TALENT WE LOST
R.I.P. John Henry Bonham (LED ZEPPELIN) – May 31st, 1948 – September 25th, 1980 (aged 32)
R.I.P. IOANNIS Nikolaos Vasilopoulos: May 31, 1958 – April 7, 2025 (age 66)
The artistic wizard behind album covers for the likes of VOIVOD, URIAH HEEP, FATES WARNING, DEEP PURPLE, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, SEPULTURA, DREAM THEATER, SAGA, STYX, DOKKEN, OVERKILL, UFO and many more would’ve turned 67 today May 31, 1958. He sadly passed away on April 7, 2025.
HEAVY BIRTHDAYS
Happy 57th
JØRN Marumsrud LANDE – May 31st, 1968
Happy 61st
Scott Scotti Hill Lawrence Mulvehill (SKID ROW) – May 31st, 1964
HEAVY RELEASES
Happy 45th
WHITESNAKE’s Ready An’ Willing – May 31st, 1980
Happy 35th
GWAR’s Scumdogs Of The Universe – May 31st, 1990
Happy 30th
GARY MOORE’s Blues For Greeny – May 31st, 1995
Happy 26th
IN FLAMES’ Colony – May 31st, 1999
Happy 20th
SENTENCED’s The Funeral Album – May 31st, 2005
Happy 19th
SPAWN OF POSSESSION’s Noctambulant – May 31st, 2006
Happy 18th
BUCKETHEAD’s Acoustic Shards – May 31st, 2007
Happy 15th
ANATHEMA’s We’re Here Because We’re Here – May 31st, 2010
LYZANXIA’s Locust – May 31st, 2010
Happy 14th
AUTOPSY’s Macabre Eternal – May 31st, 2011
UNEXPECT’s Fables Of The Sleepless Empire
Happy 12th
TRISTANIA’s Darkest White – May 31st, 2013
Happy 8th
NAER MATARON – Lucitherion: Temple of the Radiant Sun – May 31st, 2017
Happy 6th
D–A–D – A Prayer For The Loud – May 31st, 2019
DARKTHRONE’s Old Star – May 31st, 2019
DEATH ANGEL’s Humanicide – May 31st, 2019
GAAHLS WYRD’s GastiR – Ghosts Invited – May 31st, 2019
GLORYHAMMER’s Legends From Beyond The Galactic Terrorvortex – May 31st, 2019
JANET GARDNER’s Your Place In The Sun – May 31st, 2019
KRYPTS’ Cadaver Circulation – May 31st, 2019
PAUL MASVIDAL’s Mythical (EP) – May 31st, 2019
TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION’s High In The Saddle – May 31st, 2019
VADER’s Thy Messenger (EP) – May 31st, 2019
Happy 1st
BLACK SABBATH’s Anno Domini 1989–1995 – May 31st, 2024
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