Today in Metal History – June 7th
Album Release
June 7th 1982
“Battle Hymns” is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Manowar. “Metal Daze” is a standout track from “Battle Hymns”.
June 7th 1982
Girlschool – “Screaming Blue Murder”
“Screaming Blue Murder” is the third studio album by British heavy metal band Girlschool. “Don’t Call It Love” is a standout track from “Screaming Blue Murder”.
June 7th 1987
“Breakout” is the third studio album by British hard rock band Demon. “England’s Glory” is a standout track from “Breakout”.
June 7th 1990
“Sumerian Cry” is the debut album by Swedish black metal band Tiamat. “Evilized” is a standout track from “Sumerian Cry”.
June 7th 1991
Badlands – “Voodoo Highway”
“Voodoo Highway” is the second studio album by the American hard rock band Badlands. “The Last Time” is a standout track from “Voodoo Highway”.
June 7th 1992
Massacra – “Signs of the Decline”
“Signs of the Decline” is the third studio album by French thrash metal band Massacra. “Full Frontal Assault” is a standout track from “Signs of the Decline”.
June 7th 1993
Mortification – “Post Momentary Affliction”
“Post Momentary Affliction” is the third studio album by Australian thrash metal band Mortification. “Human Condition” is a standout track from “Post Momentary Affliction”.
June 7th 1994
Pride & Glory – “Pride & Glory”
“Pride & Glory” is the self-titled debut and only studio album by Zakk Wylde southern rock project Pride & Glory. “Losin’ Your Mind” is a standout track from “Pride & Glory”.
June 7th 1999
Therion – “Crowning of Atlantis”
“Crowning of Atlantis” is a eighth studio album by Swedish symphonic metal band Therion. “Mark of Cain” is a standout track from “Crowning of Atlantis”.
June 7th 1999
Pretty Maids – “Anything Worth Doing Is Worth Overdoing”
“Anything Worth Doing Is Worth Overdoing” is a eighth studio album by Danish hard rock band Pretty Maids. “Snakes in Eden” is a standout track from “Anything Worth Doing Is Worth Overdoing”.
June 7th 2004
“Once” is the fifth studio album by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. “Dark Chest of Wonders” is a standout track from “Once”.
June 7th 2005
“Octavarium” is the eighth studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater. “Panic Attack” is a standout track from “Octavarium”.
June 7th 2010
“Lawless Darkness” is the fourth studio album by Swedish black metal band Watain. “Reaping Death” is a standout track from “Lawless Darkness”.
June 7th 2019
Majestica – “Above the Sky”
“Above the Sky” is the debut studio album by Swedish symphonic power metal band Majestica. “Rising Tide” is a standout track from “Above the Sky”.
June 7th 2019
Xentrix – “Bury the Pain”
“Bury the Pain” is the fifth studio album by British thrash metal band Xentrix. “Bleeding Out” is a standout track from “Bury the Pain”.
June 7th 2024
Evergrey – “Theories of Emptiness”
“Theories of Emptiness” is the 14th studio album by Swedish progressive metal band Evergrey. “Cold Dreams” is a standout track from “Theories of Emptiness”.
Single Release
June 7th 1987
Faster Pussycat – “Bathroom Wall”
“Bathroom Wall” is a song by American glam metal band Faster Pussycat. Released as third single from their debut studio album “Faster Pussycat”.
June 7th 1991
Sepultura – “Dead Embryonic Cells”
“Dead Embryonic Cells” is a song by the Brazilian thrash metal band Sepultura. Released as a single from their fourth studio album “Arise”.
June 7th 1999
Metallica – “Die, Die My Darling”
“Die, Die My Darling” is a song by the American heavy metal band Metallica. Released as a cover single from their 1998 compilation album “Garage Inc.”.
June 7th 2006
Amorphis – “The Smoke”
“The Smoke” is a song by the Finnish heavy metal band Amorphis. Released as a second single from their seventh studio album “Eclipse”.
June 7th 2010
Anathema – “Everything”
“Everything” is a song by the British hard rock band Anathema. Released as a single from their ninth album “We’re Here Because We’re Here”.
June 7th 2013
Deep Purple – “Vincent Price”
“Vincent Price” is a song by the British hard rock band Deep Purple. Released as a single from their nineteenth studio album “Now What?!”.
June 7th 2019
Elvenking – “Under the Sign of a Black Star”
“Under the Sign of a Black Star” is a song by the Italian folk metal band Elvenking. Released as a single from their tenth studio album “Reader of the Runes – Divination”.
June 7th 2019
Flotsam and Jetsam – “Life, Love, Death”
“Life, Love, Death” is a song by the American thrash metal band Flotsam and Jetsam. Included in AFM Records compilation “The 25 years Metal Addiction – The rare amd Unreleased”.
Metal Birthdays
June 7th 1980
Henkka Seppala – Children Of Bodom
Henri Seppälä also known as Henkka T. Blacksmith, is the former bassist of the Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom.
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