Led Zepplin

 Today in 2012 Led Zeppelin released the live album Celebration Day

London, England Hard rock blues rock folk rock heavy metal

Status: Split Up

Years active 1968–80

(reunions: 1985, 1988, 1995, 2007)

Though Black Sabbath was arguably a more influential band in regards to the history of heavy metal, no hard rock/metal discussion is complete without a mention of Led Zeppelin. Besides recording one of the most popular rock songs of all time ("Stairway To Heaven"), Led Zeppelin's back catalog has served as a blueprint for blues-based hard rock for decades. The list of instantly recognizable hits is staggering: "Whole Lotta Love", "Kashmir", "Communication Breakdown", "The Immigrant Song", "Rock And Roll", and on and on. The band abruptly broke up shortly after the unfortunate death of John Bonham in 1980, the remaining three asserting they could not continue without their drummer. Robert Plant and Jimmy Page both have managed successful solo careers, and the two have played Zep tunes (with an elaborate backing band) together in recent years.

Atlantic

Jason Bonham – drums, percussion; backing vocals on "Good Times Bad Times" and "Misty Mountain Hop"

John Paul Jones – bass guitar, Korg OASYS, Korg X50

Jimmy Page – guitar, theremin, production

Robert Plant – vocals; harmonica on "Nobody's Fault But Mine", tambourine on "In My Time of Dying" and "Stairway to Heaven"

All songs administered by WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)

Set

"Good Times Bad Times" (John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant) – 3:45

"Ramble On" (Page and Plant) – 5:53

"Black Dog" (Jones, Page, and Plant) – 5:53

"In My Time of Dying" (Bonham, Jones, Page, and Plant) – 11:41

"For Your Life" (Page and Plant) – 6:50

"Trampled Under Foot" (Jones, Page, and Plant) – 6:28

"Nobody's Fault but Mine" (Page and Plant) – 6:49

"No Quarter" (Jones, Page, and Plant) – 11:22

"Since I've Been Loving You" (Jones, Page, and Plant) – 8:52

"Dazed and Confused" (Page; inspired by Jake Holmes) – 13:04

"Stairway to Heaven" (Page and Plant) – 8:49

"The Song Remains the Same" (Page and Plant) – 5:57

"Misty Mountain Hop" (Jones, Page, and Plant) – 5:38

"Kashmir" (Bonham, Page, and Plant) – 10:00

First encore

"Whole Lotta Love" (Bonham, Willie Dixon, Jones, Page and Plant) – 9:16

Second encore

"Rock and Roll" (Bonham, Jones, Page, and Plant) – 4:55

Video bonus features

Shepperton rehearsals

BBC footage

Celebration Day is a concert film by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, recorded at the Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert on 10 December 2007, in The O2 Arena, London. The film was given a limited theatrical release starting on 17 October 2012, and was released on several home audio and video formats on 19 November 2012. The performance, the film, and album releases have been widely praised.

Destinity

 Today in 2012 Destinity released the album Resolve in Crimson

Lyon, Rhône-Alpes,France Black Metal (early), Symphonic Black/Death Metal (mid), Thrash/Death Metal (later)

Status:On hold

Years active: 1996-2014

French progressive death metal band, fusing thrash and old school death with synth-driven clean passages

Lifeforce Records

Morteüs Drums

Zephiros Guitars

Mick Vocals

Dave Bass

Seb V.S. Guitars

Guest/Session

Stéphane Buriez Vocals (additional) (track 5)

Pierre Le Pape Samples, Orchestrations

1. Black Sun Rising 03:46

2. Reap My Scars 05:48

3. Aiming a Fist in Enmity 04:16

4. Can't Stand the Sight 07:35

5. A Scent of Scorn 04:13

6. Redshift 03:55

7. Only Way 03:55

8. Break into His Heart 04:24

9. The Hatred 04:45

42:37

A video was made for "Black Sun Rising"

Recording information:

Recorded & mixed and mastered at Hansen studios during July 2012.

Aeon

 Today in 2012 Aeon released the album Aeons Black

Östersund,Sweden Death Metal

Status:Active

Years active: 1999-present

Bleeding The False is the 2005 debut full-length album for Aeon, following a MCD release of their demo in 2001. Brutal, chugging death metal is the order of the day here, with staccato riffs and machine-gun double-bass work a constant in virtually every song, which at times comes off as monotonous. Lyrically, songs titles like "Biblewhore" and "God Gives Head In Heaven" (!) pretty much tell the story, clearly the guys have no fondness for Christianity, certainly not a novelty among death metal bands. This isn't groundbreaking stuff, and there is little variation either vocally or riff-wise, but the intensity is there, and those into modern European death metal should give these guys a listen.

Metal Blade Records

Arttu Malkki Drums

Zeb Nilsson Guitars

Tommy Dahlström Vocals

Daniel Dlimi Guitars

Marcus Edvardsson Bass

1. Still They Pray 03:50

2. The Glowing Hate 04:12

3. The Voice of the Accuser 00:51

4. I Wish You Death 04:54

5. Garden of Sin 03:49

6. Neptune the Mystic 01:12

7. Nothing Left to Destroy 05:24

8. Passage to Hell 01:05

9. Aeons Black 03:42

10. Dead Means Dead 04:03

11. Sacrificed 03:23

12. Aftermath 01:20

13. Blessed by the Priest 03:58

14. Maze of the Damned 03:38

15. Die by My Hands 05:22

50:43

"Neptune the Mystic" is a death metal interpretation of the orchestral piece of the same name by English composer Gustav Holst, written in 1915 as the last movement of the orchestral suite The Planets.

Recording information:

Recorded at Empire Studio in Östersund, Sweden in June 2012.

Mixed and mastered at Garageland Studios in June/July 2012.

AC/DC

 Today in 2012 AC/DC released the Live album Live at River Plate

Sydney, Australia Hard rock, blues rock, rock and roll
Status;Active
Years active 1973 (1973)–present
Featuring one of the most recognizeable images in rock (diminutive guitarist Angus Young in his trademark schoolboy uniform), AC/DC has been in the business for more than forty years, scarcely changing their style from album to album but continuing to maintain a large following due to their simplistic yet effective hard rock and energetic live performances. They are undeniably Australia's most well-known rock export, and their style is one of the most recognizeable, and imitated, in the history of hard rock, rising to worldwide superstardom around the time of Highway To Hell, one of their seminal works. They've enduring setbacks in recent years (the failing health of Angus' brother Malcolm, the legal troubles of drummer Phil Rudd, resulting in both taking a leave of absence from the band), but Angus and crew soldier on.
Columbia
Brian Johnson – lead vocals
Angus Young – lead guitar
Malcolm Young(R.I.P.2017) – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Cliff Williams – bass guitar, backing vocals
Phil Rudd – drums
All tracks written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Bon Scott; except where noted.
Disc one
No. Title Length
1. "Rock 'N Roll Train" (A. Young, M. Young) 4:41
2. "Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be" 4:27
3. "Back in Black" (A. Young, M. Young, Brian Johnson) 4:14
4. "Big Jack" (A. Young, M. Young) 4:07
5. "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" 4:58
6. "Shot Down in Flames" 3:47
7. "Thunderstruck" (A. Young, M. Young) 5:32
8. "Black Ice" (A. Young, M. Young) 3:43
9. "The Jack" 10:11
10. "Hells Bells" (A. Young, M. Young, Johnson) 5:37
Disc two
No. Title Length
1. "Shoot to Thrill" (A. Young, M. Young, Johnson) 5:55
2. "War Machine" (A. Young, M. Young) 3:39
3. "Dog Eat Dog" 5:09
4. "You Shook Me All Night Long" (A. Young, M. Young, Johnson) 4:01
5. "T.N.T." 3:57
6. "Whole Lotta Rosie" 5:57
7. "Let There Be Rock" 18:05
8. "Highway to Hell" 4:43
9. "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)" (A. Young, M. Young, Johnson) 7:44
Disc three (German Exclusive Edition only available on http://www.saturn.de)
No. Title Length
1. "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution (Live at the Circus Krone, Munich, June 17, 2003)" (A. Young, M. Young, Johnson (incorrectly credited on packaging as A. Young, M. Young, B. Scott))
2. "If You Want Blood (You've Got It) (Live at the Circus Krone, Munich, June 17, 2003)"
3. "What's Next to the Moon (Live at the Circus Krone, Munich, June 17, 2003)"
Live at River Plate is a live album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It was released on 19 November 2012.[2]
The album was recorded during AC/DC's Black Ice World Tour at River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires on 4 December 2009. Video footage from the same concert was previously released officially on DVD and Blu-ray in May 2011.
With the release of the album in the UK, the top ten of the UK Rock & Metal Singles chart was composed of all AC/DC songs, with "Back in Black", "Highway to Hell", "You Shook Me All Night Long", "Thunderstruck", "Whole Lotta Rosie", "Shoot to Thrill", "Hells Bells", "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)", "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)", and "T.N.T.", all charting within the top ten in corresponding order. However, several songs in the chart were actually the studio versions. This was also a result of all of AC/DC's albums being re-released on iTunes at the time of Live at River Plate's release

Feast of Corpses

 Today in 2003 Feast of Corpses released the album Sudden Death

Sept-Îles, Quebec, Canada Death Thrash Metal

Status: Active

Years active 2002-Present

Brutal death metal from Canada with drum programming.

At the beginning, the two of us were playing in a band called Erum Furor. In 2001 when the band splitted due to some members moving away, we discussed about forming a project about mass killers.

This first release of 2003 came out to represent the shocking events that happened in the United States of America on septembre 11th 2001. In January 2002, we were both drunk and really pissed off hearing about WTC reported by every kind of media. The project had come out: Our music is timeless compared to the stiffed and quick coverage from the information agencies. So we wrote a song called Falling Towers that night. We have been investing our time in recording a cd called Unexpected Plan in Hate's appartment during summer 2003. Two years after the tragic events, we released the demo on 11/09/2003.

We came out with a new disc in 2007, this time to explore the sickest behaviors of mankind. Nothing could have stopped us from evicting our nastiness. The expression of our work came out from our daily state: A mixture of warm blood with social toxins dilluted. Our goal was to say out loud what most people do not even dare to think. We gave a meaning to all those attrocities in the world, reminding us the insecurity of our world.

independent

Bestial Vocals, Guitars

Hate Vocals, Guitars

Guest/Session

Flo Mounier Drums

Kim Gosselin Bass

1. Entrée of Garlic Roasted Eyeballs 01:06

2. Hideous Crime Scene 04:37

3. When World Collapse 04:12

4. Incurable Insanity 03:34

5. Autopsy of a Rotten Corpse 05:09

6. Crushing the Remains 04:08

7. Wanted 04:00

8. Eternal Pain 04:12

9. The Ritual Frenzy 03:48

10. Ice Cold Menstrual Blood Digestif 00:53

35:39

Produced by Feast of Corpses and Kim Gosselin.

Recorded by Kim Gosselin at Mourning After Studios.

Mixed and mastered by Kim Gosselin at Silver Wings Studios

Drums recorded by Steve Burns at Flo´s Studios.

Fastway

 Today in 2011 Fastway released the album Eat Dog Eat

London, England Hard rock, heavy metal

Status:Active

Years active 1983-present

Fastway was an hard rock band formed by guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke formerly of Motörhead, and bassist Pete Way formerly of UFO. In 1983 both players had been disgruntled with their own bands and decided to work together in a new outfit. They recruited drummer Jerry Shirley formerly of Humble Pie, and vocalist Dave King and took their name from a combination of the founder-members' names. However, Way then discovered that he could not escape from his contract with Chrysalis Records and also received a tempting offer to play for Ozzy Osbourne, and abandoned the project, forcing Clarke to steer it alone. Bringing in session bassist Mick Feat, the band then recorded debut album FASTWAY.

A critical and moderate commercial success, with successful touring to promote it (with Alfie Angus on bass), the band then recruited Charlie McCracken as "permanent" bassist and released ALL FIRED UP in the following year. Shirley and McCracken subsequently left and there was a hiatus. In 1986 Clarke then reformed the band, retaining King and recruiting with Shane Carroll (2nd guitar), Paul Reid (bass) and Alan Connor (drums) and this lineup released WAITING FOR THE ROAR. In 1987 they collaborated with the movie TRICK OR TREAT and released a soundtrack from it. Unfortunately both film and soundtrack were poorly received. Nonetheless the band persevered, supporting Ozzy Osbourne in 1988. However King then left after the tour and Clarke decided to start again from scratch using vocalist Lea Hart and session men, quickly releasing ON TARGET in the same year.

In 1990 this duo released BAD BAD GIRLS, employing various session musicians including members of Girlschool. It was well-received but widely ignored and sold poorly. After struggling on for another year, in which they released a live album SAY WHAT YOU WILL, Clarke and Hart gave up and the band was defunct. In 1997 however the pair reunited and released a reworked version of ON TARGET, but there was no commercial success.

Vocalist David King is now with Flogging Molly, an Irish inspired punk band.

Secret Records

Fast Eddie Clarke(R.I.P. 2018) - Lead guitars

Toby Jepson - Lead vocals, Bass guitar, Acoustic guitar

Matt Eldridge. - Drums, percussion

All tracks composed by Fast Eddie Clarke and Toby Jepson

"Deliver Me" - 4:41

"Fade Out" - 4:06

"Leave the Light On" - 3:55

"Lovin' Fool" - 4:30

"Dead and Gone" - 5:49

"Sick as a Dog" - 3:44

"Freedom Song" - 3:52

"Who do you Believe?" - 4:04

"Love I need" - 4:37

"On and On" - 3:53

"Only If You Want It" - 4:06

Eat Dog Eat is the seventh album by British hard rock band, Fastway. Released 21 years after their previous album, Eat Dog Eat features a new band line-up including vocalist Toby Jepson, previously of Little Angels and Gun. Leave The Light On was released as a single on 19 March 2012

Suicidal Angels

 Today in 2010 Suicidal Angels released the album Dead Again

Athens, Attica,Greece Thrash Metal

Status:Active

Years active: 2001-present

Inspired by bands like Napalm Death, Celtic Frost, and Kreator, Greek thrash metal outfit Suicidal Angels formed in 2001 around the talents of guitarist Nick and bass player Kostas. The band released the demo United by Hate in 2002, followed by the EP Bloodthirsty Humanity in 2004. A four-track single appeared in 2006, paving the way for the group’s first full-length, Eternal Domination. By this time, the band (which now featured original vocalist/guitarist Nick, guitarist Panos, bass player Angel, and drummer Orfeas) had expanded its fan base throughout Europe and had begun making a splash overseas as well. In 2008, the group inked a deal with metal behemoth Nuclear Blast and began recording its 2009 sophomore effort, Sanctify the Darkness. The next three years saw the group take on an ambitious touring regimen, appearing at numerous festivals, including Wacken Open Air, Metalcamp, Sonisphere, and Brutal Assault Open Air. During that period, they released albums three and four, 2010's Dead Again and 2012's Bloodbath, followed by Divide and Conquer in 2014 and Division of Blood in 2016.

NoiseArt Records Records

Angel Bass

Orfeas Drums

Panos Guitars

Nick Vocals, Guitars, Lyrics

1. Damnation 01:21 instrumental

2. Reborn in Violence 04:18

3. Bleeding Holocaust 02:54

4. The Trial 03:36

5. Suicide Solution 02:34

6. Beggar of Scorn 05:21

7. Victimized 04:13

8. Violent Abuse 02:35

9. The Lies of Resurrection 04:18

10. Search for Recreation 02:52

11. Dead Again 03:02

12. Final Dawn 02:58

40:02

Videoclips were made for Bleeding Holocaust and Beggar of Scorn.