Today In Metal History 🤘 February 23rd, 2025 🤘AEROSMITH, QUEENSRŸCHE, JOHNNY WINTER, VAN HALEN, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN

49 years ago today (February 23, 1976), AC/DC took over Swanston Street in Melbourne to film their classic video for “It’s A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock’ n’ Roll)”.

R.I.P. John Dawson Winter III (JOHNNY WINTER): February 23rd, 1944 – July 16th, 2014 (aged 70)

R.I.P. Paul O’Neill (TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, SAVATAGE): February 23, 1956 – April 5, 2017

Happy 73rd
Brad Whitford (AEROSMITH) – February 23rd, 1952

Happy 77th
Stephen Norman Priest (SWEET) – February 23rd, 1948

Happy 63rd
Michael F. Wilton (QUEENSRŸCHE) – February 23rd, 1962

Happy 61st
John Norum (EUROPE) – February 23rd, 1964

Happy 55th
Corey Lowery (DARK NEW DAY, STEREOMUD, STUCK MOJO) – February 23rd, 1970

Happy 32ndth
VAN HALEN’s Live: Right Here, Right Now – February 23rd, 1993

Happy 28th
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN’s Facing The Animal – February 23rd, 1997

Happy 26th
GRIP INC’s Solidify – February 23, 1999
OVERKILL’s Necroshine – February 23rd, 1999

Happy 21st
MY DYING BRIDE’s Songs Of Darkness, Words Of Light – February 23rd, 2004

Happy 18th
MASTERPLAN’s MK II – February 23rd, 2007
NAGLFAR’s Harvest – February 23rd, 2007

Happy 16th
ROTTING CHRIST’s Non Serviam — A 20 Year Apocryphal Story – February 23rd, 2009
THE AGONIST’s Lullabies For The Dormant Mind – February 23rd, 2009
WOLF’s Ravenous – February 23rd, 2009
AUTUMN’s Altitude – February 23rd, 2009

Happy 14th
TURISAS’ Stand Up And Fight – February 23rd, 2011
DIA DE LOS MUERTOS’ Satanico Dramatico – February 23rd, 2011

Happy 10th
THE AGONIST’s Eye Of Providence – February 23rd, 2015
ENSIFERUM’s One Man Army – February 23rd, 2015
CARACH ANGREN’s This Is No Fairytale – February 23rd, 2015

Happy 7th
DELIVERANCE – The Subversive Kind – February 23rd, 2018
DESTROYER 666 – Call of the Wild – February 23rd, 2018
DIMMU BORGIR – Interdimensional Summit – February 23rd, 2018
MEGAHERZ – Komet – February 23rd, 2018
MGT – Gemini Nyte – February 23rd, 2018
NECROPHOBIC – Mark of the Necrogram – February 23rd, 2018
NICK OLIVERI – N.O. Hits at All, Vol. 4 – February 23rd, 2018
SALEM – Attrition – February 23rd, 2018
SCHWARZER ENGEL – Kult der Krähe – February 23rd, 2018
SEBASTIEN – Act of Creation – February 23rd, 2018
TENGGER CAVALRY – Cian Bi – February 23rd, 2018

February 23rd, 2024
Ace Frehley – 10,000 Volts
Amaranthe – The Catalyst
Austrian Death Machine – Quad Brutal
Blaze Bayley – Circle Of Stone
Borknagar – Fall
Darkest Hour – Perpetual I Terminal
Job For A Cowboy – Moon Healer
Lionheart – The Grace Of A Dragonfly
Mick Mars – The Other Side Of Mars
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum – Of The Last Human Being