Albums Release
August 6th 1982
Tygers Of Pan Tang – “The Cage”
“The Cage” is the fourth album by British heavy metal band Tygers Of Pan Tang.

August 6th 1983
Raven – “All For One”
“All For One” is the third studio album by English heavy metal band Raven.

August 6th 1985
Tyrant – “Legions Of The Dead”
“Legions Of The Dead” is the demo album by American heavy metal band Tyrant.

August 6th 1990
Black Sabbath – “TYR”
“TYR” is the fifteenth studio album by English rock band Black Sabbath.

August 6th 2002
Meshuggah – “Nothing”
“Nothing” is the fourth studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Meshuggah.

August 6th 2013
Newsted – “Heavy Metal Music”
“Heavy Metal Music” is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Newsted.

Single Release
August 6th 1984
Iron Maiden – “2 Minutes To Midnight”
“2 Minutes To Midnight” is a song by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden featured on their fifth studio album “Powerslave”.

August 6th 1990
Queensryche – “Jet City Woman”
“Jet City Woman” is a song by heavy metal band Queensrÿche. First appearing on their 1990 album “Empire”.

August 6th 2006
HammerFall – “The Fire Burns Forever”
“The Fire Burns Forever” is a single by Swedish heavy metal band HammerFall from their sixth studio album “Threshold”.

August 6th 2010
Ozzy Osbourne – “Life Won’t Wait”
“Life Won’t Wait” is a song by English musician Ozzy Osbourne from the album “Scream”.

Metal Birthdays
August 6th 1952
Vinnie Vincent – Kiss
Vinnie Vincent is a former member of the rock band Kiss from 1982 until mid-1984 during the band’s transition out of their 1973–1983 makeup period.

August 6th 1963
Leif Edling – Candlemass
Leif Edling is a Swedish musician, best known as the bassist, main songwriter and one of the founding members of the epic doom metal band Candlemass.

August 6th 1964
Robert Mason – Warrant
Robert Mason is former Lynch Mob lead vocalist and now is a lead vocals for American glam metal band Warrant.
