This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1990. Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that emerged as a defined musical style in the 1970s, having its roots in hard rock bands which, between 1969 and 1974,[1] mixed blues and rock to create a hybrid with a thick, heavy, guitar-and-drums-centered sound, characterised by... This article is about the year. ...

Newly formed bands

• Anathema
• At the Gates
• Cathedral
• Deftones
• Fear Factory
• In Flames
• Infectious Grooves
• Krisiun
• Kyuss
• Lamb of God
• My Dying Bride
• Opeth
• Tool
• Type O Negative

Anathema are an English band from the city of Liverpool, who - together with Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride - helped develop the doom death genre. ... At the Gates are a now defunct Swedish melodic death metal band who are considered by many to have had a great influence upon the genre. ... Cathedral are a heavy metal/doom metal band from Coventry, England founded in 1990 by Lee Dorrian (a former member of Napalm Death), Mark Griff Griffiths (a former Carcass roadie) and Garry Gaz Jennings (formerly of Acid Reign). ... Deftones are a Grammy award-winning experimental rock band from Sacramento, California. ... Fear Factory is an American death/industrial metal band that has toured with Black Sabbath, Pantera, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Slayer, Dream Theater and Rammstein; performed at three Ozzfests and the inaugural Gigantour; and had singles in the Mainstream Rock Top 40 and albums in the Billboard top 40, 100 and... In Flames are a Swedish melodic death metal band from the city of Gothenburg. ... The Infectious Grooves are a Funk metal band led by Suicidal Tendencies frontman Mike Muir. ... Krisiun is a brutal death metal band from Brazil, formed in 1990 in Rio Grande do Sul. ... This article is about the band Kyuss. ... Lamb of God is a five-piece heavy metal band from Richmond, Virginia, formerly known as Burn the Priest. ... My Dying Bride is a British doom/death metal band formed in 1990. ... Opeth is a progressive death metal band from Sweden. ... Tool is an American rock band, formed in 1990 in Los Angeles, California, when drummer Danny Carey joined the rehearsal of his neighbor, singer Maynard James Keenan, guitarist Adam Jones and bassist Paul dAmour, when nobody else would show up. ... Type O Negative is a gothic doom metal band from Brooklyn, New York. ...

Albums

• AC/DC - The Razor's Edge
• Alice in Chains - Facelift
• Annihilator - Never, Neverland
• Anthrax - Persistence of Time
• Black Sabbath - Tyr (album)
• Blind Guardian - Tales from the Twilight World
• Bruce Dickinson - Tattooed Millionaire
• Cannibal Corpse - Eaten Back to Life
• Celtic Frost - Vanity/Nemesis
• Death Angel - Act III
• Deep Purple - Slaves & Masters
• Dio - Lock up the Wolves
• Extreme - Pornograffiti
• Iced Earth - Iced Earth
• Iron Maiden - No Prayer for the Dying
• Judas Priest - Painkiller
• Richie Kotzen - Fever Dream
• Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Eclipse
• Megadeth - Rust In Peace
• Monster Magnet - Monster Magnet
• Pantera - Cowboys from Hell
• Primus - Frizzle Fry
• Ratt - Detonator
• Sadus - Swallowed in Black
• Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
• Slaughter - Stick It To Ya
• Steve Vai - Passion and Warfare
• Stryper - Against the Law
• Suicidal Tendencies - Lights...Camera...Revolution!
• Testament - Souls of Black
• Trouble - Trouble

AC/DC are a hard rock band which formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 (see 1973 in music) by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. ... The Razors Edge is an album by AC/DC, released on September 21, 1990 (see 1990 in music). ... Alice in Chains is an influential band of the grunge movement in the early-1990s in Seattle, Washington, along with Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden. ... Facelift is Alice in Chains first album, released on August 28, 1990. ... Annihilator is a heavy metal band which started with the album Alice in Hell, and now has twelve albums (including live albums). ... Never, Neverland is the second album by heavy metal band Annihilator. ... Persistence of Time is the fifth studio album by the thrash metal band Anthrax. ... There are other articles with similar names; see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... Tyr is the 15th studio album by heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in 1990 by I.R.S. records. ... A Blind Guardian ticket for the live performance in Belgrade, Serbia. ... Tales from the Twilight World is an album that was released in 1990 by Blind Guardian. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Tattooed Millionaire is a heavy metal album released in 1990 (see 1990 in music) by Bruce Dickinson. ... This article or section needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... Eaten Back to Life is Cannibal Corpses first album. ... Celtic Frost is an early black metal group from Zürich, Switzerland. ... Vanity/Nemesis is a 1990 album by Celtic Frost. ... Death Angel is a Filipino-American thrash metal band from San Francisco, California. ... Act III is the third album by the band Death Angel, released in 1990. ... Deep Purple are an English hard rock band formed in London, England in 1968 (see 1968 in music). ... Slaves & Masters is the thirteenth studio album by Deep Purple, it was released in 1990. ... Dio is a heavy metal band led by vocalist Ronnie James Dio, who formed it in October 1982 after leaving Black Sabbath. ... Lock up the Wolves is an album by Dio Track Listing Wild One Born on the Sun Hey Angel Between Two Hearts Night Music Lock up the Wolves Evil on Queen Street Walk on Water Twisted Why Are They Watching Me My Eyes Categories: Dio albums | Heavy metal albums ... Extreme was an American funk metal / glam metal / hard rock band which achieved popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... Pornograffiti (also titled as Extreme II: Pornograffiti) was the second and most successful album released by Boston funk-metal band Extreme. ... Iced Earth is an American heavy metal band that combines influences from thrash metal, power metal, progressive metal and NWOBHM. // The central figure of Iced Earth is rhythm guitarist and songwriter Jon Schaffer, who formed the band under the name Purgatory in Indiana in 1984. ... Iced Earth is the eponymous debut album by the band of the same title. ... Iron Maiden is an English heavy metal band from East London. ... No Prayer for the Dying is the eighth studio album by the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. ... Judas Priest are a heavy metal band formed in 1968 in the northwest midlands, near Birmingham, England. ... Painkiller is a 1990 gold-certifed album of British heavy metal band Judas Priest. ... Richie Kotzen Richie Kotzen is an American rock guitar virtuoso. ... Yngwie Johann Malmsteen (born Lars Johann Yngve Lannerbäck, June 30, 1963) is a Swedish guitarist, composer and bandleader. ... Eclipse is an album released by guitar virtuoso Yngwie J. Malmsteen issued in 1990. ... Megadeth is an American heavy metal band led by founder, frontman, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. ... Rust in Peace is an album by Megadeth. ... Monster Magnet is an American rock band founded by Dave Wyndorf (vocals and guitar), John McBain (guitar), Tom Diello (drums), and Tim Cronin (vocals and bass). ... Monster Magnet released their self-titled EP debut in 1990. ... Pantera was a popular heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, that formed in 1981. ... Cowboys from Hell is Panteras fifth album and the first Atlantic Records album, released on July 24, 1990 (see 1990 in music). ... Primus is an American rock band formed in California in the mid-1980s. ... Frizzle Fry is the first studio album recorded by the band Primus as Suck on This was a live album. ... Ratt is an American glam metal band that enjoyed significant commercial success during the 1980s. ... Detonator is Ratts fifth studio album. ... Sadus is a highly technical thrash metal trio from the United States. ... Swallowed in Black is the second album by Sadus released in 1990. ... Slayer is an American thrash metal band, founded in Huntington Park, California, in 1982[1] by Kerry King (guitars), Tom Araya (bass and vocals), Jeff Hanneman (guitars) and Dave Lombardo (drums). ... Seasons in the Abyss is an album by thrash metal band Slayer. ... // Slaughter first formed in Scarborough (Toronto), Ontario, Canada at the height of glam metals dominance over MTV and rock radio. ... Steven Siro Vai (born June 6, 1960 in Carle Place, New York) is an American virtuoso guitarist, composer, and record producer, notable for having received a Grammy Award (along with nine nominations) and being cited as an influence by many guitarists ever since the 1980s. ... Passion and Warfare is a 1990 instrumental album from guitarist Steve Vai. ... Stryper is a Christian metal band from Orange County, California, USA. Formed in 1983, they are considered pioneers in the mainstream popularization of Christian rock music. ... Against the Law is the fifth studio album by Christian Metal band Stryper. ... Suicidal Tendencies are a hardcore punk band formed in 1982 in Venice, California. ... The album cover Lights. ... Testament (a. ... Souls of Black is an album released by Testament in 1990. ... Trouble is an American (proto) Doom Metal band noted for their slow (by 80s standards), heavy albums such as their 1984 debut Trouble (later Psalm 9) The Skull (1985) and others. ... Trouble was the fourth album by the American doom metal band of the same title, released in 1990. ...

Disbandments

• Quiet Riot

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Events

• Adrian Smith, Iron Maiden's lead guitarist leaves the band because of musical differences. Janick Gers is hired to replace him.
• The infamous Clash of the Titans tour is this year, headlined by bands such as Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Testament, Suicidal Tendencies, and others.
• Judas Priest was involved in a multimillion dollar lawsuit involving two Nevada teenager suicides allegedly caused by the song "Better by you Better than me". The band won the case.
• Faith No More's The Real Thing, carried by the single Epic, cracks the Billboard Top 10.