On This Day In METAL History – February 9th… From DEEP PURPLE To ABBATH
On January 9th, 1985 – The great DEEP PURPLE peaked at #17 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart, with their studio album Perfect Strangers. This was DEEP PURPLE‘s first album with their Mark II lineup in eleven years. Perfect Strangers went on to sell Platinum in the United States.
Above: IRON MAIDEN (circa 1996) – From L to R: Dave Murray (guitar), Steve Harris (bass), Blaze Bayley (vocals), Janick Gers (guitar) and Nicko McBrain (drums).
On February 9th, 1996 – The masterful IRON MAIDEN performed at Auditorium de Verdun in Montreal, QC, Canada. This date was on The X Factour, with Blaze Bayley as lead singer of IRON MAIDEN. Whoa.
Above: ABBATH – L to R are King (bass), ABBATH (vocals & guitar) and Creature (drums)
On February 9th, 2016 – The debut studio album from ABBATH is ranked at #46, on the iTunes Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Chart. HAIL ABBATH!!
On February 9th, 2016 – The new studio EP from Belgium’s ABORTED, Termination Redux, is ranked at #70, on the iTunes Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Chart. Freaking hell and yeah!
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LONG LIVE THE ROOTS & FAMILY TREE OF METAL.
Stone.
Metal Odyssey > Heavy Metal Music Blog 
February 9, 2016 at 11:29 am
You know me — I love Deep Purple! And I really love Perfect Strangers.
February 9, 2016 at 11:30 am
OH, YEAH!! SOLID ALBUM from beginning to end!! \m/
February 9, 2016 at 9:53 pm
make that 2 of us!