Today In Metal History 🤘 May 29th, 2025 🤘 IRON MAIDEN, US FESTIVAL, BLAZE BAYLEY, KAMELOT, WARLOCK, CELTIC FROST, AMORPHIS

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HEAVY HISTORY​

42 years ago today (May 29th, 1983) – US Festival – Heavy Metal Day

QUIET RIOT + MÖTLEY CRÜE + OZZY OSBOURNE + JUDAS PRIEST + TRIUMPH + SCORPIONS + VAN HALEN. On one bill. In front of nearly 500,000 people at Glen Helen Regional Park near Devore, San Bernardino, California.

TALENT WE LOST​

R.I.P. Gary Brooker (PROCOL HARUM, ERIC CLAPTON, ALAN PARSONS PROJECT): May 29th, 1945 – February 19th, 2022

HEAVY BIRTHDAYS​

Happy 76th
Francis Rossi (STATUS QUO) – May 29th, 1949


Happy 62nd
Blaze Bayley (BLAZE, WOLFSBANE, IRON MAIDEN) – May 29th, 1963(photo credit; Terje Johansen)

Happy 51st
Thomas Youngblood (KAMELOT) – May 29th, 1974

HEAVY RELEASES​

Happy 40th
WARLOCK’s Hellbound – May 29th, 1985


Happy 36th
BANG TANGO’s Psycho Cafe – May 29th, 1989

Happy 25th
IRON MAIDEN’s Brave New World – May 29th, 2000

Happy 24th
QUIET RIOT’s Guilty Pleasures – May 29th, 2001

Happy 19th
CELTIC FROST’s Monotheist – May 29th, 2006

Happy 18th
CEPHALIC CARNAGE’s Xenosapien – May 29th, 2007

Happy 16th
AMORPHIS’ Skyforger – May 29th, 2009
ANDREAS KISSER’s Hubris I & II – May 29th, 2009
DEVOURMENT’s Unleash The Carnivore – May 29th, 2009
NECROPHOBIC’s Death To All – May 29th, 2009
TÝR’s By The Light Of The Northen Star – May 29th, 2009
UFO’s The Visitor – May 29th, 2009

Happy 13th
SYNTHETIC BREED’s Zero Degrees Freedom – May 29th, 2012

Happy 12th
CHILDREN OF BODOM’s Halo Of Blood – May 29th, 2013
CHTHONIC’s Bú-Tik – May 29th, 2013

Happy 10th
HELLOWEEN’s My God-Given Right – May 29th, 2015

Happy 5th
ACARASH’s Descend To Purity – May 29th, 2020
ALESTORM’s Curse Of The Crystal Coconut – May 29th, 2020
BEHEMOTH’s A Forest (EP) – May 29th, 2020
BLEED FROM WITHIN’s Fracture – May 29th, 2020
CENTINEX’s Death in Pieces – May 29th, 2020
DEF LEPPARD’s London To Vegas (live album) – May 29th, 2020
GRAVE DIGGER’s Fields Of Blood – May 29th, 2020
SORCERER’s Lamenting Of The Innocent – May 29th, 2020
XIBALBA’s Años en Infierno – May 29th, 2020

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