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Kenny Hickey (TYPE O NEGATIVE, SEVENTH VOID) - May 22, 1966
Daniel Erlandsson (ARCH ENEMY, CARCASS) - May 22, 1976
Phil Allocco (LAW AND ORDER) - May 23
Alex Hellid (ENTOMBED) - May 23, 1973
Al Bouchard (BLUE OYSTER CULT, BLUE COUPE) - May 24, 1946
Klaus Meine (SCORPIONS) - May 25, 1948
Glen Drover (MEGADETH, KING DIAMOND, TESTAMENT, EIDOLON, WITHERING SCORN) - May 25, 1969
Mikko Harkin (SONATA ARCTICA) - May 25, 1979

May 22, 1980: an unknown thief breaks into Electric Lady Studios in New York City built by Jimi Hendrix and steals five Hendrix gold records.
May 22, 2000: BLAZE release Silicon Messiah.
May 22, 2007: OZZY OSBOURNE releases Black Rain with Zakk Wylde on guitar.
May 22, 2009: PRIMAL FEAR release 16.6 (Before The Devil Knows You're Dead).
May 22, 2020: OZ release Forced Commandments.

May 23, 1979: KISS' Dynasty is released.
May 23, 1987: HELLOWEEN release Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 1.
May 23, 1995: DOKKEN release Dysfunctional.
May 23, 2002: MANOWAR hold a listening party for their new album Warriors Of The World at Electric Lady Studios in New York City.
May 23, 2014: KISS release 40 (Decades of Decibels).

May 24, 1974: BAD COMPANY release Bad Company.
May 24, 1978: VAN HALEN's debut album goes gold.
May 24, 1985: DESTRUCTION release Infernal Overkill.
May 24, 1986: AC/DC release Who Made Who.
May 24, 1988: FREHLEY'S COMET release Second Sighting and VAN HALEN release OU812.
May 24, 2004: DARK TRANQUILLITY release Exposures - In Retrospect and Denial.
May 24, 2010: ENFORCER release Diamonds.
May 24, 2013: ANVIL release Hope in Hell.
May 24, 2019: DIAMOND HEAD release The Coffin Train.

May 25, 1981: ANVIL release Hard 'N' Heavy.
May 25, 1983: DIO's debut Holy Diver is released.
May 25, 1987: DEATH release Scream Bloody Gore.
May 25, 1993: ANTHRAX release A Sound Of White Noise and DANZIG releases Thrall-Demonsweatlive.
May 25, 1998: DORO releases Love Me In Black.
May 25, 2007: SONATA ARCTICA release Unia.
May 25, 2012: SABATON release Carolus Rex and GRAND MAGUS release The Hunt.
May 25, 2018: CANDLEMASS release House of Doom (EP).

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