This Day in Metal June 6th

June 6th 1984 Blind Vengeance released the album “Taste of Sin”

Did you know…
Lead singer Harry Hess & drummer Darren Smith went on to form the Canadian hard rock band Harem Scarem.

June 6th 1984 Blackout released their debut album “Evil Game”

Did you know…. The band was originally known as Godzilla.

June 6th 1985 Agent Steel released their debut album “Skeptics Apocalypse”

Did you know…
“144,000 Gone” and “Taken by Force” are re-recordings of songs John Cyriis had previously cut as demos with his pre-Agent Steel outfit Sceptre

June 6th 1986 Deaf Dealer released their debut album “Keeper of the Flame”

Did you know..
The song “The Fugitive” was on The Best of Metal Blade Volume 2 (Metal Blade, 1987)

June 6th 1988 Rage released the album “Perfect Man”

Did you know…
It’s the first album from the Refuge Years line-up, with the new members Manni Schmidt and Chris Efthimiadis.

June 6th 1988 Britny Fox released their debut album “Britny Fox”

Did you know…
The band did a cover of the Slade song “Gudbuy T’Jane” on this album.

June 6th 1990 Metalium released their debut album “Behind the Power”

Did you know… The band is from Istanbul, Turkey and formed in 1985.

June 6th 1995 King Diamond released the album “The Spider’s Lullabye”

Did you know…
It was the first King Diamond album to be released on the Metal Blade label.

June 6th 1997 Iced Earth released the album “Days of Purgatory”

Did you know…
It’s a collection of remixes from their previous albums.
The song ′′ Written on the Walls ′′ was re-recorded with new lyrics and called “Cast in Stone”.