This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1992. Heavy metal is derivative 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 music to create a hybrid with a thick, heavy, guitar-and-drums-centered sound, characterised by... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

Newly formed bands

• Black Label Society
• Edguy
• Esoteric
• Freak Kitchen
• Gorgoroth
• Graveland
• Machine Head
• Mourning Beloveth
• Moonspell

Black Label Society is a heavy metal/Southern Metal band formed by Zakk Wylde, with 8 albums released to date. ... Edguy is a power metal band from Fulda, Germany. ... Esoteric are an English doom metal band founded in 1992. ... Freak Kitchen is a heavy metal/hard rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1992. ... Gorgoroth is a black metal band from Norway. ... Graveland is a Polish black metal band which was formed in 1992 by Rob Darken (born Robert Fudali). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Mourning Beloveth is an Irish doom metal band (actually doom death), along the lines of early Anathema and My Dying Bride (but stripped of all violins and keyboards). ... Moonspell is a band from Portugal, initially formed in 1989 as Morbid God by Fernando Ribeiro (vocals), Ares (bass guitar) and two of the bands former members as a black metal band. ...

Albums

• AC/DC - Live
• Alice in Chains - Dirt
• Alice in Chains - Sap (EP)
• Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer
• Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond
• Bolt Thrower - The IVth Crusade
• Cannibal Corpse - Tomb of The Mutilated
• Def Leppard - Adrenalize
• Dream Theater - Images and Words
• Faith No More - Angel Dust
• Fear Factory - Soul of a New Machine
• Iced Earth - Night of the Stormrider
• Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark
• KISS - Revenge
• Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun
• Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Fire and Ice
• Manowar - The Triumph of Steel
• Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction
• Monster Magnet - 25............Tab (EP)
• Motörhead - March or Die
• Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
• Primus - Miscellaneous Debris (EP)
• Queen - Innuendo
• Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
• Sadus - A Vision of Misery
• Stratovarius - Twilight Time
• Spinal Tap - Break Like the Wind
• Suicidal Tendencies - Art of Rebellion
• Trouble - Manic Frustration
• W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol

This article is about the band. ... Live is a 1992 album by Australian hard rock band, AC/DC. It was released both as a single album and as a double album (known as Live: 2 CD Collectors Edition). The album has been considered the closest thing to a greatest hits album in the AC/DC... Alice in Chains is a popular and influential Grunge/rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1987, and was one of the most commercially successful bands from the Seattle grunge music scene. ... Dirt is a grunge album by Alice in Chains, released on September 29, 1992 (see 1992 in music). ... Alice in Chains is a popular and influential Grunge/rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1987, and was one of the most commercially successful bands from the Seattle grunge music scene. ... Sap is an Alice in Chains studio EP, released on March 21, 1992 through Columbia Records. ... For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... Dehumanizer is an album by British heavy metal band Black Sabbath released in 1992. ... A Blind Guardian ticket for the live performance in Belgrade, Serbia. ... Somewhere Far Beyond is the fourth studio-album by German Power/Speed-Metal act Blind Guardian. ... Bolt Thrower are a death metal band from Coventry, England. ... The cover of the album The IVth Crusade The IVth Crusade is a Bolt Thrower album. ... Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band founded in 1988. ... Def Leppard are a hard rock/heavy metal band from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who formed in 1977 at the time of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. ... Adrenalize is the fifth album by British hard rock band Def Leppard, released in 1992 (see 1992 in music). ... Dream Theater is a progressive metal band formed by three students at the Berklee College of Music in 1985. ... Images and Words is the second album by progressive metal band Dream Theater. ... Faith No More was a highly influential experimental alternative rock / metal group that formed in San Francisco, California in 1982 and disbanded in 1998. ... Angel Dust, released in 1992 (see 1992 in music), was the fourth studio album by US rock band Faith No More, and the second to feature vocalist Mike Patton. ... 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... Soul of a New Machine is the debut album (not counting the 1991 and later released in 2002 album Concrete) by the Los Angeles death metal/industrial band Fear Factory. ... 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. ... Night of the Stormrider is Iced Earths second full-length album and is a concept album about a man who is betrayed by religion and turns away from it in anger. ... Iron Maiden are a British heavy metal band from east London. ... Fear of the Dark is the ninth studio album released by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. ... KISS is an American rock band formed in New York City in 1973. ... Revenge is an album by the heavy metal band KISS. It was made in 1992 and had a very agressive music style in very strong contrast to the previous albums, Animalize, Asylum, Crazy Nights, and Hot in the Shade in fact, this is probably one of KISSs most agressive... This article is about the band Kyuss. ... Blues for the Red Sun is a 1992 (see 1992 in music) album by stoner metal band Kyuss. ... Yngwie Johann Malmsteen (IPA pronunciation: /ˈɪŋveɪ/) (born Lars Johann Yngve Lannerbäck, June 30, 1963) is a Swedish guitarist, composer and bandleader. ... Yngwie Malmsteen - Fire and Ice Track Listing: 1. ... Manowar is an American heavy metal band from Auburn, New York, which formed in 1980. ... The Triumph Of Steel was released in 1992 by Manowar. ... Megadeth is an American heavy metal band led by founder, frontman, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. ... Countdown to Extinction is the fifth studio album by Megadeth, released in 1992 (see 1992 in music). ... 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). ... The title of this article contains the following characters: ö. Where they are unavailable or not desired, the name may be given as Motorhead. ... March or Die is a 1992 album by Motörhead. ... Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, that formed in 1981. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... Primus is an American rock band formed in California in the mid-1980s. ... Miscellaneous Debris is an EP of 5 song covers by Primus. ... Queen are an English rock band formed by Brian May, Freddie Mercury, and Roger Taylor in London, England in 1970 from the remains of Smile, with John Deacon completing the lineup the following year. ... Innuendo is a 1991 album by English rock band Queen. ... Rage Against the Machine was a highly influential American rock band noted for their pioneering blend of rap, hard rock, funk and Hardcore as well as their vocal revolutionary socialist beliefs. ... Rage Against the Machine is the debut album by rock band Rage Against the Machine, released November 3, 1992. ... Sadus is a highly technical thrash metal trio from the United States. ... Vision of Misery is an album by the thrash metal band Sadus, released in 1992. ... Stratovarius is a Finnish Neoclassical/power metal band, known for its melodic approach to the genre. ... Twilight Time is an album by the Finnish power metal band Stratovarius. ... spinal tap, see lumbar puncture. ... Break Like the Wind is an album by the near-fictional band Spinal Tap. ... Suicidal Tendencies are a hardcore punk band formed in 1982 in Venice, California. ... Art Of Rebellion is the 5th full length album by Suicidal Tendencies. ... 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. ... This article is about the band. ... The Crimson Idol was the fifth studio album by American heavy metal band W.A.S.P., originally released by Capitol Records in 1992 (1993 in the United States). ...

Disbandments

• Forced Entry
• Stryper

Forced Entry was a thrash metal band from Mountlake Terrace, Washington. ... 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. ...

Events

• KNAC airs on radio airplay in Los Angeles, California for the first time.
• Motörhead's drummer Phil Taylor finally leaves after recording "Ain't No Nice Guy" for the March or Die album. The drummer on that album is Tommy Aldridge, who was replaced by Mikkey Dee after recording the album.
• In March, The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert is held. Top heavy metal/hard rock acts such as Guns N' Roses, Def Leppard, Metallica, Extreme and the heavy metal parody band Spinal Tap perform, as well as heavy metal/hard rock legends such as Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin), Roger Daltrey (The Who), and Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath).
• Izzy Stradlin leaves Guns N' Roses
• Vince Neil is fired from Mötley Crüe and replaced by John Corabi
• Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo is replaced by Paul Bostaph