Today in Metal History – January 19th

Album Release

January 19th 1988

Megadeth – “So Far..So Good..So What!”

“So Far..So Good..So What!” is the third studio album by American thrash metal band Megadeth. “In My Darkest Hour” a standout track with intense riffs and raw emotion from “So Far..So Good..So What!”.

January 19th 1993

Gorguts – “The Erosion of Sanity”

“The Erosion of Sanity” is the second full-length album by Canadian technical death metal band Gorguts. “Orphans of Sickness” a technical death metal masterpiece with complex riffs and unrelenting brutality from “The Erosion of Sanity”.

January 19th 1995

Extreme – “Waiting For The Punchline”

“Waiting For The Punchline” is the fourth album by American band Extreme. “Cynical” a raw and introspective track with gritty riffs and emotional depth from “Waiting For The Punchline”.

January 19th 2007

Destruction – “Thrash Anthems”

“Thrash Anthems” is an album released by the German thrash metal band Destruction. “Bestial Invasion” a re-recorded thrash classic with modern production and unrelenting intensity from “Thrash Anthems”.

January 19th 2010

Six Feet Under – “Graveyard Classics III”

“Graveyard Classics III” is the third cover album by Six Feet Under. “A Dangerous Meeting” a crushing death metal rendition of the classic Mercyful Fate track from “Graveyard Classics III”.

January 19th 2015

Marduk – “Frontschwein”

“Frontschwein” is the thirteenth studio album by Swedish black metal band Marduk. “Frontschwein” a relentless and atmospheric track with blistering speed and war-themed intensity from “Frontschwein”.

January 19th 2018

Anvil – “Pounding The Pavement”

“Pounding The Pavement” is the seventeenth studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Anvil. “Bitch in the Box” a gritty and hard-hitting track with raw energy and signature Anvil attitude from “Pounding The Pavement”.

January 19th 2024

Saxon – “Hell, Fire and Damnation”

“Hell, Fire and Damnation” is the twenty-fourth studio album by English heavy metal band Saxon. “Madame Guillotine” a cutting-edge anthem with dramatic storytelling and fierce riffs from “Hell, Fire and Damnation”.

Single Release

January 19th 1990

Xentrix – “Ghost Busters”

“Ghost Busters” is a song by English thrash metal band Xentrix. Released as single from the second studio album “For Whose Advantage?”.

January 19th 2024

Artillery – “By Inheritance”

“By Inheritance” is a song by Danish thrash metal band Artillery. Released as single from the third studio album “By Inheritance”.

Metal Birthdays

January 19th 1947

Rod Evans – Deep Purple

Roderic Evans is a retired British singer known as the original vocalist of the rock bands Deep Purple and Captain Beyond.

January 19th 1954

Francis Buchholz – Scorpions

Francis Buchholz is a German musician best known as the bass guitarist of German hard rock band Scorpions.

January 19th 1959

Jeff Pilson – Dokken

Jeffrey Steven Pilson is an American musician best known for being the bass player in the glam metal band Dokken and currently classic rock band Foreigner.

January 19th 1963

Mark Briody – Jag Panzer

Mark Briody is an American guitarist and songwriter, best known as the founding member and rhythm guitarist of the heavy metal band Jag Panzer.

January 19th 1965

Gina Stile – Vixen

Gina Tagliente better known as Gina Stile, is an American former guitarist. She was lead guitar player of the reformed female hard rock band Vixen.

January 19th 1968

Whitfield Crane – Ugly Kid Joe

William Whitfield Crane IV is an American singer and founding member and lead vocalist of the rock band Ugly Kid Joe.

January 19th 1993

Zyon Cavalera – Soulfly

Zyon Cavalera is an American musician who is the current drummer for metal bands Soulfly and Lody Kong. He is the son of ex-Sepultura and current Soulfly frontman Max Cavalera.