Today In Metal History 🤘 July 20th, 2024🤘 TWISTED SISTER, CHRIS CORNELL, CARLOS SANTANA, ZZ TOP, VAN HALEN

TALENT WE LOST

R.I.P. Christopher “Chris” John Boyle Cornell (SOUNDGARDEN, AUDIOSLAVE) – July 20th, 1964 – May 18th, 2017 (aged 52)

Chris Cornell was found dead in his hotel room in the early hours of May 18, 2017, after performing at a Soundgarden concert an hour earlier at the Fox Theatre in Detroit. 

HEAVY BIRTHDAYS

Happy 77th

CARLOS Augusto Alves SANTANA – July 20, 1947

Happy 72nd

John “Jay Jay French” Segall (TWISTED SISTER) – July 20, 1952

Happy 68th

Paul Thomas Cook (SEX PISTOLS) – July 20, 1956

Happy 58th

Stone Gossard (PEARL JAM, BRAD, TEMPLE OF THE DOG) – July 19th, 1966

Heavy Releases

Happy 45th

REO SPEEDWAGON’s Nine Lives – July 20th, 1979

Happy 43rd

ZZ TOP’s El Loco – July 20th, 1981

Happy 33rd

STRYPER’s Can’t Stop The Rock – July 20th, 1991

Happy 25th

ESP’s ESP – July 20th, 1999

Happy 20th

VAN HALEN’s Best Of Both Worlds – July 20th, 2004

Happy 15th

ONSLAUGHT’s Live Damnation – July 20th, 2009

Happy 14th

CHIMAIRA’s Coming Alive – July 20th, 2010

LILLIAN AXE’s Deep Red Shadows – July 20th, 2010

THE ACACIA STRAIN’s Wormwood – July 20th, 2010

EARLY MAN’s Death Potion

IMPENDING DOOM’s There Will Be Violence

MOSE GIGANTICUS’ Gift Horse

VALDUR’s Raven God Amongst Us

Happy 12th

BLACK MAJESTY’s Stargazer – July 20th, 2012

ANTAGONIST A.D.’s Nothing From No One – July 20th, 2012

Happy 6th

THE AGONY SCENE – Tormentor – July 20th, 2018

DARON MALAKIAN AND SCARS ON BROADWAY – Dictator – July 20th, 2018

FINNR’S CANE – Elegy – July 20th, 2018

JUNGLE ROT – Jungle Rot – July 20th, 2018

POWERWOLF – The Sacrament of Sin – July 20th, 2018

SKELETONWITCH – Devouring Radiant Light – July 20th, 2018

TOKYO BLADE – Unbroken – July 20th, 2018

WISDOM IN CHAINS – Nothing in Nature Respects Weakness – July 20th, 2018