This Day in Metal February 5th

Feb 5th 1980 Witchfynde released their debut album “Give ‘Em Hell”

Did you know..
The album has been cited as a relevant example for the production of the #NWOBHM scene and as an inspiration for the black metal sub-genre.

Feb 5th 1990 Paradise Lost released their debut album “Lost Paradise”

Did you know….
The band formed in 1988 in Halifax, England and are considered by some to be one of the pioneers of the death-doom genre and of the gothic metal genre

Feb 5th 1997 Edge Of Sanity released the album “Infernal”

Did you know..
Alongside Opeth, the band is commonly regarded as being the first to fuse extreme metal styles like death and black metal with progressive rock.

Feb 5th 2002 Sinergy released the album “Suicide By My Side”

Did you know… The song “Shadow Island” is inspired by Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare.

Feb 5th 2008 Warbringer released their debut album “War Without End”

Did you know…
“A Dead Current” is unlisted on the back cover.
A music video was made for the song “Combat Shock”.

Feb 5th 2010 Fear Factory released the album “Mechanize”

Did you know….
It was the only album to feature Gene Hoglan on drums.

Feb 5th 2010 Rage released the album “Strings to a Web”

Did you know….
In 1996, Rage was the first metal band to write and record an album with a full symphonic orchestra: Lingua Mortis.

Feb 5th 2005 Immolation released the album “Harnessing Ruin”

Did you know….
The band was also known as Rigor Mortis from 1986-1988.

Feb 5th 2016 Obscura released the album “Akróasis”

Did you know…
It is the band’s first album with bassist Linus Klausenitzer and drummer Sebastian Lanser. Loudwire awarded Akroasis as “Best Metal Song of 2016”.