On June 9th, several influential metal musicians celebrate their birthdays: Mick Box of Uriah Heep turns 79, Pete Gill of Saxon turns 75, Gregg Bissonette of David Lee Roth's band turns 63, Patrick Young of Black 'n Blue turns 39.

The day is also marked by the releases of new albums from Glass Casket, Godflesh, Ray Alder, Rise to Fall, Scar Symmetry, Shakara, Slipknot, and Shakra.

Other notable events include Tankard's Stone Cold Sober release in 1992, Unleashed's Hammer Battalion release in 2008, Venom's Hell release in 2008, Grand Magus' Iron Will release in 2008, Gama Bomb's Citizen Brain release in 2008, Khold's Hundre År Gammal release in 2008, Black Sabbath's Greatest Hits release in 2009, Mortification's The Evil Addiction Destroying Machine release in 2009, and Disarmia Mundi's Cold Inferno release in 2015.

In more recent news, Anathema released The Optimist in 2017, Suffocation released …Of the Dark Light in 2017, Svartsyn released In Death in 2017, Volumes released Different Animals in 2017, White Skull released Will Of The Strong in 2017, and Extremes Six release is scheduled for June 9th, 2023.