Today in Metal History – August 13th
Albums Release
August 13th 1985
Dio – “Sacred Heart”
“Sacred Heart” is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Dio. “Rock ‘n’ Roll Children” is a standout track from “Sacred Heart”.
August 13th 1986
Sword – “Metalized”
“Metalized” is the debut album by the Canadian heavy metal band Sword. “Children of Heaven” is a standout track from “Metalized”.
August 13th 1986
Twisted Sister – “Love Is For Suckers”
“Love Is For Suckers” is the fifth studio album by the American heavy metal act Twisted Sister. “Hot Love” is a standout track from “Love Is For Suckers”.
August 13th 2010
Iron Maiden – “The Final Frontier”
“The Final Frontier” is the fifteenth studio album by English heavy metal icons Iron Maiden. “El Dorado” is a standout track from “The Final Frontier”.
August 13th 2010
Kataklysm – “Heaven’s Venom”
“Heaven’s Venom” is the tenth studio album by Canadian melodic death metal band Kataklysm. “Push the Venom” is a standout track from “Heaven’s Venom”.
August 13th 2021
Sepultura – “SepulQuarta”
“SepulQuarta” is a special collaborative album by Brazilian thrash metal pioneers Sepultura. “Apes of God” is a standout track from “SepulQuarta”.
Single Release
August 13th 1982
Venom – “Bloodlust”
“Bloodlust” is a song by English heavy metal band Venom. It is the bands second single follow-up to their debut single “In League with Satan”.
August 13th 1983
Whitesnake – “Guilty Of Love”
“Guilty Of Love” is a song by English hard rock band Whitesnake. Released as first single on their sixth studio album “Slide It In”.
August 13th 2021
Dream Theater – “The Alien”
“The Alien” is a song by American progressive metal band Dream Theater. Released as first single on their fifteenth studio album “A View from the Top of the World”.
August 13th 2021
Gamma Ray – “Lust for Life”
“Lust for Life” is a song by German power metal band Gamma Ray. Released as single on their debut studio album “Heading for Tomorrow”.
August 13th 2021
Running Wild – “Diamonds & Pearls”
“Diamonds & Pearls” is a song by German heavy metal band Running Wild. Released as second single on their seventeenth studio album “Blood on Blood”.
August 13th 2021
Equilibrium – “Revolution”
“Revolution” is a song by German folk metal band Equilibrium. Released as a single from their upcoming 7th album.
Metal Birthdays
August 13th 1961
Sid Falck – Overkill
Sid Falck drummer best known from the thrash metal band Overkill and now in a solo project Falck.
August 13th 1964
Ian Haugland – Europe
Jan-Håkan “Ian” Haugland is a Norwegian-Swedish drummer in the Swedish hard rock band Europe.
August 13th 1974
Niklas Sundin – Dark Tranquillity
Niklas Sundin is a Swedish musician, known as a founding member and former lead guitarist of the melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity.
Legen We Lost
August 13th 2006
Jon Nödtveidt – Dissection
Jon Andreas Nödtveidt (28 June 1975 – 13 August 2006) was a Swedish musician known as the founder, vocalist and lead guitarist of the Swedish black metal band Dissection.
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