Today in Metal History – 17th August
Albums Release
August 17th 1984
W.A.S.P. – “W.A.S.P.”
“W.A.S.P.” is the debut studio album by the American heavy metal band W.A.S.P.. “I Wanna Be Somebody” is a standout track from “W.A.S.P.”.
August 17th 1990
Cannibal Corpse – “Eaten Back To Life”
“Eaten Back To Life” is the debut studio album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse. “Born in a Casket” is a standout track from “Eaten Back To Life”.
August 17th 1992
Exodus – “Force Of Habit”
“Force Of Habit” is the fifth studio album by American thrash metal band Exodus. “Thorn in My Side” is a standout track from “Force Of Habit”.
August 17th 1993
Type O Negative – “Bloody Kisses”
“Bloody Kisses” is the third studio album by the American gothic metal band Type O Negative. “Christian Woman” is a standout track from “Bloody Kisses”.
August 17th 1996
Michael Kiske – “Instant Clarity”
“Instant Clarity” is the first solo album by German singer Michael Kiske. “Be True to Yourself” is a standout track from “Instant Clarity”.
August 17th 2002
Blitzkrieg – “Absolute Power”
“Absolute Power” is the fifth album by English heavy metal band Blitzkrieg. “Legion” is a standout track from “Absolute Power”.
August 17th 2018
Doro – Forever Warriors, Forever United
“Forever Warriors, Forever United” is the thirteenth studio album by the German heavy metal singer Doro. “All for Metal” is a standout track from “Forever Warriors, Forever United”.
Single Release
August 17th 1988
Guns N’ Roses –“Sweet Child O’ Mine”
“Sweet Child O’ Mine” is a song by American hard rock band Guns N’ Roses. Released as third single from their debut studio album “Appetite for Destruction”.
August 17th 1992
Skid Row – “Youth Gone Wild/Delivering the Goods”
“Youth Gone Wild/Delivering the Goods” is a song by American heavy metal band Skid Row. Released on their studio EP “B-Side Ourselves”.
August 17th 2000
Doro – “Ich Will Alles/Give Me a Reason/Rip Me Apart”
“Ich Will Alles/Give Me a Reason/Rip Me Apart” is a song by German heavy metal singer Doro. Released as second single from her seventh solo album “Calling the Wild”.
August 17th 2005
Children of Bodom – “In Your Face”
“In Your Face” is a song by Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom. Released as single from their fifth studio album “Are You Dead Yet?”.
August 17th 2010
Firewind – “World on Fire”
“World on Fire” is a song by Greek power metal band Firewind. Released as first single from their sixth studio album “Days of Defiance”.
August 17th 2018
Warbringer – “Power Unsurpassed”
“Power Unsurpassed” is a song by American thrash metal band Warbringer. Released as a single from their sixth studio album “Weapons of Tomorrow”.
Metal Birthdays
August 17th 1962
Gilby Clarke – ex-Guns N’ Roses
Gilbert J. Clarke is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is known for having a three-year tenure as the rhythm guitarist of Guns N’ Roses.
August 17th 1977
Tarja Turunen – ex-Nightwish
Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen-Cabuli known as Tarja Turunen or simply Tarja. Finnish singer, known as the former lead vocalist of symphonic metal band Nightwish.
August 17th 1978
Vibeke Stene – ex-Tristania
Vibeke Stene is a Norwegian soprano and actress. She is best known as a former member of the gothic metal band Tristania.
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