Today in Metal History – April 26th
Album Release
April 26th 1988
“Refuge Denied” is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Sanctuary. “Battle Angels” is a fast and soaring track from “Refuge Denied”.
April 26th 1994
Septicflesh – “Mystic Places of Dawn”
“Mystic Places of Dawn” is the debut studio album by Greek death metal band Septicflesh. “Morpheus (The Dreamlord)” is a dark and atmospheric track from “Mystic Places of Dawn”.
April 26th 1999
Children of Bodom – “Hatebreeder”
“Hatebreeder” is the second studio album by Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom. “Downfall” is a fast and melodic track from “Hatebreeder”.
April 26th 2004
Blaze Bayley – “Blood & Belief”
“Blood & Belief” is the third studio album by British heavy metal singer Blaze Bayley. “Alive” is a raw and emotionally charged track from “Blood & Belief”.
April 26th 2004
“Coldness” is the second studio album by Finnish power metal singer Timo Kotipelto. “Reasons” is a melodic and powerful track from “Coldness”.
April 26th 2004
“Atlantis” is the seventh studio album by German heavy metal band Atrocity. “Cold Black Days” is a dark and symphonic track from “Atlantis”.
April 26th 2005
“Retraced” is a second solo album by American guitarist Jake E. Lee. “Whiskey Train” is a bluesy and hard-driving track from “Retraced”.
April 26th 2013
“Now What?!” is the nineteenth studio album by British hard rock band Deep Purple. “Vincent Price” is a dramatic and hard-rocking track from “Now What?!”.
April 26th 2013
“Epitome of Torture” is the fourteenth studio album by German thrash metal band Sodom. “Stigmatized” is a fast and relentless track from “Epitome of Torture”.
April 26th 2013
Vicious Rumors – “Electric Punishment”
“Electric Punishment” is the twelfth studio album by American heavy metal band Vicious Rumors. “I Am the Gun” is a hard-hitting and riff-driven track from “Electric Punishment”.
April 26th 2013
“OutLier” is the twelfth studio album by German-American hard rock band Kingdom Come. “God Does Not Sing Our Song” is a heavy and melodic track from “OutLier”.
April 26th 2019
“Zenith” is the fifth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Enforcer. “Regrets” is a fast and melodic track from “Zenith”.
April 26th 2024
“Humanoid” is the seventeenth studio album by German heavy metal band Accept. “The Reckoning” is a powerful and energetic track from “Humanoid”.
April 26th 2024
“Banished by Sin” is the eleventh studio album by American death metal band Deicide. “Faithless” is a brutal and intense track from “Banished by Sin”.
Single Release
April 26th 1972
Alice Cooper – “School’s Out”
“School’s Out” is a song by the American hard rock band Alice Cooper. Released as the lead single from their fifth studio album “School’s Out”.
April 26th 1982
Iron Maiden – “The Number Of The Beast”
“The Number Of The Beast” is a song by the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. Released as the second single from their third studio album “The Number Of The Beast”
April 26th 2019
Death Angel – “The Pack”
“The Pack” is a song by the American thrash metal band Death Angel. Released as a second single from their ninth studio album “Humanicide”
April 26th 2024
Flotsam and Jetsam – “I Am The Weapon”
“I Am The Weapon” is a song by the American thrash metal band Flotsam and Jetsam. Released as a first single from their fifteenth studio album “I Am The Weapon”.
Metal Birthdays
April 26th 1959
John Corabi – Mötley Crüe
John Corabi is an American vocalist and guitarist, best known for his time as the lead singer of glam metal band Mötley Crüe.
April 26th 1975
Joey Jordison – Slipknot
Nathan Jonas “Joey” Jordison (April 26, 1975 – July 26, 2021) was an American musician. Original drummer of the heavy metal band Slipknot and the guitarist for the horror punk supergroup Murderdolls.
April 26th 1975
Christian Vidal – Therion
Christian Vidal is an Argentine guitarist, best known for his work with the symphonic metal band Therion.
April 26th 1979
Melissa Ferlaak – Visions of Atlantis
Melissa Marie Ferlaak is an American vocalist, best known for her work as the lead singer of the symphonic metal band Visions of Atlantis.
April 26th 1979
Janne Wirman – Children of Bodom
Janne Viljami “Warman” Wirman is a Finnish keyboardist, best known for his work as a member of the melodic death metal band Children of Bodom.
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