NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 1996 in metal

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1996. 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... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

Newly formed bands

American Head Charge (often referred to as Head Charge or abbreviated AHC) are an industrial metal/nu metal band from Minneapolis, Minnesota USA, earning nominations at the Kerrang! Awards on two occasions. ... Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band, formed in 1995 by ex Carcass guitarist Michael Amott. ... Control Denied was started by Chuck Schuldiner to create a European-style power metal/progressive metal band, mixed with elements death metal recognizable in his earlier band Death. ... Cover of album The Negation Decapitated are a critically and popularly acclaimed death metal band from Poland; their style places them towards the more extreme and technical side of that genre. ... Shadows Fall is a five-piece metal band group originating from Springfield, Massachusetts. ... Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band formed in 1996 in the town of Kitee. ... Lacuna Coil is a metal/gothic band from Milan, Italy. ... Lordi is a hard rock/heavy metal band from Finland, and winners of the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, formed in 1997 by Tomi Putaansuu (known as Mr. ... Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, originally assembled in 1996. ... Disturbed is an American alternative metal band from Chicago, Illinois. ...

Albums

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. ... Unplugged is a live album by Alice in Chains. ... Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band, formed in 1995 by ex Carcass guitarist Michael Amott. ... Black Earth is the first album by the Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. ... Ayreon is the most popular project by Dutch composer and musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen. ... Actual Fantasy is an Ayreon album released in 1996. ... Behemoth is an influential Polish blackened death metal band. ... Grom is the second album released in 1996 by Polish band Behemoth. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Skunkworks is a heavy metal album released in 1996 (see 1996 in music) by Bruce Dickinson. ... Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band founded in 1988. ... Vile is the fifth album by Cannibal Corpse. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Purpendicular - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Dio is a heavy metal band led by vocalist Ronnie James Dio, who formed it in October 1983 after leaving Black Sabbath. ... Angry Machines is the seventh bad studio album from the heavy metal band Dio. ... Freak Kitchen is a heavy metal/hard rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1992. ... This article is about the power metal band. ... Track List We Burn (Deris) - 3:04 Steel Tormentor (Weikath/Deris) - 5:40 Wake Up The Mountain (Kusch/Deris) - 5:01 Power (Weikath) - 3:28 Forever And One (Neverland) (Deris) - 3:54 Before The War (Deris) - 4:33 A Million To One (Kusch/Deris) - 5:11 Anything My Mama Don... In Flames is a Swedish melodic death metal band from the city of Gothenburg. ... The Jester Race is a album by the melodic death metal band In Flames. ... 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. ... The Dark Saga is a concept album by the American heavy metal band Iced Earth. ... Korn (often typeset as KoÐ¯n to fit their logo) is a Grammy Award-winning nu metal band from Bakersfield, California. ... Life Is Peachy is Korns second album. ... Manowar is an American heavy metal band from Auburn, New York, which formed in 1980. ... Louder Than Hell was released in 1996 by Manowar. ... Metallica is an American heavy metal band, formed on October 28, 1981. ... Load is the sixth album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released in 1996. ... Ministry is an American industrial metal band of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s fronted by Al Jourgensen. ... Filth Pig is an album by the industrial band Ministry. ... 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. ... Irreligious, released in 1996, is the second full-length album by the Portuguese band Moonspell. ... The title of this article contains the following characters: Ã¶. Where they are unavailable or not desired, the name may be given as Motorhead. ... Overnight Sensation is a 1996 album by the heavy metal band, MotÃ¶rhead. ... Neurosis is an progressive sludge metal band with elements of indie/industrial/crust plus influences ranging from hardcore punk, and sludge metal to dark ambient, industrial, and tribal music. ... Neurosis is an experimental metal band with elements of indie/industrial/hardcore plus influences ranging from hardcore punk and sludge metal to dark ambient, industrial, and tribal music. ... Nirvana was a popular American rock band originating from Aberdeen, Washington. ... From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah is a live compilation album from the American grunge band, Nirvana. ... Opeth is a progressive death metal band from Sweden. ... Morningrise is the Swedish band Opeths second studio album. ... 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. ... Evil Empire is the second album by Rage Against the Machine. ... Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, that formed in 1981. ... The Great Southern Trendkill is a groove metal album by Pantera. ... Rush is a Canadian rock band comprising bassist, keyboardist, and vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. ... Test for Echo is the sixteenth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1996 (see 1996 in music). ... Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band that began as a thrash metal group in 1984. ... Roots, released 1996 was the last album released by Sepultura with Max Cavalera. ... Slipknot is a nine-piece nu-metal band from Des Moines, Iowa, formed in 1995 and currently signed to Roadrunner Records. ... Mate. ... Soundgarden was a seminal Seattle rock band who helped to define the sound that came to be called grunge. ... Down on the Upside is the final studio album by Soundgarden, released on May 21, 1996. ... Stratovarius is a Finnish Neoclassical/power metal band, known for its melodic approach to the genre. ... Episode is an album by the Finnish power metal band Stratovarius. ... The 3rd and the Mortal (alternative spelling The Third and the Mortal) is a norwegian experimental heavy metal-band. ... Steven Siro Vai (born June 6, 1960 in Carle Place, New York) is a Grammy Award-winning guitarist, composer and record producer. ... For the classic rock band from Sheffield, England, see Firegarden. ...

Disbandments

Down is an American southern heavy metal supergroup formed in 1991. ... Prong was a heavy metal/thrash metal band, formed in 1985. ... 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. ... 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. ...

Events

Categories: Hard rock | Timelines of music | Timelines of metal | 1996 in music This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Ozzy redirects here. ... Slayer is an American thrash metal band, formed in 1982 by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. ... Danzig is an American band that fuses dark lyrics and imagery with heavy metal music. ... KISS is an American rock band formed in New York City in 1973. ... Paul Daniel Frehley, aka Ace Frehley (born April 27, 1951) is an American guitarist best known as a founding member and lead guitarist for the rock band KISS. Frehley played with the group from its inception in 1973 until his departure in 1982. ... Gene Simmons (born August 25, 1949) is the performer and entertainment mogul best known as The Demon, his blood-spitting, fire-breathing, tongue-wagging personality in the rock band KISS. He plays bass guitar and sings lead vocals. ... Peter George John Criscuola (born December 20, 1945) a. ... Stanley Harvey Eisen (born January 20, 1952, Manhattan, New York) aka Paul Stanley, is an American Hard rock guitarist and vocalist for the rock band KISS. He is the writer or co-writer of most of the bands highest-charting hits, including Rock and Roll All Nite, Hard Luck... This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1995. ... This is a timeline of heavy metal, from its beginnings in the mid 1960s to the present time. ... This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1997. ...

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Newly formed bands

Albums

Disbandments

Events