This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1989. “Heavy metal” redirects here. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Newly formed bands

• Bal-Sagoth
• Mägo de Oz
• Bruce Dickinson's solo career starts.
• Cannibal Corpse
• Comecon
• Dark Tranquillity
• Dissection
• Edge Of Sanity
• Immortal
• Sentenced
• Sigh
• Slaughter
• Tourniquet
• Thorns
• Unanimated

Bal-Sagoth are a Symphonic Black Metal band from Yorkshire, England. ... The band Mägo de Oz Mägo de Oz (Wizard of Oz with a heavy-metal umlaut) is a Spanish Folk Metal band formed in mid 1989 by drummer Txus. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band founded in 1988. ... Comecon is a Swedish death metal project founded in 1989. ... Dark Tranquillity is a Gothenburg metal band from Sweden. ... Dissection was a well-known Swedish black metal band formed in 1989 by guitarist and vocalist Jon Nödtveidt. ... Edge of Sanity are a Swedish melodic death metal band whose work often delves into experimental, even progressive, territory. ... Immortal is a black metal band from Bergen, Norway. ... Sentenced was a heavy metal band formed in 1989, in the town of Muhos, Finland. ... Sigh is an avant garde metal band from Tokyo, Japan that was formed in 1989. ... For the Canadian death metal band, see Slaughter (Canadian band). ... Tourniquet; from front: Ted Kirkpatrick, Aaron Guerra, Luke Easter Tourniquet is an American Christian metal band, named after the medical device called a tourniquet, based out of California. ... Thorns is a Norwegian black metal band. ... Unanimated are a Swedish melodic death metal band. ...

Albums

• Aerosmith - Pump
• Alice Cooper - Prince Of Darkness, Trash
• Black Sabbath - Headless Cross
• Blind Guardian - Follow the Blind
• Bolt Thrower - Realm Of Chaos - Slaves To Darkness
• Cannibal Corpse - Cannibal Corpse (5-song demo cassette)
• Carcass - Symphonies of Sickness
• The Cult - Sonic Temple
• Dream Theater - When Dream and Day Unite
• Exodus - Fabulous Disaster
• Faith No More - The Real Thing
• Forced Entry - Uncertain Future
• Great White - ...Twice Shy
• KISS - Hot in the Shade
• Kreator - Extreme Aggression
• Richie Kotzen - Richie Kotzen
• Macabre - Gloom
• Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
• Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Trial By Fire: Live in Leningrad
• Metal Church - Blessing in Disguise
• Mr. Big - Mr. Big
• Mötley Crüe - Dr. Feelgood
• Overkill - The Years of Decay
• Ozzy Osbourne - No Rest for the Wicked
• Primus - Suck on This (live)
• Rush - A Show of Hands, Presto
• Saint Vitus - V
• Joe Satriani - Flying in a Blue Dream
• Savatage - Gutter Ballet
• Sepultura - Beneath the Remains
• Skid Row - Skid Row
• Stratovarius - Fright Night
• Testament - Practice What You Preach
• W.A.S.P. - The Headless Children
• White Lion - Big Game
• Whitesnake - Slip Of The Tongue

Aerosmith is a prominent American rock band, regarded by some as Americas Greatest Rock and Roll Band. [1][2] Although they are known as the bad boys from Boston, none of the bands members are actually from that city. ... Pump is the tenth studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music). ... Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948), is a rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans four decades. ... Prince of Darkness is an album by Alice Cooper. ... Look up trash in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... It has been suggested that Polka Tulk be merged into this article or section. ... Headless Cross is the fourteenth album by heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Follow the Blind is the second full-length album from the German metal band Blind Guardian, released in 1989. ... Bolt Thrower are a death metal band from Coventry, England. ... Realm Of Chaos / Slaves to Darkness is a Bolt Thrower album, recorded at Loco studios in April 1989, engineered by Tim Lewis. ... Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band founded in 1988. ... This was Cannibal Corpses first self-titled demo, recorded in 1989. ... Carcass of a chicken after cooking Carcass may refer to: A carcass (or carcase) is a term for a dead body, typically that of an animal. ... Carcass - Symphonies Of Sickness Full-length, Earache Records, 1989 Track list: 1. ... The Cult are an English rock band. ... Sonic Temple is the fourth album by the The Cult, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music). ... Dream Theater is a progressive metal band formed by three students at the Berklee College of Music in 1985. ... When Dream and Day Unite (1989) is the first studio album released by Dream Theater, a progressive metal band, on March 6th, 1989. ... Exodus is an American thrash metal band formed in 1982 in San Francisco, California, by singer Paul Baloff, guitarist Gary Holt, guitarist Kirk Hammett, bassist Geoff Andrews, and drummer Tom Hunting. ... Track listing for Exodus - Fabulous Disaster Fabulous Disaster - 1989 1. ... Faith No More was a highly influential experimental alternative rock group that formed in San Francisco, California in 1982 and disbanded in 1998. ... The Real Thing is the third album released by Faith No More in 1989. ... Forced Entry was a thrash metal band from Mountlake Terrace, Washington. ... Great White is an American blues-based Rock and Glam Metal band. ... ...Twice Shy is a twice platinum record by Great White. ... Kiss (sometimes typeset KISS, to fit the official logo) is an American rock band formed in New York City in 1973. ... // Track listing Rise To It (4:08) - Stanley/Halligan Betrayed (3:38) - Simmons/Thayer Hide Your Heart (4:25) - Stanley/Child/Kelly Prisoner Of Love (3:52) - Simmons/Kulick Read My Body (3:48) - Stanley/Halligan Loves A Slap In The Face (4:04) - Simmons/Poncia Forever (3:52... Kreator is a popular thrash metal band from Essen, Germany. ... Extreme Aggression is an album by Kreator. ... Image:R-kotzen. ... Macabre are a death metal band from the USA. They were formed in 1985 in Chicago, Illinois, and ever since have never had a line-up change. ... Gloom is an album by Macabre Tracks Embalmer Trampled To Death - The Who rock show Holidays Of Horror - Ronald Gene Simmons Fritz Haarmann The Butcher - Fritz Haarmann Evil Ole Soul - Joachim Kroll Harvey Glatman (Your Soul Will Forever Rot) - Harvey Murray Glatman McMassacre - James Huberty David Brom Took An Axe... [[ Morbid Angel is a Florida-based death metal band assembled in 1983. ... Altars of Madness is Morbid Angels debut album, and a milestone in the history of Death Metal for its deep and lasting impact on the genre. ... Yngwie Johann Malmsteen (IPA pronunciation: //) (born Lars Johann Yngve Lannerbäck, June 30, 1963) is a Swedish guitarist, composer and bandleader. ... Trial By Fire is a live album released by Yngwie J. Malmsteen issued in October of 1989. ... Metal Church is an American thrash metal band from Aberdeen, Washington. ... Blessing in Disguise is an album by American heavy metal band Metal Church, released as a vinyl LP in the summer of 1989; the CD followed in 1990. ... Mr. ... Mr. ... Mötley Crüe (IPA pronunciation: ) is a popular American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. ... Dr. Feelgood is the 5th album by heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, released on September 1, 1989 (see 1989 in music). ... Overkill is one of the first Thrash Metal bands, formed in the early 1980s in New Jersey (but often attributed to New York City), and very active ever since. ... The Years Of Decay is an album by the band Overkill, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music) under the label Megaforce. ... Ozzy redirects here. ... No Rest for the Wicked is an album by Ozzy Osbourne. ... Primus is an American rock band formed in California in the mid-1980s. ... Suck on This is a live album by the band Primus, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music) and re-issued on April 23, 2002 (see 2002 in music) along with Frizzle Fry. ... Rush is a Canadian rock band comprising bassist, keyboardist, and vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. ... A Show of Hands is a live album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music). ... Presto is the thirteenth studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music). ... Saint Vitus is known as one of the first doom metal bands, starting out as early as in the late 70s. ... V is the fifth album by the American doom metal/stoner metal band Saint Vitus, which was released in 1989. ... Joe Satch Satriani (born on July 15, 1956, in Westbury, New York, USA) is an American guitarist and guitar teacher. ... Flying in a Blue Dream is a 1989 album by instrumental rock solo artist Joe Satriani. ... Savatage is a heavy metal/progressive metal band founded by the brothers Jon and Criss Oliva in 1979. ... Gutter Ballet is the second album produced by the progressive metal band Savatage under the direction of producer Paul ONeill, and the bands sixth album overall. ... Sepultura is a Brazilian thrash metal band. ... Beneath the Remains is a music album released in 1989 by Sepultura through Roadrunner Records. ... Skid Row is an American heavy metal band which became the hair metal prototypes of the late 1980s metal scene and were reasonably successful until they were eclipsed by the Seattle grunge bands in 1991. ... Skid Row was the first full-length album from New Jersey metal band Skid Row. ... Stratovarius is a Finnish Neoclassical/power metal band, known for its melodic approach to the genre. ... Fright Night is the debut album by the Finnish power metal band Stratovarius. ... Testament (formerly Legacy) is an American thrash metal band from California. ... Practice What You Preach is the album released in 1989 by Testament. ... W.A.S.P. is an American heavy metal band formed in 1982 and had continued success in the 1980s. ... The Headless Children is the fourth album by W.A.S.P., released in 1989 (see 1989 in music). ... White Lion was a hard rock band active in the 1980s and early 1990s. ... Big Game is the third album by the heavy metal band White Lion. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... album of Steve Vai. ...

Disbandments

• Dokken

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Events

• Primus records their live album Suck on This at Berkeley Square in Berkeley, California on February 25 and March 5.
• Cinderella, Ozzy Osbourne, Scorpions, Mötley Crüe, Bon Jovi, and Skid Row take part in the Moscow Music Peace Festival on August 12 & August 13, 1989.
• For the first time in its history, a Grammy is given for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance. The award is given to Jethro Tull for Crest of a Knave