TALENT WE LOST / BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY
R.I.P. Felix A. Pappalardi Jr. (MOUNTAIN) – December 30th, 1939 – April 17th, 1983 (aged 43)
MOUNTAIN bassist Felix Pappalardi was shot dead by his wife Gail Collins in 1983 at their East Side Manhattan apartment. Pappalardi was said to be the fourth member of CREAM having produced Disraeli Gears, Wheels Of Fire and Goodbye.
R.I.P. Mats Olausson (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, KAMELOT, ARK): April 17th, 1961 – February 19th, 2015 (aged 54)
HEAVY BIRTHDAYS
Happy 61st
Maynard James Keenan (TOOL) – April 17th, 1964
Happy 51st
Lars Mikael Åkerfeldt (OPETH) – April 17th, 1974
Happy 40th
Heidi Shepherd (BUTCHER BABIES) – April 17th, 1985
HEAVY RELEASES
Happy 55th
TEN YEARS AFTER’s Cricklewood Green – April 17th, 1970
Happy 43rd
MOTÖRHEAD’s Iron Fist – April 17th, 1982
Happy 36h
ANNIHILATOR’s Alice In Hell – April 17th, 1989
Happy 35th
WARRIOR SOUL’s Last Decade Dead Century – April 17th, 1990
FIGHT’s A Small Deadly Space – April 18th, 1995
Happy 25th
BORKNAGAR’s Quintessence – April 17th, 2000
Happy 19th
DIO’s Holy Diver – Live – April 17th 2006
Happy 18th
SIX FEET UNDER’s Commandment – April 17th, 2007
Happy 16th
DEATH ANGEL’s Sonic German Beatdown – Live In Germany – April 17th, 2009
DISBELIEF’s Protected Hell – April 17th, 2009
ENDSTILLE’s Verführer – April 17th, 2009
MAROON’s Order – April 17th, 2009
Happy 10th
APOCALYPTICA’s Shadowmaker – April 17th, 2015
KISKE/SOMERVILLE’s City Of Heroes – April 17th, 2015
IMPELLITTERI’s Venom – April 17th, 2015
Happy 5th
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER’s Verminous – April 17th, 2020
DANZIG – Danzig Sings Elvis – April 17th, 2020
ABORTED – La Grande Mascarade – April 17th, 2020
ABYSMAL DAWN – Phylogenesis – April 17th, 2020
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER – Verminous – April 17th, 2020
CADAVER – D.G.A.F. (EP) – April 17th, 2020
KHEMMIS – Doomed Heavy Metal – April 17th, 2020
MYRATH – Live in Carthage (live album) – April 17th, 2020
ORANSSI PAZUZU – Mestarin Kynsi – April 17th, 2020
TURMION KATILOT – Global Warning – April 17th, 2020
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