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🦇 Ozzy Osbourne Day Petition Passes 10,000 Signatures! 🦇

Fans around the world — led by ThisDayInMetal — are uniting to officially establish July 22nd as Ozzy Osbourne Day, a global tribute to the Prince of Darkness.

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December 5, 2025 at 5:18 AM
What’s your favourite Megadeth album? 🤘🔥

Which one makes you crank it up loud and bang your head the hardest?
Is it Rust in Peace?
Countdown to Extinction?
Or maybe a deep-cut favourite like Youthanasia, Peace Sells, or The System Has Failed?

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November 24, 2025 at 11:44 PM
November 7th 1981 𝐎𝐳𝐳𝐲 𝐎𝐬𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞 released the GREAT album "Diary Of A Madman" #OverTheMountain #FlyingHighAgain #YouCantKillRockAndRoll #HeavyMetal

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰...
This was the last Osbourne studio album to feature guitarist Randy Rhoads and drummer Lee Kerslake.
November 7, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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October 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
🚨TRIVIUM'S COREY
BEAULIEU DISCUSSES THE BAND'S EVOLUTION, NEW EP, AND UPCOMING U.S.
TOUR IN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

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October 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
🚨Over 8K signatures now. Thanks for the tremendous support for Ozzy!! #OzzyDay #OzzyOsbourne #HeavyMetal #Ozzy #OzzyOsbourneForever

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July 29, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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July 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
July 4th 1988 𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 released the GREAT album "South Of Heaven" #SilentScream #GhostsOfWar #SpillTheBlood #ThrashMetal

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰…
South of Heaven became Slayer's second album to enter the Billboard 200, peaking at number 57.
July 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
July 2nd 1984 𝐃𝐢𝐨 released the album "The Last In Line" #WeRock #TheLastInLine #Breathless #Mystery #EatYourHeartOut #HeavyMetal

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰...
The album reached number 24 on the Billboard Chart.
July 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
June 30th 2017 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 released the album “Gravebloom” #BitterPill #Worthless #AbyssalDepths #Metalcore

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰…
The album marks the first album with bassist Griffin Landa replacing Jack Strong.
June 30, 2025 at 4:16 AM
June 10th 2022 𝐊𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 released the album “Hate Über Alles” #MidnightSun #BecomeImmortal #ThrashMetal

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰…
It’s their first album to feature bassist Frédéric Leclercq, who replaced Christian "Speesy" Giesler in 2019.
June 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
June 10th 2013 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐡 released the album "13" #GodIsDead #EndOfTheBeginning #LiveForever #HeavyMetal

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰...
It was the only studio album released by Black Sabbath since Forbidden (1995). The album reached number 1 on the Billboard Chart.
June 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
June 9th 1992 𝐃𝐞𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 released the album "Legion" #InHellIBurn #HolyDeception #RepentToDie #DeadButDreaming #Trifixion #DeathMetal

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰...
The album was produced by legendary death metal producer Scott Burns.
June 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
June 9th 1998 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐞 released the album “Dead Again” #TheNight #Crossroads #SuckingYourBlood #Fear #HeavyMetal

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰...
It marks the first album from Mercyful Fate that Michael Denner is not present on. A music video was made for "The Night."
June 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
June 9th 2017 𝐒𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 released the album “...Of the Dark Light” #TheViolation #TechnicalDeathMetal

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰...
It is their first album to feature guitarist Charlie Errigo and drummer Eric Morotti and the last album to feature vocalist Frank Mullen
June 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
June 9th 2023 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲 released the album “The Singularity (Phase II – Xenotaph)” #Altergeist #MelodicDeathMetal

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰…
This is the band's last album featuring founding member and drummer Henrik Ohlsson as well as guitarist Benjamin Ellis.
June 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
June 9th 1998 𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 released the album "Diabolus in Musica" #StainOfMind #LoveToHate #Desire #Scrum #ThrashMetal

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰...
The album peaked at number 31 on the Billboard Chart. Guitarist Jeff Hanneman wrote most of the album's content.
June 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
June 9th 1997 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 released the album "Demonic" #MurkyWaters #TogetherAsOne #DistortedLives #ThrashMetal

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰...
The album cover art for Demonic was done by Dave McKean who also did the cover art for the prior Testament studio album, Low.
June 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
June 8th 1999 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 released the album "The Gathering" #DownForLife #RidingTheSnake #TrueBeliever #SewnShutEyes #HeavyMetal

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰...
This was their first album featuring new musicians Steve DiGiorgio on bass guitar and Dave Lombardo on drums.
June 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
June 7th 2005 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 released the album "Octavarium" #NeverEnough #TheAnswerLiesWithin #PanicAttack #ProgressiveMetal

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰...
The album reached number 36 on the Billboard Chart.
June 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
June 6th 2005 𝐀𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐝 released the album “City of Evil” #BurnItDown #BatCountry #SeizeTheDay #HeavyMetal

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰…
The album title is derived from a lyric in the song, "Beast and the Harlot".
June 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
June 5th 2003 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚 released the GREAT album "St. Anger" #Frantic #TheUnnamedFeeling #HeavyMetal

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰...
The St. Anger sessions marks the only time Bob Rock played on any Metallica recordings, filling in for the departed bassist Jason Newsted.
June 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
June 3rd 1996 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚 released the GREAT album "Load" #UntilItSleeps #HeroOfTheDay #KingNothing #HeavyMetal

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰...
Load debuted and spent four consecutive weeks at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart.
June 3, 2025 at 5:09 AM
June 1st 2018 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭 released the album “Prequelle” #Rats #Faith #DanceMacabre #WitchImage #HardRock

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰...
The album marked the band's strongest selling debut to date, landing at number 3 on the Billboard 200.
June 2, 2025 at 1:22 AM
June 1st 2018 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐦 released the album “Meditations” #DeathMetal

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰…
Kataklysm won their first Juno Award (Canadian equivalent of the Grammy) for best album of the year in the "heavy metal" category for their 2015 album Of Ghosts & Gods.
June 2, 2025 at 1:18 AM