Today in Metal History – February 11th
Album Release
February 11th 1987
“Second Heat” is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band Racer X. “Scarified” is a fast and technically brilliant shred metal anthem from “Second Heat”.
February 11th 1997
“Pain” is the self-titled debut studio album by the Swedish industrial metal band Pain. “On Your Knees (Again)” is a dark and driving industrial metal anthem from “Pain”.
February 11th 1997
“City” is the second studio album by the Canadian extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad. “Detox” is a chaotic and intense industrial metal anthem from “City”.
February 11th 2003
Strapping Young Lad – “Strapping Young Lad”
“Strapping Young Lad” is the third studio album by the Canadian extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad. “Relentless” is a ferocious and intense metal anthem from “Strapping Young Lad”.
February 11th 2022
“Halo” is the fourteenth studio album by the Finnish melodic death metal band Amorphis. “Northwards” is a powerful and atmospheric metal anthem from “Halo”.
February 11th 2022
“Synchro Anarchy” is the fifteenth studio album by the Canadian progressive metal band Voivod. “Planet Eaters” is a chaotic and intricate metal anthem from “Synchro Anarchy”.
Single Release
February 11th 1991
Pink Cream 69 – “Ballerina”
“Ballerina” is a song by German hard rock/heavy metal band Pink Cream 69. Released as first single from the second studio album “One Size Fits All”.
February 11th 1998
Helloween – “I Can”
“I Can” is a song by German power metal band Helloween. Released as first single from the eighth studio album “Better Than Raw”.
February 11th 2010
Tarot – “I Walk Forever”
“I Walk Forever” is a song by Finnish heavy metal band Tarot. Released as single from the eighth studio album “Gravity of Light”.
February 11th 2012
Xandria – “Valentine”
“Valentine” is a song by German symphonic metal band Xandria. Released as single from the fifth studio album “Neverworld’s End”.
February 11th 2014
Sonata Arctica – “The Wolves Die Young”
“The Wolves Die Young” is a song by Finnish power metal band Sonata Arctica. Released as first single from the eighth studio album “Pariah’s Child”.
February 11th 2016
Metal Church – “Killing Your Time”
“Killing Your Time” is a song by American heavy metal band Metal Church. Released as second single from the eleventh studio album “XI”.
February 11th 2022
Sabaton – “The Unkillable Soldier”
“The Unkillable Soldier” is a song by Swedish power metal band Sabaton. Released as third single from the tenth studio album “The War to End All Wars”.
Metal Birthdays
February 11th 1963
Doug Blair – W.A.S.P.
Douglas Blair Lucek, better known as Doug Blair, is a heavy metal guitarist and member of W.A.S.P..
February 11th 1970
Fredrik Thordendal – Meshuggah
Fredrik Carl Thordendal is a Swedish musician best known as the lead guitarist and backing vocalist for the extreme metal band Meshuggah.
February 11th 1972
Craig Jones – Slipknot
Craig Alan Jones also known as 133, is an American musician. He is the former sampler and keyboardist of the heavy metal band Slipknot.
February 11th 1987
Clémentine Delauney – Slipknot
Clémentine Delauney is a French singer with a soprano vocal range who is currently singing for the symphonic metal bands Visions of Atlantis and Exit Eden.
Metal Memory Lane
