This Day in Metal March 12th

This Day in Metal March 12th

Mar 12th 1985 Liege Lord released their debut album “Freedom’s Rise”

Did you know
Reaching cult status in the metal world the band featured Joe Comeau, who would later go on to play with thrash metal bands Overkill and Annihilator.

‪Mar 12th 1990 Prong released the album “Beg to Differ” ‬

Did you know..‬
‪The album includes one live track (“Third From The Sun”, a Chrome cover) recorded at CBGB’s, New York City, in 1989. Brian “Pushead” Schroeder did the design and cover artwork for the album.‬

Mar 12th 1991 BulletBoys released the album “Freak Show”

Did you know
Their cover of Tom Waits “Hang on St. Christopher” reached 22 on the Mainstream Rock chart.

Mar 12th 2012 Angel Witch released the album “As Above, So Below”

Did you know
It was their first studio album in 26 years.

Mar 12th 2021 Orden Ogan released the album “Final Days”

Did you know
The band translates the name as “The Order of Ogan”. “Orden” is German for “order” and, as the band claims, “ogan” is Celtic for “fear”.

Mar 12th 2021 Eyehategod released the album “A History of Nomadic Behaviour”

Did you know…. The album was initially planned to be released in 2019.

July 12th 1950 Eric Carr “The Fox” former drummer with KISS was born.

Did you know
On March 21, 2011, a book that explored Carr’s entire life and musical career was released, titled The Eric Carr Story.
Mar 12th 1956 Steve Harris bassist and founding member with Iron Maiden was born!!!

Did you know
In September of 2012, Harris released his debut solo album, British Lion.
Mar 12th 2013 Clive Burr former drummer with Iron Maiden passed away in his sleep.

Did you know
After “leaving” Iron Maiden, Burr briefly played in the French group Trust, thus switching places with McBrain, and briefly with the American band Alcatrazz.

YESTERDAY, TODAY, EVERYDAY HEAVY METAL!! 🤘🏻👍👊

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