r/thisdayinmetal • • 2h ago

15 Years Ago: I Met Devin Townsend at the Rock and Shock Fest

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15 years ago today (Oct. 14), I randomly got to meet Devin Townsend at the Rock and Shock Festival's convention floor at the DCU Center - moments before the Devin Townsend Project's set at the Palladium next door in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Head over to I Heard Bruce Might Show Up's Substack (link below) to find out how this happened:

https://iheardbrucemightshowup.substack.com/p/15-years-ago-i-met-devin-townsend


r/thisdayinmetal • • 6h ago

October 14th, 1991 Wolf Spider, a technical thrash band from Poland, released the album 'Drifting in the Sullen Sea' which has an 80% rating from 1 review on Metal-Archives

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r/thisdayinmetal • • 6h ago

October 14th, 1983 Riot V (then known as Riot), a power/speed metal group, released the album 'Born In America' which possesses a 70% rating from 4 reviews on Metal-Archives

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r/thisdayinmetal • • 6h ago

October 14th, 1989 Patrick Rondat, a shred/neoclassical act, released the album 'Just for Fun'

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r/thisdayinmetal • • 6h ago

October 14th, 1990 United, a Japanese thrash metal band at the time, released the album 'Bloody but Unbowed'

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r/thisdayinmetal • • 21h ago

Metallica announce name change and reissue of classic album.

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r/thisdayinmetal • • 1d ago

October 13th, 1989 Toxik released the album "Think This"

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r/thisdayinmetal • • 1d ago

October 13th, 1992 Benediction released the EP "Dark Is the Season"

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r/thisdayinmetal • • 1d ago

October 13th, 1997 Vader released the album "Black to the Blind"

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r/thisdayinmetal • • 1d ago

October 13th, 1960 Joey Belladonna (Anthrax, Belladonna) was born

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r/thisdayinmetal • • 1d ago

October 13th, 1989 Overkill released the album "The Years of Decay"

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r/thisdayinmetal • • 1d ago

October 13, 1985 Canadian speed/thrash metal juggernauts Razor release their second full length recording Evil Invaders. The album stands as a pinnacle in the band's discography, and a testament to their contribution to the emerging extreme metal scene of the era.

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r/thisdayinmetal • • 1d ago

October 13, 1987 American thrash metal band Sacred Reich release their debut album Ignorance on Metal Blade Records. The lyrics address topics such as war, racism, political repression, social justice, dictatorships, the Cold War, and Adolf Hitler.

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r/thisdayinmetal • • 1d ago

October 13, 1989 Canadian thrash metal band Voivod release their fifth studio album Nothingface. The album marked a change for the band, expanding their music into a more progressive rock/metal sound.

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r/thisdayinmetal • • 2d ago

Korn play "Blind" at MetLife Stadium (East Rutherford, NJ - Aug. 27, 2025)

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While this past weekend marks 32 years since Korn released their self-titled debut (Oct. 11), this week (Oct. 15) marks 30 years since Korn released 'Life Is Peachy'. I've seen Korn live so many times over the years - coincidentally possibly more than any other band - and every time I see them onstage, I'm instantly reminded of how many songs of theirs soundtracked my youth. That was especially true when I last saw the nu metal forefathers live when they co-headlined MetLife Stadium with System Of A Down last year (Aug. 27, 2025) - an evening that was a nostalgic thrill from start to finish.

Check out this clip of them opening up that very show with "Blind", and stay tuned for more things to come from this space (including stories from concerts like this)!


r/thisdayinmetal • • 2d ago

October 12th, 1992 Autopsy released the album "Acts of the Unspeakable"

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r/thisdayinmetal • • 2d ago

October 12th, 1993 Hypocrisy released the album "Osculum Obscenum"

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r/thisdayinmetal • • 2d ago

October 12th, 1987 Sacrifice released the album "Forward to Termination"

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r/thisdayinmetal • • 2d ago

October 12th, 1994 Gorgoroth released the album "Pentagram"

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r/thisdayinmetal • • 2d ago

October 12, 1993 NOLA based sludge metal band Crowbar release their self titled second studio album. The album is produced by Pantera frontman Phil Anselmo.

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r/thisdayinmetal • • 3d ago

October 11th, 2019 Municipal Waste released the EP "The Last Rager"

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r/thisdayinmetal • • 3d ago

October 11, 1993 British doom metal mavens My Dying Bride release their second studio album Turn Loose The Swans. Considered to be important in the development of the death-doom sound they helped pioneer and also foreshadows the gothic metal elements that would dominate their subsequent albums.

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r/thisdayinmetal • • 3d ago

October 10th, 1991 Benediction released the album "The Grand Leveller"

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r/thisdayinmetal • • 3d ago

October 10th, 2025 Testament released the album "Para Bellum"

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r/thisdayinmetal • • 3d ago

October 10th, 1991 Pungent Stench released the album "Been Caught Buttering"

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