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Date Album Name Band 03 October 1962 Tommy Lee Mötley Crüe 13 October 1947 Sammy Hagar ex-Van Halen 13 October 1960 Joey Belladonna Anthrax 18 October 1976 Galder Dimmu Borgir 23 October 1964 Robert Trujillo Metallica 25 October 1947 Glenn Tipton Judas Priest 25 October 1955 Matthias Jabs Scorpions 27 October 1951 K. K. Downing KK’s Priest 31 October 1963 Mikkey Dee Motörhead
Date Album Name Band 01 October 1990 No Prayer for the Dying Iron Maiden 01 October 1990 Better Off Dead Sodom 01 October 1993 Those of the Unlight Marduk 02 October 1984 Bathory Bathory 02 October 1990 Tales from the Twilight World Blind Guardian 02 October 1995 The X Factor Iron Maiden 04 October 1982 Restless and Wild Accept 04 October 1993 Wolverine Blues Entombed 04 October 1994 Death Row Accept 04 October 2005 Shovel Headed Kill Machine Exodus 04 October 2005 Dark Ages Soulfly 05 October 1995 Still Not Black Enough W.A.S.P. 06 October 1986 The Dark Metal Church 06 October 1998 Against Sepultura 06 October 2009 Sonic Boom Kiss 07 October 1986 Reign in Blood Slayer 07 October 1986 Game Over Nuclear Assault 07 October 1987 Pleasures of the Flesh Exodus 07 October 1993 Hanging in the Balance Metal Church 08 October 1988 Blood Fire Death Bathory 09 October 1978 Killing Machine Judas Priest 09 October 1989 Prime Evil Venom 09 October 1990 Seasons of the Abyss Slayer 09 October 1990 Souls of Black Testament 09 October 2001 Destroyer of Worlds Bathory 09 October 2007 Immortalis Overkill 09 October 2012 Monster Kiss 09 October 2015 Golgotha W.A.S.P. 10 October 1989 Thrash Zone D.R.I. 10 October 1994 King of the Kill Annihilator 11 October 1993 Turn Loose the Swans My Dying Bride 12 October 1979 Bomber Motörhead 12 October 2009 Babylon W.A.S.P. 13 October 1987 Ignorance Sacred Reich 13 October 1989 The Years of Decay Overkill 13 October 1989 Nothingface Voivod 14 October 1991 Forest of Equilibrium Cathedral 14 October 2014 Blood In, Blood Out Exodus 14 October 2022 The Gang’s All Here Skid Row 15 October 1984 Sign of the Hammer Manowar 15 October 1985 Feel the Fire Overkill 15 October 1987 Surfing with the Alien Joe Satriani 15 October 1990 Hallucinations Atrocity 15 October 1992 False Gorefest 15 October 1996 Overnight Sensation Motörhead 16 October 1997 Jugulator Judas Priest 16 October 2001 Down to Earth Ozzy Osbourne 17 October 1989 Hot in the Shade Kiss 17 October 1989 Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit Suicidal Tendencies 17 October 1995 Octagon Bathory 17 October 2006 Thornography Cradle of Filth 17 October 2011 Dystopia Iced Earth 18 October 1993 Heartwork Carcass 18 October 2013 Aftershock Motörhead 19 October 2012 The Lord of Steel Manowar 19 October 2018 Ritual Soulfly 20 October 1986 Crimson Glory Crimson Glory 21 October 1986 Inside the Electric Circus W.A.S.P. 21 October 2000 The Dark Ride Helloween 21 October 2002 Tribute to the Gods Iced Earth 22 October 1974 Hotter than Hell Kiss 22 October 1991 Human Death 22 October 2021 Existence Is Futile Cradle of Filth 23 October 1995 Ozzmosis Ozzy Osbourne 24 October 1995 Stomp 442 Anthrax 24 October 2000 Bloodletting Overkill 24 October 2001 First Strike Still Deadly Testament 24 October 2006 Revolution per Minute Skid Row 24 October 2007 Gambling with the Devil Helloween 25 October 1982 Creatures of the Night Kiss 25 October 1985 Animosity Corrosion of Conformity 25 October 1985 The Last Command W.A.S.P. 25 October 1993 Strange Highways Dio 25 October 1993 Dark Medieval Times Satyricon 25 October 1994 Time Mercyful Fate 26 October 1992 Renewal Kreator 26 October 2007 The Atrocity Exhibition…Exhibit A Exodus 27 October 2010 7 Sinners Helloween 28 October 1989 Realm of Chaos Bolt Thrower 28 October 1997 Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions Kiss 28 October 2005 Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy Helloween 28 October 2008 Let There Be Blood Exodus 28 October 2008 Godspeed on the Devil’s Thunder Cradle of Filth 28 October 2016 Brotherhood of the Snake Testament 29 October 1984 Red Hot and Heavy Pretty Maids 29 October 2012 The Manticore and Other Horrors Cradle of Filth 30 October 1983 Melissa Mercyful Fate 30 October 1985 Spreading the Disease Anthrax 30 October 1987 Schizophrenia Sepultura 30 October 1989 Flying in a Blue Dream Joe Satriani 30 October 1991 Necroticism – Descanting the Insalubrious Carcass 30 October 2000 Midian Cradle of Filth 31 October 1986 Beyond the Gates Possessed
Date Name Band 06 October 2020 Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
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