Led by guitarist Luca Federici, A Circus draws inspiration from iconic bands like Rainbow, Queen, Deep Purple, Ozzy, and Blackmore’s Night, and features Ronnie Romero (Rainbow, Lords of Black) on vocals, Shane Gaalaas (Yngwie Malmsteen, Michael Schenker) on drums and...
One Band To Conquer Them All! Wacken Metal Battle USA is proud to announce its return for 2025 battles nationwide for one independent band to be crowned champion and perform at one of the world's most prestigious and largest already sold-out metal festivals Wacken Open Air.
Sandveiss' new album, “Standing in the Fire,” is their most ambitious and diverse album to date. It features eight powerful tracks that showcase the band's evolution and musical prowess.
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July 1st 1980 The Rods released their debut album “Rock Hard”
Did you know….
After the release of this album, the band was signed to Arista, releasing an album titled “The Rods” in 1981 which featured 8 of the songs on “Rock Hard,” as well as 2 new ones.
July 1st 1983 Bitch released their debut album “Be My Slave”
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The album was cited by Tipper Gore, during the Parents Music Resource Center campaign against violent and sexually explicit content in the music industry.
July 1st 1983 Manowar released the album “Into Glory Ride”
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It was their first album to feature drummer Scott Columbus.
July 1st 1984 Spellbound released their debut album “Breaking the Spell”
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The album was highly praised in English metal-bible Kerrang! Magazine and received great reviews in the influential Japanese magazine Burrn among others!
July 1st 1987 Napalm Death released their debut album “Scum”’
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“You Suffer” is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the shortest song ever recorded, at 1.316 seconds.
July 1st 1990 Tourniquet released their debut album “Stop the Bleeding”
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The album cover art features a snake restrained by chains, representing the power good has over evil and how that relates to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, which was the ultimate victory over Satan.
July 1st 1991 Massacre released their debut album “From Beyond”
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The song “Corpsegrinder” was originally recorded by the band, Death, which all members of Massacre have been a part of in the past.
July 1st 1991 Cannibal Corpse released the album “Butchered at Birth”
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The uncensored cover drew a complaint from the OPP in Canada, which led to record stores being told not to sell the album to persons under 18.
July 1st 1991 Tourniquet released the album “Psycho Surgery”
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Heaven’s Metal fanzine ranked Psycho Surgery Christian metal’s second-best album of all time (after Vengeance Rising’s 1988 album Human Sacrifice).
July 1st 1992 Merciless released the album “The Treasures Within”
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Merciless was the first band to sign on the underground record label Deathlike Silence Productions owned by Euronymous of Mayhem fame
July 1st 2016 Dramatica released their debut album “Fall of Tyranny”
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Formed as Decadence in 1989 by Dennis Murcia (bass) and Diego Ramirez (guitar) after meeting in college.
July 1st 2016 Fates Warning released the album “Theories of Flight”
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It was the band’s last album with guitarist Frank Aresti.
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Sept 19th 1981 Triumph released the album “Allied Forces” Did you know.. The album peaked at number 23 on the
Sept 18th 1970 Black Sabbath released the album “Paranoid” Did you know… The album reached number 1 on the Official
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