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Who remembers this episode of Married With Children?
Retweet if you do!!
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#IronMaiden
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Mar 22nd 1982
@IronMaiden
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#EddieVanHalen
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#Slayer
released the GREAT album "Reign In Blood"
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July 27th 1984
@Metallica
released the GREAT album "Ride The Lightning"
#CreepingDeath
#FadeToBlack
#ForWhomTheBellTolls
#FightFireWithFire
#ThrashMetal
Did you know..
It’s their last album to feature songwriting contributions from guitarist Dave Mustaine.
Best Metallica album?
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Feb 25th 1992
#Pantera
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#OnThisDay
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Sept 24th 1990
#Megadeth
released the GREAT album "Rust In Peace"
What’s your favourite song off the album?
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May 16th 1983 Iron Maiden released the album "Piece Of Mind"
What’s your favourite song off the album?
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#OnThisDay
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Oct 14th 1985
#IronMaiden
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Oct 14th 1985
#IronMaiden
released the LIVE album "Live After Death"
#RunningFree
#AcesHigh
#TheTrooper
#RunToTheHills
#Wrathchild
#HeavyMetal
Did you know...
It was recorded at Long Beach Arena, California and Hammersmith Odeon, London during the band's World Slavery Tour.
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Watch Marty Friedman perform with Megadeth for the first time in over 23 years!!
Countdown To Extinction!!
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July 25th 1983
@Metallica
released their GREAT debut album "Kill 'Em All"
#JumpInTheFire
#TheFourHorsemen
#HitTheLights
#ThrashMetal
Did you know...
Kerrang! listed the album at number 29 among the "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time”
Where do you rank this album?
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Feb 2nd 1981
@IronMaiden
released the album "Killers"
#Wrathchild
#Purgatory
#AnotherLife
#Drifter
#ProdigalSon
#TwilightZone
#HeavyMetal
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Nov 1st 1994
#Megadeth
released the GREAT album "Youthanasia"
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#OnThisDay
#HeavyMetal
Sept 3rd 1984
#IronMaiden
released the GREAT album "Powerslave"
What’s your favourite song off the album?
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Jan 26th 1955
#EddieVanHalen
guitarist with
#VanHalen
was born.
#RIP
#HardRock
#ClassicRock
#GuitarGreat
#Legend
Did you know...
In 2011,
#RollingStone
ranked Van Halen number eight in the list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists.
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Mar 22nd 1982
@IronMaiden
released the GREAT album "The Number Of The Beast"
#RunToTheHills
#Invaders
#HallowedBeThyName
#HeavyMetal
Did you know...
The album debuted at number 1 on the
@officialcharts
It was their first album to feature vocalist Bruce Dickinson.
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Apr 10th 1982
@IronMaiden
scored their first
#UK
No.1 album with "The Number Of The Beast"
#HeavyMetal
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Aug 20th 1966
#DimebagDarrell
former guitarist with
#Pantera
was born.
#RIP
#HeavyMetal
Did you know...
Dimebag ranked number 1 in Metal Hammer’s Top 100 Greatest Guitarists.
What is your fondest memory of him?
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May 8th 2000
@IronMaiden
released the single "The Wicker Man"
#HeavyMetal
Did you know...
It was the first single by the band since the return of vocalist Bruce Dickinson and guitarist Adrian Smith in 1999.
The single peaked at number 9 on the
@officialcharts
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Sept 29th 1986
@IronMaiden
released the album "Somewhere In Time"
#WastedYears
#StrangerInAStrangeLand
#CaughtSomewhereInTime
"
#HeavyMetal
Did you know...
The album reached number 11 on the
@billboard
chart.
It was the band's first album to feature guitar synthesisers.
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Wow
So shocked to hear this.
R.I.P. Vinnie Paul
We truly lost another heavy metal legend today.
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Mar 3rd 1986
@Metallica
released the GREAT album "Master Of Puppets"
#Battery
#DamageInc
#DisposableHeroes
#Sanitarium
#HeavyMetal
Did you know...
Master of Puppets was the band's last album to feature bassist Cliff Burton.
The album peaked at number 29 on the
@billboard
chart.
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May 29th 2000 Iron Maiden released the album "Brave New World"
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July 14th 1992
@Megadeth
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#SymphonyOfDestruction
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#HeavyMetal
Did you know...
The album reached number 2 on the
@billboard
chart.
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@IronMaiden
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Sept 29th 1986
#IronMaiden
released the album "Somewhere In Time"
#WastedYears
#StrangerInAStrangeLand
#CaughtSomewhereInTime
"
#HeavyMetal
Did you know...
The album reached number 11 on the
#BillboardCharts
It was the band's first album to feature guitar synthesisers.
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#JeffHanneman
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#RIP
#ThrashMetal
Did you know...
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Mar 22nd 1982
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#HeavyMetal
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Feb 10th 1962
#CliffBurton
former bassist with
@Metallica
was born.
#RIP
#HeavyMetal
Did you know...
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On “This Day in Metal”….
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May 11th 1992 Iron Maiden released the album "Fear Of The Dark"
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Fans Help Old Metalhead In Wheelchair Enter Her First Mosh Pit!!
#Slayer
#MoshPit
#HeavyMetal
Who else has seen some crazy stuff in a mosh pit?
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Oct 7th 1986
#Slayer
released the GREAT album "Reign In Blood"
#AngelOfDeath
#RainingBlood
#ThrashMetal
Did you know...
#KerrangMagazine
described it as the "heaviest album of all time” and listed the album at number 27 among the "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time".
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Dec 23rd 1956 Legendary
@IronMaiden
guitarist
#DaveMurray
was born!!
#HappyBirthday
#HeavyMetal
Did you know....
Murray has appeared on all of the band's releases.
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Lots of good stuff happened on this day in metal but too saddened today to mentioned anything.
We dedicate today in memory of Vinnie Paul.
Still can’t get over his death.
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May 7th 1996 Pantera released the album "The Great Southern Trendkill"
What’s your favourite song off the album?
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Nov 18th 2017
#MalcolmYoung
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has passed away. The Hard Rock and Metal community is in mourning today.
He passed away surrounded by family following a long battle with dementia.
#RIP
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May 11th 1992
@IronMaiden
released the album "Fear Of The Dark"
#BeQuickOrBeDead
#WastingLove
#FromHereToEternity
#TheFugitive
#HeavyMetal
Did you know...
It was their first album to be produced by bassist and band founder Steve Harris.
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Sept 3rd 1984
@IronMaiden
released the GREAT album "Powerslave"
#AcesHigh
#2MinutesToMidnight
#FlashOfTheBlade
#BackInTheVillage
#HeavyMetal
Did you know...
In 2017, it was ranked 38th on
@RollingStone
’s list of "100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time".
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March 22nd 1982
#IronMaiden
released the GREAT album "The Number Of The Beast"
#RunToTheHills
#Invaders
#HallowedBeThyName
#HeavyMetal
Did you know...
The album debuted at number 1 on the
#OfficialCharts
It was their first album to feature vocalist Bruce Dickinson.
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Feb 12th 1982
#IronMaiden
released the single "Run To The Hills"
#HeavyMetal
#IronMaiden4RockHall
#VoteIronMaiden
#RockHall
Did you know...
The single marked Iron Maiden's debut release with new vocalist Bruce Dickinson.
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Feb 25th 1992
#Pantera
released the GREAT album "Vulgar Display Of Power"
#Walk
#MouthForWar
#ThisLove
#Hollow
#Piss
#ANewLevel
#HeavyMetal
Did you know...
The album has been described as one of the most influential Heavy Metal albums of the 1990s.
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July 24th 1990
@Pantera
released the album "Cowboys From Hell"
#CemeteryGates
#PsychoHoliday
#Domination
#CowboysFromHell
#HeavyMetal
Did you know...
The album is not only considered one of the band's best, but is also one of the defining albums of early '90s metal.
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On this day in metal in 1970,
#BlackSabbath
released their debut album "Black Sabbath"
#OnThisDay
#ThisDayInMetal
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Feb 10th 1962
#CliffBurton
former bassist with
@Metallica
was born.
#RIP
#HeavyMetal
Did you know...
Today Alameda County, California is proclaiming February 10th "Cliff Burton Day”.
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June 20th 1983
@IronMaiden
released the GREAT single "The Trooper"
#HeavyMetal
Did you know...
The single's B-Side was a cover of Jethro Tull's "Cross-Eyed Mary".
The single reached number 12 on the
@officialcharts
Is this Iron Maiden’s best song?
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Retweet if you owned cassette tapes back in the day!!
And which ones did you own?
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July 21st 1987
@gunsnroses
released the GREAT album "Appetite For Destruction"
#ParadiseCity
#MyMichelle
#Nightrain
#WelcomeToTheJungle
#HardRock
@Slash
@IzzyStradlin999
Did you know...
The album debuted at number 182 on the
@billboard
chart.
Any of you have the original copy?
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On this day in metal in 1986, Ozzy Osbourne released the album “The Ultimate Sin”
#OnThisDay
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Mar 10th 2003
@acdc
are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler.
Did you know...
The band went on to play “Highway To Hell” and then performed “You Shook Me All Night Long” with Tyler.
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May 27th 1988
#MonstersOfRock
tour started in
#EastTroy
#Wisconsin
featuring
#VanHalen
#Metallica
#Scorpions
#Dokken
#HardRock
#HeavyMeal
Which city did you see this in?
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July 27th 1984
@Metallica
released the GREAT album "Ride The Lightning"
#CreepingDeath
#FadeToBlack
#ForWhomTheBellTolls
#FightFireWithFire
#ThrashMetal
Did you know...
It was their last album to feature songwriting contributions from former lead guitarist Dave Mustaine.
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#ThisDayInMetal
#OnThisDay
#HeavyMetal
July 27th 1984 Metallica released the GREAT album "Ride The Lightning"
What’s your favourite song off the album?
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Apr 26th 1982
@IronMaiden
released the single "The Number Of The Beast"
#HeavyMetal
Did you know...
One of the greatest Heavy Metal songs of all time, it reached number 18 on the
@officialcharts
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35 years ago...
What a great year in heavy metal music!!!
What was your favourite album from 1983?
#HeavyMetal
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Sept 3rd 1984
@IronMaiden
released the album "Powerslave"
#AcesHigh
#2MinutesToMidnight
#FlashOfTheBlade
#BackInTheVillage
#HeavyMetal
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