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 an anthemic and thunderous standout 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 gritty and energetic standout from “Screaming Blue Murder”.
June 7th 1987
“Breakout” is the third studio album by British hard rock band Demon. “England’s Glory” is a bold and melodic standout from “Breakout”.
June 7th 1990
“Sumerian Cry” is the debut album by Swedish black metal band Tiamat. “Evilized” is a raw and atmospheric standout from “Sumerian Cry”.
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 brutal and relentless standout 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 crushing and fast-paced standout.
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 bluesy and hard-driving standout 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 mystical and bombastic standout from “Crowning of Atlantis”.
June 7th 2004
“Once” is the fifth studio album by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. “Dark Chest of Wonders” is a cinematic and thunderous standout from “Once”.
June 7th 2005
“Octavarium” is the eighth studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater. “Panic Attack” is a high-speed and technically complex standout from “Octavarium”.
June 7th 2010
“Lawless Darkness” is the fourth studio album by Swedish black metal band Watain. “Reaping Death” is a furious and ritualistic standout 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 soaring and uplifting standout 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. “Bury the Pain” is a sharp and aggressive standout from the album of the same name.
Single Release
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.
Metal Memory Lane
