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 Happy Birthday Johan Liiva

Johan Patrik Mattias Liiva (born 18 November 1970, in Helsingborg) is a Swedish extreme metal vocalist, most widely recognized as the founding vocalist of popular melodic death metal band Arch Enemy, as well as a former member of Carnage, Furbowl, and NonExist. He is currently working as vocalist with the band Hearse and with his former Arch Enemy bandmates in Black Earth.

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 Happy Birthday Kirk Hammett

Kirk Lee Hammett (born November 18, 1962) is the lead guitarist and a songwriter in the heavy metal band Metallica and has been a member of the band since 1983. Before joining Metallica he formed and named the band Exodus. In 2003, Hammett was ranked 11th on Rolling Stone's list of The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. In 2009, Hammett was ranked number 15 in Joel McIver's book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists

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 Happy Birthday Rudy Sarzo

Rudy Sarzo (born Rodolfo Maximiliano Sarzo Lavieille Grande Ruiz Payret y Chaumont, November 18, 1950) is a Cuban American hard rock/heavy metal bassist. Sarzo has played with many well known heavy metal and hard rock acts including Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Manic Eden, Dio, Blue Öyster Cult and Geoff Tate's Queensrÿche, Devil City Angels

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 Happy Birthday Herman Rarebell

Herman Rarebell (born 18 November 1949 as Hermann Josef Erbel) is a German musician, best known as the drummer for the band Scorpions from 1977 to 1995, during which time he played on eight studio albums. Aside from playing drums, Rarebell wrote or co-wrote several songs for the group such as "Another Piece of Meat", "Falling in Love" and "Passion Rules the Game". He composed the lyrics for some of the band's most well known songs such as "Rock You Like a Hurricane", "Make It Real", "Dynamite", "Blackout", "Arizona", "Bad Boys Running Wild", "Don't Stop at the Top", and "Tease Me Please Me".

Herman Rarebell received his education in the subjects drums and piano at the Musikhochschule Saarbrücken. Rarebell played drums from 1965 with the band The Mastermen, from 1968 with The Fuggs Blues and RS Rindfleisch, with whom he released one single and performed in the clubs of the US military throughout Germany. In 1972-73 he played on three albums by the Krautrock band Missus Beastly, with a line-up consisting of three RS Rindfleisch members with a new singer and two additional musicians. The following year he joined the band Onyx after the name change to Vineyard. During his time in Scorpions, Rarebell released two solo albums Nip in the Bud (1981) and Herman Ze German (1986).

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 Happy Birthday Shagrath

Stian Tomt Thoresen (born 18 November 1976), known professionally as Shagrath, is a Norwegian musician best known as the vocalist, founding member and multi-instrumentalist of the band Dimmu Borgir.

Stian Thoresen was born on 18 November 1976 in Jessheim. He is a founding member, with Silenoz and Tjodalv, of Dimmu Borgir. When the band formed in 1993, Shagrath played drums, but switched to vocals before the release of the album Stormblåst in 1996. He has also played keyboards, guitar, and bass guitar. Shagrath played guitar in Fimbulwinter until the band split up in 1992. Fimbulwinter released one album, Servants of Sorcery, through Hot Records (Shagrath's record label) in 1994. Shagrath is the rhythm guitarist/songwriter and founding member of the hard rock band Chrome Division, which formed in 2004.

In late 2009, Shagrath and King ov Hell formed the black metal supergroup Ov Hell. In February 2010 the band released an album entitled The Underworld Regime. Shagrath has also played guest keyboards in the black metal band Ragnarok, and had a solo project named Starkness

Shagrath has said this about his stage name: "Shagrath is an demon name orc demon from the book Lord of the Rings. I chose the name thirteen years ago, so it's kinda crappy that Lord of the Rings has become so big now. Fortunately it [the name] didn't get that much attention in the movie, so it turned out all OK." The Tolkien character Shagrat is however not a demon, but the orc commander over Cirith Ungol

Oz

 Today in 2011 Oz released the album Burning Leather

Nakkila,Finland (early), Sweden (now) Heavy Metal

Status:Active

Years active: 1977-1991, 2010-present

The band Oz made a major splash with their 1983 album Fire In The Brain, a great NWOBHM-flavored energetic metal affair that won over critics and fans alike. The subsequent albums, however, failed to elicit the same response, and the band faded from worldwide view. By the time of their last album, Roll The Dice, the band had become half-Swedish with considerable lineup changes, and (based on some reports) a change in style as well. Apparently the band has reformed as of February 2010.

AFM Records

Jay C. Blade Bass, Vocals (backing)

Mark Ruffneck Drums

Costello Hautamäki Guitars (lead)

Markku Petander Guitars (rhythm)

Ape De Martini Vocals

1. Dominator 03:06

2. Searchlights 03:11

3. Let Sleeping Dogs Lie 04:20

4. Fire in the Brain 02:56

5. Seasons in the Darkness 05:33

6. Turn the Cross Upside Down 04:36

7. Burning Leather 04:30

8. Gambler 03:15

9. Enter Stadium 04:15

10. Total Metal 02:54

11. Third Warning 04:27

43:03

Tracks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 & 11 are re-recordings.

Iron Savior

 Today in 2011 iron Savior released the albumThe Landing

Hamburg,Germany Speed/Power Metal

Status:Active

Years active: 1996-present

Iron Savior is a band originally conceived by Piet Sielck, who played in early versions of Helloween and later worked as a sound engineer for Blind Guardian. Putting those connections to good use, Sielck drafted friends Kai Hansen and drummer Thomas Stauch (along with a couple of guest musicians) to complete the project's early formation. Though Hansen and Stauch are long gone, Sielck's mob have prospered over the years, now up to seven releases strong. Not surprisingly, the band plays speedy, early Helloween-styled melodic power metal, rarely straying outside the confines of the genre but nonetheless proving themselves one of the more popular bands of the German power metal scene. .

AFM Records

Piet Sielck Vocals, Guitars

Jan-Sören Eckert Bass, Vocals (backing)

Thomas Nack Drums, Percussion

Joachim "Piesel" Küstner Guitars, Vocals (backing)

1. Descending 01:05

2. The Savior 04:48

3. Starlight 04:51

4. March of Doom 04:43

5. Heavy Metal Never Dies 04:14

6. Moment in Time 05:07

7. Hall of the Heroes 05:39

8. R.U. Ready? 04:49

9. Faster than All 05:03

10. Before the Pain 04:34

11. No Guts, No Glory 04:31

49:24

Recorded, mixed and mastered at Powerhouse Studio, Hamburg in June - September 2011.

Drums recorded at Rekorder Studio, Hamburg in August 2011.