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Wurzel (MOTORHEAD) - October 23, 1949 R.I.P.
Robert Trujillo (SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, OZZY OSBOURNE, METALLICA) - October 23, 1964
Chris von Rohr (KROKUS) - October 24, 1951
Glenn Tipton (JUDAS PRIEST) - October 25, 1947
Matthias Jabs (SCORPIONS) - October 25, 1955
Chad Smith (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, CHICKENFOOT) - October 25, 1961
John Leven (EUROPE) - October 25, 1963
Robert Lowe (SOLITUDE AETURNUS, CANDLEMASS) - October 25, 1964

October 23, 1982: BUDGIE release Deliver Us From Evil.
October 23, 1990: DEEP PURPLE release Slaves And Masters.
October 23, 1995: DEF LEPPARD release Vault and OZZY OSBOURNE releases Ozzmosis.
October 23, 1998: DAVID LEE ROTH's released his autobiography Crazy From The Heat.
October 23, 2006: ANGRA release Aurora Consurgens.
October 23, 2007: EXODUS release The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A., HAMMERFALL release Steel Meets Steel, and HELLOWEEN release Gambling With The Devil.
October 23, 2012: SISTER SIN release Now And Forever.
October 23, 2015: STRYPER release Fallen.
October 23, 2020: ARMORED SAINT release Punching the Sky and HAMMERFALL's Live! Against the World.

October 24, 1978: RUSH release Hemispheres.
October 24, 1986: STRYPER release To Hell With The Devil.
October 24, 1995: ANTHRAX release Stomp 442 and SAVATAGE release Dead Winter Dead.
October 24, 2000: MEGADETH release Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years, and OVERKILL release Bloodletting.
October 24, 2005: DEEP PURPLE release Rapture Of The Deep.
October 24, 2006: SKID ROW release Revolutions Per Minute and PAUL STANLEY releases Live To Win.
October 24, 2007: HELLOWEEN release Gambling With The Devil.
October 24, 2013: ANGRA release Best Reached Horizons.
October 24, 2014: LIV KRISTINE releases Vervain.

October 25, 1982: KISS release Creatures Of The Night.
October 25, 1985: CORROSION OF CONFORMITY release Animosity.
October 25, 1991: R.I.P. legendary concert promoter Bill Graham.
October 25, 1993: DIO releases Strange Highways.
October 25, 1994: MERCYFUL FATE release Time and TIAMAT release Wildhoney.
October 25, 2004: DEF LEPPARD release Best Of Def Leppard.
October 25, 2005: AEROSMITH release Rockin' The Joint.
October 25, 2006: EUROPE release Secret Society.
October 25, 2013: SEPULTURA release The Mediator Between Head And Hands Must Be The Heart and SAHG release Delusions Of Grandeur.
October 25, 2019: PHIL CAMPBELL releases Old Lions Still Roar.

October 26, 1981: IRON MAIDEN begin a short string of shows in Italy as a warm up for new singer Bruce Dickinson.
October 26, 1985: IRON MAIDEN release the album Live After Death and the accompanying video.
October 26, 1998: NAPALM DEATH release Words From The Exit Wound.
October 26, 1999: ALICE IN CHAINS release Music Bank, DREAM THEATER release Scenes From A Memory, OVERKILL releases Coverkill, and ROB ZOMBIE releases American Made Music To Strip By.
October 26, 2004: U.D.O. release Thunderball.
October 26, 2009: DARK TRANQUILLITY release Where Death Is Most Alive and ROB HALFORD releases Halford III - Winter Songs.
October 26, 2010: FIREWIND release Days Of Defiance and MONSTER MAGNET release Mastermind.
October 26, 2011: RIOT release Immortal Soul.
October 26, 2018: FIFTH ANGEL release The Third Secret, ICARUS WITCH release Goodbye Cruel World, SKULL FIST release Way of the Road, and WARREL DANE releases Shadow Work.

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