Albums Release
July 31st 2007
Five Finger Death Punch – “The Way Of The Fist”
“The Way Of The Fist” is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch.

July 31st 2015
Kataklysm – “Of Ghosts And Gods”
“Of Ghosts And Gods” is the twelfth studio album by the Canadian death metal band Kataklysm.

July 31st 2020
Alcatrazz – “Born Innocent”
“Born Innocent” is the fourth studio album by heavy metal band Alcatrazz.

Single Release
July 31st 1977
Kiss – “Love Gun”
“Love Gun” is a song by the American rock band Kiss, first released on their 1977 album of the same name.

July 31st 1988
Europe – “Superstitious”
“Superstitious” is a 1988 single released by the Swedish rock band Europe. It was the first single released from the album “Out of This World”.

July 31st 1990
Mötley Crüe – “Same Ol’ Situation”
“Same Ol’ Situation” is a song by Mötley Crüe from their 1989 album “Dr. Feelgood” released in 1990 as the album’s fifth single.

July 31st 2000
Nightwish – “Deep Silent Complete”
“Deep Silent Complete” is the fifth single by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released as the only official single from their third studio album.

July 31st 2015
Children of Bodom – “Morrigan”
“Morrigan” is a single from the album “I Worship Chaos” by Children of Bodom.

Metal Birthdays
July 31st 1971
John 5 – Mötley Crüe
John William Lowery known by the stage name John 5. First took the stage name in 1998 when he left David Lee Roth’s solo band and joined Marilyn Manson. Later became the guitarist for Rob Zombie and in 2022 became the touring guitarist for Mötley Crüe.

July 31st 1981
Matt Shadows – Avenged Sevenfold
Matthew Charles Sanders known by his stage name M. Shadows is an American singer and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist and a founding member of heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold.

July 31st 1985
Alissa White-Gluz – Arch Enemy
Alissa White-Gluz is a Canadian singer, best known as the lead vocalist of the Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy and former lead vocalist and founding member of the Canadian metalcore band the Agonist.

July 31st 1988
Laura Guldemond – Burning Witches
Laura Guldemond Dutch singer and and frontwoman of the Swiss heavy/power metal band Burning Witches.
