On This Day in Metal – August 21st
Albums Release
August 21st 1977
Motörhead – “Motorhead”
“Motörhead” is the debut studio album by English rock band Motörhead.

August 21st 1986
Warlock – “True As Steel”
“True as Steel” is the third studio album by German heavy metal band Warlock.

August 21st 1987
Metallica – “The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited”
“The $5.98 E.P. – Garage Days Re-Revisited” is the first extended play by American heavy metal band Metallica.

August 21st 1989
King Diamond – “Conspiracy”
“Conspiracy” is the fourth studio album by Danish heavy metal band King Diamond.

August 21st 1990
Anthrax – “Persistence Of Time”
“Persistence of Time” is the fifth studio album by the American thrash metal band Anthrax.

August 21st 1990
Ratt – “Detonator”
“Detonator” is the fifth studio album by American glam metal band Ratt.

August 21st 1990
Xentrix – “For Whose Advantage?”
“For Whose Advantage?” is the second studio album by English thrash metal Xentrix.

August 21st 1990
Stryper – “Against The Law”
“Against the Law” is the fifth studio album from the Christian metal band Stryper.

August 21st 1990
Alice in Chains – “Facelift”
“Facelift” is the debut studio album by the American rock band Alice in Chains.

August 21st 1995
Rainbow – “Stranger in Us All”
“Stranger in Us All” is the eighth studio album by the British hard rock band Rainbow.

August 21st 1998
Elegy – “Manifestation of Fear”
“Manifestation of Fear” is album by Dutch power metal band Elegy.

August 21st 1998
Angel Dust – “Border of Reality”
“Border of Reality” is the third studio album by German heavy metal band Angel Dust.

August 21st 2009
U.D.O. – “Dominator”
“Dominator” is the twelfth studio album by German heavy metal band U.D.O.

August 21st 2009
Vader – “Necropolis”
“Necropolis” is the eighth studio album by the Polish death metal band Vader.

August 21st 2013
Turisas – Turisas2013
“Turisas2013” is the fourth studio album by folk metal band Turisas.

August 21st 2020
Unleash the Archers – “Legacy”
“Legacy“ is the fifth studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Unleash the Archers.

Single Release
August 21st 2000
HammerFall – “Renegade”
“Renegade” is a song by Swedish power metal band HammerFall, the first single from their album “Renegade”.

August 21st 2008
Metallica – “The Day That Never Comes”
“The Day That Never Comes” is a song by heavy metal band Metallica, and the lead single from their ninth studio album “Death Magnetic”.

Metal Birthdays
August 21st 1952
Glenn Hughes – Deep Purple
Glenn Hughes is an English musician, best known for playing bass and performing vocals in the hard rock band Trapeze, Deep Purple as well as briefly fronting Black Sabbath.

August 21st 1961
Mike Howe – Metal Church
Mike Howe (August 21, 1965 – July 26, 2021) was an American heavy metal singer who performed with Metal Church, Heretic and briefly with Los Angeles metal band Snair.

August 21st 1968
Dirk Bruinenberg – Elegy
Dirk Bruinenberg is a Dutch musician known as the former drummer of several European progressive metal and power metal bands, including Elegy.

Metal Memory Lane

On This Day in Metal – August 19th
OnThisDay in metal history: Get ready to rock with releases from #Accept #BlackSabbath #TypeONegative #Dragonforce #LAGuns #MercyfulFate #Queensrÿche! Celebrate the birthdays of metal legends #DimebagDarrell #DaveBrock #RayAlder #RobertPlant while we remember the legendary #FrankieBanali 🤘