On This Day in Metal – August 13th
Albums Release
August 13th 1983
Sound Barrier – “Total Control”
“Total Control” is the debut album by the American heavy metal band Sound Barrier.
August 13th 1985
Dio – “Sacred Heart”
“Sacred Heart” is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Dio.
August 13th 1986
Sword – “Metalized”
“Metalized” is the debut album by the Canadian heavy metal band Sword.
August 13th 1986
Twisted Sister – “Love Is For Suckers”
“Love Is For Suckers” is the fifth studio album by the American heavy metal band Twisted Sister.
August 13th 1992
Forté – “Stranger than Fiction”
“Stranger than Fiction” is the debut album by the American power/thrash metal band Forté.
August 13th 2010
Iron Maiden – “The Final Frontier”
“The Final Frontier” is the fifteenth studio album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden.
August 13th 2010
Kataklysm – “Heaven’s Venom”
“Heaven’s Venom” is the tenth studio album by Canadian death metal band Kataklysm.
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 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 1974
Jon Andreas 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.
