On This Day in Metal – July 20th
Albums Release
July 20th 1986
Juggernaut – “Baptism Under Fire”
“Baptism Under Fire” is the debut studio album by American thrash metal band Juggernaut. “Blizzards” is a standout track from “Baptism Under Fire” .
July 20th 1989
Lillian Axe – “Love + War”
“Love + War” is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Lillian Axe. “Ghost of Winter” is a standout track from “Love + War”.
July 20th 2010
Lillian Axe – “Deep Red Shadows”
“Deep Red Shadows” is the eight studio album by American heavy metal band Lillian Axe. “Nobody Knows” is a standout track from “Deep Red Shadows”.
July 20th 2018
Powerwolf – “The Sacrament of Sin”
“The Sacrament of Sin” is the seventh studio album by German power metal band Powerwolf. “Killers with the Cross” is a standout track from “The Sacrament of Sin”.
July 20th 2018
Jungle Rot – “Jungle Rot”
“Jungle Rot” is the tenth album American death metal band Jungle Rot. “Fearmonger” is a standout track from “Jungle Rot”.
July 20th 2018
Skeletonwitch – “Devouring Radiant Light”
“Devouring Radiant Light” is the sixth studio album by American extreme metal band Skeletonwitch. “Fen of Shadows” is a standout track from “Devouring Radiant Light”.
Single Release
July 20th 1987
Dio – “I Could Have Been a Dreamer”
“I Could Have Been a Dreamer” is a song by the American heavy metal band Dio. Released as a single from their fourth studio album “Dream Evil”.
July 20th 1987
Def Leppard – “Animal”
“Animal” is a song by English hard rock band Def Leppard. Released as a first single from their fourth studio album “Hysteria”.
July 20th 2012
Testament – “Native Blood”
“Native Blood” is a song by the American thrash metal band Testament. Released as a second single from their eleventh studio album “Dark Roots of Earth”.
July 20th 2015
Queensrÿche – “Arrow of Time”
“Arrow of Time” is a song by the American progressive metal band Queensrÿche. Released as a single from their fourteenth studio album “Condition Hüman”.
July 20th 2018
Voivod – “Obsolete Beings”
“Obsolete Beings” is a song by the Canadian thrash metal band Voivod. Released as a first single from their fourteenth studio album “The Wake”.
Metal Birthdays
July 20th 1952
Jay Jay French – Twisted Sister
Jay Jay French is an American guitarist, manager, record producer and founding member of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister.
July 20th 1964
Chris Cornell – Soundgarden
Christopher John Cornell (July 20, 1964 – May 18, 2017) was an American musician, lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and the primary lyricist for the rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave.
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