Today In Metal History 🤘 May 18th, 2025 🤘 CHRIS CORNELL, RICK WAKEMAN, BLIND GUARDIAN, WINGER, AT THE GATES

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TALENT WE LOST​

R.I.P. SOUNDGARDEN singer Christopher John Boyle (Chris Cornell): July 20th, 1964 – May 18th, 2017 (photo credit: Allan Zilkowsky)

Eight years ago today, Chris Cornell (real name Christopher John Boyle) was found dead in his Detroit hotel room after performing at a Soundgarden concert at the Fox Theatre.

HEAVY BIRTHDAYS​

Happy 76th
Richard Christopher Rick Wakeman (YES, STRAWBS) – May 18th, 1949

Happy 65th
Ronald Bad Ronbo Dwarf Mayer (KILLER DWARFS) – May 18th, 1960

Happy 60th
Stig Pedersen (D.A.D.) – May 18th, 1965

Happy 55th
Billy Howerdel (A PERFECT CIRCLE) – May 18, 1970


Happy 36th
Courtney Cox (FEMME FATALE, THE IRON MAIDENS) – May 18th 1989

HEAVY RELEASES​

Happy 52nd
YES’ Yessongs – May 18th, 1973

Happy 37th
BLIND GUARDIAN’s Battalions Of Fear – May 18th, 1988

Happy 32nd
WINGER’s Pull – May 18th, 1993

JUDAS PRIEST’s Metal Works – May 18th, 1993

Singer Rob Halford tells BraveWords about his early years growing up in Birmingham: “In my last years at school I had to walk past this metal foundry and every day I got a lung full of this molten metal smoke and the shit that would coat your face. This was when I was 13, 14, 15 years of age. That was before I even discovered metal music. I’ve always wondered if that was part of the seed. I must have sucked in some molten metal at some point, ‘cause from that point on it was a cell in my system that’s never gone away. I used to sit in class trying to study and I could actually hear the stamping of the metal foundry across the street – the ‘thud, thud, thud’ would actually come through the windows and that’s kind of a nice thing to think about in the whole story of the life and times of a Metal God.

KISS’ Alive III – May 18th, 1993

Happy 27th
GRAVE DIGGER’s Knights Of The Cross – May 18th, 1998

Happy 18th
PLANET X’ Quantum – May 18th, 2007
U.D.O.’s Mastercutor – May 18th, 2007

Happy 16th
OLD MAN’S CHILD’s Slaves Of The World – May 18th, 2009
STRATOVARIUS’ Polaris – May 18th, 2009
SUSPERIA’s Attitude – May 18th, 2009
SUNN O)))’s Monoliths And Dimensions – May 18th, 2009

Happy 15th
ICED EARTH’s Box Of The Wicked – May 18th, 2010
SOULFLY’s Omen – May 18th, 2010
FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE’s Mafia – May 18th, 2010
SILENT CIVILIAN’s Ghost Stories – May 18th, 2010

Happy 14th
WARRANT’s Rockaholic – May 17th, 2011

Happy 13th
SONATA ARCTICA’s Stones Grow Her Name – May 18th, 2012
NIGHTMARE’s The Burden of God – May 18th, 2012
ENGEL’s Blood of Saints – May 18th, 2012
ANTIGAMA’s Stop The Chaos – May 18th, 2012
CARACH ANGREN’s Where The Corpses Sink Forever – May 18th, 2012

Happy 7th
AMORPHIS’ Queen of Time – May 18th, 2018 (#16 for BravePicks 2018)

AT THE GATES’ To Drink from the Night Itself – May 18th, 2018 (#3 for BravePicks 2018)

BURN THE PRIEST’s Legion: XX (covers album) – May 18th, 2018
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH’s And Justice for None – May 18th, 2018
FRAGMENTS OF UNBECOMING’s Perdition Portal – May 18th, 2018
GRAYCEON’s IV – May 18th, 2018
OVERKILL’s Live in Overhausen – May 18th, 2018

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