Today In Metal History 🤘 June 22nd, 2023🤘 BLACK SABBATH, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, WHITE LION, DEATH, MORBID ANGEL

Heavy Birthdays

Happy 75th

Todd Rundgren – June 22nd, 1948

Happy 74th

Gary Moffet (APRIL WINE) – June 22nd, 1949

Moffet can be heard on everything from 1973’s Electric Jewels to 1984’s Animal Grace.

Lawrence E. “Larry” Junstrom (LYNYRD SKYNYRD, .38 SPECIAL) – June 22nd, 1949

Heavy Releases

Happy 44th

QUEEN’s Live Killers – June 22nd, 1979

Recorded live during the European leg of Queen’s Jazz Tour in 1979.

Happy 42nd

BLUE ÖYSTER CULT’s Fire Of Unknown Origin – June 22nd, 1981

Happy 36th

WHITE LION’s Pride – June 22nd, 1987

MARILLION’s – Clutching At Straws – June 22nd, 1987

The last album with lead singer Fish, who left the band in 1988.

Happy 35th

ANATHEMA’s Alternative 4 – June 22nd, 1998

Happy 31st

BLACK SABBATH’s Dehumanizer – June 22nd, 1992

Happy 30th

DEATH’s Individual Thought Patterns – June 22nd, 1993

The only album by the band to feature KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy LaRocque.

MORBID ANGEL’s Covenant – June 22, 1993

Happy 25th 

ICED EARTH’s Something Wicked This Way Comes – June 22nd, 1998

Happy 24th

HYPOCRISY’s Hypocrisy – June 22nd, 1999

Happy 19th

MOTÖRHEAD’s Inferno – June 22nd, 2004 

GARY MOORE’s Power Of The Blues – June 22nd, 2004

Happy 16th

CANDLEMASS’ King Of The Grey Islands – June 22nd, 2007

Happy 14th

ASPHYX’s Death…The Brutal Way – June 22nd, 2009

DRUDKH’s Microcosmos – June 22nd, 2009

NIGHTRAGE’s Wearing A Martyr’s Crown – June 22nd, 2009

SPINAL TAP’s Back From The Dead – June 22nd, 2009

Happy 13th

DANZIG’s Deth Red Sabaoth – June 22nd, 2010

EARLY GRAVES’ Goner

YAKUZA’s Of Seismic Consequence

Happy 12th

PROTEST THE HERO Scurrilous – June 22nd, 2011

BORN OF OSIRIS’ The Discovery

EYEHATEGOD’s Live (DVD)

TESSERACT’s One

STREAM OF PASSION’s Darker Days

Happy 11th

LUCA TURILLI’S RHAPSODY Ascending To Infinity – June 22nd, 2012

DEATHSPELL OMEGA’s Drought (EP) – June 22nd, 2012

Happy 5th

CRAFT’s White Noise And Black Metal – June 22nd, 2018

IMPENDING DOOM’s The Sin And Doom, Vol. II – June 22nd, 2018

KHEMMIS’ Desolation – June 22nd, 2018

MARDUK’s Viktoria – June 22nd, 2018

NINE INCH NAILS’ Bad Witch – June 22nd, 2018