BRAVEWORDS MUSEUM IN PHOTOS: SEPTEMBER 18TH - 24TH BIRTHDAYS

BRAVEWORDS MUSEUM IN PHOTOS: SEPTEMBER 18TH - 24TH BIRTHDAYS

September 24, 2023, a week ago

By “Metal” Tim Henderson

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BraveWords has one of the biggest music collections on the planet, with thousands of items signed. Each week we will showcase the last seven days of birthdays featuring some of the greatest releases in hard rock and heavy metal history. From September 18th - 24th, the following albums/releases celebrated an anniversary. Click the gallery above to view all the photos from the past week.

The BraveWords Museum needs a home! Any interested parties please contact bwbk@bravewords.com.

Happy 53rd
BLACK SABBATH's Paranoid - September 18th, 1970



Happy 45th
KISS solo albums from ACE FREHLEY, GENE SIMMONS, PAUL STANLEY, PETER CRISS - September 18th, 1978
KISS solo albums from ACE FREHLEY, GENE SIMMONS, PAUL STANLEY, PETER CRISS were released 45 years ago today (September 18th, 1978). 🎂 Ace’s was the most successful peaking on the US Billboard 200 at #26.

Happy 42nd
GENESIS’ Abacab - September 18th, 1981
Genesis’ first top ten album in the US. It hit #3 in Canada.



Happy 41st
TWISTED SISTER's Under The Blade - September 18th, 1982

Happy 40th
DOKKEN's Breaking The Chains - September 18th, 1983

Happy 36th
KISS' Crazy Nights - September 18th, 1987
"Crazy Crazy Nights" was KISS’ joint highest-charting single in the UK

Happy 34th
XENTRIX’ Shattered Existence - September 18th, 1989

Happy 34th
CORONER’s No More Color - September 18th, 1989

Happy 21st
ALICE COOPER's Dragontown - September 18th, 2001

Happy 8th
DAVID GILMOUR’s Rattle That Lock – September 18th, 2015
Hit #1 in 11 countries. Hit #2 in eight countries. PINK FLOYD legend DAVID GILMOUR’s fourth solo album, Rattle That Lock, was released eight years ago today (September 18th, 2015). 🎂

Happy 42nd
TRIUMPH's Allied Forces - September 19th, 1981

Happy 37th
MEGADETH - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? - September 19th, 1986



Happy 35th
ANTHRAX' State Of Euphoria - September 19th, 1988
BON JOVI's New Jersey - September 19th, 1988
KIX' Blow My Fuse - September 19th, 1988

Happy 33rd
OBITUARY's Cause Of Death - September 19th, 1990


Happy 27th
DOWN's NOLA - September 19th, 1995
“Metal” Tim: “So, the Warner sales rep in Toronto asked me how many of CD copies of this new supergroup (Philip Anselmo, Pepper Keenan, Kirk Windstein, Jimmy Bower, Todd Strange) we would want and I said 500. After he picked himself off the floor, he created this giant floor sticker at HMV 333 in Toronto. This album rules. The 500 sold in just over a week. DOWN's NOLA turns 27 today (September 19th, 1995). 🎂🤘
🎫: Friday ??, 2002 at The Opera House in Toronto (one of the greatest shows ever at that venue!)”




Happy 43rd
OZZY OSBOURNE's Blizzard Of Ozz - September 20th, 1980

Happy 47th
AC/DC's Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (Australian edition) - September 20th, 1976
AC/DC’s third highest selling album (behind Back In Black + Highway To Hell), Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, turns 47 today (September 20th, 1976). 🎂🤘It wasn’t released in North America until 1981 (with different art). Cool trivia: On the title track, its narrator invites people experiencing problems to either call him on 36-24-36, an actual phone in Australia in the 1960s (then properly formatted as FM 2346-36 translated to FM on the rotary dial or keypad), or visit him at his home, at which he will perform assorted unsavoury acts to resolve problems.

Happy 35th
BULLETBOYS' BulletBoys - September 20th, 1988
The cover art a famous 1964 photo by Doc Edgerton (aka Papa Flash).

Happy 19th
SAXON's Lionheart - September 20th, 2004 (CORRECT!)


Happy 18th
MOTÖRHEAD’s BBC Live & In-Session - September 20th, 2005
Featuring appearances on the BBC Radio 1 program from 1978 to 1986, MOTÖRHEAD’s BBC Live & In-Session was released 18 years ago today (September 20th, 2005).

Happy 12th
OPETH's Heritage - September 20th, 2011 (CORRECT!)
No growls = bigger success. Cracked the US Top 20.

Happy 12th
METALLICA's Six Feet Down Under (EP) - September 20th, 2011

Happy 50th
THIN LIZZY’s Vagabonds Of The Western World - September 21st, 1973.

Happy 44th
CHEAP TRICK's Dream Police - September 21st, 1979

Happy 36th
YES’ Big Generator - September 21st, 1987

Happy 33rd
AC/DC’s The Razors Edge - September 21st, 1990

Happy 30th
SCORPIONS' Face The Heat - September 21st, 1993
The last album to feature drummer Herman Rarebell, and the first with Ralph Rieckermann on bass guitar.

Happy 30th
LED ZEPPELIN’s Boxed Set 2 - September 21st, 1993

Happy 19th
SHADOWS FALL's The War Within - September 21st, 2004
Century Media’s best selling album of all time back in 2005.

Happy 11th
DOKKEN’s Broken Bones - September 21st, 2012

Happy 4th
VOIVOD - The Wake - September 21st, 2018

Happy 45th
YES’ Tormato - September 22nd, 1978

Happy 37th
ALICE COOPER’s Constrictor – September 22nd, 1986

Happy 31st
EXTREME’s III Sides To Every Story - September 22nd, 1992

Happy 25th
APOCALYPTICA's Inquisition Symphony - September 22nd, 1998
KISS' Psycho Circus - September 22nd, 1998

Happy 19th
SONATA ARCTICA's Reckoning Night - September 22nd, 2004

Happy 15th
RHAPSODY OF FIRE's Triumph Or Agony - September 22nd, 2006
The first album that the band released after their name change from RHAPSODY to RHAPSODY OF FIRE.

Happy 15th
DAVID GILMOUR’s Live In Gdańsk - September 22nd, 2008

Happy 6th
SATYRICON - Deep Calleth Upon Deep - September 22nd, 2017
Nominated in Norway for the Spellemann Award for best metal album, SATYRICON, released Deep Calleth Upon Deep, six years ago today (September 22nd, 2017).

Happy 40th
KISS' Lick It Up - September 23rd, 1983
When KISS appeared without make-up for the first time.

Happy 35th
BOSTON’s Third Stage - September 23, 1986
“It took nearly six years to conceive and complete this album. No orchestral instruments or synthesizers were used to create the sounds. Each individual piece of music relates a human experience. And together they tell the story of a journey into life’s Third Stage.”

Only Tom Scholz and Brad Delp weathered this storm. Happy with album #3? BOSTON’s Third Stage turns 37 today (September 23, 1986). #1 in the US and Canada.

Happy 32nd
THE CULT’s Ceremony - September 23rd, 1991
KYUSS' Wretch - September 23rd, 1991

Happy 27th
IRON MAIDEN’s Best Of The Beast – September 23rd, 1996

Happy 26th
CREAM’s Those Were The Days - September 23rd 1997
DREAM THEATER's Falling Into Infinity - September 23rd, 1997

Happy 21st
SAXON's Heavy Metal Thunder - September 23rd, 2002

Happy 20th
TRIUMPH’s Live At The US Festival - September 23rd, 2003

On Heavy Metal Sunday in San Bernardino, California, on May 29th, 1983, TRIUMPH were part of one of the greatest moments in heavy metal history when they took the US Festival stage with VAN HALEN, OZZY OSBOURNE, JUDAS PRIEST, SCORPIONS, MÖTLEY CRÜE and QUIET RIOT. 500,000 people.

Happy 52nd
T. REX’ Electric Warrior - September 24th, 1971

Happy 48th
RUSH’s Caress Of Steel - September 24th, 1975

Happy 39th
THE HONEYDRIPPERS: Volume One - September 24th, 1984



Happy 30th
LED ZEPPELIN’s The Complete Studio Recordings - September 24th, 1993

Happy 32nd
MEGADETH's Rust In Peace - September 24th, 1990



Happy 32nd
NIRVANA's Nevermind - September 24th, 1991
PRONG's Prove You Wrong - September 24th, 1991

Happy 13th
DIMMU BORGIR's Abrahadabra - September 24th, 2010

Happy 11th
STEVE HARRIS’ British Lion – September 24th, 2012

Happy 10th
METALLICA’s Through The Never – September 24th, 2013
The soundtrack to METALLICA’s Through The Never film was released 10 years ago today (September 24th, 2013).

TODAY IN METAL HISTORY 🤘 OCTOBER 1ST, 2023🤘 IRON MAIDEN, AMORPHIS, STYX, RAZOR, HELLOWEEN, MARDUK

TODAY IN METAL HISTORY 🤘 OCTOBER 1ST, 2023🤘 IRON MAIDEN, AMORPHIS, STYX, RAZOR, HELLOWEEN, MARDUK

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HEAVY BIRTHDAYS

Happy 75th
Martin Robert Turner (WISHBONE ASH) - October 1, 1947

Happy 71st
Brian Gilbert Greenway (APRIL WINE) - October 1, 1951
APRIL WINE guitarist since 1977.



Happy 51st
Esa Holopainen (AMORPHIS) - October 1st, 1972

INTRODUCING: Skora

Bloodstock Festival’s Metal 2 The Masses gives bands the opportunity to go from playing shows in their local scenes to getting a showcase moment on a bill topped by the bands that made them pick up instruments in the first place. For Cheltenham’s tournament winners SKORA, this has become a reality. From showing up anywhere that would have them to playing on the same weekend as one their biggest inspirations in MESHUGGAH, we caught up with vocalist Dom Jones to track their trajectory from basement to Bloodstock.



Becoming friends through their shared love of heavy music, it wasn’t long before this group of mates from Worcester decided to jam together. From the moment that they played their first song together, a self-admittedly terrible version of Bulls On Parade, the wheels started turning. Fast forward a year or so and then came the open mic debut of the recently named SKORA at The Marrs Bar in Worcester. Whilst their late-night Wikipedia deep dive inspired name was mistaken for a cookware cleaning sponge and the four people in attendance soon departed, this was only the beginning as Jones recalls.

“There was a lot of messaging promoters like hey put us on and then playing to like, I mean we literally played a gig to no one once. I’m not exaggerating, we turned up to the venue like hey we are the band that are playing and they were like what?” Dom says, “we did gigs like that for a good year or so where the only time we felt like we got a good response was playing in Gloucester with the local scene and all the venues that have unfortunately closed down now. In Gloucester, it doesn’t matter what kind of music it is, people are moshing. You could have an Oompah band and people are throwing hands in the pit but we used to love that”

With a DIY approach to modern metal, the band fitted right in on the local scene. Recording and mixing all their own material, they’ve had to learn things the hard way, releasing music that by Jones’ ears now sounds more like black metal completely by accident. With a string of EP’s and singles, they’re yet to pull the trigger on an album but in the meantime, their live shows have done all the talking for them.

Having brought to the table their shared love of TRIVIUM, MESHUGGAH and LAMB OF GOD, they always dreamed of seeing their blend of metalcore with progressive djent and hardcore tendencies land atop a poster. This hurdle was cleared alongside the band finding a home at Cheltenham’s The Frog & Fiddle. With Bloodstock’s Metal 2 The Masses hosted under the same roof, the Frog faithful knew what to expect with the tournament feeling like a home show for SKORA. This time around, however, the stakes were different.


“It was a shift in the way we were treating the band whereas it was always a bit of fun and it still is but I think, I’m speaking on behalf of the other guys but for me there’s an intense intent to playing SKORA now.”

Having played M2TM in 2019 where they appeared in the finals as a wild card, a lot has changed in four years. Having played alongside GRIEF RITUAL all those years ago, who went on to feature at Bloodstock and provide some much-needed first hand experience of the path they’re about to walk, 2023 was about not just being there to make up the numbers. With nothing to lose or prove to anyone and a fifth member joining the band in guitarist Harri Adams, this year provided the pay-off for all of the hard work and time they’ve put in.

“We’re just the local band and I think for once we were just like let’s just give it absolutely everything, more than we’ve ever given it before and that’s been a big change. And also we have Harry. I don’t have to play guitar, I say having like it’s a chore but he does my old parts and adds his own and he’s the looker in the band, he brings the sex appeal but it means I get to focus on climbing the walls and dumping water all over myself and pretending I’m a big scary man when really I’m just a gentle soul at heart.”

With the dream of seeing themselves on a poster scattered with the names of bands that they love accomplished, Metal 2 The Masses brought the best out of SKORA. Regardless of how the weekend plays out, no one will ever be able to take from Dom Jones, guitarists Will Broome and Harri Adams, bassist Matt Church and drummer Sean Moss that feeling of seeing a tangible symbol of their perseverance.

WITHIN TEMPTATION: CONFIRA O SINGLE “RITUAL”

Nesta sexta-feira (29 o Within Temptation lançou o single, “Ritual”, em todas as plataformas digitais. A faixa fará parte do oitavo álbum de estúdio dos holandeses, “Bleed Out”, cuja previsão de lançamento é para o dia 20 de outubro, via Force Music Recordings.


A faixa já é o sétimo single liberado que estará no próximo álbum. Sobre a faixa, a vocalista Sharon Den Adel comentou: “É uma faixa divertida sobre sedução. É sobre a senhora assumindo o poder num mundo dominado pelos homens e tomando a sua própria iniciativa”

Uriah Heep anuncia show em Curitiba

Uriah Heep anuncia show em Curitiba como segunda data no Brasil em 2023
Turnê da banda pela América do Sul também passa por São Paulo em dezembro


Uriah Heep anunciou mais um show no Brasil como parte da turnê da banda pela América do Sul em 2023. Na véspera do show em São Paulo, a banda também se apresenta em Curitiba, no no CWB Hall, dia 09 de dezembro (sábado).

Formado no final dos anos 1960, o Uriah Heep conquistou o mundo com álbuns clássicos como Look At Yourself (1971) e Demons and Wizards (1972). Atualmente, o grupo é formado pelo membro original Mick Box (guitarra), o vocalista Bernie Shaw, o tecladista Phil Lanzon, o baixista Davey Rimmer e o baterista Russell Gilbrook e celebra mais de 50 anos de carreira sólida e um extenso legado no rock.

Agora com dois shows no Brasil, a turnê sulamericana do Uriah Heep tem datas confirmadas no Peru (05/12), Chile (07/12), Curitiba (09/12) e São Paulo (10/12), no Tokio Marine Hall (saiba mais aqui). A série de shows no continente tem produção da Top Link Music.

Veja todas as informações com data, local, endereço, valores de ingressos e como comprar entradas para o show do Uriah Heep em Curitiba abaixo.
Uriah Heep em Curitiba 2023

Data: 09 de dezembro de 2023 (sábado)
Local: CWB Hall
Endereço: Av. Mal. Floriano Peixoto, 4142 – Parolin
Horários: 20h (portões), 22h (Uriah Heep)
Ingressos: a partir de R$ 140, mais taxas
Venda Online/Informações: Bilheto
Ingressos do show

Pista comum

1º lote: R$ 140 (meia), R$ 145 (promocional), R$ 280 (inteira)
2º lote: R$150 (meia) , R$ 155 (promocional), R$ 300 (inteira)
3º lote: R$160 (meia), R$ 165 (promocional), R$ 320 (inteira)
4º lote: R$ 170 (meia), R$ 175 (promocional), R$ 340 (inteira)

Pista Vip
1º lote: R$ 200 (meia), R$ 205 (promocional), R$ 400 (inteira)
2º lote: R$ 220 (meia), R$ 225 (promocional), R$ 440 (inteira)

Mezanino
Lote único: R$ 190 (meia), R$ 195 (promocional), R$ 380 (inteira)

Camarote
Lote único: R$ 230 (meia), R$ 235 (promocional), R$ 460 (inteira)Uriah Heep em Curitiba 2023. Crédito: Divulgação

REBAELLIUN – UNDER THE SIGN OF REBELLION

REBAELLIUN – UNDER THE SIGN OF REBELLION






“Brazilian death metal” are three words that, when put together, will always make me cock an eyebrow and lend an ear, and so it goes with Rebaelliun's first record in seven years (fourth overall).

Under The Sign Of Rebellion starts off extremely strong with “All Hail The Regicide”, a fantastic piece of blinders-on DM that looks to Krisiun but also to some slightly blacker places for influence, although the riffing on songs like, well, any of them, but let's say the killer “Fear The Infidel” bring to mind the mighty Karl Sanders of Nile, the guitar work just relentless, a definite highlight of this band's sound. But the drumming is nothing to dismiss either, the whole band just steamrolling, steamrolling, steamrolling.

Then there's “Insurgent Fire”, which has a riff to remember, not really a word that comes up too often with this level of extremity, but this is Kirk Windstein-level earworm, which is impressive. The band can throw out mid-tempo death with skill too, as on “Hostile Presence”, which doesn't quite go to the caves, or the sewers, but gets a bit subterranean in its speed before the blasting begins again.

BEHEMOTH, SATYRICON, WATAIN, VENOM AMONG ACTS CONFIRMED FOR BEYOND THE GATES FESTIVAL 2024

BEHEMOTH, SATYRICON, WATAIN, VENOM AMONG ACTS CONFIRMED FOR BEYOND THE GATES FESTIVAL 2024






Norway’s leading extreme metal festival, Beyond The Gates, announce the first batch of bands for the 2024 edition, taking place July 31 - August 3.

Says organizers: "We say this every time, but we do promise that next year is going to be something you’ve never experienced before. On the back of that statement, please welcome the juggernaut that is Behemoth. The band hasn’t played in Bergen since 2012, so their return is much welcomed. We’re also very excited to be able to present Satyricon, who is releasing a new album next spring, and will return to the live scene for the first time in five years!

Founders and innovators Venom and Watain will also grace Beyond The Gates with a visit next year with their spectacular and energetic live shows. Moving on, Trelldom, featuring the iconic singer Gaahl, who will do their first live appearance ever since their formation in the early 90s. Vreid will celebrate 30 years of Sognametal, while Norwegian black metallers Djevel and Dødheimsgard will grant us with exclusive sets.