This Day in Metal August 9th

This Day in Metal August 9th

Aug 9th 1984 Hammers Rule released their debut album “Show No Mercy”

Did you know
The band was from Baltimore, Maryland and formed in 1983.

Aug 9th 1985 Stress released the album “Flor Atômica”

Did you know
The band is one of the earliest Brazilian metal bands, and the first one to release an album in Brazil.

Aug 9th 1986 Ratt released the album “Dancing Undercover”

Did you know
The album was produced by Beau Hill and contains the hit single “Dance”, which appeared in the Miami Vice episode “Down For The Count”.

Aug 9th 1986 Motörhead released the album “Orgasmatron”

Did you know
It was the only full Motörhead album to feature Pete Gill on drums.

Aug 9th 1994 Machine Head released their debut album “Burn My Eyes”

Did you know
It was their only album with drummer Chris Kontos.

Aug 9th 1994 Solitude released their debut album “From Within”

Did you know
The band was from Wilmington, Delaware and formed in 1983.

Aug 9th 1996 Therion released the album “Theli”

Did you know
This was their last album on which Christofer Johnsson sang.

Aug 9th 2000 Dark Age released the album “Insurrection”

Did you know
The band did a cover of the Metallica song “For Whom the Bell Tolls” on this album.

Aug 9th 2005 Chimaira released the album “Chimaira”

Did you know… It is their only album to feature Kevin Talley on drums.

Aug 9th 2006 Insomnium released the album “Above the Weeping World”

Did you know… A music video was made for “Mortal Share.”

Aug 9th 2011 Fleshgod Apocalypse released the album “Agony”

Did you know….
The band did a cover of the Carcass song “Heartwork” on this album.

Aug 9th 2011 Trivium released the album “In Waves”

Did you know
The bonus track was a cover of the Sepultura song “Slave New World”

Aug 9th 2019 Slipknot released the album “We Are Not Your Kind”

Did you know… It is the first Slipknot album to be recorded as an eight-member band.

Aug 9th 2019 Destruction released the album “Born to Perish”

Did you know
The band did a cover of the Tygers of Pan Tang song “Hellbound” on this album.

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