna Sing - Calling on You - Free - More than a Man - You Won't Be Lonely - Reach Out - The Way - Soldiers Under Command - To Hell with the Devil - Honestly/

The Metal Archives shows: Tracks 1-4, 6-10 are from "7 Weeks: Live in America", track 5 is a bonus track.

Therefore, this album is basically the May 18th, 2004 album: 7 Weeks: Live in America, except that 7 Weeks is longer with 14 tracks.

Stryper - Soldiers Under Command

Slechtvalk - Dutch black metal anniversary

October 31, 2024: Slechtvalk — At Death's Gate - MDD Records

The Metal Archives their activity as follows: 1999-2000 (as Dommer), 2000-present. They have six albums so far. This album is number six. Expect fast, blasting, fierce black metal.

At Death's Gate by Slechtvalk

Saxon classic 1980s British heavy metal anniversary

October 31, 2025: Saxon > Strong Arm of the Law > 2025, CD, Cuervo Records (Reissue, Remastered) (reissue of 1980)

Wikipedia says about this album: Strong Arm of The Law is the third studio album by English heavy metal band Saxon. It was released in 1980, seven months after Wheels of Steel, and debuted on the UK chart at #11. According to Ultimate Classic Rock, the album is a "building block of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal," calling the track Heavy Metal Thunder "genre defining." The title track, "Strong Arm of the Law," has been described as "hard-grooving" musically. According to guitarist Graham Oliver, the track was inspired by an incident where the band was driving in Whitehall and was subsequently pulled over and searched by the security detail of then British prime minister, Margaret Thatcher. The album's final track, "Dallas 1 PM" concerns the assassination of John F. Kennedy. "We thought, 'Should we put one shot in there or should we put three?'" recalled singer Biff Byford. "In the end we went down the conspiracy theory route and had three shots."

Saxon - Strong Arm of the Law

Dawnbreaker - Ad Majorem Dei Glorium black metal anniversary

Dawnbreaker - black metal anniversary

October 31, 2021: Dawnbreaker - Ad Majorem Dei Glorium - Vision of God Records

ABOUT THIS MUSIC: Dawnbreaker (U.S. black metal) has released six albums since 2018, including the most recent one titled Pactum Sanguine Novo, released on January 2, 2026. Dawnbreaker has a unique history reaching back to 2004, not just 2018. Before Dawnbreaker, there was Angelcide, which was vile black metal of horrendous blasphemy. Then, Angelcide died—or as The Metal Archives observes, Dawnbreaker “Famously converted to Christianity after over a decade in New Jersey's underground black metal scene, abandoning all projects and forming Dawnbreaker to reflect his new spiritual views.”

Ad Majorem Dei Glorium by Dawnbreaker

Iron Man - Maryland USA 1970s-style doom metal anniversary

October 31, 1994: Iron Man - The Passage - Hellhound Records

Exceprt from The Metal Archives - Slow, fuzzy, underappreciated - 77% - gasmask_colostomy, August 24th, 2017:

With a classic sound that owes much to the warm, surging riffing of Tony Iommi and Victor Griffin, as well as the deep bass backing of their respective bands, Iron Man rarely resolve to trudge along at forlorn paces, but instead inject a lot of bounce and swagger into their doom metal. Choice cuts such as ‘The Fury’ and ‘Iron Warrior’ include more energetic guitar playing from Al Morris that sometimes verges on stoner rock with its downpicked buzz, contrasting with more oppressive sounds straight from the classic doom book on ‘Harvest of Earth’ and ‘Time of Indecision’. Dan Michalak joins the band for his first album, happily avoiding any copycat vocals and providing drama and focus amongst the low-down grooves. His style is authoritative and has much more of a NWOBHM slant to it that helps give The Passage another dimension to the fuzzy riffing and ‘70s lead guitar freakouts. The focus is certainly the guitar, yet the drums occasionally stand out too, like in the instrumental sections of ‘Iron Warrior’, though Gary Isom always does a good job of letting the riffs speak for themselves.

Iron Man (US) - The Passage LP 1994 (H 0034-2)

Black Death - Cleveland, Ohio, USA heavy metal anniversary

October 31, 1984: Black Death - Black Death - Auburn Records

Wikipedia shows about this band: Black Death was formed in 1977 by guitarist Greg Hicks, drummer Phil Bullard, and bassist Clayborn Pinkins as an unnamed group. They persisted for a year without a vocalist until Siki Spacek joined; Spacek also played guitar for the band alongside Hicks. The band did not have an official name until two years after forming Hicks and Pinkins decided on "Black Death." Shortly thereafter, Pinkins was shot and killed. The resulting lineup changes consisted of two new bassists, the latter of which, Darell Harris, would become the final member of the classic lineup heard on the band's debut album.

Black Death - Black Death (1984) [HQ] FULL ALBUM, 1st Press Vinyl

Hellslaught - Seattle toxic nuclear waste night fires attack black thrash metal anniversary

October 31, 2025: Hellslaught: Violent Iconoclasm - Witches Brew

"Hellslaught plays stubborn, vicious and resolute blackthrash." -Hellslaught

ABOUT this metal-crazy band: Expect pure, mean, old-school black/thrash metal. The songs are wild, fast, heavy, and vicious, where sharp, melodic guitar solos cut right through the noise. The production is raw and organic. Imagine this band playing crazy metal mania under a freeway overpass, keeping warm with trash cans on fire and a bunch of wild, crazed dogs surrounding them, and now you know the music of Hellslaught. When these guys see you, they yell "Die!" and you yell back "Arrgh," and that's how the relationship works. Let's fight right now! Ain't no one safe from the Hellslaught metal! Come and get you some awesome black thrash from Seattle.

Violent Iconoclasm by Hellslaught

Happy birthday to guitarist Misha Mansoor!

October 31, 1984: birthday - Misha Mansoor - Periphery

Wikipedia shows: Misha Mansoor (born October 31, 1984), also known as Bulb after the name of his solo project, is an American musician, best known as the founder of and one of the three guitarists in the progressive metal band Periphery. He is also a part of the projects Haunted Shores and Four Seconds Ago, and Of Man, Not of Machine. Mansoor is considered to be one of the forerunners of the djent and modern progressive metal movement and is often erroneously attributed with the invention of the word itself (whose invention he attributes to Meshuggah guitarist Fredrik Thordendal). With Periphery, Mansoor has recorded, produced, and released eight studio albums: a self-titled debut, Periphery II: This Time It's Personal, Juggernaut: Alpha, Juggernaut: Omega, Periphery III: Select Difficulty, Periphery IV: Hail Stan, Periphery V: Djent Is Not a Genre, and A Pale White Dot. Mansoor has been named one of the Top 20 best guitarists of the 2010s by Guitar World magazine.

Periphery - Marigold

Dawnbreaker - black metal anniversary

October 31, 2020: Dawnbreaker - Vanquished Horrible Night - Vision of God Records

Vanquished Horrible Night by Dawnbreaker

Believer - prog metal anniversary

October 31, 2017: Believer — 3 of 5 (Single/EP)

Believer - 3 of 5 (FULL EP)

Wikipedia shows:

Believer is an American technical thrash metal band from Pennsylvania. Formed in 1986, the band plays a hybrid of thrash and progressive metal, and is also known for their innovative use of symphonic elements. Their lyrics deal with topics of philosophy, theology and social issues. The two primary members of the band are vocalist/bassist/guitarist Kurt Bachman and drummer Joey Daub, who were joined by several others after their 1989 debut album, Extraction from Mortality. The band was jointly signed to Roadrunner Records and the Christian label R.E.X. Music. According to AllMusic, several mainstream magazines praised their second album Sanity Obscure. The title track of Sanity Obscure was covered by Robert Prince for the video game Doom as the track "On the Hunt". The band toured the US and Europe with Bolt Thrower the following year. Believer disbanded in 1994; however, in 2005, Daub announced that he and Bachman reformed the band. They signed with Metal Blade Records in 2008, and released a fourth album, Gabriel, in 2009. Their fifth studio album, Transhuman, was released in 2011.

RAMONES - "I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement" - RAMONES trailblazing rock and roll discography

This is song number seven from the Ramones' debut studio album released on April 23, 1976 by Sire Records. It features minimal lyrics and fast-paced melodies.

The Ramones ignited a massive fire in all of rock music, making fast songs the general mode of operation—a 29-minute lightning strike against pretentious, bloated, self-indulgent rock (like ten-minute in-concert bass solos) and disco. They stripped away the blues, prog, and pretension to return to the upbeat, fast energy of young American 1950s rock and roll and early 1960s American upbeat girl groups. The Ramones delivered catchy, melodic, rapid-fire tempos, buzzsaw guitar chords, no look-at-me solos, and minimalistic lyrics. They were returning to the original spirit of teenage American rock and roll and its culture: leather jackets, ripped blue jeans, sneakers, bowl-cut hair, 1950s movie street gangs, greasers, juvenile delinquents, and the disaffected, bored, suburban teenage outcast. Johnny Ramone once said, "When you think of who punks are, they're greasers, people who didn't fit in, but they didn't back down either. Who above all, love America." To Johnny Ramone, anti-Americanism, anarchism, anti-patriotism, political violence, and resentment—all those types of discourse—were literally foreign to his American way of thinking, much like the way British punk rock completely misunderstood the Ramones.

Ramones - "I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement" - Ramones

SAXON - "Militia Guard"- SAXON heavy metal discography

According to The Metal Archives, May 21, 1979 is the release date for self-titled debut album by Saxon. "Militia Guard" is song number eight. It is the last song on the album. Some sources say that singer Biff Byford and the band reflected in later years that songs like "Militia Guard" were inspired by a fascination with classic history, swords, and medieval lore. It stood out on their debut album because, while most of the record focused on street-level hard rock and motorcycling themes, "Militia Guard" laid the foundation for Saxon’s grander, epic storytelling style seen in later tracks like "Crusader".

Saxon - Militia Guard (2009 Remaster)

Megadeth - album anniversary Youthanasia

October 31, 1994: Megadeth anniversary - MTV airs Night of the Living Megadeth - Halloween party and celebration of the release of the album Youthanasia

While official release dates vary slightly by country (commonly listed as October 31 or November 1, 1994), October 31, 1994, was the date Megadeth hosted their famous "Night of the Living Megadeth" live broadcast on MTV to celebrate the release the Youthanasia album on Halloween night.

Megadeth - Reckoning Day

in memory of American Civil War Union General Adelbert Ames on his birthday

October 31, 1835: Union General Adelbert Ames

"Adelbert Ames (October 31, 1835 – April 13, 1933) was an American sailor, soldier, businessman and politician who served with distinction as a Union Army general during the American Civil War. A Radical Republican, he was a military governor, U.S. Senator, and civilian governor in Reconstruction-era Mississippi. In 1898, he served as a United States Army general during the Spanish–American War. He was the last Republican to serve as the state governor of Mississippi until the election of Kirk Fordice, who took office in January 1992, 116 years after Ames vacated the office. A staunch supporter of political equality for African Americans, Ames's tenure as governor of Mississippi was a longstanding point of controversy in the historiography around Reconstruction, with the Dunning School and other "Lost Cause" historians casting him as a villain in American history. Conversely, his cause was championed by Black historians and, from the 1950s onward, other neo-abolitionist writers. Ames was the penultimate surviving general officer of the Civil War, dying at the age of 97 in 1933. He was outlived only by Aaron Daggett, who died in 1938 at the age of 100. However, because Daggett was a brevet rank brigadier general of volunteers, Ames was the last surviving Civil War general who had held his rank in the regular U.S. or Confederate States army and was also the last surviving general of the conflict who had begun his career in the regular U.S. Army." -Wikipedia

Night Ranger - You Can Still Rock in America

in memory of American Founding Father William Paca on his birthday

"William Paca (October 31, 1740 – October 13, 1799) was a Founding Father of the United States who was a signatory to the Continental Association and the United States Declaration of Independence. He was a Maryland delegate to the First Continental Congress and the Second Continental Congress, governor of Maryland, and a district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland." -Wikipedia

Night Ranger - You Can Still Rock in America

Metal Bulletin Zine

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

RAMONES - "Havana Affair" - RAMONES trailblazing rock and roll discography

Monday, November 2, 2026

SAXON - "Stand Up and Be Counted"- SAXON heavy metal discography

MEGADETH anniversary - Blood in the Water: Live in San Diego on HDNet TV

RAMONES - "Loudmouth" - RAMONES trailblazing rock and roll discography

SAXON - "Motorcycle Man"- SAXON heavy metal discography

a mighty MEGADETH metal anniversary

a mighty MEGADETH American heavy metal thrash metal album anniversary

MEGADETH 1980s American classic thrash album Japan edition anniversary

Saturday, October 31, 2026

Happy birthday to Napalm Death guitarist Mitch Harris!

Joe Satriani guitar anniversary

Helloween power metal anniversary

Germán Pascual hard rock heavy metal anniversary

Helloween power metal anniversary

Testimony of Apocalypse thrash groove metal anniversary

Helloween power metal heavy metal anniversary

Stryper heavy metal anniversary

Slechtvalk - Dutch black metal anniversary

Saxon classic 1980s British heavy metal anniversary

Dawnbreaker - Ad Majorem Dei Glorium black metal anniversary

Iron Man - Maryland USA 1970s-style doom metal anniversary

Black Death - Cleveland, Ohio, USA heavy metal anniversary

Hellslaught - Seattle toxic nuclear waste night fires attack black thrash metal anniversary

Happy birthday to guitarist Misha Mansoor!

Dawnbreaker - black metal anniversary

Believer - prog metal anniversary

RAMONES - "I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement" - RAMONES trailblazing rock and roll discography

SAXON - "Militia Guard"- SAXON heavy metal discography

Megadeth - album anniversary Youthanasia

in memory of American Civil War Union General Adelbert Ames on his birthday

in memory of American Founding Father William Paca on his birthday

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