Today in Metal History – February 4th
Album Release
February 4th 1983
“Burn This Town” is the debut studio album by the English heavy metal band Battleaxe. “Dirty Rocker” is a standout track from “Burn This Town”.
February 4th 1985
Onslaught – “Power from Hell”
“Power from Hell” is the debut studio album by English thrash metal band Onslaught. “Thermonuclear Devastation” is a standout track from “Power from Hell”.
February 4th 1991
“Solid Ball Of Rock” is the tenth studio album by by English heavy metal band Saxon. “Im On Fire” is a standout track from “Solid Ball Of Rock”.
February 4th 1991
“War Master” is the third album by British death metal band Bolt Thrower. “Cenotaph” is a standout track from “War Master”.
February 4th 1997
Yngwie Malmsteen – “Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E Flat Minor Op.1”
“Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E Flat Minor Op.1” is the eleventh studio album by guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen. “Prelude to April” is a standout track.
February 4th 2002
Immortal – “Sons of Northern Darkness”
“Sons of Northern Darkness” is the seventh album by Norwegian black metal band Immortal. “One by One” is a standout track from “Sons of Northern Darkness”.
February 4th 2011
“Ukon Wacka” is the seventh studio album by Finnish folk metal band Korpiklaani. “Tequila” is a standout track from “Ukon Wacka”.
February 4th 2022
“Carpe Diem” is the twenty-third studio album by English heavy metal band Saxon. “Remember The Fallen” is a standout track from “Carpe Diem”.
EP/Live Release
February 4th 2013
Meshuggah – “Pitch Black”
“Pitch Black” is the sixth EP by Swedish extreme metal band Meshuggah. The song “Pitch Black” was recorded in 2003.
Single Release
February 4th 1981
Blitzkrieg – “Buried Alive”
“Buried Alive” is a song recorded by British heavy metal band Blitzkrieg. Released as single and as bonus track on the debut studio album “A Time of Changes”.
February 4th 1982
Judas Priest – “Don’t Go”
“Don’t Go” is a song recorded by English heavy metal band Judas Priest. Released as lead single from the seventh studio album “Point of Entry”.
February 4th 1991
Megadeth – “Hangar 18”
“Hangar 18” is a song by American thrash metal band Megadeth. Released as second single from the fourth studio album “Rust in Peace”.
February 4th 2007
Cradle of Filth – “The Foetus of a New Day Kicking”
“The Foetus of a New Day Kicking” is a song recorded by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. Released as fourth single from the the seventh studio album “Thornography”.
February 4th 2022
Arch Enemy – “Handshake with Hell”
“Handshake with Hell” is a song recorded by Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. Released as third single from the eleventh studio album “Deceivers”.
February 4th 2022
Watain – “The Howling”
“The Howling” is a song recorded by Swedish black metal band Watain. Released as single from the seventh studio album “The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain”.
Metal Birthdays
February 4th 1948
Alice Cooper
Vincent Damon Furnier or Alice Cooper is an American rock singer whose career spans sixty years, considered by music journalists and peers to be “The Godfather of Shock Rock”.
February 4th 1967
Bob Reid – Razor
Bob Reid is a Canadian vocalist, best known as the lead singer of the thrash metal band Razor.
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