Today in Metal History – December 9th
Albums Release
December 9th 1976
“Yesterday And Today” is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Y&T. “25 Hours a Day” is a standout from “Yesterday And Today”.

December 9th 1977
“Draw the Line” is the fifth studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith. “Get It Up” is a standout from “Draw the Line”.

December 9th 2002
Sacrificium – “Cold Black Piece of Flesh”
“Cold Black Piece of Flesh” is a debut album by German death metal band Sacrificium. “Come Closer” is a standout from “Cold Black Piece of Flesh”.

Single Release
December 9th 2008
Opeth -“Burden”
“Burden” is a song by the Swedish progressive metal band Opeth. Released as a single from their ninth studio album “Watershed”.

December 9th 2011
Doro – “Merry Metal Xmas”
“Merry Metal Xmas” is a festive song by German heavy metal vocalist Doro. Released in as a standalone holiday track.

December 9th 2013
Christopher Lee – “A Heavy Metal Christmas Too”
“A Heavy Metal Christmas Too” is a song by the English actor and singer Christopher Lee. Released as a single from his holiday-themed EP “A Heavy Metal Christmas Too”.

December 9th 2021
Arch Enemy – “House of Mirrors”
“House of Mirrors” is a song Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. Released as second single from the eleventh studio album “Deceivers“.

December 9th 2022
Within Temptation – “The Fire Within”
“The Fire Within” is a song by the Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation. Released as single as part of their compilation album “Forgotten Songs“.

December 9th 2022
Elvenking – “Rapture”
“Rapture” is a song by the Italian folk metal band Elvenking. Released as a single from their tenth studio album “Reader of the Runes – Rapture”.

Metal Birthdays
December 9th 1946
Dennis Dunaway – Alice Cooper
Dennis Dunaway is an American musician, best known as the original bass guitarist for the hard rock band Alice Cooper.

December 9th 1964
Michael Foster – Firehouse
Michael Foster is an American musician best known as the drummer and founding member of hard rock band FireHouse.


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