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Wendy O. Williams May 28, 1949 R.I.P.
Rick Wartell (TROUBLE) - May 28, 1958
Francis Rossi (STATUS QUO) - May 29, 1949
Blaze Bayley (WOLFSBANE, IRON MAIDEN, BLAZE) - May 29, 1963
Thomas Youngblood (KAMELOT) - May 29, 1974
'Away' (VOIVOD) - May 30, 1963
Tom Morello (RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, AUDIOSLAVE) - May 30, 1964
Steve West (DANGER DANGER) - May 30, 1964
Mike Dupke (W.A.S.P.) - May 30, 1974
Brian Fair (SHADOWS FALL) - May 30, 1975
John Bonham (LED ZEPPELIN) - May 31, 1948 R.I.P.
Scotti Hill (SKID ROW) - May 31, 1964

May 28, 1984: LITA FORD releases Dancin' On The Edge.
May 28, 1991: WARRIOR SOUL release Drugs, God And The New Republic.
May 28, 1996: SLAYER release Undisputed Attitude.
May 28, 2013: ALICE IN CHAINS release The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, JUDAS PRIEST release Epitaph, and SACRED OATH release Fallen.
May 28, 2020: R.I.P. Bob Kulick (KISS, W.A.S.P., MOTORHEAD).
May 28, 2021: CIRITH UNGOL release Half Past Human and TYGERS OF PAN TANG release Majors & Minors.

May 29, 1983: the US Festival's Heavy Metal Day bangs heads with over 500,000 people partying with VAN HALEN, OZZY OSBOURNE, JUDAS PRIEST, TRIUMPH, QUIET RIOT, SCORPIONS and MOTLEY CRUE.
May 29, 1985: WARLOCK release Hellbound.
May 29, 1989: BANG TANGO release Psycho Cafe.
May 29, 2000: IRON MAIDEN release Brave New World.
May 29, 2001: QUIET RIOT release Guilty Pleasures.
May 29, 2006: CELTIC FROST release Monotheist.
May 29, 2009: UFO release The Visitor.
May 29, 2015: HELLOWEEN release My God-Given Right.
May 29, 2020: DEF LEPPARD release London To Vegas (live album) and GRAVE DIGGER release Fields Of Blood.

May 30, 1978: LED ZEPPELIN enters a recording studio for the first time since the death of Robert Plant's son, Karac, in July 1977. The sessions will be the band's final proper studio album, 1979's In Through The Out Door.
May 30, 1980: GARY MOORE releases G-Force.
May 30, 1985: GRIM REAPER release Fear No Evil.
May 30, 1997: R.I.P. Aaron West Arkeen (GUNS N' ROSES song writer).
May 30, 2008: COMMUNIC release Payment Of Existence and SABATON release The Art Of War.
May 30, 2011: ARCH ENEMY release Khaos Legions.

May 31, 1980: WHITESNAKE release Ready An' Willing.
May 31, 1984: Tom G. Warrior and Martin Ain form CELTIC FROST.
May 31, 1990: GWAR release Scumdogs Of The Universe.
May 31, 1995: GARY MOORE releases Blues For Greeny.
May 31, 1999: IN FLAMES release Colony.
May 31, 2005: SENTENCED release The Funeral Album.
May 31, 2019: D-A-D release A Prayer For The Loud, DEATH ANGEL release Humanicide, and TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION release High In The Saddle.

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