Today in Metal History – August 13th
Albums Release
August 13th 1985
Dio – “Sacred Heart”
“Sacred Heart” is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Dio. “Rock ‘n’ Roll Children” is a soaring standout from “Sacred Heart”.
August 13th 1986
Sword – “Metalized”
“Metalized” is the debut album by the Canadian heavy metal band Sword. “Children of Heaven” is a powerful standout from “Metalized”.
August 13th 1986
Twisted Sister – “Love Is For Suckers”
“Love Is For Suckers” is the fifth studio album by the American heavy metal act Twisted Sister. “Hot Love” is a fiery standout from “Love Is For Suckers”.
August 13th 2010
Iron Maiden – “The Final Frontier”
“The Final Frontier” is the fifteenth studio album by English heavy metal icons Iron Maiden. “El Dorado” is an adventurous standout from “The Final Frontier”.
August 13th 2010
Kataklysm – “Heaven’s Venom”
“Heaven’s Venom” is the tenth studio album by Canadian melodic death metal band Kataklysm. “Push the Venom” is a relentless standout from “Heaven’s Venom”.
August 13th 2021
Sepultura – “SepulQuarta”
“SepulQuarta” is a special collaborative album by Brazilian thrash metal pioneers Sepultura. “Apes of God” is a crushing standout from “SepulQuarta”.
Single Release
August 13th 1982
Venom – “Bloodlust”
“Bloodlust” is a song by English heavy metal band Venom. It is the bands second single follow-up to their debut single “In League with Satan”.
August 13th 1983
Whitesnake – “Guilty Of Love”
“Guilty Of Love” is a song by English hard rock band Whitesnake. Released as first single on their sixth studio album “Slide It In”.
August 13th 1988
Iron Maiden – “The Evil That Men Do”
“The Evil That Men Do” is a song by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. Released as second single on their seventh studio album “Seventh Son of a Seventh Son”.
August 13th 2021
Dream Theater – “The Alien”
“The Alien” is a song by American progressive metal band Dream Theater. Released as first single on their fifteenth studio album “A View from the Top of the World”.
August 13th 2021
Gamma Ray – “Lust for Life”
“Lust for Life” is a song by German power metal band Gamma Ray. Released as single on their debut studio album “Heading for Tomorrow”.
August 13th 2021
Running Wild – “Diamonds & Pearls”
“Diamonds & Pearls” is a song by German heavy metal band Running Wild. Released as second single on their seventeenth studio album “Blood on Blood”.
August 13th 2021
Equilibrium – “Revolution”
“Revolution” is a song by German folk metal band Equilibrium. Released as a single from their upcoming 7th album.
Metal Birthdays
August 13th 1961
Sid Falck – Overkill
Sid Falck drummer best known from the thrash metal band Overkill and now in a solo project Falck.
August 13th 1964
Ian Haugland – Europe
Jan-Håkan “Ian” Haugland is a Norwegian-Swedish drummer in the Swedish hard rock band Europe.
August 13th 1974
Niklas Sundin – Dark Tranquillity
Niklas Sundin is a Swedish musician, known as a founding member and former lead guitarist of the melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity.
Legen We Lost
August 13th 2006
Jon Nödtveidt – Dissection
Jon Andreas Nödtveidt (28 June 1975 – 13 August 2006) was a Swedish musician known as the founder, vocalist and lead guitarist of the Swedish black metal band Dissection.
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