Today in Metal History – May 21st
Album Release
May 21st 1979
Saxon – “Saxon”
“Saxon” is the debut studio album by British heavy metal band Saxon. “Stallions of the Highway” is a standout track from “Saxon”.
May 21st 1982
Riot – “Restless Breed”
“Restless Breed” is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Riot. “Loved By You” is a standout track from “Restless Breed”.
May 21st 1987
Anvil – “Strength Of Steel”
“Strength Of Steel” is the third studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Anvil. “Mad Dog” is a standout track from “Strength Of Steel”.
May 21st 1988
Cinderella – “Long Cold Winter”
“Long Cold Winter” is the second studio album by American glam metal band Cinderella. “Gypsy Road” is a standout track from “Long Cold Winter”.
May 21st 1995
Y&T – “Musically Incorrect”
“Musically Incorrect” is the tenth studio album by American hard rock band Y&T. “Cold Day in Hell” is a standout track from “Musically Incorrect”.
May 21st 1996
“Pure Instinct” is the thirteenth studio album by German hard rock band Scorpions. “You and I” is a standout track from “Pure Instinct”.
May 21st 1996
Great White – “Let It Rock”
“Let It Rock” is a eighth album by American hard rock band Great White. “Man in the Sky” is a standout track from “Let It Rock”.
May 21st 1997
“Magic” is the fifth studio album by German guitarist Axel Rudi Pell. “Nightmare” is a standout track from “Magic”.
May 21st 1999
Arch Enemy – “Burning Bridges”
“Burning Bridges” is the third studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. “The Immortal” is a standout track from “Burning Bridges”.
May 21st 2002
“Killing The Dragon” is the ninth studio album by American heavy metal band Dio. “Push” is a standout track from “Killing The Dragon”.
May 21st 2002
Poison – “HollyWeird”
“HollyWeird” is the sixth studio album by American glam metal band Poison. “Shooting Star” is a standout track from “HollyWeird”.
May 21st 2002
Killswitch Engage – “Alive or Just Breathing”
“Alive or Just Breathing” is the second studio album by the American metalcore band Killswitch Engage. “My Last Serenade” is a standout track from “Alive or Just Breathing”.
May 21st 2007
“In Requiem” is the eleventh studio album by British gothic metal band Paradise Lost. “The Enemy” is a standout track from “In Requiem”.
May 21st 2007
Devin Townsend – “Ziltoid the Omniscient”
“Ziltoid the Omniscient” is a solo concept album by Canadian musician Devin Townsend. “By Your Command” is a standout track from “Ziltoid the Omniscient”.
May 21st 2010
Y&T – “Facemelter”
“Facemelter” is the twelfth studio album by American hard rock band Y&T. “On with the Show” is a standout track from “Facemelter”.
May 21st 2010
“Coat of Arms” is the fifth studio album by Swedish power metal band Sabaton. “Uprising” is a standout track from “Coat of Arms”.
May 21st 2010
Masterplan – “Time To Be King”
“Time To Be King” is the fourth studio album by German power metal band Masterplan. “Fiddle of Time” is a standout track from “Time To Be King”.
May 21st 2012
Firewind – “Few Against Many”
“Few Against Many” is the seventh studio album by Greek heavy metal band Firewind. “Edge of a Dream” is a standout track from “Few Against Many”.
May 21st 2013
Airbourne – “Black Dog Barking”
“Black Dog Barking” is the third studio album by Australian hard rock band Airbourne. “Live It Up” is a standout track from “Black Dog Barking”.
May 21st 2013
U.D.O. – “Steelhammer”
“Steelhammer” is the fourteenth studio album by German heavy metal band U.D.O. “Metal Machine” is a standout track from “Steelhammer”.
May 21st 2021
Herman Frank – “Two For a Lie”
“Two For a Lie” is the fifth solo album by German guitarist Herman Frank. “Teutonic Order” is a standout track from “Two For a Lie”.
Single Release
May 21st 1996
Metallica – “Until It Sleeps”
“Until It Sleeps” is a song by the American heavy metal band Metallica. Released as the lead single from the sixth studio album “Load”.
May 21st 1997
Gamma Ray – “Valley of the Kings”
“Valley of the Kings” is a song by the German power metal band Gamma Ray. Released as a single from the fifth studio album “Somewhere Out in Space”.
May 21st 2008
Nightwish – “The Islander”
“The Islander” is a song by the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. Released as the fourth single from the sixth studio album “Dark Passion Play”.
May 21st 2010
Accept – “The Abyss”
“The Abyss” is a song by the German heavy metal band Accept. Released as a single from the twelfth studio album “Blood of the Nations”.
May 21st 2010
Insomnium – “The Reticent”
“The Reticent” is a song by the Finnish melodic death metal band Insomnium. Released as a single from the EP “Argent Moon”.
Metal Birthdays
May 20th 1979
Kevin Talley – Six Feet Under
Kevin Talley is an American extreme metal drummer for Sylencer and Feared. He was part of Dying Fetus, Six Feet Under, Nothnegal, Chimaira, Suffocation and Dååth.
Legends We Lost
May 21st 2008
Michelle Meldrum – Phantom Blue
Michelle Meldrum (September 28, 1968 – May 21, 2008) was an American hard rock guitarist known for being a member of the bands Phantom Blue and Meldrum.
May 21st 2016
Nick Menza – Megadeth
Nicholas Menza (July 23, 1964 – May 21, 2016) an American musician who was the drummer of the thrash metal band Megadeth.
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