On This Day in Metal – September 2nd
Albums Release
September 2nd 1987
“Retaliation” is the second and final studio album by American crossover thrash band Carnivore. The best song from this album is the aggressive and intense “Race War”.
September 2nd 1990
Benediction – “Subconscious Terror”
“Subconscious Terror” is the debut studio album by British death metal band Benediction. The best song from this album is the crushing and brutal “Artefacted Irreligion”.
September 2nd 1990
Morbid Saint – “Spectrum Of Death”
“Spectrum Of Death” is the debut album by American band Morbid Saint. The best song from this album is the ferocious and relentless “Crying for Death”.
September 2nd 1993
“Chaos AD” is the fifth studio album by Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura. The best song from this album is the powerful and rebellious anthem “Territory”.
September 2nd 1999
“The Avenger” is the second studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Amon Amarth. The best song from this album is the epic and crushing “The Last with Pagan Blood”.
September 2nd 2002
“Critical Mass” is the sixth album by British progressive metal band Threshold. The best song from this album is the intricate and melodic “Falling Away”.
September 2nd 2008
Toxic Holocaust – “An Overdose of Death…”
“An Overdose of Death” is the third full-length album released by American thrash metal band Toxic Holocaust. The best song from this album is the explosive and thrashing “Nuke the Cross”.
September 2nd 2014
“Up in Hell” is the third studio album from American heavy metal band Incite. The best song from this album is the fierce and punishing “WTF”.
September 2nd 2022
Megadeth – “The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead!”
“The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead!” is the sixteenth studio album by American thrash metal band Megadeth. The best song from this album is the intense and blistering “We’ll Be Back”.
September 2nd 2022
Blind Guardian – “The God Machine”
“The God Machine” is the twelfth studio album by the German power metal band Blind Guardian. The best song from this album is the epic and powerful “Secrets of the American Gods”.
Single Release
September 2nd 1996
“Virus” is a single from Iron Maiden, released in 1996. It is the first single since 1980’s “Women in Uniform” that does not appear on any official Iron Maiden studio album.
September 2nd 2008
“Cyanide” is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica, the first promotional single taken from their ninth studio album “Death Magnetic”.
Metal Birthdays
September 2nd 1966
Dino Cazares – Fear Factory
Dino Cazares is an American musician, best known as the guitarist and one of the co-founders of industrial metal band Fear Factory.
