Today in Metal History – January 14th
Album Release
January 14th 1980
“Permanent Waves” is the seventh studio album by Canadian hard rock band Rush. “Spirit of Radio” is a standout track from “Permanent Waves”.
January 14th 1983
Exciter – “Heavy Metal Maniac”
“Heavy Metal Maniac” is the debut studio album by the Canadian speed metal band Exciter. “Black Witch” is a standout track from “Heavy Metal Maniac”.
January 14th 1992
Lillian Axe – “Poetic Justice”
“Poetic Justice” is a studio album by the American glam metal band Lillian Axe. “True Believer” is a standout track from “Poetic Justice”.
January 14th 1996
Desperado – “Bloodied, but Unbowed”
“Bloodied, but Unbowed” is the debut album by the American hard rock band Desperado. “Gone Bad” is a standout track from “Bloodied, but Unbowed”.
January 14th 2002
Girlschool – “21st Anniversary: Not That Innocent”
“21st Anniversary: Not That Innocent” is the ninth studio album by British heavy metal band Girlschool. “Coming Your Way” is a standout track from “21st Anniversary: Not That Innocent”.
January 14th 2002
Vision Divine – “Send Me an Angel”
“Send Me an Angel” is the second studio album by the Italian progressive/ power metal band Vision Divine. “Send Me an Angel” is a standout track from “Send Me an Angel”.
January 14th 2011
“Branded” is the twelfth album by the German hard rock band Bonfire. “Deadly Contradiction” is a standout track from “Branded”.
January 14th 2011
Belphegor – “Blood Magick Necromance”
“Blood Magick Necromance” is the ninth studio album by the Austrian death metal band Belphegor. “In Blood – Devour This Sanctity” is a standout track from “Blood Magick Necromance”.
EP/Live Release
January 14th 1991
Bolt Thrower – “Cenotaph”
“Cenotaph” is an EP by British death metal band Bolt Thrower.
Singles Release
January 14th 2008
Type O Negative – “September Sun”
“September Sun” is a song by American gothic metal band Type O Negative. Released as secong single from their seventh studio album “Dead Again”.
January 14th 2022
Annihilator – “Romeo Delight”
“Romeo Delight” is a song by Canadian thrash metal band Annihilator. Released as single cover from Van Halen their thirteenth studio album “Annihilator”.
Metal Birthdays
January 14th 1959
Geoff Tate – Queensrÿche
Geoff Tate is an American singer and songwriter. He rose to fame with the progressive metal band Queensrÿche. After his farewell tour as Queensrÿche, he renamed his band Operation: Mindcrime.
January 14th 1961
Mike Tramp – White Lion
Mikkel Trempenau better known as Mike Tramp, is a Danish singer best known for his work with the glam metal band White Lion.
January 14th 1966
Marco Hietala – Nightwish
Marko Tapani “Marco” Hietala is a Finnish heavy metal vocalist, bassist and songwriter. He is best known as the former bassist of the symphonic metal band Nightwish. He is also the vocalist and bassist, composer and lyricist for the heavy metal band Tarot.
January 14th 1967
Zakk Wylde – Black Label Society
Zachary Phillip Wylde is an American musician. He is best known as the lead guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and as the founder, lead guitarist, lead singer, songwriter and producer of the heavy metal band Black Label Society.
January 14th 1972
Kenn Jackson – Pretty Maids
Kenn Jackson is a Danish bassist, best known for his tenure with the hard rock and heavy metal band Pretty Maids.
January 14th 1983
Talena Atfield – Kittie
Talena A. L. Atfield is a retired Canadian bass guitarist and Indigenous persons historian of the University of Waterloo, best known as a former member of the heavy metal group Kittie.
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