On This Day in Metal – December 16th
Album Release
December 16th 2009
Iron Mask – “Shadow Of The Red Baron”
“Shadow Of The Red Baron” is the third studio album by Belgian power metal band Iron Mask. “Forever In The Dark” stands out as the epic centerpiece of “Shadow Of The Red Baron”.
December 16th 2011
“Black As Death” is the fourth studio album by Belgian power metal band Iron Mask. “Blizzard Of Doom” stands out as the fierce highlight of “Black As Death”.
December 16th 2013
Battleaxe – “Heavy Metal Sanctuary”
“Heavy Metal Sanctuary” is the third studio album by English heavy metal band Battleaxe. “Too Hot for Hell” stands out as the roaring anthem of “Heavy Metal Sanctuary”.
Single Release
December 16th 2013
Manowar – “Silent Night”
“Silent Night” is a song by American heavy metal band Manowar. Released as a standalone Christmas-themed track.
December 16th 2014
Battle Beast – “Madness”
“Madness” is a song by Finnish power metal band Battle Beast. Released as single from the third full-length album “Unholy Savior”.
December 16th 2014
Exhumed – “Open the Abscess”
“Open the Abscess” is a song by American death metal band Exhumed. Released as single from the seventh album “Gore Metal: A Necrospective 1998-2015”.
December 16th 2020
Angra – “Hollow”
“Hollow” (Aqua 2020 Remixed) is a song by Brazilian power metal band Angra. Originaly released as on the seventh full-length studio album “Aqua“.
December 16th 2022
Kreator – “Death to the World”
“Death to the World” is a song by German thrash metal band Kreator. Released as single from the 13th studio album “Phantom Antichrist”.
December 16th 2022
Apocalyptica – “Rise Again”
“Rise Again” is a song by Finnish symphonic metal band Apocalyptica featuring Dutch singer Simone Simons. Updated version of the instrumental “Rise” from ninth studio album “Cell-0”.
December 16th 2022
Frozen Crown – “Call of the North”
“Call of the North” is a song by Italian power metal band Frozen Crown. Released as single from the fourth studio album “Call of the North”.
Metal Birthdays
December 16th 1961
André Andersen – Royal Hunt
André Andersen is a Russian-born multi-instrumentalist and composer best known as the keyboardist and founder of the Denmark-based progressive metal band Royal Hunt.
December 16th 1969
Marios IlIopoulos – Nightrage
Marios Iliopoulos is a Greek guitarist and founder of the melodic death metal band Nightrage and a former member of Exhumation.
Metal Events
December 16th 1986
Metallica – Damage Inc. Tour
Metallica‘s Damage Inc. tour made a stop at the Edmonton Convention Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The concert featured support from Seattle-based heavy metal band Metal Church.
Metal Memory Lane
