January 6th 1982

Sammy Hagar – “Standing Hampton”

“Standing Hampton” is the sixth studio album by American rock vocalist Sammy Hagar. “There’s Only One Way to Rock” is a standout track from “Standing Hampton”.

January 6th 2003

Children of Bodom – “Hate Crew Deathroll”

“Hate Crew Deathroll” is the fourth studio album by Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom. “Needled 24/7” is a standout track from “Hate Crew Deathroll”.

January 6th 2014

Iced Earth – “Plagues Of Babylon”

“Plagues Of Babylon” is the eleventh studio album by American heavy metal band Iced Earth. “The Culling” is a standout track from “Plagues Of Babylon”.

January 6th 2014

James LaBrie – “I Will Not Break”

“I Will Not Break” is a digital EP by Canadian singer James LaBrie.

January 6th 1992

Scorpions – “Hit Between The Eyes”

“Forever” is a song by the German hard rock band Scorpions. Released as single from the eleventh studio album “Crazy World”.

January 6th 2024

Municipal Waste – “Black Sabbath”

“Black Sabbath” is a song by the American thrash metal band Municipal Waste. Released as as a standalone track.

January 6th 1953

Malcolm Young – AC/DC

Malcolm Mitchell Young (6 January 1953 – 18 November 2017) was an Australian musician who was the rhythm guitarist, backing vocalist and a founding member of the hard rock band AC/DC.

January 6th 1967

Pete Loran – Trixter

Pete Loran is the lead vocalist of the American hard rock band Trixter, known for his melodic voice and charismatic stage presence.

January 6th 1982

Morgan Lander – Kittie

Morgan Lander is the lead vocalist and guitarist for the Canadian heavy metal band Kittie, known for her dynamic vocal range and heavy, aggressive playing style.

January 6th 2012

Nicole Bogner – Visions Of Atlantis

Nicole Bogner (22 March 1984 – 6 January 2012) was the first female singer of the Austrian symphonic metal band Visions of Atlantis.

January 6th 1986

Halford Sobriety Date

Rob Halford began his journey to sobriety, recently celebrating 36 years clean. He commemorated the milestone on Instagram, sharing a photo of his silver recovery coin engraved with “XXXVI”.

Today in Metal History – January 5th

TodayInMetal – Jan 4th 🤘Happy birthday in heaven to a true legend – #PeterSteele 🖤 Plus killer releases from #JudasPriest #LAGuns #MotleyCrue #Amorphis & more.