Today in Metal History – July 17th

On This Day in Metal – July 17th

Albums Release

July 17th 1968

Deep Purple – “Shades of Deep Purple”

Shades of Deep Purpleis the debut album by the English rock band Deep Purple.

Shades of Deep Purple

July 17th 1982

Judas Priest – “Screaming For Vengeance”

Screaming For Vengeanceis the eighth studio album by English heavy metal band Judas Priest.

Screaming For Vengeance

July 17th 2000

Dark Tranquillity – “Haven”

Havenis the fifth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity.

Haven

July 17th 2007

Nile – “Ithyphallic”

Ithyphallicis the fifth studio album by American technical death metal band Nile.

Ithyphallic

July 17th 2007

Behemoth – “The Apostasy”

The Apostasyis the eighth studio album by Polish extreme metal band Behemoth.

The Apostasy

July 17th 2012

Hellyeah – “Band of Brothers”

Band of Brothersis the third studio album by American heavy metal band Hellyeah.

Band of Brothers

July 17th 2015

Powerwolf – “Blessed & Possessed”

Blessed & Possessedis the sixth studio album by German power metal band Powerwolf.

Blessed & Possessed

July 17th 2019

Xentrix – “Bury The Pain”

Bury The Painis the fifth studio album by British thrash metal band Xentrix.

Bury The Pain

July 17th 2020

U.D.O. – “We Are One”

We Are One is a joint studio album by U.D.O. and the German Armed Forces Symphony Orchestra.

We Are One

Single Release

July 17th 1985

Dio – “Rock ‘N’ Roll Children”

Rock ‘N’ Roll Childrenis the sixth single released by heavy metal band Dio.

Metal Birthdays

July 17th 1949

Geezer Butler – Black Sabbath

Terence Michael Joseph “Geezer” Butler is an English retired musician and songwriter. Best known as the bassist and primary lyricist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath.

Geezer Butler

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