Taiji would officially rejoin the band in November of that same year.
Released that November, the album contained the track “Troops of Doom”, which gained some media attention.
Black Sabbath began work on new material in October 1986 at AIR Studios in Montserrat with producer Jeff Glixman .
In 1986, Alice Cooper officially returned to the music industry with the studio album Constrictor . The album spawned the hits ” He’s Back (The Man Behind the Mask) ” (the theme song for the movie Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives ; in the video for the song…
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Not satisfied with the album’s keyboard-dominated production nor the band’s commercialized image, John Norum decided to leave Europe in October 1986 to pursue a solo career. “I didn’t really like the direction the band was going in,” Norum said, “We became this teeny-bopper, bubblegum band and I hated that whole…
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After the end of the Venom/Exodus tour, Atomkraft prepared and recorded a new EP, with the tracks “Your Mentor” on the A-side and “Demolition”, “Funeral Pyre” and “Mode III” on the B-side. The EP did not get released in this form, as a rift developed in the band as a…
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On September 27, 1986, during the European leg of Metallica’s Damage, Inc. Tour , members drew cards to determine which bunks on the tour bus they would sleep in. Burton won and chose to sleep in Hammett’s bunk. At around sunrise near Dörarp , Sweden, the bus driver lost control…
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Steve Vai left to join David Lee Roth ‘s solo band in 1986. The split was on good terms, as it was an offer Vai could not refuse. He was replaced by guitarist Danny Johnson, who recorded what became Alcatrazz’s third studio album, Dangerous Games , released in September 1986.…
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Def Leppard brought in Jeff Rich in August 1986 to play alongside Allen during Def Leppard’s warm-up mini tour of Ireland. When Rich turned up late for a gig, he and the band realised Allen could drum alone.
The band recorded their first full-length album, Morbid Visions , in August 1986.