HEAVY METAL HISTORY
NO April Fools’ Day joke! This guy (Brian Johnson) was officially announced as the new lead singer of AC/DC 45 years ago today (April 1st, 1980).
TALENT WE LOST / BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY
R.I.P. Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro (TOTO): April 1, 1954 – August 5, 1992 (aged 38)
R.I.P. Nigel Preston (THE CULT): April 4th, 1963 – April 1st, 1992 (aged 28)
R.I.P. Ronnie Lane (SMALL FACES, THE FACES) – April 1st, 1946 – June 4th, 1997 (aged 51)
HEAVY BIRTHDAYS
Happy 43rd
ALDO NOVA’s Aldo Nova – April 1st, 1982
Happy 50th
Michael Poulsen (VOLBEAT) – April 1st, 1975
Happy 51st
Richard Christy (CHARRED WALLS OF THE DAMNED, ICED EARTH, DEATH) – April 1st, 1974
HEAVY RELEASES
Happy 51st
BLUE ÖYSTER CULT’s Secret Treaties – April 1st, 1974
Happy 50th
JOURNEY’s Journey – April 1st, 1975
Happy 49th
RUSH’s 2112 – April 1st, 1976
Happy 18th
ABSCESS’ Horrorhammer – April 1st, 2007
KRONOS’ The Hellenic Terror – April 1st, 2007
Happy 17th
DISMEMBER’s Dismember – April 1st, 2008
ORIGIN’s Antithesis – April 1st, 2008
SEPTICFLESH’s Communion – April 1st, 2008
THE SWORD’s Gods Of The Earth – April 1st, 2008
Happy 14th
ILLDISPOSED’s There Is Light (But It’s Not For Me) – April 1st, 2011
SALTATIO MORTIS’ Wild And Free (DVD) – April 1st, 2011
SONS OF SEASONS Magnisphyricon – April 1st, 2011
SYMFONIA’s In Paradisum – April 1st, 2011
Happy 11th
AUSTRIAN DEATH MACHINE’s Triple Brutal – April 1st, 2014
LACUNA COIL’s Broken Crown Halo – April 1st, 2014
STEEL PANTHER’s All You Can Eat – April 1st, 2014
Happy 9th
MOONSORROW’s Jumalten aika – April 1st, 2016
NOVEMBRE’s URSA – April 1st, 2016
THUNDERSTONE’s Apocalypse Again – April 1st, 2016
Happy 7th
OMEGA DIATRIBE’s Trinity – April 1st, 2018
Happy 3rd
CENTINEX’ The Pestilence – April 1st, 2022
KUBLAI KHAN’s Lowest Form of Animal – April 1st, 2022
LORDS OF THE TRIDENT’s The Offering – April 1st, 2022
MESHUGGAH’s Immutable – April 1st, 2022
NEKROGOBLIKON’s The Fundamental Slimes and Humours – April 1st, 2022
SATAN’s Earth Infernal – April 1st, 2022
TRICK OR TREAT’s Creepy Symphonies – April 1st, 2022
WOLF’s Shadowland – April 1st, 2022
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