HEAVY HISTORY
53 years ago today (April 26, 1972), ALICE COOPER released his highest charting single, ”School’s Out”, which hit #1 in the UK, #2 in Ireland and #3 in Canada (photo credit above: Joel Barrios).
36 years ago today (April 26th, 1989), Canada’s M.E.A.T. Magazine launched. BraveWords founder “Metal” Tim Henderson would join their writing team in November 1990.
TALENT WE LOST / BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY
R.I.P. Nathan Jonas Jordison (VIMIC, SLIPKNOT, MURDERDOLLS): April 26, 1975 – July 26, 2021 (aged 47)
R.I.P. DUANE EDDY: April 26, 1938 – April 30, 2024
HEAVY BIRTHDAYS
Happy 48th
Mortuus (MARDUK; real name Daniel Hans Johan Rostén) – April 26th, 1977
HEAVY RELEASES
Happy 31st
JIMI HENDRIX’ Blues – April 26th, 1994
Happy 26th
CHILDREN OF BODOM’s Hatebreeder – April 26th, 1999
Happy 18th
ANGEL CORPSE’s Of Lucifer And Lightning – April 26th, 2007
Happy 15th Birthday
1349’s Demonoir – April 26th 2010
AXEL RUDI PELL’s The Crest – April 26th, 2010
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE’s Fever – April 26th, 2010
KIVIMETSÄN DRUIDI’s Betryal, Justice, Revenge – April 26th, 2010
MASTER’s The Human Machine – April 26th, 2010
RAINTIME’s Psychromatic – April 26th, 2010
SKYFORGER’s Kurbads – April 26th, 2010
Happy 14th Birthday
CATALEPSY’s Bleed – April 26th, 2011
DESTROPHY’s Cry Havoc – April 26th, 2011
ENDWELL’s Punishment – April 26th, 2011
HOPE FOR THE DYING’s Dissimulation – April 26th, 2011
KRALLICE’s Diotima – April 26th, 2011
DEAFHEAVEN’s Roads To Judah – April 26th, 2011
OTEP’s Atavist – April 26th, 2011
PRIMORDIAL’s Redemption at the Puritan’s Hand – April 26th 2011
VOMITORY’s Opus Mortis VIII – April 26th, 2011
Happy 13th
Birthday MEZARKABUL’s MMXII – April 26th, 2012
Happy 12th
DEEP PURPLE’s Now What?! – April 26th, 2013
THE OCEAN’s Pelagial – April 26th, 2013
SODOM’s Epitome of Torture – April 26th, 2013
VICIOUS RUMORS’ Electric Punishment – April 26th 2013
Happy 6th
THE DAMNED THINGS’ High Crimes – April 26th, 2019
ENFORCER’s Zenith – April 26th, 2019
HARDLINE’s Life – April 26th, 2019
HELHEIM’s Rignir – April 26th, 2019
KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD’s Fishing for Fishies – April 26th, 2019
MANEGARM’s Fornaldarsagorna – April 26th, 2019
NEW YEARS DAY’s Unbreakable – April 26th, 2019
NINE SHRINES’ Retribution Therapy – April 26th, 2019
PARAGON’s Controlled Demolition – April 26th, 2019
STEEL PROPHET’s The God Machine – April 26th, 2019
SUNN O)))’s Life Metal – April 26th, 2019
VAURA’s Sables – April 26th, 2019
Happy 1st – April 26th, 2024
Accept – Humanoid
Black Tusk – The Way Forward
Cypecore – Make Me Real
Darkthrone – It Beckons Us All
Deicide – Banished By Sin
Disbelief – Killing Karma
Full Of Hell – Coagulated Bliss
Lee Aaron – Tattoo Me (covers album)
Pentagram Chile – Eternal Life Of Madness
Pestilence – Levels Of Perception
Tygers Of Pan Tang – Live Blood
Vesperian Sorrow – Awaken The Greylight
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