Today in Metal History – March 18th
Album Release
March 18th 1997
“Nine Lives” is the twelfth studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith. “Pink” is a catchy and playful track from “Nine Lives”.
March 18th 2001
“Wages Of Sin” is the fourth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. “Ravenous” is a fierce and intense track from “Wages Of Sin”.
March 18th 2002
Annihilator – “Waking the Fury”
“Waking the Fury” is the tenth studio album by Canadian thrash metal band Annihilator. “Fire Power” is a fast and relentless track from “Waking the Fury”.
March 18th 2016
Blaze Bayley – “Infinite Entanglement”
“Infinite Entanglement” is the eighth studio album by English heavy metal singer Blaze Bayley. “Independence” is a powerful and conceptual track from “Infinite Entanglement”.
March 18th 2016
Mob Rules – “Tales from Beyond”
“Tales from Beyond” is the eighth studio album by German power metal band Mob Rules. “Somerled” is a powerful and atmospheric track from “Tales from Beyond”.
EP/Live Release
March 18th 2016
Royal Hunt – “Cargo”
“Cargo” is the fifth live album by Danish progressive metal band Royal Hunt.
Single Release
March 18th 2004
Ensiferum – “Tale of Revenge”
“Tale of Revenge” is a song by Finnish folk metal band Ensiferum. Released as single from the second studio album “Iron”.
March 18th 2022
Apocalyptica – “I’ll Get Through It”
“I’ll Get Through It” is a song by Finnish symphonic metal band Apocalyptica. The track features guest vocals by Franky Perez and legendary Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler.
March 18th 2022
Blind Guardian – “Secrets of the American Gods”
“Secrets of the American Gods” is a song by German power metal band Blind Guardian. Released as second single from the twelfth studio album “The God Machine”.
Metal Birthdays
March 18th 1952
Bernie Tormé – Ozzy Osbourne
Bernie Tormé (18 March 1952 – 17 March 2019) was an Irish rock guitarist and songwriter, played with Gillan and briefly in Ozzy Osbourne band. He also formed Desperado with Dee Snider.
March 18th 1963
Jeff LaBar – Cinderella
Jeffrey Philip LaBar (March 18, 1963 – July 14, 2021) was an American guitarist in the glam metal band Cinderella.
March 18th 1966
Jason McMaster – Dangerous Toys
Jason McMaster is an American vocalist, best known as the lead singer of the hard rock band Dangerous Toys.
March 18th 1966
Jerry Cantrell – Alice In Chains
Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr. is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Founder, lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist and main songwriter of the hard rock band Alice in Chains.
March 18th 1966
Jon Levin – Dokken
Jon Levin is an American guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist of the hard rock band Dokken.
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