Fjorsvartnir - Mzoraxc' Forbandelse (SOtD MDCXXXIV)

Fjorsvartnir is a one-man Melodic Black Metal band from Denmark.
Mzoraxc' Forbandelse is his second album.

Fjorsvartnir - Nordens Genopstandelse

Kataklysm - Of Ghosts And Gods (SOtD MDCXXXIII)

Kataklysm is a Death Metal band from Canada.
Of Ghosts And Gods is their twelfth full-length album.

Kataklysm - The Black Sheep

Symphony X - Underworld (SOtD MDCXXXII)

4 years after Iconoclast, Symphony X has released a new album.
Underworld is the ninth album of the Progressive Metal band from the USA.

Symphony X - Without You

The Order Of Chaos - Apocalypse Moon (SOtD MDCXXXI)

The Order Of Chaos is a Heavy Power / Trash Metal band from Canada.
Apocalypse Moon is their third full-length album.

The Order Of Chaos - Apocalypse Moon

Zandelle - Perseverance (SOtD MDCXXX)

Zandelle is a Heavy Power Metal band from the USA.
Perseverance is their fifth full-length album.

Zandelle - Unending Fortitude

Powerwolf - Blessed & Possessed (SOtD MDCXXIX)

Blessed & Possessed is the sixth full-length album from the German Power Metal band Powerwolf.
To some their music is too basic and some songs are too similar to one another.
Know what? I don't care! Their music is epic, catchy and fun, and I always enjoy listening to ther songs.

Powerwolf - Armata Strigoi

Immortal Bird - Empress / Abscess (SOtD MDCXXVIII)

Immortal Bird is a Death Metal band from the US, fronted by female drummer and singer Rae Amitay.
Empress / Abscess is their first full-length album.

Immortal Bird - Saprophyte

Paul Wardingham - The Human Affliction (SOtD MDCXXVII)

Paul Wardingham is an Australian composing, and playing Progressive Math Metal.
The Human Affliction is his second album.

Paul Wardingham - Beyond Human

Fferyllt - Achanterez (SOtD MDCXXVI)

Fferyllt is a Russian Folk Metal band.
Achanterez is their third album.

Fferyllt - Call Of The Wild

Cradle Of Filth - Hammer Of The Witches (SOtD MDCXXV)

Cradle Of Filth has released a new album.
Hammer Of The Witches is the eleventh full-length album of the British Extreme Symphonic Gothic Metal.

Cradle Of Filth - Right Wing Of The Garden Triptych

Back in 1985 - Dokken (SOtD MDCXXIV)

Back in 1985, Dokken released Under Lock and Key.
It was the third full-length album from the American Heavy Metal band.

Dokken - Lightning Strikes Again

Back in 1985 - Helloween (SOtD MDCXXIII)

Back in 1985, Helloween released Walls Of Jericho.
It was the first full-length album from the German Power Metal band.

Helloween - Judas

Back in 1995 - Down (SOtD MDCXXII)

Back in 1995, Down released their debut album.
Nola was the first release of the American Stoner / Sludge / Heavy Metal band.

Down - Stone The Crow

Back in 1995 - At The Gates (SOtD MDCXXI)

Back in 1995, At The Gates released Slaughter Of The Soul.
It was the fourth full-length album from the Swedish Gothenburg Metal band.

At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

Back in 1995 - Edguy (SOtD MDCXX)

Back in 1995, Edguy released their debut album, Savage Poetry.
The German Power Metal band would re-arrange, record and release the same songs in the album The Savage Poetry, 5 years later.

Edguy - Roses To Noone



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Back in 1995 - Old Man's Child (SOtD MDCXIX)

Back in 1995, Old Man's Child released their debut album.
Born Of The Flickering was the first album from the Norwegian Symphonic Black Metal band.

Old Man's Child - Born of the Flickering

Back in 1995 - Symphony X (SOtD MDCXIX)

Back in 1995, Symphony X released The Damnation Game.
It was the second album from the American Progressive Power Metal band.

Symphony X - The Damnation Game

Back in 1995 - Running Wild (SOtD MDCXVIII)

Back in 1995, Running Wild released Masquerade.
It was the tenth full-length album from the German Heavy Metal band.

Running Wild - Lions Of The Sea

Back in 1995 - Stratovarius (SOtD MDCXVII)

Back in 1995, Stratovarius released Fourth Dimension.
It was the fourth album released by the Finnish legendary Power Metal band.

Stratovarius - Distant Skies

Back in 1995 - Rammstein (SOtD MDCXVI)

Back in 1995, Rammstein released their debut album.
Herzeleid was an awesome debut for the German Industrial Metal and Neue Deutsch Härte ambassators.

Rammstein - Seemann

Back in 1995 - Grave Digger (SOtD MDCXV)

Back in 1995, Grave Digger released Heart Of Darkness.
It was the sixth full-length album from the German Heavy Metal band.

Grave Digger - Heart Of Darkness

Back in 1995 - Ayreon (SOtD MDCXIV)

Back in 1995, the album Ayreon - The Final Experiment, was released.
It was a Metal Opera written by the Dutch gentle giant, Arjen Anthony Lucassen.
Ayreon ended up becoming the band name for Lucassen's solo project, and The Final Experiment as it's debut album.

Ayreon - Ayreon's Fate

Back in 1995 - Summoning (SOtD MDCXIII)

Back in 1995, Summoning released Minas Morgul.
It was the second full-lenth album from the Austrian Atmospheric Black Metal band.

Summoning - The Legend of the Master-Ring

Back in 1995 - Theatre Of Tragedy (SOtD MDCXII)

Back in 1995, Theatre Of Tragedy released their self-titled debut album.
In that album, the Norwegian Gothic Metal band introduced to the world the ethereal voice of Liv Kristine.

Theatre Of Tragedy- To These Words I Behold No Tongue

Back in 1995 - Savatage (SOtD MDCXI)

Back in 1995, Savatage released Dead Winter Dead.
It was the ninth full-length release from the American Progressive Heavy Metal band.

Savatage - Sarajevo + This Is The Time (1990)

Back in 1995 - Lacrimosa (SOtD MDCX)

Back in 1995, Lacrimosa released the album Inferno.
The fourth full-length album, from the German Symphonic Gothic Metal band, contained my favorite Lacrimosa song, Copycat.

Lacrimosa - Copycat

Back in 1995 - Virgin Steele (SOtD MDCIX)

Back in 1995, Virgin Steele released The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell Part II.
It was the seventh album from the American Symphonic Heavy Metal band.
I must admit that, nowadays, there aren't new powerfull balads, like this one, anymore.

Virgin Steele - Strawgirl

Back in 1995 - Gamma Ray (SOtD MDCIX)

Back in 1995, Gamma Ray released Land Of The Free.
It was the fourth full-length album from the German Power Metal band.

Gamma Ray - Land of the Free

Back in 1995 - Paradise Lost (SOtD MDCVIII)

Back in 1995, Paradise Lost released their mythical album, Draconian Times.
It was the fifth full-length album from the British Gothic Metal band.

Paradise Lost - Enchantment

Back in 1995 - Moonspell (SOtD MDCVII)

Back in 1995, Moonspell released their debut album.
Wolfheart was a landmark in Portuguese Metal and showed that the Gothic Metal band was capable of building a worldwide carreer.

Moonspell - Ataegina