This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2004. Heavy metal is a genre of 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... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Newly formed bands

• Age Of Silence
• Scar Symmetry
• Wintersun

// Biography Age Of Silence is a Norwegian avantgarde progressive metal band formed in 2004 by Andy Winter of Winds fame. ... SCAR SYMMETRY Line-up: Christian Älvestam (Lead Vocals) Jonas Kjellgren (Guitars) Per Nilsson (Guitars) Kenneth Seil (Bass) Henrik Ohlsson (Drums) SCAR SYMMETRY was formed in 2004 when Jonas Kjellgren (Carnal Forge, Centinex, World Below), Henrik Ohlsson (Theory In Practice, Mutant, Altered Aeon), Per Nilsson (Altered Aeon), Christian Älvestam (Unmoored, Incapacity... Wintersun is a Finnish progressive metal[1] band with power metal[2] and melodic black metal[3] influences founded by ex-Ensiferum frontman Jari Mäenpää. // The first Wintersun album was supposed to be a side-project of Ensiferum member Jari Mäenpää. However, the Ensiferum Europe tour was unfortunately...

Reformed Bands

• Megadeth

Megadeth is an American heavy metal band led by founder, frontman, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. ...

Albums

• 3 Inches of Blood - Advance and Vanquish
• Aerosmith - Honkin' On Bobo
• Age Of Silence - Acceleration
• Angra - Temple of Shadows
• Ayreon - The Human Equation
• Behemoth - Demigod
• Black Label Society - Hangover Music Vol. VI
• Cannibal Corpse - The Wretched Spawn
• Chevelle - This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In)
• Cradle of Filth - Nymphetamine
• Damageplan - New Found Power
• Decapitated - The Negation
• The Dillinger Escape Plan - Miss Machine
• Dio - Master of the Moon
• Dokken - Hell to Pay
• DragonForce - Sonic Firestorm
• Drowning Pool - Desensitized
• Edguy - Hellfire Club
• Fear Factory - Archetype
• Finntroll - Nattfödd
• Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden
• In Flames - Soundtrack to Your Escape
• Killswitch Engage - The End of Heartache
• Korn - Greatest Hits Vol.1
• Lordi - The Monsterican Dream
• Machine Head - Through the Ashes of Empires
• Mastodon - Leviathan
• Megadeth - The System Has Failed
• Metal Church - The Weight of the World
• Monster Magnet - Monolithic Baby
• Motörhead - Inferno
• Nightwish - Once
• Pig Destroyer - Painter Of Dead Girls (Tracks from Gnob and Benumb split), Terrifyer
• Probot - Probot
• Rammstein - Reise, Reise
• Rhapsody of Fire - Symphony of Enchanted Lands II: The Dark Secret
• Rush - Feedback
• Slipknot - Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
• Sonata Arctica - Reckoning Night
• Static-X - Beneath, Between, Beyond
• Saxon - Lionheart
• Stryper - 7 Weeks: Live in America, 2003
• Velvet Revolver - Contraband
• Vintersorg - The Focusing Blur
• Winds - The Imaginary Direction of Time
• Wintersun - Wintersun

This article is about 3 Inches of Blood, the Canadian music group. ... Advance and Vanquish is the second album by metal band 3 Inches of Blood, released in 2004. ... Aerosmith is a prominent American rock band, often regarded as Americas Greatest Rock and Roll Band. ... Honkin on Bobo is the fourteenth studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released in 2004 (see 2004 in music). ... // Biography Age Of Silence is a Norwegian avantgarde progressive metal band formed in 2004 by Andy Winter of Winds fame. ... Acceleration is the first full-length album by Norwegian avantgarde progressive metal band Age Of Silence. ... Angra is a progressive power metal band from São Paulo, Brazil known for its use of symphonic interludes and regional elements in their songs. ... This concept album of the power metal band Angra was released in 2004 by Paradoxx Music in Brazil and SPV label Steamhammer in the rest of the world. ... Ayreon is the most popular project by Dutch composer and musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen. ... The Human Equation is the sixth album by Arjen Anthony Lucassen, released under the name Ayreon. ... Behemoth is an influential Polish blackened death metal band. ... Demigod is an album released in 2004 by Polish death metal group Behemoth. ... Black Label Society is a heavy metal/Southern Metal band formed by Zakk Wylde, with 8 albums released to date. ... Hangover Music, Vol VI is a Heavy metal album by Black Label Society Track Listing Crazy or High Queen of Sorrow Steppin Stone Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow Takilya (Esthabon) Wont Find It Here She Deserves a Free Ride (Vals Song) House of Doom Damage Is Done Layne Woman Don... It has been suggested that Cannibal Corpse discography be merged into this article or section. ... 2004 Album The Wretched Spawn By Cannibal Corpse Is One Of Their Most Popular The cover art features a woman giving birth to demonic offspring, devouring her as she gives birth. ... For information about the car of this name, see Chevrolet Chevelle. ... This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In) is the fourth album released by Chevelle. ... Cradle of Filth is a heavy metal band formed in Suffolk, England in 1991. ... Nymphetamine is the sixth studio album by Cradle of Filth, released on September 28, 2004. ... Damageplan was a heavy metal band, showcasing the Groove Metal sound that was demonstrated by Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell Abbott while playing in Pantera, most notably on the Vulgar Display of Power album. ... Damageplan was a hard rock/Metalcore band formed by Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell Abbott, formerly of Pantera, after Pantera disbanded. ... 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. ... The Negation is the third album by the Polish death metal band Decapitated. ... The Dillinger Escape Plan is a mathcore band that integrates metalcore with jazz/fusion elements. ... Miss Machine is an album by Dillinger Escape Plan, released on July 20, 2004 (see 2004 in music). ... Dio is a heavy metal band led by vocalist Ronnie James Dio, who formed it in October 1983 after leaving Black Sabbath. ... Master of the Moon is Dios tenth studio album. ... Dokken is an American metal band which was formed in 1977. ... Hell To Pay is an album by heavy metal band Dokken, released on May 18, 2004. ... For the Saturn/PS2 strategy game, see Dragon Force DragonForce are a British power metal band formed in London, United Kingdom in 1999. ... Sonic Firestorm is DragonForces second album, released in 2004. ... Drowning Pool is a band hailing from Dallas, Texas that mixes hard rock and groove metal styles. ... Desensitized is a 2004 album by Alternative and Nu Metal band Drowning Pool. ... Edguy is a power metal band from Fulda, Germany. ... Hellfire Club, released April 6th, 2004 (see 2004 in music), is the sixth album by the power metal band Edguy. ... 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... Archetype (2004) is an album by Los Angeles death metal/industrial music band Fear Factory. ... Finntroll is a folk metal band from Finland. ... Nattfödd (English: nightborn) is a folk metal album by the Finnish band Finntroll. ... 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 Glorious Burden is an album by the American Power Metal band Iced Earth. ... In Flames is a Swedish melodic death metal band from the city of Gothenburg. ... Soundtrack to Your Escape is the seventh studio album of In Flames. ... Killswitch Engage, sometimes known simply as Killswitch (or KsE), is a metalcore band from Westfield, Massachusetts, USA. The bands current lineup includes Howard Jones as vocalist, Adam Dutkiewicz and Joel Stroetzel on guitars, Mike DAntonio on bass, and Justin Foley on drums. ... The End of Heartache is the 2004 album by American metalcore band Killswitch Engage. ... Korn (sometimes typeset as KoЯn to fit their logo) is a Grammy Award-winning band from Bakersfield, California. ... Greatest Hits Vol. ... Lordi is a hard rock/heavy metal band from Finland, and winners of the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, formed in 1996 by Tomi Putaansuu (known as Mr. ... The Monsterican Dream is a 2004 album by Lordi. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Through the Ashes of Empires is the fifth studio album by Oakland-based heavy metal band Machine Head. ... Mastodon is a heavy metal band from Atlanta, Georgia. ... Leviathan is a concept album by metal band Mastodon, released in 2004. ... Megadeth is an American heavy metal band led by founder, frontman, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. ... The System Has Failed is the first Megadeth album to be released after the break-up of the band in 2002. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Weight of the World refers to episodes of several science-fiction television series: The Weight of the World (Buffy episode), from the fifth season of the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ... 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). ... Motorhead redirects here. ... Inferno is the latest album by Motörhead. ... Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band formed in 1996 in the town of Kitee. ... Once is the fifth album by Nightwish, released June 7, 2004 by Nuclear Blast Records. ... Pig Destroyer is an extreme metal band from Virginia, United States. ... Terrifyer is an album by American extreme metal band, Pig Destroyer. ... Probot (portmanteau: probe + robot) is a musical project masterminded by Dave Grohl. ... Probot (portmanteau: probe + robot) is a musical project masterminded by Dave Grohl. ... Rammstein is a German band that was formed in 1994. ... Reise, Reise (German for Arise, Arise or Journey, journey) is the German NDH-metal band Rammsteins fourth album. ... Rhapsody of Fire is an Italian symphonic power metal/epic metal band, formerly known as Thundercross and - more recently - Rhapsody. ... Rush is a Canadian rock band comprising bassist, keyboardist, and vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. ... For other albums of the same name, see Feedback (album). ... Slipknot is a nine-piece nu-metal band from Des Moines, Iowa, formed in 1995 and currently signed to Roadrunner Records. ... Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, originally assembled in 1996. ... Reckoning Night is an album by the Finnish power metal band Sonata Arctica. ... Static-X is an American Industrial Metal band. ... Beneath the Beyond, an album released in 2004 by the band Static-X, is a compilation of previously unreleased tracks, remixes, cover versions, and the bands original demo tracks. ... Saxon are a British heavy metal band, formed in 1976 in Barnsley, Yorkshire. ... Lionheart is the sixteen studio album by heavy metal band Saxon released in 2004 (see 2004 in music). ... 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. ... Velvet Revolver (abbrieviated to VR) is a Grammy Award-winning hard rock supergroup with three former members of Guns N Roses — Slash, Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum (who also played with rock bands Hawk and The Cult) — plus Scott Weiland, the lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots, and Dave Kushner... Contraband is an album by Velvet Revolver, which was released on June 8, 2004 through RCA Records. ... Vintersorg is a Swedish progressive, folk/viking, black metal-influenced band formed in 1994 under the name Vargatron (Wolfthrone in English). ... The Focusing Blur is the fifth full-length album by Swedish progressive/folk metal band Vintersorg. ... Winds is a Norwegian band whose style is close to progressive metal, largely influenced by classic music, with Andy Winters piano work often the central focus. ... The Imaginary Direction of Time is the second full-length album by Norwegian progressive metal band Winds (band). ... Wintersun is a Finnish progressive metal[1] band with power metal[2] and melodic black metal[3] influences founded by ex-Ensiferum frontman Jari Mäenpää. // The first Wintersun album was supposed to be a side-project of Ensiferum member Jari Mäenpää. However, the Ensiferum Europe tour was unfortunately... Wintersun, released on September 13, 2004, is the first full-length album (as well as first Album period) by the Finnish metal band Wintersun. ...

Disbandments

Brian Welch leaves Korn after converting to Christianity. Brian Welch (born June 19, 1970 in Torrance, California), better known by his nickname, Head, is a former member of the band KoЯn, an influential group in the rise of the nu metal movement. ... Korn (sometimes typeset as KoЯn to fit their logo) is a Grammy Award-winning band from Bakersfield, California. ...

Events

• Damageplan and former Pantera lead guitarist Dimebag Darrell is murdered on December 8 by Nathan Gale while performing a concert in Ohio.
• Bassist Tim Gaines leaves Stryper after 10 complete years. He is replaced by Tracy Ferrie.
• Jason Jones, originally a tattoo artist from Los Angeles, California, was publically announced as Drowning Pool's new lead singer and joined them on the album Desensitized.