Today in Metal History – February 16th
Album Release
February 16th 1990
“Spiritual Healing” is the third studio album by the American death metal band Death. “Living Monstrosity” is a powerful and socially conscious death metal anthem from “Spiritual Healing”.

February 16th 2004
“The Arrival” is the ninth studio album by the Swedish death metal band Hypocrisy. “Eraser” is a melodic and atmospheric metal anthem from “The Arrival”.

February 16th 2004
“The Räuber” is the eleventh studio album by the German hard rock band Bonfire. “Bells of Freedom” is a melodic and anthemic rock ballad from “The Räuber”.

February 16th 2018
“Ømni” is the ninth studio album by the Brazilian power metal band Angra. “Travelers of Time” is a fast and progressive metal anthem from “Ømni”.

February 16th 2018
Visions of Atlantis – “The Deep & the Dark”
“The Deep & the Dark” is the sixth studio album by the Austrian symphonic metal band Visions of Atlantis. “Return to Lemuria” is a melodic and cinematic metal anthem from “The Deep & the Dark”.

Single Release
February 16th 1991
Helloween – “Kids of the Century”
“Kids of the Century” is a song by German power metal band Helloween. Released as first single from the fourth studio album “Pink Bubbles Go Ape”.

February 16th 1993
Megadeth – “Sweating Bullets”
“Sweating Bullets” is a song by American thrash metal band Megadeth. Released as third single from the fifth studio album “Countdown to Extinction”.

February 16th 2000
Megadeth – “Breadline”
“Breadline” is a song by American thrash metal band Megadeth. Released as second single from the eighth studio album “Risk”.

February 16th 2024
Blaze Bayley – “Mind Reader”
“Mind Reader” is a song by English heavy metal band Blaze Bayley. Released as single from the eleventh studio album “Circle of Stone”.

Metal Birthdays
February 16th 1960
Pete Willis – Def Leppard
Peter Andrew Willis is a retired English guitarist, best known as a founder member of the hard rock band Def Leppard.

February 16th 1965
Dave Lombardo – Slayer
David Lombardo is a Cuban-American drummer, best known as a co-founding member of the thrash metal band Slayer.

Legend We Lost
February 16th 2024
Greg “Fritz” Hins – Helix
Greg Hinz (23 January 1956 – 16 February 2024) was an Canadian drummer and backing vocal for heavy metal band Helix.

Metal Memory Lane

