Today in Metal History – December 23rd
Album Release
December 23rd 1989
“Black Mass” is the second studio album by the Italian heavy metal band Death SS. “In the Darkness” is a standout from “Black Mass”.
Single Release
December 23rd 2023
Buckethead – “The Astro Dome”
“The Astro Dome” is a song by American guitarist Buckethead. The single was released under the label Bucketheadland in a digital format.
Other Releases
December 23rd 2014
Ensiferum – “Suomi Warmetal”
“Suomi Warmetal” is a EP by Finnish folk metal band Ensiferum. Exclusively released with edition number 94 of the German “Legacy” magazine.
December 23rd 2016
Kreator – “Violence Unleashed”
“Violence Unleashed” is a EP by German thrash metal band Kreator. Released with the edition of “Legacy” magazine (number 106) in Germany.
Metal Birthdays
December 23rd 1946
Ray Tabano – Aerosmith
Ray Tabano known as Crazy Raymond is an American musician, who was a founding member of the hard rock band Aerosmith.
December 23rd 1956
Dave Murray – Iron Maiden
David Michael Murray is an English guitarist, best known as a member of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden.
December 23rd 1961
Dane Petersen – Bloodbath
Dane Petersen is a session vocalist who briefly contributed to the Swedish death metal supergroup Bloodbath.
December 23rd 1966
Michael Hoffmann – Sodom
Michael Hoffmann was a guitarist for the German thrash metal band Sodom, known for his contribution to their classic album “Better Off Dead”.
December 23rd 1969
Erik “Grim” Brødreskift
Erik Brødreskift (aka Grim) (December 23, 1969 – October 4, 1999) was a Norwegian drummer, who played in several black metal bands – Borknagar, Gorgoroth and more.
December 23rd 1977
Jari Mäenpää – Wintersun
Jari Mäenpää is a Finnish musician known as the singer-guitarist of the metal band Ensiferum and for his own solo project named Wintersun.
December 23rd 1990
Roxana Herrera – Cobra Spell
Roxana Herrera is the bassist for the international glam metal band Cobra Spell, known for her energetic stage presence and tight bass grooves.
Legends We Lost
December 23rd 2012
Mike Scaccia – Ministry
Michael Ralph Scaccia (June 14, 1965 – December 23, 2012) was an American musician, known as a guitarist for several heavy metal bands, including Rigor Mortis, Ministry.
Metal Memory
December 23rd 1985
Judas Priest fans shot themselves
Raymond Belknap (18) and James Vance (20), after a long alcohol and drug binge, made a suicide pact to kill themselves with a shot gun. Judas Priest faced a lawsuit claiming their music contained subliminal messages encouraging suicide. The band testified, joking that if they used subliminal messages, it would be to sell more records.
December 23rd 1987
Nikki Sixx’s Near Death
Nikki Sixx overdosed on heroin and was reportedly declared clinically dead for two minutes before a paramedic revived him with two syringes full of adrenaline.
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