Notable musicians who passed away in February include David Jack Peverett of FOGHAT and SAVOY BROWN, Mark St.

John of KISS, Alan Charles Lancaster of STATUS QUO, Jim Durkin of DARK ANGEL and DREAMS OF DAMNATION, and several other artists from various bands, whose birthdays were also noted this month.

Musicians who reached new milestones in February include David Bryan of BON JOVI celebrating his 64th birthday, METAL CHURCH marking their Blessing In Disguise album's release date, EXTREME celebrating Waiting For The Punchline's release, and others commemorating various events like PRIMORDIAL'S The Gathering Wilderness album release.

Albums that were released on February 7th include SCAR SYMMETRY's Symmetric In Design album, WHITESNAKE's The Definitive Collection compilation, DECAPITATED's Organic Hallucinosis album, MASTODON's Call Of The Mastodon EP, HIMSA's Hail Horror album, SWALLOW THE SUN's Hope single, DIR EN GREY's The Marrow Of A Bone album, VAN CANTO's Dawn Of The Brave EP, STAM1NA's SLK album, DELAIN's Apocalypse & Chill album, SEPULTURA's Quadra album, GOD DETHRONED's Illuminati album, LOATHE's I Let It In And It Took Everything album, NAPALM DEATH's Logic Ravaged By Brute Force EP, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS' Perdida single, SYLOSIS' Cycle Of Suffering album, LOATHE - The Things They Believe album, 16 - Guides For The Misguided album, Dream Theater's Parasomnia album, Impending Doom's Towards The Light album, Jinjer's Duél EP, Majestica's Power Train album, Marko Hietala's Roses From The Deep album, and Obscura's A Sonication album.