This is a timeline of heavy metal, from its beginnings in the mid 1960s to the present time. 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 1967 and 1974, mixed blues and rock to create a hybrid with a thick, heavy, guitar-and-drums-centered sound, characterised by the...

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1964

Newly formed bands

• The Who

The Who are an English rock band who first came to prominence in the 1960s and grew in stature to be popularly considered one of the greatest rock n roll bands of all time [1][2] [3] [4]. Except for periods of retirement from 1983 to 1988 and from 1990...

Songs

• "You Really Got Me" by The Kinks is released; Dave Davies distorted introductory riff is one of the earliest influences on heavy metal.

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1965

Newly formed bands

• The Doors
• The MC5

The Doors, formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, is a popular and influential American rock band. ... The MC5 was a rock music band that came out of Detroit, USA in 1966, and was an important precursor of and influence on punk rock (see protopunk). ...

Albums

• The Who - My Generation

The Who are an English rock band who first came to prominence in the 1960s and grew in stature to be popularly considered one of the greatest rock n roll bands of all time [1][2] [3] [4]. Except for periods of retirement from 1983 to 1988 and from 1990... This article is about the album. ...

Events

• The first generation of Fuzzboxes emerges, the Rolling Stones' (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction is the earliest hit to feature the effect.

A 1965 Gibson Maestro Fuzz-Tone FZ-1A, one of the first commercially available fuzzboxes. ... This article is about the rock band. ... (I Cant Get No) Satisfaction is a rock song written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards for their band, The Rolling Stones. ...

1966

Newly formed bands

• The Jimi Hendrix Experience
• Cream
• Santana

The Jimi Hendrix Experience was a short lived, highly influential rock band famous for the guitar work of Jimi Hendrix on songs such as Purple Haze, Foxey Lady, Hey Joe, Voodoo Child (Slight Return) and All Along The Watchtower. Though Hendrix was the focus and frontman, the other band members... Cream (also The Cream) was a 1960s British supergroup which featured guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce, and drummer Ginger Baker. ... Carlos Santana in concert, Barcelona 2003 Carlos Santana (born July 20, 1947) is a Mexican guitarist, originally from Autlan de Navarro, Jalisco. ...

Albums

• The Yardbirds - Roger the Engineer
• John Mayall - Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton
• Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West
• Cream - Fresh Cream

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1967

Newly formed bands

• Iron Butterfly
• T.Rex
• The Stooges

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Albums

• The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
• The Doors - The Doors
• Vanilla Fudge - Vanilla Fudge
• Cream - Disraeli Gears
• The Amboy Dukes - The Amboy Dukes
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love

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Events

• The Monterey Pop Festival takes place, showcasing new performers such as Jimi Hendrix and The Who to America.

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1968

Newly formed bands

• Alice Cooper
• Budgie
• Deep Purple
• Led Zeppelin (Evolved from The Yardbirds)
• Rush
• UFO
• The Jeff Beck Group
• Jethro Tull

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Albums

• The Amboy Dukes - Journey to the Center of the Mind
• Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum
• Jeff Beck Group - Truth
• Deep Purple - The Book of Taliesyn, Shades of Deep Purple
• Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
• Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf, Steppenwolf the Second
• Cream - Wheels Of Fire
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
• The Beatles - White Album

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Disbandments

• Cream

Cream (also The Cream) was a 1960s British supergroup which featured guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce, and drummer Ginger Baker. ...

Events

• The Beatles release the song Helter Skelter, often cited as one of the earliest examples of Heavy Metal.

• Iron Butterfly release the song In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, often cited as one of the earliest examples of Heavy Metal.

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1969

Newly formed bands

• Black Sabbath
• Judas Priest

For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... Judas Priest are a heavy metal band formed in 1968 in the northwest midlands, near Birmingham, England. ...

Albums

• Alice Cooper - Pretties For You
• Deep Purple - Deep Purple
• Grand Funk Railroad - On Time
• Jeff Beck Group - Beck-Ola
• Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
• Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
• The MC5 - Kick Out The Jams
• The Stooges - The Stooges
• The Who - Tommy
• Santana - Santana

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Disbandments

Events

• The hard rock group The Who releases the concept album Tommy, about a deaf, dumb and blind boy who wins a mass following after becoming a pinball guru. The album's consistent themes, plot, story and interlinking songs set the template for many other hard-rock artists to attempt such concept albums.
• The Woodstock Music Festival takes place.
• The Altamont Music Festival takes place.

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1970

Newly formed bands

• Aerosmith
• Blue Öyster Cult
• Queen

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Albums

• Alice Cooper - Easy Action
• Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath, Paranoid
• Deep Purple - Deep Purple in Rock
• Grand Funk Railroad - Grand Funk, Closer To Home, Live Album
• Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
• The MC5 - Back In The USA
• The Stooges - Fun House
• Uriah Heep - Very 'eavy... Very 'umble

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Disbandments

Events

• Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin die within weeks of each other at 27.

Hendrix redirects here. ... Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American blues-influenced rock singer and occasional songwriter with a highly unique and distinctive voice. ...

1971

Newly formed bands

Albums

• Alice Cooper - Killer
• Alice Cooper - Love It to Death
• Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
• Budgie - Budgie
• Deep Purple - Fireball
• Grand Funk Railroad - Survival
• Grand Funk Railroad - E Pluribus Funk
• Jethro Tull - Aqualung
• Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
• The MC5 - High Time
• Nazareth - Nazareth
• UFO - UFO, Flying
• Uriah Heep - Salisbury
• Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself

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Disbandments

Events

• Jim Morrison dies at 27.

1972

Newly formed bands

• KISS
• Scorpions

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Albums

• Alice Cooper - School's Out
• Black Sabbath - Vol. 4
• Blue Öyster Cult - Blue Öyster Cult
• Budgie - Squawk
• Deep Purple - Machine Head
• Deep Purple - Made in Japan
• Grand Funk Railroad - Phoenix
• Uriah Heep - Demons & Wizards
• Uriah Heep - The Magician's Birthday
• Nazareth - Exercises

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Disbandments

• The Doors

The Doors, formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, is a popular and influential American rock band. ...

Events

1973

Newly formed bands

• AC/DC
• Montrose

AC/DC is a hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 (see 1973 in music) by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. ... Montrose was the original Californian hard rock band, pioneering the kind of short and punchy songs that would be a template for later and more successful bands such as Van Halen. ...

Albums

• Aerosmith - Aerosmith
• Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
• Alice Cooper - Muscle of Love
• The Amboy Dukes - Call Of The Wild
• Beck, Bogert & Appice - Beck, Bogert & Appice
• Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
• Blue Öyster Cult - Tyranny and Mutation
• Budgie - Never Turn Your Back On a Friend
• Deep Purple - Who Do We Think We Are
• Grand Funk Railroad - We're An American Band
• Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
• Montrose - Montrose
• Nazareth - Razamanaz
• Queen - Queen
• The Stooges - Raw Power
• Uriah Heep - Sweet Freedom

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Disbandments

Events

1974

Newly formed bands

• Twisted Sister
• Van Halen
• Y&T

For the girlgroup formally called Twisted Sisterz, see Mrs Robinson Twisted Sister is an American heavy metal band from New York City United States popularized in comedic music videos on the television channel MTV in the 1980s. ... Van Halen is an American Hard rock band. ... Y&T (Yesterday & Today) is a rock band who formed in 1974. ...

Albums

• Aerosmith - Get Your Wings
• Blue Öyster Cult - Secret Treaties
• Budgie - In for the Kill
• Deep Purple - Burn
• Deep Purple - Stormbringer
• Grand Funk Railroad - Shinin' On
• Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla
• KISS - KISS
• KISS - Hotter Than Hell
• Montrose - Paper Money
• Nazareth - Loud 'N' Proud
• Nazareth - Rampant
• Queen - Queen II
• Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
• Rush - Rush
• UFO - Phenomenon
• Uriah Heep - Wonderworld

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Disbandments

• Sammy Hagar leaves Montrose to go solo.

Sammy playing guitar in red cloths Samuel Ray Hagar (born October 13, 1947 in Monterey, California, USA), better known as Sammy Hagar, is a U.S. rock guitarist, singer, and composer. ...

Events

• The drummer John Rutsey of Rush quits and Neil Peart joins as a permanent member.

John Rutsey (born 1953) was a founding member of Rush along with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson. ... Rush is a Canadian progressive rock band comprising bassist, keyboardist and vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. ... Neil Ellwood Peart (IPA: ) OC, (born September 12, 1952 in Hagersville, Ontario) is the drummer and lyricist for the progressive rock band Rush. ...

1975

Newly formed bands

• Iron Maiden (by Steve Harris)
• Quiet Riot
• Rainbow
• Motörhead

Iron Maiden is an English heavy metal band from East London. ... Iron Maiden founder Steve Harris Stephen Percy Harris or Arry to his fans (born March 12, 1956 in Leytonstone, London, UK) is the bass player and primary songwriter of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Rainbow were a British progressive metal/hard rock band formed by Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore in 1975. ... Motörhead is a British heavy metal band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Lemmy Kilmister (real name Ian Kilmister) after his ejection from the iconic space-rock band Hawkwind. ...

Albums

• AC/DC - High Voltage (Australian album)
• AC/DC - T.N.T
• Aerosmith - Toys In The Attic
• Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare
• Black Sabbath - Sabotage
• Budgie - Bandolier
• Deep Purple - Come Taste the Band
• Grand Funk Railroad - Caught in the Act
• Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery
• Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
• Nazareth - Hair Of The Dog
• Ted Nugent - Ted Nugent
• Queen - A Night at the Opera
• Rush - Caress of Steel
• Rush - Fly by Night
• KISS - Dressed to Kill
• KISS - Alive!
• Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
• UFO - Force It
• Uriah Heep - Return To Fantasy

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Disbandments

Events

• Queen releases Bohemian Rhapsody. It soars to #1 in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
• Motörhead's original drummer, Lucas Fox, leaves the band. He is replaced by Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor.

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1976

Newly formed bands

• Accept
• Diamond Head
• Running Wild
• Saxon

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Albums

• AC/DC - High Voltage (International album)
• AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
• AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (UK)
• Aerosmith - Rocks
• Alice Cooper - Alice Cooper Goes to Hell
• Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy
• Black Sabbath - We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll
• Blue Öyster Cult - Agents of Fortune
• Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
• KISS - Destroyer
• KISS - Rock and Roll Over
• Led Zeppelin - Presence
• Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same
• Ted Nugent - Free-For-All
• Queen - A Day at the Races
• Rush - 2112
• Rainbow - Rising
• UFO - No Heavy Petting
• Uriah Heep - High and Mighty

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Disbandments

• Deep Purple

This article is about the rock group. ...

Events

• Guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke joins Motörhead and Larry Wallis leaves after a month.
• AC/DC's second international album "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" is released in the United Kingdom on November this year and would later be released in the United States in April 1981.

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1977

Newly formed bands

• Def Leppard
• Angel Witch

Def Leppard is an English hard rock/heavy metal band from Sheffield who formed in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. ... Angel Witch is a British heavy metal band which was assembled in 1977. ...

Albums

• AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (Australian album)
• AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (International album)
• Aerosmith - Draw the Line
• Alice Cooper - Lace and Whiskey
• Blue Öyster Cult - Spectres
• Judas Priest - Sin After Sin
• KISS - Love Gun
• Motörhead - Motörhead
• Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever
• Queen - News of the World
• Rush - A Farewell to Kings
• Rainbow - On Stage
• UFO - Lights Out

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Disbandments

• T.Rex

T. Rex can refer to: Tyrannosaurus rex, dinosaur T. Rex, rock group This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ...

Events

1978

Newly formed bands

• Dokken
• Europe
• Ratt
• Whitesnake

Dokken is an American metal band which was formed in 1978. ... World map showing Europe Political map (neighboring countries in Asia and Africa also shown) Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ... Ratt is an American glam metal band that enjoyed significant commercial success during the 1980s. ... Whitesnake is a British hard rock band, active primarily in the 1980s. ...

Albums

• AC/DC - Powerage
• AC/DC - If You Want Blood You've Got It
• Alice Cooper - From the Inside
• Black Sabbath - Never Say Die!
• Judas Priest - Stained Class
• Queen - Jazz
• Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
• Rush - Hemispheres
• Ted Nugent - Double Live Gonzo
• UFO - Obsession
• Van Halen - Van Halen

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Disbandments

Events

• Def Leppard's drummer Rick Allen joins at 15 as a permanent member.
• The Who's Keith Moon dies of a drug overdose.

Def Leppard is an English hard rock/heavy metal band from Sheffield who formed in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. ... Rick Allen Richard John Cyril Allen (born November 1, 1963, Dronfield, England) is the drummer for the British rock band Def Leppard. ... The Who are an English rock band who first came to prominence in the 1960s and grew in stature to be popularly considered one of the greatest rock n roll bands of all time [1][2] [3] [4]. Except for periods of retirement from 1983 to 1988 and from 1990... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

1979

Newly formed bands

• Gamma
• Hanoi Rocks
• Saint Vitus
• Trouble
• Venom

Gamma was a band formed by guitarist Ronnie Montrose and singer Davey Pattison. ... Hanoi Rocks is a Finnish rock band. ... Saint Vitus is known as one of the first doom metal bands, starting out as early as in the late 70s. ... Look up trouble in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Venom is a black/speed metal band, formed in late 1978, in Gateshead, a town near Newcastle upon Tyne, England. ...

Albums

• AC/DC - Highway to Hell
• Aerosmith - Night in the Ruts
• Blue Öyster Cult - Mirrors
• Gamma - Gamma 1
• Judas Priest - Hell Bent for Leather
• Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East (live album)
• Led Zeppelin - In Through the Out Door
• Motörhead - On Parole (unofficial release from sessions recorded in 1975), Overkill, Bomber
• Queen - Live Killers
• Van Halen - Van Halen II
• KISS - Dynasty
• Saxon - Saxon
• UFO - Strangers In The Night

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Disbandments

Events

• Ozzy Osbourne is kicked out of Black Sabbath due to heavy involvement and problems with drugs and alcohol, his place is taken by Ronnie James Dio

Ozzy Osbourne (born John Michael Osbourne on December 3, 1948 in Aston, Birmingham, England) is the lead singer of the pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath, popular solo artist, and reality television star. ... For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... Ronnie James Dio (born Ronald James Padavona on July 10, 1942 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire) is a heavy metal vocalist who has performed with Black Sabbath, Ritchie Blackmores Rainbow, and his own band Dio. ...

1980

Newly formed bands

• Manowar
• Mercyful Fate
• Overkill

Manowar is an American heavy metal band from Auburn, New York, which formed in 1980. ... Mercyful Fate is an influential Danish heavy metal group that helped inspire the black metal, thrash metal and prog metal genres. ... 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. ...

Albums

• AC/DC - Back in Black
• Alice Cooper - Flush the Fashion
• Angel Witch - Angel Witch
• Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
• Blue Öyster Cult - Cultösaurus Erectus
• Def Leppard - On Through the Night
• Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations
• Gamma - Gamma 2
• Girlschool - Demolition
• Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
• Judas Priest - British Steel
• Motörhead - Ace of Spades
• Queen - The Game
• Van Halen - Women and Children First
• Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz
• Saxon - Wheels of Steel
• Saxon - Strong Arm of the Law

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Disbandments

• Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, and are one of the most successful and influential groups in popular music history. ...

Events

• Bon Scott, lead singer of AC/DC, dies at 33 on February 19 after a binge of heavy drinking.
• John Bonham, drummer for Led Zeppelin, dies at 32 on September 25, after a binge of heavy drinking. His death was similar to Bon Scott's, and caused Led Zeppelin to disband.
• April 1: Brian Johnson joins AC/DC replacing Bon Scott as lead singer.

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1981

Newly formed bands

• Anthrax
• Dark Angel
• Metallica
• Mötley Crüe
• Slayer

Dark Angel is a thrash metal band from Los Angeles. ... Metallica is an American heavy metal band, formed on October 15, 1981. ... Mötley Crüe (pronounced ) is a popular American rock band from Los Angeles, California. ... 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). ...

Albums

• AC/DC - For Those About to Rock We Salute You
• Accept - Breaker
• Alice Cooper - Special Forces
• Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
• Blue Öyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin
• Def Leppard - High 'n' Dry
• Iron Maiden - Killers
• Judas Priest - Point of Entry
• KISS - Music from "The Elder"
• Mercyful Fate - Nuns Have No Fun
• Mötley Crüe - Too Fast For Love
• Motörhead - No Sleep 'til Hammersmith (live)
• Rush - Moving Pictures
• Van Halen - Fair Warning
• Venom - Welcome to Hell
• Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
• Saxon - Denim and Leather

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Events

• April: AC/DC's album "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" is finally released in the United States.
• Iron Maiden comp guitarist Dennis Stratton leaves and is replaced by Adrian Smith
• Eric Carr joins KISS on drums and makes his songwriting debut with "Under the Rose".

1982

Newly formed bands

• Death Angel
• Napalm Death
• Pantera
• Possessed
• W.A.S.P.
• Dio
• Suicidal Tendencies (not originally as a metal band)
• Exodus

Death Angel is a Filipino-American thrash metal band from San Francisco, California. ... Napalm Death is a grindcore/death metal band formed in the village of Meriden near Birmingham, England in 1982 by Nicholas Bullen and Miles Ratledge. ... Pantera was a popular heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, that formed in 1981. ... Classic Possessed Line-up, clockwise from top: Mike Sus, Larry LaLonde, Jeff Becerra, and Mike Torrao Possessed were a heavy metal band formed in 1982, in El Sobrante, California (Slightly North of San Francisco), and have often been credited for creating and paving the way for death metal. ... This article is about the band. ... Dio is a heavy metal band led by vocalist Ronnie James Dio, who formed it in October 1982 after leaving Black Sabbath. ... Suicidal Tendencies are a hardcore punk band formed in 1982 in Venice, California. ... Exodus is an American thrash metal band formed in 1982 in San Francisco, California, by Kirk Hammett, Tom Hunting, Paul Baloff and Gary Holt. ...

Albums

• Aerosmith - Rock in a Hard Place
• Alice Cooper - Zipper Catches Skin
• Black Sabbath - Live Evil
• Gamma - Gamma 3
• Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
• Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
• Led Zeppelin - Coda (album) (contained unreleased recordings before Bonham's death)
• Manowar - Battle Hymns
• Motörhead - Iron Fist
• Quiet Riot - Metal Health
• Rush - Signals
• Twisted Sister - Under the Blade
• Van Halen - Diver Down
• Y&T - Black Tiger

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Events

• Iron Maiden's lead singer Paul Di'Anno leaves band due to heavy drinking, and is replaced by Bruce Dickinson. Iron Maiden's first album with Bruce Dickinson, The Number of the Beast, becomes the first heavy metal album to reach No.1 in the U.K. music charts.
• Motörhead's guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke leaves the band and is replaced by ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian Robertson.
• Quiet Riot's Metal Health becomes the first heavy metal album to reach No.1 in the Billboard United States music charts and is followed by albums by Twisted Sister, and Mötley Crüe
• Judas Priest's single You've Got Another Thing Comin' becomes the first heavy metal single to break into the Billboard U.S. Top 20 Singles.
• Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist Randy Rhoads dies in an airplane accident on the 19th of March.
• Late that year Iron Maiden's drummer Clive Burr is fired from Maiden due to problems with alcohol and too heavy tour schedules and Nicko McBrain from Trust is hired to replace him. Maiden had now their most legendary line-up.

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1983

Newly formed bands

• Bathory
• The Cult
• Death
• Helloween
• Mayhem
• Megadeth
• Metal Church
• Testament
• Fates Warning
• Savatage
• Stryper

Bathory was a Swedish heavy metal band, and is regarded as one of the forefathers of the black metal and viking metal genres. ... The Cult is a British rock band. ... Death was an influential death metal band from the United States that was founded in 1983 and dissolved in 1999. ... Helloween is a German power/speed metal band founded in the early 1980s by members of the two bands Ironfist and Powerfool. ... Mayhem is a seminal black metal band formed in 1983, based in Oslo, Norway. ... Megadeth is an American heavy metal band led by founder, frontman, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. ... Kurdt and Jay performing live at Gernika, Spain Metal Church is an American heavy metal band from Aberdeen, Washington. ... Testament (a. ... Fates Warning was formed in 1983 by John Arch, Jim Matheos, Victor Arduini, Joe DiBiase, And Steve Zimmerman in Connecticut, USA. The band directly contributed to the establishment of the Progressive Metal genre, With their early works considered by many as very important works defining the genre itself. ... Savatage is a heavy metal/progressive metal band founded by the brothers Jon and Criss Oliva in 1979. ... 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. ...

Albums

• AC/DC - Flick of the Switch
• Alice Cooper - DaDa
• Black Sabbath - Born Again
• Def Leppard - Pyromania
• Dio - Holy Diver
• Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
• Manowar - Into Glory Ride
• Metallica - Kill 'Em All
• Mercyful Fate - Melissa
• Mötley Crüe - Shout At The Devil
• Motörhead - Another Perfect Day
• Slayer - Show No Mercy
• Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At The Moon

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Events

• At the end of the year, drummer Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor and guitarist Brian Robertson leave Motörhead. The band is reborn with a new, four-piece line-up (Kilmister/Campbell/Burston/Gill).
• Dave Mustaine, lead guitar player for Metallica, is fired for drug/alcohol abuse, and is replaced by Exodus guitarist Kirk Hammett
• Mötley Crüe - Shout At The Devil Becomes a huge hit marking one of the turning points into comercialization of Heavy Metal. Often called "The Breakthrough Metal album"

Brian Robbo Robertson Brian Robertson is a Scottish guitarist and former member of Thin Lizzy and Motörhead. ... Motörhead is a British heavy metal band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Lemmy Kilmister (real name Ian Kilmister) after his ejection from the iconic space-rock band Hawkwind. ... Lemmy Kilmister (born Ian Fraiser Kilmister, December 24, 1945, also known as Ian Fraiser Willis and Lemmy the Lurch) is an English bass player and singer. ... Phil Campbell Phil Campbell (born Philip Anthony Campbell , May 7, 1961) is a guitarist in the British heavy metal band Motörhead. ... Michael Burston (born October 23, 1949), commonly known by the stage name Würzel, is an English musician. ... Peter Gill, more commonly called Pete Gill, is a world class drummer, former member of heavy metal bands Saxon and Motörhead. ... Mötley Crüe (pronounced ) is a popular American rock band from Los Angeles, California. ... Shout at the Devil is the second album by the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, released on September 26, 1983 (see 1983 in music). ...

1984

Newly formed bands

• Stratovarius
• Annihilator
• Forced Entry
• Iced Earth
• Sadus
• Sepultura
• Celtic Frost

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Albums

• AC/DC - '74 Jailbreak
• The Cult - Dreamtime
• Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
• Dio - The Last in Line
• Dokken - Tooth And Nail
• Iron Maiden - Powerslave
• Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith
• KISS - Animalize
• Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Rising Force
• Manowar - Hail to England, Sign of the Hammer
• Metallica - Ride The Lightning
• Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath
• Motörhead - No Remorse
• Quiet Riot - Condition Critical
• Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap
• Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry
• Van Halen - 1984
• Steve Vai - Flex-Able
• W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.
• Bathory - Bathory
• Voivod - War and Pain
• Ratt - Out of the Cellar
• Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales
• Stryper - The Yellow and Black Attack

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Events

• Def Leppard's drummer Rick Allen loses his arm in a car accident on December 31.
• Deep Purple Reunite
• Quiet Riot 's Metal Health tops the charts at number 1

Def Leppard is an English hard rock/heavy metal band from Sheffield who formed in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. ... Rick Allen Richard John Cyril Allen (born November 1, 1963, Dronfield, England) is the drummer for the British rock band Def Leppard. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article is about the rock group. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Metal Health was the breakthrough album for the American heavy metal band Quiet Riot. ...

1985

Newly formed bands

• Blind Guardian
• Candlemass
• Carcass
• Dream Theater
• Guns N' Roses
• Macabre

A Blind Guardian ticket for the live performance in Belgrade, Serbia. ... Candlemass is a Swedish Doom metal band established in the 1980s by Leif Edling (bass), its leader and songwriter. ... Carcass was a British death metal/goregrind band formed by Napalm Death guitarist Bill Steer together with drummer Ken Owen in 1985. ... Dream Theater is a progressive metal band formed in 1985 by three students at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Guns N Roses is an American hard rock band that gained fame during the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... 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. ...

Albums

• AC/DC - Fly on the Wall
• Aerosmith - Done With Mirrors
• Anthrax - Spreading the Disease
• The Cult - Love
• Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
• Dio - Sacred Heart
• Dokken - Under Lock And Key
• Helloween - Helloween (EP), Walls Of Jericho
• Iron Maiden - Live After Death
• Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Marching Out
• Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!
• Metal Church - Metal Church
• Overkill - Feel The Fire
• Possessed - Seven Churches
• Slayer - Hell Awaits
• Y&T - Down for the Count
• Voivod - Rrröööaaarrr
• Ratt - Invasion of Your Privacy
• Exodus- Bonded by Blood
• Stryper - Soldiers Under Command

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Disbandments

• Mercyful Fate

Mercyful Fate is an influential Danish heavy metal group that helped inspire the black metal, thrash metal and prog metal genres. ...

Events

• Van Halen's former singer David Lee Roth leaves the band for a solo career and Sammy Hagar takes his place.

Van Halen is an American Hard rock band. ... David Lee Roth David Lee Roth (sometimes referred to as Diamond Dave) (born October 10 1954[1] in Bloomington, Indiana) is an American rock vocalist, songwriter, actor, author, and former radio personality, best known for his work with the band Van Halen and his fast-talking, oversized personality. ... Sammy playing guitar in red cloths Samuel Ray Hagar (born October 13, 1947 in Monterey, California, USA), better known as Sammy Hagar, is a U.S. rock guitarist, singer, and composer. ...

1986

Newly formed bands

• Bolt Thrower
• Grave
• Immolation
• Pestilence
• Terrorizer
• Primus
• Prong
• Pentagram

Bolt Thrower are a death metal band from Coventry, England. ... Grave is a Swedish (Visby) death metal band. ... Immolation is a technical death metal band from New York. ... Pestilence were a death / thrash metal band from the Netherlands founded in 1986. ... Terrorizer was a grindcore band formed in 1986 in Los Angeles, California, United States. ... Primus is an American rock band formed in California in the mid-1980s. ... Prong was a heavy metal/thrash metal band, formed in 1985. ... Pentagram (Mezarkabul outside Turkey) is a Turkish heavy metal/power metal band composed of Murat İlkan (vocals), Hakan Utangaç, Metin Türkcan, Tarkan Gözübüyük, and Cenk Ünnü. // History Pentagram was formed in Istanbul in 1986 by guitarist Hakan Utangaç and drummer Cenk Ünnü. By 1987, bassist...

Albums

• AC/DC - Who Made Who
• Alice Cooper - Constrictor
• Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
• Black Sabbath - Seventh Star
• Dio - Intermission
• Europe - The Final Countdown
• Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian
• Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
• Judas Priest - Turbo
• Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Trilogy
• Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
• Metallica - Master of Puppets
• Motörhead - Orgasmatron
• Ozzy Osbourne - The Ultimate Sin
• Ratt - Dancing Undercover
• Slayer - Reign in Blood
• Stryper - The Yellow and Black Attack (Reissue), To Hell with the Devil
• Van Halen - 5150

AC/DC is a hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 (see 1973 in music) by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. ... Who Made Who is a hard rock album by Australian band AC/DC, released as the soundtrack to the Stephen King movie Maximum Overdrive. ... Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948), is a hard rock singer and musician, whose work spans four decades. ... Constrictor (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Bon Jovi is an influential rock band from New Jersey, USA. Fronted by lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi, the group originally achieved large-scale success in the 1980s as a hair metal band. ... Bon Jovis third and most commercially successful album Slippery When Wet was released on August 18 of 1986 (see 1986 in music). ... For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... Seventh Star is the 12th studio album by the rock band Black Sabbath. ... Dio is a heavy metal band led by vocalist Ronnie James Dio, who formed it in October 1982 after leaving Black Sabbath. ... Intermission is a live EP released by the band Dio in 1986 on Warner Bros. ... Europe is a Swedish hard rock band originally assembled as a progressive rock group; they later added keyboards to their sound in order to soften it, in hopes of gaining radio airplay. ... The Final Countdown is Europes third album, released May 26, 1986, by Epic Records. ... Fates Warning was formed in 1983 by John Arch, Jim Matheos, Victor Arduini, Joe DiBiase, And Steve Zimmerman in Connecticut, USA. The band directly contributed to the establishment of the Progressive Metal genre, With their early works considered by many as very important works defining the genre itself. ... Awaken the Guardian is the third album by Fates Warning released in 1986. ... Iron Maiden is an English heavy metal band from East London. ... Somewhere in Time is a studio album by Iron Maiden, released in 1986. ... Judas Priest are a heavy metal band formed in 1968 in the northwest midlands, near Birmingham, England. ... Air foil bearing-supported turbocharger cutaway made by Mohawk Innovative Technology Inc. ... Yngwie Johann Malmsteen (born Lars Johann Yngve Lannerbäck Malmsteen, June 30, 1963) is a Swedish guitarist, composer and bandleader. ... Trilogy has been used as an album title by more than one artist: Trilogy (Emerson, Lake & Palmer album) Trilogy (Yngwie J. Malmsteen album) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Megadeth is an American heavy metal band led by founder, frontman, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. ... Peace Sells. ... Metallica is an American heavy metal band, formed on October 15, 1981. ... Master of Puppets is Metallicas third album, released February 21, 1986, by Elektra Records. ... Motörhead is a British heavy metal band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Lemmy Kilmister (real name Ian Kilmister) after his ejection from the iconic space-rock band Hawkwind. ... Orgasmatron is the last Motörhead album to feature Pete Gill on the drums. ... Ozzy Osbourne (born John Michael Osbourne on December 3, 1948 in Aston, Birmingham, England) is the lead singer of the pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath, popular solo artist, and reality television star. ... The Ultimate Sin is an album by Ozzy Osbourne. ... Ratt is an American glam metal band that enjoyed significant commercial success during the 1980s. ... Dancing Undercover is Ratts third full length album. ... 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). ... Reign in Blood  is a thrash metal album by American thrash metal band Slayer, released in 1986 (see 1986 in music) through Def Jam Records (later re-released on Rubins Def American/American Recordings). ... 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. ... The Yellow and Black Attack EP was the first release of the Christian metal band Stryper, out on July 10, 1984. ... To Hell with the Devil is the 3rd album by the Christian metal band Stryper. ... Van Halen is an American Hard rock band. ... This article is about the Van Halen album. ...

Events

• Metallica's bassist Cliff Burton dies at 25 on September 27 in a bus accident in Sweden. Jason Newsted from Phoenix band Flotsam and Jetsam is hired after auditions are held.

Metallica is an American heavy metal band, formed on October 15, 1981. ... Clifford Lee Burton (February 10, 1962 – September 27, 1987) was the second bassist in the band Metallica, joining the band in late 1982 (replacing Ron McGovney. ... September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Nickname: Valley of the Sun Location in Maricopa County and the state of Arizona Coordinates: Country United States State Arizona Counties Maricopa Incorporated February 25, 1881 Mayor Phil Gordon (D) Area    - City 1,230. ... Traditionally, Flotsam and jetsam are words that describe goods of potential value that have been thrown into the ocean. ...

1987

Newly formed bands

• Alice in Chains
• Asphyx
• Autopsy
• Burzum
• Cynic
• Danzig
• Entombed
• Primordial

Alice in Chains are an influential rock group formed in the late-1980s in Seattle, Washington. ... Asphyx is a Dutch death metal band. ... Autopsy were an influential death metal band founded in 1987 in the United States of America by Chris Reifert after he left Death. ... Burzum began in 1987 as a prominent Norwegian black metal solo project. ... Cynic were a technical death metal band that was formed in Florida, United States, in 1987 by vocalist/guitarist Paul Masvidal, guitarist Jason Gobel, bassist Mark Van Erp, and drummer Sean Reinert. ... Danzig is an American band which fuses dark lyrics and imagery with Hard rock/heavy metal music. ... Entombed is a Swedish metal band which formed in 1987 (see 1987 in music) under the name of Nihilist. ... This article needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ...

Albums

• Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation
• Alice Cooper - Raise Your Fist and Yell
• Anthrax - Among the Living, I'm the Man (EP)
• Black Sabbath - The Eternal Idol
• The Cult - Electric
• Celtic Frost - Into the Pandemonium
• Death - Scream Bloody Gore
• Deep Purple - The House of Blue Light
• Def Leppard - Hysteria
• Dio - Dream Evil
• Dokken - Back For The Attack
• Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
• Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 1
• Jethro Tull - Crest of a Knave
• Judas Priest - Priest...Live!
• Manowar - Fighting the World
• Metal Church - The Dark
• Motörhead - Rock 'n' Roll
• Napalm Death - Scum
• Overkill - Taking Over
• Joe Satriani - Surfing With the Alien
• Testament - The Legacy
• White Lion - Pride
• Y&T - Contagious
• Mötley Crüe - Girls, Girls, Girls

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Disbandments

• Twisted Sister

For the girlgroup formally called Twisted Sisterz, see Mrs Robinson Twisted Sister is an American heavy metal band from New York City United States popularized in comedic music videos on the television channel MTV in the 1980s. ...

Events

• Iron Maiden headlines the Monsters of Rock festival at Donnington, England on a bill which includes KISS, Guns N' Roses, Dokken, Whitesnake and Helloween.
• Motörhead's drummer Pete Gill leaves the band and Phil Taylor returns.
• Mötley Crüe - Girls, Girls, Girls Debuts at #2 in the Billboard charts becoming the biggest album debut since Led Zeppelin's The Song Remains The Same

Iron Maiden is an English heavy metal band from East London. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... KISS is an American glam rock/heavy metal/hard rock band formed in New York City in 1973. ... Guns N Roses is an American hard rock band that gained fame during the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... Dokken is an American metal band which was formed in 1978. ... Whitesnake is a British hard rock band, active primarily in the 1980s. ... Helloween is a German power/speed metal band founded in the early 1980s by members of the two bands Ironfist and Powerfool. ... Motörhead is a British heavy metal band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Lemmy Kilmister (real name Ian Kilmister) after his ejection from the iconic space-rock band Hawkwind. ... Mötley Crüe (pronounced ) is a popular American rock band from Los Angeles, California. ... Girls, Girls, Girls is the fourth studio album, released in 1987 by heavy metal group Mötley Crüe. ... Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, and are one of the most successful and influential groups in popular music history. ... The Song Remains the Same is a soundtrack album and concert film by the British blues/rock band Led Zeppelin. ...

1988

Newly formed bands

• Cadaver
• Carnage
• Dismember
• Paradise Lost
• Skid Row
• Nine Inch Nails

Cadaver is a death metal band from Norway. ... Carnage was a Swedish death metal band and a precursor to Dismember. ... Dismember is a Swedish death metal band, formed in Stockholm in 1988. ... Paradise Lost are a heavy metal band formed in 1988 in Halifax, UK. Along with countrymates Anathema and My Dying Bride, they are credited for creating the subgenre known as doom/death metal. ... Skid Row is an American heavy metal band which became the hard rock prototypes of the late 1980s metal scene and were reasonably successful until they were eclipsed by the Seattle grunge bands in 1991. ... NIN redirects here. ...

Albums

• AC/DC - Blow Up Your Video
• Anthrax - State of Euphoria
• Blind Guardian - Battalions of Fear
• Jason Becker - Perpetual Burn
• Bolt Thrower - In Battle There Is No Law
• Celtic Frost - Cold Lake
• Crimson Glory - Transcendence
• Danzig - Danzig
• Death - Leprosy
• Dokken - Beast from the East
• Exodus - Fabulous Disaster
• Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 2
• Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
• Judas Priest - Ram It Down
• Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Odyssey
• Manowar - Kings of Metal
• Megadeth - So Far, So Good... So What!
• Metallica - ...And Justice for All
• Motörhead - No Sleep at All (live)
• Overkill - Under the Influence
• Ratt - Reach for the Sky
• Slayer - South of Heaven
• Suicidal Tendencies - How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today (the bands first metal release)
• Stryper - In God We Trust
• Testament - The New Order
• Van Halen - OU812
• Guns N' Roses - GNR Lies

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Celtic Frost is an innovative heavy metal group from Zürich, Switzerland, best known for their influence on the thrash metal, black metal and death metal genres. ... Cold Lake can refer to several things: Community Cold Lake, Alberta, is a small city in Canada. ... Crimson Glory is a progressive metal band from the USA which formed in the mid 80s. ... Transcendence may refer to: Transcendence (mathematics) Transcendental number, a real number that is not the root of any polynomial with rational coefficients Transcendental element, an element of a field extension that is not the root of any polynomial with coefficients from the base field Transcendental function, a function which does... Danzig is an American band which fuses dark lyrics and imagery with Hard rock/heavy metal music. ... Danzig is the 1988 debut album of the eponymous band led by Glenn Danzig, formerly the songwriter and vocalist of The Misfits and Samhain. ... Death was an influential death metal band from the United States that was founded in 1983 and dissolved in 1999. ... Leprosy is the second album released by Death in 1988. ... Dokken is an American metal band which was formed in 1978. ... Alias of Russian heavyweight boxer Nicolay Valuev Music album by Dokken; more inforamtion at George Lynch ... Exodus is an American thrash metal band formed in 1982 in San Francisco, California, by Kirk Hammett, Tom Hunting, Paul Baloff and Gary Holt. ... Track listing for Exodus - Fabulous Disaster Fabulous Disaster - 1989 1. ... Helloween is a German power/speed metal band founded in the early 1980s by members of the two bands Ironfist and Powerfool. ... Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 2 is an album by the German heavy metal band Helloween, released in 1988. ... Iron Maiden is an English heavy metal band from East London. ... In old Irish and other legends, the seventh son of a seventh son is supposed to hold great power granted by gods or other cosmic forces. ... Judas Priest are a heavy metal band formed in 1968 in the northwest midlands, near Birmingham, England. ... Ram It Down was an album recorded and released by Judas Priest in 1988. ... Yngwie Johann Malmsteen (born Lars Johann Yngve Lannerbäck Malmsteen, June 30, 1963) is a Swedish guitarist, composer and bandleader. ... With his third singer in four albums, Odyssey was released by guitar virtuoso Yngwie J. Malmsteen in March of 1988. ... Manowar is an American heavy metal band from Auburn, New York, which formed in 1980. ... Kings of Metal is the sixth album by Heavy Metal band Manowar. ... Megadeth is an American heavy metal band led by founder, frontman, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. ... So Far, So Good. ... Metallica is an American heavy metal band, formed on October 15, 1981. ... ...And Justice for All is Metallicas fourth studio album released August 25, 1988, by Elektra Records. ... Motörhead is a British heavy metal band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Lemmy Kilmister (real name Ian Kilmister) after his ejection from the iconic space-rock band Hawkwind. ... 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. ... Under The Influence was Overkills fifth official release and third LP. The tracklisting is as follows: Shred (Ellsworth, Gustafson, Verni)--4:05 Never Say Never (Ellsworth, Gustafson, Verni)--5:58 Hello From the Gutter (Ellsworth, Gustafson, Verni)--4:12 Mad Gone World (Ellsworth, Gustafson, Verni)--4:31 Brainfade (Ellsworth... Ratt is an American glam metal band that enjoyed significant commercial success during the 1980s. ... Reach for the Sky is Ratts fourth full length album. ... 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). ... South of Heaven is an album by thrash metal band Slayer. ... Suicidal Tendencies are a hardcore punk band formed in 1982 in Venice, California. ... How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Cant Even Smile Today is an album by rock band Suicidal Tendencies, released on September 13, 1988. ... 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. ... In God We Trust is the fourth studio album by Christian Metal band Stryper. ... Testament (a. ... The New Order is the second album by the thrash metal group Testament, released on May 10, 1988 (see 1988 in music). ... Van Halen is an American Hard rock band. ... OU812 is the eighth album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1988 (see 1988 in music). ... Guns N Roses is an American hard rock band that gained fame during the late 1980s and early 1990s. ...

Events

• The Monsters of Rock tour plays across the U.S. featuring Metallica, Van Halen, Scorpions, Dokken, and Kingdom Come.

Metallica is an American heavy metal band, formed on October 15, 1981. ... Van Halen is an American Hard rock band. ... Scorpions are a hard rock band from Hannover, Germany, best known for their 80s rock anthem, Rock You Like a Hurricane and their singles Wind of Change, No One Like You, and Still Loving You. // History Formation and early history (1965-1973) Rudolf Schenker, the bands rhythm guitarist, set... Dokken is an American metal band which was formed in 1978. ... Kingdom Come is a comic book miniseries published by DC Comics, written by Mark Waid and painted by Alex Ross. ...

1989

Newly formed bands

• Bruce Dickinson's solo career starts.
• Cannibal Corpse
• Comecon
• Dark Tranquillity
• Marilyn Manson
• Unanimated
• Slaughter
• Immortal

Bruce Dickinson For the record producer Bruce Dickinson featured in Saturday Night Lives skit, see More Cowbell. ... Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band from Buffalo, New York, noted for its controversial and ultra-violent lyrics and imagery, founded in 1988 by Chris Barnes, Bob Rusay, Jack Owen, Alex Webster and Paul Mazurkiewicz. ... Comecon is a Swedish death metal project founded in 1989. ... Dark Tranquillity is a melodic death metal band from Sweden. ... Marilyn Manson may refer to: Marilyn Manson (person), an American rock musician, author, and film director. ... Unanimated are a Swedish melodic death metal band. ... Slaughter Slaughter first formed in Scarborough (Toronto), Ontario, Canada at the height of glam metals dominance over MTV and rock radio. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

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)
• 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
• Richie Kotzen - Richie Kotzen
• Macabre - Gloom
• Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Trial By Fire: Live in Leningrad
• Metal Church - Blessing in Disguise
• Mr. Big - Mr. Big
• Mötley Crüe - Dr. Feelgood
• Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
• Overkill - The Years of Decay
• Ozzy Osbourne - No Rest for the Wicked
• Primus - Suck on This (live)
• Rush - A Show of Hands, Presto
• Joe Satriani - Flying in a Blue Dream
• 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

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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 from Buffalo, New York, noted for its controversial and ultra-violent lyrics and imagery, founded in 1988 by Chris Barnes, Bob Rusay, Jack Owen, Alex Webster and Paul Mazurkiewicz. ... This was Cannibal Corpses first self-titled demo, recorded in 1989. ... The Cult is a British rock band. ... Sonic Temple is the fourth album by the goth group The Cult, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music). ... Dream Theater is a progressive metal band formed in 1985 by three students at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. ... 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 Kirk Hammett, Tom Hunting, Paul Baloff and Gary Holt. ... Track listing for Exodus - Fabulous Disaster Fabulous Disaster - 1989 1. ... Faith No More was a highly influential experimental alternative metal/rock group that formed in San Francisco, California in 1982 and disbanded in 1998. ... For other things with the same name see The Real Thing. ... Forced Entry was a thrash metal band from Mountlake Terrace, Washington. ... Great White is a blues-based American rock and roll band. ... ...Twice Shy is a twice platinum record by Great White. ... Richie Kotzen Richie Kotzen is an American rock guitar virtuoso. ... 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... Yngwie Johann Malmsteen (born Lars Johann Yngve Lannerbäck Malmsteen, 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. ... Kurdt and Jay performing live at Gernika, Spain Metal Church is an American heavy metal band from Aberdeen, Washington. ... Mr. ... Mr. ... Mötley Crüe (pronounced ) is a popular American rock 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). ... NIN redirects here. ... Pretty Hate Machine (also known as Halo 2) is an album by Nine Inch Nails released in 1989. ... 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 Osbourne (born John Michael Osbourne on December 3, 1948 in Aston, Birmingham, England) is the lead singer of the pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath, popular solo artist, and reality television star. ... 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 progressive 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). ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... Flying in a Blue Dream is a 1989 album by instrumental rock solo artist Joe Satriani. ... Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band that began as a thrash metal group in 1984. ... 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 hard rock 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 (a. ... Practice What You Preach is the album released in 1989 by Testament. ... This article is about the band. ... The Headless Children is the fourth album by W.A.S.P., released in 1989 (see 1989 in music). ... From left to right: James Lomenzo, Greg DAngelo, Mike Tramp, Vito Bratta. ... Big Game is the third album by the heavy metal band White Lion. ...

Disbandments

• Dokken

Dokken is an American metal band which was formed in 1978. ...

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

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. ... Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northern California, in the United States. ... February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ... Cinderella is a hair metal band with some power pop thrown in for good measure. ... Ozzy Osbourne (born John Michael Osbourne on December 3, 1948 in Aston, Birmingham, England) is the lead singer of the pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath, popular solo artist, and reality television star. ... Scorpions are a hard rock band from Hannover, Germany, best known for their 80s rock anthem, Rock You Like a Hurricane and their singles Wind of Change, No One Like You, and Still Loving You. // History Formation and early history (1965-1973) Rudolf Schenker, the bands rhythm guitarist, set... Mötley Crüe (pronounced ) is a popular American rock band from Los Angeles, California. ... Bon Jovi is an influential rock band from New Jersey, USA. Fronted by lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi, the group originally achieved large-scale success in the 1980s as a hair metal band. ... Skid Row is an American heavy metal band which became the hard rock prototypes of the late 1980s metal scene and were reasonably successful until they were eclipsed by the Seattle grunge bands in 1991. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... Jethro Tull is a rock band that formed in Blackpool, England in the 1960s. ... Crest of a Knave is an album by the British progressive rock group Jethro Tull, released in 1987. ...

1990

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/metal band from Sacramento, California. ... Fear Factory is an American industrial metal/death 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... In Flames is 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 groove metal/metalcore band from Richmond, Virginia, formerly known as Burn the Priest. ... My Dying Bride are a British doom/death metal band formed in 1990. ... Opeth is a progressive death metal band from Sweden. ... Tool is an American Progressive 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

AC/DC is a hard rock band 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 are an influential rock group formed in the late-1980s in Seattle, Washington. ... 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. ... For other uses, 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. ... Bruce Dickinson For the record producer Bruce Dickinson featured in Saturday Night Lives skit, see More Cowbell. ... Tattooed Millionaire is a heavy metal album released in 1990 (see 1990 in music) by Bruce Dickinson. ... Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band from Buffalo, New York, noted for its controversial and ultra-violent lyrics and imagery, founded in 1988 by Chris Barnes, Bob Rusay, Jack Owen, Alex Webster and Paul Mazurkiewicz. ... Eaten Back to Life is Cannibal Corpses first album. ... Celtic Frost is an innovative heavy metal group from Zürich, Switzerland, best known for their influence on the thrash metal, black metal and death metal genres. ... 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. ... This article is about the rock group. ... 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 ... See Extreme for other uses of the word. ... 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. // History 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 Malmsteen, 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 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. ...

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 suicided 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.

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1991

Newly formed bands

• Angra
• Cradle of Filth
• Rage Against the Machine
• Nevermore
• Enslaved
• Behemoth

Angra is a power metal band from São Paulo, Brazil known for putting regional elements in their songs. ... Cradle of Filth is a heavy metal band formed in Suffolk, England in 1991. ... Rage Against the Machine, also known as RATM or simply Rage was an American rock band noted for their pioneering blend of hard rock, funk and rap as well as their vocal leftist beliefs. ... The band Nevermore Nevermore is a North American Progressive Metal band from Seattle, Washington assembled in 1991. ... Enslaved is a black/viking metal band from Bergen, Norway. ... Behemoth is an influential Polish death metal band, sometimes called blackened death metal for their black metal roots and influences. ...

Albums

• Anthrax - Attack of the Killer B's
• Alice Cooper - Hey Stoopid
• Bolt Thrower - War Master
• Cannibal Corpse - Butchered at Birth
• Death - Human
• The Cult - Ceremony
• Forced Entry - As Above, So Below
• Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II
• Great White - Hooked
• Helloween - Pink Bubbles Go Ape
• Infectious Grooves - The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move...It's the Infectious Grooves
• Richie Kotzen - Electric Joy
• Kyuss - Wretch
• Yngwie J. Malmsteen - The Yngwie Malmsteen Collection
• Metal Church - The Human Factor
• Metallica - Metallica
• Monster Magnet - Spine of God
• Motörhead - 1916
• Mr. Big - Lean Into It
• Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
• Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese
• Rush - Roll the Bones
• Sepultura - Arise
• Skid Row - Slave to the Grind
• Stratovarius - Stratovarius II
• Stryper - Can't Stop the Rock
• Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

Attack of the Killer Bs is the name of the fourth EP by the Thrash Metal band Anthrax. ... Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948), is a hard rock singer and musician, whose work spans four decades. ... Hey Stoopid is a succesful studio album from Heavy Metal singer Alice Cooper. ... Bolt Thrower are a death metal band from Coventry, England. ... The cover artwork of the album War Master War Master is a Bolt Thrower albums, recorded at Slaughterhouse studios in September 1990, produced by Bolt Thrower and Colin Richardson. ... Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band from Buffalo, New York, noted for its controversial and ultra-violent lyrics and imagery, founded in 1988 by Chris Barnes, Bob Rusay, Jack Owen, Alex Webster and Paul Mazurkiewicz. ... Butchered at Birth is Cannibal Corpses second album. ... Death was an influential death metal band from the United States that was founded in 1983 and dissolved in 1999. ... Human is the fourth album released by Death in 1991. ... The Cult is a British rock band. ... Ceremony is an album by The Cult that was first released in 1991. ... Forced Entry was a thrash metal band from Mountlake Terrace, Washington. ... Guns N Roses is an American hard rock band that gained fame during the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Great White is a blues-based American rock and roll band. ... Hooked is the ninth collection of movie reviews by the critic Pauline Kael, covering the years 1985 to 1988. ... Helloween is a German power/speed metal band founded in the early 1980s by members of the two bands Ironfist and Powerfool. ... Pink Bubbles Go Ape is an album by the German heavy metal band Helloween, released in 1991. ... The Infectious Grooves are a Funk metal band led by Suicidal Tendencies frontman Mike Muir. ... The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move. ... Richie Kotzen Richie Kotzen is an American rock guitar virtuoso. ... This article is about the band Kyuss. ... Wretch is the debut album by Kyuss, released in 1991 (see 1991 in music) after forming and renaming the band from their original name Sons of Kyuss. ... Yngwie Johann Malmsteen (born Lars Johann Yngve Lannerbäck Malmsteen, June 30, 1963) is a Swedish guitarist, composer and bandleader. ... The Yngwie Malmsteen Collection is the first compilation album by Yngwie J. Malmsteen. ... Kurdt and Jay performing live at Gernika, Spain Metal Church is an American heavy metal band from Aberdeen, Washington. ... The Human Factor (ISBN 0679409920) is an espionage novel by Graham Greene, first published in 1978 and adapted into a 1979 film by Otto Preminger. ... Metallica is an American heavy metal band, formed on October 15, 1981. ... Metallica was the band Metallicas fifth album, released August 13, 1991 through Elektra Records. ... 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). ... Spine of God is an album by Monster Magnet, released in 1991 (see 1991 in music). ... Motörhead is a British heavy metal band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Lemmy Kilmister (real name Ian Kilmister) after his ejection from the iconic space-rock band Hawkwind. ... 1916 was the first album Motörhead recorded for WTG, their new label, after the legal battle with GWR was resolved. ... Mr. ... Lean Into It is an album by hard rock band Mr. ... Ozzy Osbourne (born John Michael Osbourne on December 3, 1948 in Aston, Birmingham, England) is the lead singer of the pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath, popular solo artist, and reality television star. ... No More Tears is an album by Ozzy Osbourne. ... Primus is an American rock band formed in California in the mid-1980s. ... Sailing the Seas of Cheese is the third album by Primus, released on May 14, 1991. ... Rush is a Canadian progressive rock band comprising bassist, keyboardist and vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. ... Roll the Bones is the fourteenth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1991 (see 1991 in music). ... Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band that began as a thrash metal group in 1984. ... Arise was the fourth LP by Brazilian thrash metal band Sepultura released in 1991 (1991 in music) through Roadrunner Records. ... Skid Row is an American heavy metal band which became the hard rock prototypes of the late 1980s metal scene and were reasonably successful until they were eclipsed by the Seattle grunge bands in 1991. ... Slave to the Grind is Skid Rows second album, released on June 11, 1991. ... Stratovarius is a Finnish Neoclassical/power metal band, known for its melodic approach to the genre. ... II is the second album by the Finnish power metal band Stratovarius. ... 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. ... Cant Stop the Rock is the sixth album by Christian Metal band Stryper. ... Van Halen is an American Hard rock band. ... For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (also known as F.U.C.K.) is the ninth album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1991 (see 1991 in music). ...

Disbandments

• Death Angel

Death Angel is a Filipino-American thrash metal band from San Francisco, California. ...

Events

• Queen frontman Freddie Mercury dies of AIDS induced bronchial pneumonia.
• Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody goes to number one in the UK for the second time, the only song to ever go to number one more then once in the same version. It has now spent 14 weeks at number one.
• KISS Drummer - Eric Carr dies at age 41 on November 24. As a tribute, the group's 1992 release Revenge featured what is said to be the only drum solo Carr ever recorded with the band, which was titled "Carr Jam 1981".
• Skid Row's second album Slave to the Grind becomes the first and only 90s classic heavy metal album to debut at No.1 in the Billboard music charts in the 90s.
• Metallica's self-titled Black Album becomes the first thrash metal album to hit No.1 in the Billboard music charts.
• Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion II Becomes 2nd Metal Album to debut #1 .
• Skid Row, Guns N' Roses, and Metallica's albums all debut #1, at that time they were all in tour together.
• Van Halen's album For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge wins a Grammy award.
• 8th January: Def Leppard guitarist Steve Clark dies of alcoholic poisoning.

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1992

Newly formed bands

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

Black Label Society is a heavy metal band formed by Zakk Wylde, with 8 albums released to date the first, Sonic Brew, was released in 1999. ... Edguy is a power metal band from Fulda, Germany. ... Esoteric are an English doom metal band founded in 1992. ... Freak Kitchen: (left to right) Björn Fryklund, Mattias IA Eklundh and Christer Örtefors Freak Kitchen is a heavy metal, hard rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1992. ... Graveland is a Polish black metal band which was formed in 1992 by Rob Darken (Robert Fudali). ... Machine Head is a Heavy Metal band, formed in 1992 in Oakland, California. ... 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. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

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
• 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
• Nine Inch Nails - Broken (EP)
• 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

AC/DC is a hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 (see 1973 in music) by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. ... 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 are an influential rock group formed in the late-1980s in Seattle, Washington. ... Dirt is a grunge album by Alice in Chains, released on September 29, 1992 (see 1992 in music). ... Alice in Chains are an influential rock group formed in the late-1980s in Seattle, Washington. ... 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 from Buffalo, New York, noted for its controversial and ultra-violent lyrics and imagery, founded in 1988 by Chris Barnes, Bob Rusay, Jack Owen, Alex Webster and Paul Mazurkiewicz. ... Def Leppard is an English hard rock/heavy metal band from Sheffield who formed in 1977 as part 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 in 1985 by three students at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Images and Words is the second album by progressive metal band Dream Theater. ... Faith No More was a highly influential experimental alternative metal/rock 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 industrial metal/death 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... 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. // History 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 was the final 1990s album by the heavy metal band Iron Maiden that featured Bruce Dickinson as lead vocalist. ... 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 (born Lars Johann Yngve Lannerbäck Malmsteen, 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 a music 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). ... Motörhead is a British heavy metal band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Lemmy Kilmister (real name Ian Kilmister) after his ejection from the iconic space-rock band Hawkwind. ... March or Die is a 1992 album by Motörhead. ... NIN redirects here. ... Broken (also known as Halo 5) is an EP by Nine Inch Nails released in 1992. ... Pantera was a popular 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 Freddie Mercury, Brian May, 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, also known as RATM or simply Rage was an American rock band noted for their pioneering blend of hard rock, funk and rap as well as their vocal leftist 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. ... For the medical procedure, 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. ...

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 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

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1993

Newly formed bands

• Children of Bodom
• Dark Funeral
• Dimmu Borgir
• HammerFall
• Korn
• Mournful Congregation
• Rhapsody of Fire
• Papa Roach
• Symphony X

Children of Bodom is a metal band from Espoo, Finland. ... Dark Funeral is a black metal band from Sweden. ... Dimmu Borgir is a Norwegian symphonic black metal band whose music has been very popular in several Scandinavian countries and Germany. ... The band HammerFall (left to right: Stefan Elmgren, Anders Johansson, Joacim Cans (standing), Magnus Rosén, Oscar Dronjak) HammerFall is a Swedish power metal band assembled in 1993. ... Korn (sometimes typeset as KoЯn to fit their logo) is a nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, USA. They are often credited with creating the nu metal genre[citation needed], and inspiring a wave of nu metal, alternative metal and rap metal bands in the late 1990s and early... Mournful Congregation are funeral doom metal band from Loxton, Australia. ... Rhapsody of Fire is an Italian Symphonic Power Metal band, formerly known as Thundercross. ... Papa Roach is a four-piece Post-Grunge group originating from Vacaville, California. ... Symphony X is a North American progressive metal band from New Jersey founded in 1994 by guitarist Michael Romeo. ...

Reformed Bands

• Dokken

Dokken is an American metal band which was formed in 1978. ...

Albums

• Aerosmith - Get A Grip
• Annihilator - Set the World on Fire
• Anthrax - Sound of White and Noise
• Cannibal Corpse - Hammer Smashed Face (EP)
• Deep Purple - The Battle Rages On
• Def Leppard - Retro Active
• Helloween - Chameleon
• Infectious Grooves - Sarsippius' Ark
• Macabre - Sinister Slaughter
• Monster Magnet - Superjudge
• Motörhead - Bastards
• Mr. Big - Bump Ahead
• Primus - Pork Soda
• Rush - Counterparts
• Sepultura - Chaos A.D.
• Tool - Undertow
• Steve Vai - Sex and Religion
• Van Halen - Live: Right Here, Right Now

Aerosmith is a prominent American rock band, which regards itself as Americas Greatest Rock and Roll Band.[1] [2] Although they are known as the bad boys from Boston, none of the members are actually from the city. ... Get a Grip is the eleventh studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released in 1993 (see 1993 in music). ... Annihilator is a heavy metal band which started with the album Alice in Hell, and now has twelve albums (including live albums). ... Set the World on Fire is an album by Annihilator, released in 1993 (see 1993 in music). ... Sound of White Noise is the name of the eleventh album by the band Anthrax. ... Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band from Buffalo, New York, noted for its controversial and ultra-violent lyrics and imagery, founded in 1988 by Chris Barnes, Bob Rusay, Jack Owen, Alex Webster and Paul Mazurkiewicz. ... Hammer Smashed Face is Cannibal Corpses first EP. It was released in 1993 through Metal Blade Records. ... This article is about the rock group. ... The Battle Rages On is the fourteenth studio album by Deep Purple, released in 1993. ... Def Leppard is an English hard rock/heavy metal band from Sheffield who formed in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. ... Retro Active is an album by British hard rock band Def Leppard, released in 1993 (see 1993 in music). ... Helloween is a German power/speed metal band founded in the early 1980s by members of the two bands Ironfist and Powerfool. ... Chameleon is an album by the German heavy metal band Helloween, released in 1993. ... The Infectious Grooves are a Funk metal band led by Suicidal Tendencies frontman Mike Muir. ... Sarsippius Ark is the seccond album from Infectious Grooves. ... 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. ... Sinister Slaughter is the second full-length album by American heavy metal band Macabre and was released in 1993 by Nuclear Blast Records. ... 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). ... Superjudge is an album by Monster Magnet, released on April 6, 1993 (see 1993 in music). ... Motörhead is a British heavy metal band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Lemmy Kilmister (real name Ian Kilmister) after his ejection from the iconic space-rock band Hawkwind. ... A bastard is an illegitimate child. ... Mr. ... Bump Ahead is an album by hard rock band Mr. ... Primus is an American rock band formed in California in the mid-1980s. ... Pork Soda is the fourth album by Primus. ... Rush is a Canadian progressive rock band comprising bassist, keyboardist and vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. ... Counterparts is the fifteenth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1993 (see 1993 in music). ... Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band that began as a thrash metal group in 1984. ... Chaos A.D. was a music album released in 1993 by Sepultura through Roadrunner Records. ... Tool is an American Progressive 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. ... This article or section seems not to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry. ... 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. ... Sex and Religion is a Steve Vai album presented under the name of simply Vai. It features Strapping Young Lad and The Devin Townsend Band vocalist and guitarist Devin Townsend on vocals before he started either band. ... Van Halen is an American Hard rock band. ... Live: Right Here, Right Now is the first live album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1993 (see 1993 in music). ...

Disbandments

Events

• Bruce Dickinson leaves Iron Maiden. Wolfsbane's singer Blaze Bayley is chosen to replace him.
• Rob Halford of Judas Priest leaves the band to start his own project Fight

Bruce Dickinson For the record producer Bruce Dickinson featured in Saturday Night Lives skit, see More Cowbell. ... Iron Maiden is an English heavy metal band from East London. ... Wolfsbane was a rock and roll band formed in Tamworth, England containing singer Blaze Bayley, who went on to join Iron Maiden in the mid-nineties. ... Blaze Bayley Blaze Bayley (born Bayley Cook, on 29 May 1963 in Birmingham, England) is the lead singer for the heavy metal band B L A Z E. He is, however, most known for his role as the lead singer of Iron Maiden from 1994 to 1999. ... Halford on stage, Birmingham NEC, England, March 19th 2005 Robert John Arthur Rob Halford (born August 25, 1951 in Birmingham, England), is the lead vocalist for the British heavy metal band Judas Priest. ... Judas Priest are a heavy metal band formed in 1968 in the northwest midlands, near Birmingham, England. ... Band assembled by former Judas Priest frontman, Rob Halford, after his leaving in 1992. ...

1994

Newly formed bands

• Abscess
• Amen
• Chevelle
• Down
• Destroyer 666
• Heavenly
• Rammstein
• Six Feet Under
• Slash's Snakepit
• Strapping Young Lad

Abscess is a death metal band from Oakland, California. ... Amen (sometimes all-capitalised to AMEN) is a cross-genre hard rock band mainly taking influence from heavy metal music and 1980s punk rock. ... For information about the car of this name, see Chevrolet Chevelle. ... Down is an American southern heavy metal supergroup formed in 1991. ... Destroyer 666 are an Australian black metal band formed in 1994 by guitarist K.K. Warslut, following his departure from the cult black metal band Bestial Warlust. ... Heavenly, a power metal band from Paris, France, were formed in 1994 by vocalist Benjamin Sotto and drummer Max Pilo. ... Rammstein is a German band that was formed in 1994. ... Six Feet Under (often abbreviated as SFU) was formed initially as a side project of lead singer Chris Barnes (then of Cannibal Corpse). ... Slashs Snakepit Slashs Snakepit was a side-project formed by Slash in 1994 with former Guns N Roses members Slash on lead guitars, Matt Sorum on drums, Gilby Clarke on rhythm guitars and Dizzy Reed on keyboards. ... Strapping Young Lad (aka SYL) is a Canadian metal band, started by Devin Townsend in 1994. ...

Albums

• Alice Cooper - The Last Temptation
• Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies
• Black Sabbath - Cross Purposes
• Bolt Thrower - ...For Victory
• Bruce Dickinson - Balls To Picasso
• Cannibal Corpse - The Bleeding
• Cradle of Filth - The Principle of Evil Made Flesh
• The Cult - The Cult
• Deftones - Adrenaline
• Dio - Strange Highways
• Dream Theater - Awake
• Freak Kitchen - Appetizer
• Helloween - Master Of The Rings
• In Flames - Lunar Strain
• Infectious Grooves - Groove Family Cyco
• King's X - Dogman
• Korn - Korn
• Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
• Machine Head - Burn My Eyes
• Yngwie J. Malmsteen - The Seventh Sign
• Megadeth - Youthanasia
• Metal Church - Hanging in the Balance
• Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
• Overkill - W.F.O.
• Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
• Slayer - Divine Intervention
• Stratovarius - Dreamspace
• Testament - Low
• The 3rd and the Mortal - Sorrow (EP), Tears Laid in Earth

Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948), is a hard rock singer and musician, whose work spans four decades. ... For the Ja Rule album, see The Last Temptation (Ja Rule) The Last Temptation was the 1994 effort by rock singer, Alice Cooper. ... Alice in Chains are an influential rock group formed in the late-1980s in Seattle, Washington. ... Jar of Flies is an Alice in Chains studio EP, released on January 25, 1993. ... For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... Cross Purposes was released by British heavy metal band Black Sabbath in 1994. ... Bolt Thrower are a death metal band from Coventry, England. ... The cover artwork of ...For Victory ...For Victory is a Bolt Thrower album. ... Bruce Dickinson For the record producer Bruce Dickinson featured in Saturday Night Lives skit, see More Cowbell. ... Balls to Picasso is a heavy metal album released in 1994 (see 1994 in music) by Bruce Dickinson. ... Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band from Buffalo, New York, noted for its controversial and ultra-violent lyrics and imagery, founded in 1988 by Chris Barnes, Bob Rusay, Jack Owen, Alex Webster and Paul Mazurkiewicz. ... The Bleeding is the fourth album by Cannibal Corpse. ... Cradle of Filth is a heavy metal band formed in Suffolk, England in 1991. ... The Principle of Evil Made Flesh (1994) is Cradle of Filths first album. ... The Cult is a British rock band. ... The Cult is the sixth studio album from English rock band, The Cult. ... Deftones are a Grammy award-winning experimental rock/metal band from Sacramento, California. ... Adrenaline is Deftones debut album, released in 1995 through Maverick Records. ... Dio is a heavy metal band led by vocalist Ronnie James Dio, who formed it in October 1982 after leaving Black Sabbath. ... Strange Highways is the sixth studio album by heavy metal band, Dio. ... Dream Theater is a progressive metal band formed in 1985 by three students at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Awake is a 1994 album from progressive metal band Dream Theater. ... Freak Kitchen: (left to right) Björn Fryklund, Mattias IA Eklundh and Christer Örtefors Freak Kitchen is a heavy metal, hard rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1992. ... Appetizer has several meanings: Appetizer is another name for Hors doeuvre, a meal served before the main dishes of a meal. ... Helloween is a German power/speed metal band founded in the early 1980s by members of the two bands Ironfist and Powerfool. ... Track List Irritation (Weik Editude 112 In C) (Weikath) - 1:14 Sole Survivor(Weikath/Deris) - 4:33 Where The Rain Grows(Weikath/Deris) - 4:46 Why?(Deris) - 4:11 Mr. ... In Flames is a Swedish melodic death metal band from the city of Gothenburg. ... Lunar Strain is the first album released by Swedish death metal band In Flames in 1994. ... The Infectious Grooves are a Funk metal band led by Suicidal Tendencies frontman Mike Muir. ... Groove Family Cyco is the 3rd album release in 1994 by Infectious Grooves. ... Kings X is an American hard rock/heavy metal band noted for its spiritual lyrics and sophisticated music (including vocal arrangements very much inspired by The Beatles). ... Dogman is the name of one of the singers for the band Quest of the moon Breed ... Korn (sometimes typeset as KoЯn to fit their logo) is a nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, USA. They are often credited with creating the nu metal genre[citation needed], and inspiring a wave of nu metal, alternative metal and rap metal bands in the late 1990s and early... Korn is the self-titled debut album by Korn, released on October 11, 1994 through Immortal/Epic Records. ... This article is about the band Kyuss. ... Welcome to Sky Valley is the third album by Kyuss on June 28, 1994. ... Machine Head is a Heavy Metal band, formed in 1992 in Oakland, California. ... Burn My Eyes is the debut album by Oakland groove metal band Machine Head. ... Yngwie Johann Malmsteen (born Lars Johann Yngve Lannerbäck Malmsteen, June 30, 1963) is a Swedish guitarist, composer and bandleader. ... The Seventh Sign is an album by Yngwie J. Malmsteen released in 1994. ... Megadeth is an American heavy metal band led by founder, frontman, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. ... Youthanasia is the sixth studio album by heavy metal band Megadeth, released on November 1, 1994. ... Kurdt and Jay performing live at Gernika, Spain Metal Church is an American heavy metal band from Aberdeen, Washington. ... Hanging in the Blance was the fifth album by Metal Church, released in 1993 (see 1993 in music). ... NIN redirects here. ... The Downward Spiral (also known as Halo 8) is an LP by Nine Inch Nails released in 1994. ... 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. ... W.F.O. (which stands for Wide Fuckin Open) is an album by thrash metal band Overkill released in 1994 on Atlantic Records. ... Pantera was a popular heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, that formed in 1981. ... Far Beyond Driven is an album by heavy metal band Pantera. ... 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). ... Divine Intervention is an album by the band Slayer, released October 3, 1994 through American Recordings. ... Stratovarius is a Finnish Neoclassical/power metal band, known for its melodic approach to the genre. ... Dreamspace is an album by the Finnish power metal band Stratovarius. ... Testament (a. ... Low is a 1977 album by David Bowie, widely regarded as one of his most influential releases. ... The 3rd and the Mortal (alternative spelling The Third and the Mortal) is a norwegian experimental heavy metal-band. ... Tears Laid in Earth is the first album by doom metal band The 3rd and the Mortal. ...

Disbandments

Events

• Far Beyond Driven by Pantera debut's at No 1 on the U.S., British and Australian charts.

1995

Newly formed bands

• Slipknot
• System of a Down

Slipknot is a nine-piece American band from Des Moines, Iowa, formed in 1990 and currently signed to Roadrunner Records. ... System of a Down (also referred to as SOAD) is a four-piece alternative metal band that formed in 1995. ...

Albums

• AC/DC - Ballbreaker
• Alice in Chains - Alice in Chains
• Behemoth - Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic)
• Black Sabbath - Cross Purposes Live
• Black Sabbath - Forbidden
• Blind Guardian - Imaginations From the Other Side
• Bruce Dickinson - Alive in Studio A
• Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons (EP)
• Edguy - Savage Poetry
• Fear Factory - Demanufacture
• Forced Entry - The Shore (EP)
• Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings
• Iron Maiden - The X Factor
• Kyuss - ...And the Circus Leaves Town
• Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Magnum Opus
• Monster Magnet - Dopes to Infinity
• Moonspell - Wolfheart
• Motörhead - Sacrifice
• Opeth - Orchid
• Rammstein - Herzeleid
• Skid Row - Subhuman Race
• Strapping Young Lad - Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing
• Stratovarius - Fourth Dimension
• The 3rd and the Mortal - Nightswan (EP)
• Steve Vai - Alien Love Secrets (EP)
• Van Halen - Balance
• White Zombie - Astro Creep: 2000

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A Blind Guardian ticket for the live performance in Belgrade, Serbia. ... Imaginations from the Other Side is an album by Blind Guardian that was released in 1995. ... Bruce Dickinson For the record producer Bruce Dickinson featured in Saturday Night Lives skit, see More Cowbell. ... Alive in Studio A is a heavy metal album released in 1995 (see 1995 in music) by Bruce Dickinson. ... Dream Theater is a progressive metal band formed in 1985 by three students at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. ... A Change Of Seasons is a 1995 EP by progressive metal band Dream Theater. ... Edguy is a power metal band from Fulda, Germany. ... Savage Poetry, released in 1995 (see 1995 in music), is the first album by the power metal band Edguy. ... Fear Factory is an American industrial metal/death 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... Demanufacture is the second official album (not counting the previous EP Fear is the Mindkiller) by the Los Angeles groove metal/industrial band Fear Factory. ... Forced Entry was a thrash metal band from Mountlake Terrace, Washington. ... Iced Earth is an American heavy metal band that combines influences from thrash metal, power metal, progressive metal and NWOBHM. // History 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. ... Burnt Offerings is Iced Earths third album, released April 18, 1995, by Century Media Records. ... Iron Maiden is an English heavy metal band from East London. ... The X Factor is a heavy metal album released October 2, 1995 by Iron Maiden. ... This article is about the band Kyuss. ... ...And the Circus Leaves Town is the fourth and last album by Kyuss, released on July 11, 1995 (see 1995 in music) before disbanding in October. ... Yngwie Johann Malmsteen (born Lars Johann Yngve Lannerbäck Malmsteen, June 30, 1963) is a Swedish guitarist, composer and bandleader. ... Magnum opus (sometimes Opus magnum), from the Latin meaning great work, refers to the best, most popular, or most renowned achievement of an author, artist, or composer. ... 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). ... Dopes to Infinity is the third album by Monster Magnet. ... 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. ... Wolfheart is the first full-length album by gothic metal band Moonspell. ... Motörhead is a British heavy metal band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Lemmy Kilmister (real name Ian Kilmister) after his ejection from the iconic space-rock band Hawkwind. ... Opeth is a progressive death metal band from Sweden. ... Orchid is Opeths debut album. ... Rammstein is a German band that was formed in 1994. ... Herzeleid (German for Heartache) is the German NDH-metal band Rammsteins first musical album. ... Skid Row is an American heavy metal band which became the hard rock prototypes of the late 1980s metal scene and were reasonably successful until they were eclipsed by the Seattle grunge bands in 1991. ... Subhuman Race was the third full-length album from New Jersey metal band Skid Row. ... Strapping Young Lad (aka SYL) is a Canadian metal band, started by Devin Townsend in 1994. ... Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing is the debut album by Canadian heavy metal band Strapping Young Lad. ... Stratovarius is a Finnish Neoclassical/power metal band, known for its melodic approach to the genre. ... Fourth Dimension 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 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. ... Alien Love Secrets is an EP by Steve Vai in 1995. ... Van Halen is an American Hard rock band. ... Balance is the tenth studio album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1995 (see 1995 in music). ... White Zombie was an American band named after the 1932 film White Zombie, which starred Bela Lugosi. ... Astro Creep: 2000 - Songs Of Love, Destruction and Other Synthetic Delusions of the Electric Head was released in 1995 by White Zombie through Geffen Records. ...

Disbandments

• Accept
• The Cult
• Kyuss (in October)
• Suicidal Tendencies

Accept is a German heavy metal band from the town of Solingen, originally assembled in the early 1970s by Udo Dirkschneider. ... The Cult is a British rock band. ... This article is about the band Kyuss. ... Suicidal Tendencies are a hardcore punk band formed in 1982 in Venice, California. ...

Events

• Motörhead's guitarist Michael "Würzel" Burston leaves the band.

Motörhead is a British heavy metal band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Lemmy Kilmister (real name Ian Kilmister) after his ejection from the iconic space-rock band Hawkwind. ... Michael Burston (born October 23, 1949), commonly known by the stage name Würzel, is an English musician. ...

1996

Newly formed bands

• American Head Charge
• Arch Enemy
• Control Denied
• Decapitated
• Shadows Fall
• Nightwish
• Lacuna Coil
• Lordi
• Sonata Arctica
• Disturbed

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 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. ... The current version of the article or section reads like an advertisement. ... Nightwish is a Finnish musical band formed in 1996 in the town of Kitee. ... Lacuna Coil is a gothic metal band formed in Milan, Italy, in 1994. ... It has been suggested that Blood Red Sandman be merged into this article or section. ... Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, originally assembled in 1996. ... Disturbed is a band from Chicago, Illinois. ...

Albums

• Alice in Chains - Unplugged
• Arch Enemy - Black Earth
• Behemoth - Grom
• Bruce Dickinson - Skunkworks
• Cannibal Corpse - Vile
• Deep Purple - Purpendicular
• Dio - Angry Machines
• Freak Kitchen - Spanking Hour
• Helloween - The Time Of The Oath
• In Flames - The Jester Race
• Iced Earth - The Dark Saga
• Korn - Life is Peachy
• Manowar - Louder Than Hell
• Metallica - Load
• Ministry - Filth Pig
• Moonspell - Irreligious
• Motörhead - Overnight Sensation
• Neurosis - Through Silver in Blood
• Opeth - Morningrise
• Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill
• Rush - Test for Echo
• Sepultura - Roots
• Slipknot - Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat
• Stratovarius - Episode
• The 3rd and the Mortal - Painting on Glass
• Tool - Ænima
• Steve Vai - Fire Garden
• Van Halen - Best of Volume I

Alice in Chains are an influential rock group formed in the late-1980s in Seattle, Washington. ... Unplugged is a live album by Alice in Chains. ... Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band, formed in 1995 by Michael Amott. ... Black Earth is the first album by the Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. ... Behemoth is an influential Polish death metal band, sometimes called blackened death metal for their black metal roots and influences. ... Grom is the second album released in 1996 by Polish band Behemoth. ... Bruce Dickinson For the record producer Bruce Dickinson featured in Saturday Night Lives skit, see More Cowbell. ... Skunkworks is a heavy metal album released in 1996 (see 1996 in music) by Bruce Dickinson. ... Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band from Buffalo, New York, noted for its controversial and ultra-violent lyrics and imagery, founded in 1988 by Chris Barnes, Bob Rusay, Jack Owen, Alex Webster and Paul Mazurkiewicz. ... Vile is the fifth album by Cannibal Corpse. ... This article is about the rock group. ... 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 1982 after leaving Black Sabbath. ... Angry Machines is the seventh studio album from metal band Dio. ... Freak Kitchen: (left to right) Björn Fryklund, Mattias IA Eklundh and Christer Örtefors Freak Kitchen is a heavy metal, hard rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1992. ... Helloween is a German power/speed metal band founded in the early 1980s by members of the two bands Ironfist and Powerfool. ... 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. // History 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 (sometimes typeset as KoЯn to fit their logo) is a nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, USA. They are often credited with creating the nu metal genre[citation needed], and inspiring a wave of nu metal, alternative metal and rap metal bands in the late 1990s and early... 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 15, 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. ... 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. ... Motörhead is a British heavy metal band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Lemmy Kilmister (real name Ian Kilmister) after his ejection from the iconic space-rock band Hawkwind. ... Overnight Sensation is a 1996 album by the heavy metal band, Motörhead. ... Neurosis is an experimental metal/indie/industrial/hardcore music band with 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. ... Opeth is a progressive death metal band from Sweden. ... Morningrise is the Swedish band Opeths second studio album. ... Pantera was a popular 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 progressive 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 American band from Des Moines, Iowa, formed in 1990 and currently signed to Roadrunner Records. ... Mate. ... 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. ... Tool is an American Progressive 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. ... Ænima is the second full-length studio album by the band Tool. ... 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. ... For the classic rock band from Sheffield, England, see Firegarden. ... Van Halen is an American Hard rock band. ... Best of Volume I is the first compilation of studio tracks by American hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1996 (see 1996 in music). ...

Disbandments

• Down
• Prong
• Skid Row

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 hard rock prototypes of the late 1980s metal scene and were reasonably successful until they were eclipsed by the Seattle grunge bands in 1991. ...

Events

• Van Halen lead singer Sammy Hagar departs the band due to issues over the Best of Volume I and the band's contribution to the Twister soundtrack.

Van Halen is an American Hard rock band. ... Sammy playing guitar in red cloths Samuel Ray Hagar (born October 13, 1947 in Monterey, California, USA), better known as Sammy Hagar, is a U.S. rock guitarist, singer, and composer. ... Best of Volume I is the first compilation of studio tracks by American hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1996 (see 1996 in music). ... Twister may mean: the game Twister the movie Twister a slang word for a tornado a tongue twister, something difficult to pronounce The name of a roller coaster in Knoebels amusement park in Elysburg, Pennsylvania. ...

1997

Newly formed bands

• Pig Destroyer
• Static-X
• Finntroll
• The Dillinger Escape Plan
• Drowning Pool

Pig Destroyer is an extreme metal band from Virginia, United States. ... Static-X is an American Industrial Metal band. ... Finntroll is a folk metal band from Finland. ... The Dillinger Escape Plan is a mathcore band that integrates metalcore with jazz/fusion elements. ... This article is about the band. ...

Reformed Bands

• Black Sabbath
• Ratt

For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... Ratt is an American glam metal band that enjoyed significant commercial success during the 1980s. ...

Albums

• AC/DC - Bonfire, Let There Be Rock: The Movie
• Aerosmith - Nine Lives
• Black Sabbath - Reunion
• Bruce Dickinson - Accident of Birth
• Children of Bodom - Something Wild
• Cradle of Filth - Dusk and Her Embrace
• Deftones - Around The Fur
• The Dillinger Escape Plan - The Dillinger Escape Plan
• Edguy - Kingdom of Madness
• Freak Kitchen - Junk Tooth EP
• HammerFall - Glory to the Brave
• In Flames - Whoracle
• Judas Priest - Jugulator
• Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Facing the Animal
• Machine Head - The More Things Change
• Megadeth - Cryptic Writings
• Metallica - ReLoad
• Nightwish - Angels Fall First
• Pig Destroyer - Demo
• Pig Destroyer - Pig Destroyer / Orchid (Split EP)
• Rammstein - Sehnsucht
• Rhapsody of Fire - Legendary Tales
• Strapping Young Lad - City
• Skid Row - Razor Sharp!
• Stratovarius - Visions
• Stratovarius - The Past And Now
• The 3rd and the Mortal - In This Room, Streams (EP)

AC/DC is a hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 (see 1973 in music) by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. ... Bonfire is a 5 disc box set by the Australian band AC/DC, released in 1997 (see 1997 in music). ... Aerosmith is a prominent American rock band, which regards itself as Americas Greatest Rock and Roll Band.[1] [2] Although they are known as the bad boys from Boston, none of the members are actually from the city. ... Nine Lives refers to: Films Ni Liv, Nine Lives, (1957) is a Norwegian-language movie Nine Lives (2005 film), written and directed by Rodrigo Garcia. ... For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... Bruce Dickinson For the record producer Bruce Dickinson featured in Saturday Night Lives skit, see More Cowbell. ... Accident of Birth is a heavy metal album released in 1997 (see 1997 in music) by Bruce Dickinson. ... Children of Bodom is a metal band from Espoo, Finland. ... Something Wild is a musical album released in 1997 by Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom. ... Cradle of Filth is a heavy metal band formed in Suffolk, England in 1991. ... Limited edition coffin packaging Cradle of Filths third album, Dusk. ... Deftones are a Grammy award-winning experimental rock/metal band from Sacramento, California. ... Around the Fur is Deftones second major label album, released in 1997. ... The Dillinger Escape Plan is a mathcore band that integrates metalcore with jazz/fusion elements. ... The Dillinger Escape Plan is an EP by Dillinger Escape Plan, originally released in 1997 (see 1997 in music) and rereleased with three bonus live tracks on June 13, 2000 (see 2000 in music). ... Edguy is a power metal band from Fulda, Germany. ... Kingdom of Madness, released in 1997 (see 1997 in music), is the second album by the power metal band Edguy. ... Freak Kitchen: (left to right) Björn Fryklund, Mattias IA Eklundh and Christer Örtefors Freak Kitchen is a heavy metal, hard rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1992. ... The band HammerFall (left to right: Stefan Elmgren, Anders Johansson, Joacim Cans (standing), Magnus Rosén, Oscar Dronjak) HammerFall is a Swedish power metal band assembled in 1993. ... Glory to the Brave is an album released by the Swedish power metal band HammerFall in 1997. ... In Flames is a Swedish melodic death metal band from the city of Gothenburg. ... Whoracle is an album by the band In Flames. ... Judas Priest are a heavy metal band formed in 1968 in the northwest midlands, near Birmingham, England. ... Jugulator is the 13th studio album by British heavy metal band Judas Priest, and the first featuring vocalist Tim Ripper Owens. ... Yngwie Johann Malmsteen (born Lars Johann Yngve Lannerbäck Malmsteen, June 30, 1963) is a Swedish guitarist, composer and bandleader. ... Facing The Animal is an album released in 1997 by guitar virtuoso Yngwie J. Malmsteen. ... Machine Head is a Heavy Metal band, formed in 1992 in Oakland, California. ... The More Things Change is the second album by Oakland based heavy metal band Machine Head. ... Megadeth is an American heavy metal band led by founder, frontman, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. ... Cryptic Writings is an album by heavy metal band Megadeth, released in 1997. ... Metallica is an American heavy metal band, formed on October 15, 1981. ... ReLoad is the seventh album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released in 1997. ... Nightwish is a Finnish musical band formed in 1996 in the town of Kitee. ... Angels Fall First is Nightwishs debut album, released in 1997 by Spinefarm Records. ... Pig Destroyer is an extreme metal band from Virginia, United States. ... The word demo may refer to one of the following. ... Pig Destroyer is an extreme metal band from Virginia, United States. ... Rammstein is a German band that was formed in 1994. ... Sehnsucht (German for wishfulness or longing) is Rammsteins second album. ... Rhapsody of Fire is an Italian Symphonic Power Metal band, formerly known as Thundercross. ... Legendary Tales is an album released by Rhapsody in 1997. ... Strapping Young Lad (aka SYL) is a Canadian metal band, started by Devin Townsend in 1994. ... City is the second album by Canadian heavy metal band Strapping Young Lad. ... Skid Row is an American heavy metal band which became the hard rock prototypes of the late 1980s metal scene and were reasonably successful until they were eclipsed by the Seattle grunge bands in 1991. ... Stratovarius is a Finnish Neoclassical/power metal band, known for its melodic approach to the genre. ... Visions is an album by the Finnish power metal band Stratovarius. ... Stratovarius is a Finnish Neoclassical/power metal band, known for its melodic approach to the genre. ... The Past and Now is a compilation 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. ...

Disbandments

• Stone Sour

This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

Events

• • Black Sabbath reunites with the original line-up between Black Sabbath and Never Say Die!.

For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... Black Sabbath is the self-titled debut album of the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath released in the UK on Friday the 13th, February 1970. ... Never Say Die! is an album by heavy metal band Black Sabbath. ...

1998

Newly formed bands

• Chimaira
• God Forbid
• Rebaelliun
• Unearth

This article does not cite its references or sources. ... God Forbid is a metalcore quintet from East Brunswick, New Jersey which was formed in 1998. ... Rebaelliun was a Brazilian death metal band that was founded in 1998. ... From left to right: Ken Susi, Mike Justian, Trevor Phipps, John Maggard, Buz McGrath. ...

Albums

• Arch Enemy - Stigmata
• Behemoth - Pandemonic Incantations
• Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth
• Bolt Thrower - Mercenary
• Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding
• Cannibal Corpse - Gallery of Suicide
• Cradle of Filth - Cruelty and the Beast
• Death - The Sound of Perseverance
• Deep Purple - Abandon
• The Dillinger Escape Plan - Under the Running Board
• Edguy - Vain Glory Opera
• Fear Factory - Obsolete
• Freak Kitchen - Freak Kitchen
• HammerFall - Legacy of Kings
• Helloween - Better Than Raw
• Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes
• Iron Maiden - Virtual XI
• Korn - Follow the Leader
• Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in Em, Opus 1, LIVE!
• Monster Magnet - Powertrip
• Moonspell - Sin/Pecado
• Motörhead - Snake Bite Love
• Nightwish - Oceanborn
• Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
• Pig Destroyer - Explosions In Ward 6 (Full-length)
• Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age
• Rhapsody of Fire - Symphony of Enchanted Lands
• Skid Row - Forty Seasons: The best...
• Stratovarius - Visions of Europe (live)
• Stratovarius - Destiny
• System of a Down - System of a Down
• Van Halen - Van Halen III

Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band, formed in 1995 by Michael Amott. ... Stigmata is the second album by the Swedish band Arch Enemy. ... Behemoth is an influential Polish death metal band, sometimes called blackened death metal for their black metal roots and influences. ... Pandemonic Incantations is the third album from the Polish Black/Death metal band Behemoth. ... A Blind Guardian ticket for the live performance in Belgrade, Serbia. ... Nightfall in Middle-Earth is an conpect album by Blind Guardian, released in 1998. ... Bolt Thrower are a death metal band from Coventry, England. ... The cover artwork of Mercenary Mercenary is a Bolt Thrower album. ... Bruce Dickinson For the record producer Bruce Dickinson featured in Saturday Night Lives skit, see More Cowbell. ... The Chemical Wedding is a heavy metal album released in 1998 (see 1998 in music) by Bruce Dickinson. ... Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band from Buffalo, New York, noted for its controversial and ultra-violent lyrics and imagery, founded in 1988 by Chris Barnes, Bob Rusay, Jack Owen, Alex Webster and Paul Mazurkiewicz. ... Gallery Of Suicide is the sixth album by Cannibal Corpse. ... Cradle of Filth is a heavy metal band formed in Suffolk, England in 1991. ... Cruelty and the Beast (1998) is Cradle of Filths fourth release and third full-length album. ... Death was an influential death metal band from the United States that was founded in 1983 and dissolved in 1999. ... The Sound of Perseverance is the seventh and final album released by Death in 1998. ... This article is about the rock group. ... Abandon is an album by Deep Purple, released in 1998 on the CMC International Record Label. ... The Dillinger Escape Plan is a mathcore band that integrates metalcore with jazz/fusion elements. ... Under the Running Board is an EP by Dillinger Escape Plan, released on October 22, 1998 (see 1998 in music). ... Edguy is a power metal band from Fulda, Germany. ... Vain Glory Opera, released in 1998 (see 1998 in music), is the third album by the power metal band Edguy. ... Fear Factory is an American industrial metal/death 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... Obsolete is the third full-length album released by Fear Factory on July 28, 1998. ... Freak Kitchen: (left to right) Björn Fryklund, Mattias IA Eklundh and Christer Örtefors Freak Kitchen is a heavy metal, hard rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1992. ... Freak Kitchen: (left to right) Björn Fryklund, Mattias IA Eklundh and Christer Örtefors Freak Kitchen is a heavy metal, hard rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1992. ... The band HammerFall (left to right: Stefan Elmgren, Anders Johansson, Joacim Cans (standing), Magnus Rosén, Oscar Dronjak) HammerFall is a Swedish power metal band assembled in 1993. ... Legacy of Kings is the 2nd album from Swedish metal band Hammerfall. ... Helloween is a German power/speed metal band founded in the early 1980s by members of the two bands Ironfist and Powerfool. ... Better Than Raw is an album by the German heavy metal band Helloween, released in 1998. ... Iced Earth is an American heavy metal band that combines influences from thrash metal, power metal, progressive metal and NWOBHM. // History 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. ... Something Wicked This Way Comes is a 1998 album by Iced Earth. ... Iron Maiden is an English heavy metal band from East London. ... Virtual XI is the British heavy metal band Iron Maidens 11th studio album, released March 23, 1998. ... Korn (sometimes typeset as KoЯn to fit their logo) is a nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, USA. They are often credited with creating the nu metal genre[citation needed], and inspiring a wave of nu metal, alternative metal and rap metal bands in the late 1990s and early... Follow the Leader is KoЯns third album and a departure from their first two albums. ... Yngwie Johann Malmsteen (born Lars Johann Yngve Lannerbäck Malmsteen, June 30, 1963) is a Swedish guitarist, composer and bandleader. ... Released in 1998 by Spitfire Records, it was Yngwie J. Malmsteens first attempt at a Classical Concerto Suite featuring electric guitar solos. ... Live! is a Bob Marley & The Wailers live album, released on December 5, 1975. ... 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). ... Powertrip is a studio album by Monster Magnet, released on June 16, 1998. ... 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. ... Released in 1998, Sin/Pecado is the third full-length album by the Portuguese band Moonspell. ... Motörhead is a British heavy metal band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Lemmy Kilmister (real name Ian Kilmister) after his ejection from the iconic space-rock band Hawkwind. ... Snake Bite Love is an album by Motörhead released on March 10, 1998 and was distributed by BMG. This album features the three piece line up of Lemmy Kilmister, Mikkey Dee and Phil Campbell. ... Nightwish is a Finnish musical band formed in 1996 in the town of Kitee. ... Oceanborn is the second album by Nightwish, released in October 1998. ... Opeth is a progressive death metal band from Sweden. ... My Arms, Your Hearse (sometimes known as MAYH) is Opeths third album, released in 1998. ... Pig Destroyer is an extreme metal band from Virginia, United States. ... Queens of the Stone Age (QOTSA) is a rock band from the Palm Desert, California area in the United States, formed in 1997. ... Queens of the Stone Age is the debut album from Joshua Hommes eponymous project. ... Rhapsody of Fire is an Italian Symphonic Power Metal band, formerly known as Thundercross. ... Symphony of Enchanted Lands is an album released by Rhapsody in 1998. ... Skid Row is an American heavy metal band which became the hard rock prototypes of the late 1980s metal scene and were reasonably successful until they were eclipsed by the Seattle grunge bands in 1991. ... Stratovarius is a Finnish Neoclassical/power metal band, known for its melodic approach to the genre. ... Visions of Europe is a live album by the Finnish power metal band Stratovarius. ... Stratovarius is a Finnish Neoclassical/power metal band, known for its melodic approach to the genre. ... Destiny is an album by the Finnish power metal band Stratovarius. ... System of a Down (also referred to as SOAD) is a four-piece alternative metal band that formed in 1995. ... System of a Down is the eponymous debut album by System of a Down, first released in 1998. ... Van Halen is an American Hard rock band. ... Van Halen III is the eleventh studio album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1998 (see 1998 in music). ...

Disbandments

• Faith No More

Faith No More was a highly influential experimental alternative metal/rock group that formed in San Francisco, California in 1982 and disbanded in 1998. ...

Events

• Gary Cherone becomes the lead singer for Van Halen. The album Van Halen III flops and Cherone will leave the band on good terms the next year.

Gary Cherone Gary Cherone (b. ... Van Halen is an American Hard rock band. ... Van Halen III is the eleventh studio album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1998 (see 1998 in music). ...

1999

Newly formed bands

• Avenged Sevenfold
• Bleeding Through
• Divinity Destroyed
• DragonForce
• Dream Evil
• Five pointe o
• Mastodon
• Protest The Hero

Avenged Sevenfold, sometimes abbreviated to A7X, is a hard rock/heavy metal and formerly metalcore band from Huntington Beach, California. ... Bleeding Through is a metalcore band from Orange County, CA. // History Orange County, Thrash edged Metalcore unit. ... Divinity Destroyed is a heavy metal band based in central New Jersey. ... For the Saturn/PS2 strategy game, see Dragon Force. ... Dream Evil is a melodic heavy metal band from Sweden assembled and integrated by musical producer Fredrik Nordström in 1999. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Mastodon is a heavy metal band from Atlanta, Georgia. ... Formed in 1999 under the name Happy Go Lucky, Protest the Hero (abbreviated as PTH or simply Protest) is a Canadian post-hardcore metal band with punk influences (see genre section) from Whitby, Ontario . ...

Reformed Bands

• The Cult
• Skid Row

The Cult is a British rock band. ... Skid Row is an American heavy metal band which became the hard rock prototypes of the late 1980s metal scene and were reasonably successful until they were eclipsed by the Seattle grunge bands in 1991. ...

Albums

• Alice in Chains - Nothing Safe: Best of the Box, Music Bank
• Arch Enemy - Burning Bridges
• Behemoth - Satanica
• Black Label Society - Sonic Brew
• Bruce Dickinson - Scream For Me Brazil
• Cannibal Corpse - Bloodthirst
• Chevelle - Point No. 1
• Children of Bodom - Hatebreeder
• Control Denied - The Fragile Art of Existence
• The Dillinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity
• Edguy - Theater of Salvation
• Dream Theater - Scenes From A Memory
• Finntroll - Midnattens Widunder
• In Flames - Colony
• Korn - Issues
• Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Alchemy
• Machine Head - The Burning Red
• Megadeth - Risk
• Moonspell - The Butterfly Effect
• Motörhead - Everything Louder Than Everyone Else (live)
• Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
• Opeth - Still Life
• Pig Destroyer - Pig Destroyer/Gnob (Split EP)
• Rammstein - Live Aus Berlin
• Ratt - Ratt
• Slipknot - Slipknot
• Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica
• Static-X - Wisconsin Death Trip
• Steve Vai - The Ultra Zone
• Stratovarius - The Chosen Ones

Alice in Chains are an influential rock group formed in the late-1980s in Seattle, Washington. ... Nothing Safe: Best of the Box is an album by the grunge band Alice in Chains. ... Music Bank is a box set by the grunge band Alice in Chains. ... Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band, formed in 1995 by Michael Amott. ... For the album Burning Bridges by Haste The Day, see Burning Bridges (Haste The Day). ... Behemoth is an influential Polish death metal band, sometimes called blackened death metal for their black metal roots and influences. ... Satanica is an album released in 1999 by Polish heavy metal band Behemoth. ... Black Label Society is a heavy metal band formed by Zakk Wylde, with 8 albums released to date the first, Sonic Brew, was released in 1999. ... Sonic Brew is the first album by the heavy metal band Black Label Society. ... Bruce Dickinson For the record producer Bruce Dickinson featured in Saturday Night Lives skit, see More Cowbell. ... Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band from Buffalo, New York, noted for its controversial and ultra-violent lyrics and imagery, founded in 1988 by Chris Barnes, Bob Rusay, Jack Owen, Alex Webster and Paul Mazurkiewicz. ... Bloodthirst is the seventh album by Cannibal Corpse. ... For information about the car of this name, see Chevrolet Chevelle. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Children of Bodom is a metal band from Espoo, Finland. ... Hatebreeder is the second album from the Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom. ... 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. ... The Fragile Art of Existence is the first album of Control Denied. ... The Dillinger Escape Plan is a mathcore band that integrates metalcore with jazz/fusion elements. ... Calculating Infinity is an album by Dillinger Escape Plan, released on September 28, 1999 (see 1999 in music). ... Edguy is a power metal band from Fulda, Germany. ... Theater of Salvation, released in 1999 (see 1999 in music), is the fourth album by the power metal band Edguy. ... Dream Theater is a progressive metal band formed in 1985 by three students at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Metropolis Pt. ... Finntroll is a folk metal band from Finland. ... Midnattens Widunder (English: The Monster of Midnight) is a folk metal album by the Finnish band Finntroll. ... In Flames is a Swedish melodic death metal band from the city of Gothenburg. ... Colony is a melodic death metal album by In Flames. ... Korn (sometimes typeset as KoЯn to fit their logo) is a nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, USA. They are often credited with creating the nu metal genre[citation needed], and inspiring a wave of nu metal, alternative metal and rap metal bands in the late 1990s and early... Issues is the fourth album by the band KoЯn. ... Yngwie Johann Malmsteen (born Lars Johann Yngve Lannerbäck Malmsteen, June 30, 1963) is a Swedish guitarist, composer and bandleader. ... Alchemy: Dire Straits Live is the first live album by British rock band Dire Straits, released in 1984 (see 1984 in music). ... Machine Head is a Heavy Metal band, formed in 1992 in Oakland, California. ... The Burning Red is the third album by heavy metal band, Machine Head (band). ... Megadeth is an American heavy metal band led by founder, frontman, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. ... Risk is an album by the metal band Megadeth released in 1999. ... 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. ... The Butterfly Effect (released in 1999) is the fourth full-length album by the Portuguese band Moonspell, inspired by chaos theory. ... Motörhead is a British heavy metal band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Lemmy Kilmister (real name Ian Kilmister) after his ejection from the iconic space-rock band Hawkwind. ... Everything Louder Than Everyone Else is the third live album by the canonical heavy metal band Motörhead. ... NIN redirects here. ... The Fragile (also known as Halo 14) is a double album by Nine Inch Nails released in 1999. ... Opeth is a progressive death metal band from Sweden. ... Still Life is the fourth studio album from Swedish death metal band Opeth. ... Pig Destroyer is an extreme metal band from Virginia, United States. ... Rammstein is a German band that was formed in 1994. ... Live aus Berlin (German for Live from Berlin or Live out of Berlin) is a recording of a concert by the German NDH-metal band Rammstein in 1998. ... Ratt is an American glam metal band that enjoyed significant commercial success during the 1980s. ... Ratt is an album of the band of the same name. ... Slipknot is a nine-piece American band from Des Moines, Iowa, formed in 1990 and currently signed to Roadrunner Records. ... Slipknot is the second album (Mate. ... Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, originally assembled in 1996. ... Ecliptica is Sonata Arcticas first album released in 1999 through Century Media. ... Static-X is an American Industrial Metal band. ... Wisconsin Death Trip - Album Art Wisconsin Death Trip is the debut album of the band Static-X, released on March 23, 1999 and recorded at Grandmaster Studios, Hollywood, California. ... 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. ... The Ultra Zone is a 1999 album from guitarist Steve Vai. ... Stratovarius is a Finnish Neoclassical/power metal band, known for its melodic approach to the genre. ... The Chosen Ones is a compilation album by the Finnish power metal band Stratovarius. ...

Disbandments

• Death

Death was an influential death metal band from the United States that was founded in 1983 and dissolved in 1999. ...

Events

• Singer Bruce Dickinson and guitarist Adrian Smith re-join Iron Maiden.

Bruce Dickinson For the record producer Bruce Dickinson featured in Saturday Night Lives skit, see More Cowbell. ... Adrian Frederik H Smith (born February 27, 1957 in Hackney, East London, England) is a songwriter and one of three guitarists in the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. ...

2000

Newly formed bands

• Killswitch Engage
• The Darkness
• Trivium

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 Darkness are an English rock band touting themselves as classic hard rock. ... Trivium is a band from Orlando, Florida. ...

Albums

• AC/DC - Stiff Upper Lip
• Alice Cooper - Brutal Planet
• Alice in Chains - Live
• Behemoth - Thelema.6
• Black Label Society - Stronger Than Death
• Cannibal Corpse - Live Cannibalism
• Chimaira- this present darkness EP
• Cradle of Filth - Midian
• Deftones - White Pony
• Dio - Magica
• Freak Kitchen - Dead Soul Men
• HammerFall - Renegade
• Helloween - The Dark Ride
• In Flames - Clayman
• Infectious Grooves - Mas Borracho
• Iron Maiden - Brave New World
• Killswitch Engage - Killswitch Engage
• Macabre - Dahmer
• Yngwie J. Malmsteen - War to End All Wars
• Monster Magnet - God Says No
• Motörhead - We Are Motörhead
• Nightwish - Wishmaster
• Nevermore - Dead Heart in a Dead World
• Pig Destroyer - 7" Picture Disc (EP)
• Pig Destroyer - Pig Destroyer/Isis (Split EP)
• Pantera - Reinventing The Steel
• Racer X - Technical Difficulties
• Rhapsody of Fire - Dawn of Victory
• Static-X - The Death Trip Continues
• Saxon - Burrn! Presents Best of Saxon
• Stratovarius - Infinite, 14 Diamonds
• Disturbed - "The Sickness"

AC/DC is a hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 (see 1973 in music) by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. ... Stiff Upper Lip is a 2000 (see 2000 in music) hard rock album by Australian band AC/DC. The album was recorded at The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, British Columbia and mastered at Sterling Sound in New York City. ... Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948), is a hard rock singer and musician, whose work spans four decades. ... Brutal Planet was the 2000 effort by Alice Cooper. ... Alice in Chains are an influential rock group formed in the late-1980s in Seattle, Washington. ... Live is an album by the grunge band Alice in Chains. ... Behemoth is an influential Polish death metal band, sometimes called blackened death metal for their black metal roots and influences. ... Cover of Behemoth album Thelema. ... Black Label Society is a heavy metal band formed by Zakk Wylde, with 8 albums released to date the first, Sonic Brew, was released in 1999. ... Stronger Than Death is a heavy metal album by the band Black Label Society. ... Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band from Buffalo, New York, noted for its controversial and ultra-violent lyrics and imagery, founded in 1988 by Chris Barnes, Bob Rusay, Jack Owen, Alex Webster and Paul Mazurkiewicz. ... Live Cannibalism is a live album by Cannibal Corpse released in 2000 through Metal Blade Records. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Cradle of Filth is a heavy metal band formed in Suffolk, England in 1991. ... Midian is the fourth full-length album by Cradle of Filth, released on Halloween 2000. ... Deftones are a Grammy award-winning experimental rock/metal band from Sacramento, California. ... White Pony is Deftones third album, released in 2000. ... Dio is a heavy metal band led by vocalist Ronnie James Dio, who formed it in October 1982 after leaving Black Sabbath. ... Magica is Dios eight studio album. ... Freak Kitchen: (left to right) Björn Fryklund, Mattias IA Eklundh and Christer Örtefors Freak Kitchen is a heavy metal, hard rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1992. ... The band HammerFall (left to right: Stefan Elmgren, Anders Johansson, Joacim Cans (standing), Magnus Rosén, Oscar Dronjak) HammerFall is a Swedish power metal band assembled in 1993. ... Renegade is HammerFalls third album, the first with drummer Anders Johansson. ... Helloween is a German power/speed metal band founded in the early 1980s by members of the two bands Ironfist and Powerfool. ... The Dark Ride is the ninth album by the German power metal/heavy metal band Helloween. ... In Flames is a Swedish melodic death metal band from the city of Gothenburg. ... Clayman is a melodic death metal album by In Flames. ... The Infectious Grooves are a Funk metal band led by Suicidal Tendencies frontman Mike Muir. ... Mas Borracho is the 4th album released in 2000 by Infectious Grooves. ... Iron Maiden is an English heavy metal band from East London. ... Brave New World is the twelfth studio album by heavy metal band Iron Maiden released in 2000 (see 2000 in music). ... 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. ... 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. ... 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. ... Dahmer is a concept album by American heavy metal band Macabre about Jeffrey Dahmer released in 2000. ... Yngwie Johann Malmsteen (born Lars Johann Yngve Lannerbäck Malmsteen, June 30, 1963) is a Swedish guitarist, composer and bandleader. ... World War I (then known as The Great War) was at the time and in the years just after described as the war to end all wars (or, in the jargon of the French Poilus: la der des der, i. ... 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). ... God Says No is a studio album by Monster Magnet, released in 2000. ... Motörhead is a British heavy metal band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Lemmy Kilmister (real name Ian Kilmister) after his ejection from the iconic space-rock band Hawkwind. ... Motörhead storm into the new millennium in top form with their 2000 We Are Motörhead album. ... Nightwish is a Finnish musical band formed in 1996 in the town of Kitee. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The band Nevermore Nevermore is a North American Progressive Metal band from Seattle, Washington assembled in 1991. ... Dead Heart in a Dead World is Nevermores fourth studio album release. ... Pig Destroyer is an extreme metal band from Virginia, United States. ... Pig Destroyer is an extreme metal band from Virginia, United States. ... Pantera was a popular heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, that formed in 1981. ... Reinventing the Steel is Panteras last Heavy metal music album, said to be performed in a new personal way. ... The Second Heat line-up. ... Rhapsody of Fire is an Italian Symphonic Power Metal band, formerly known as Thundercross. ... Dawn of Victory is an album released by Rhapsody in 2000. ... Static-X is an American Industrial Metal band. ... The Death Trip Continues is a rare EP released by Static-X in 2000, following their debut album, Wisconsin Death Trip. ... Saxon is a British heavy metal band, formed in 1976 in Barnsley, Yorkshire. ... Burrn! Presents Best of Saxon is a Japanese compilation album by heavy metal band Saxon released in 2000 (see 2000 in music). ... Stratovarius is a Finnish Neoclassical/power metal band, known for its melodic approach to the genre. ... Infinite is an album by the Finnish power metal band Stratovarius. ... 14 Diamonds is a compilation album by the Finnish power metal band Stratovarius. ... Disturbed is a band from Chicago, Illinois. ... The Sickness is Disturbeds first album. ...

Disbandments

• Rage Against the Machine
• Primus

Rage Against the Machine, also known as RATM or simply Rage was an American rock band noted for their pioneering blend of hard rock, funk and rap as well as their vocal leftist beliefs. ... Primus is an American rock band formed in California in the mid-1980s. ...

Events

• Metallica releases a song "I Disappear" that was never released on any studio albums and appears on the Mission: Impossible II soundtrack. This song also started the famous Napster Controversy

Metallica is an American heavy metal band, formed on October 15, 1981. ... Mission: Impossible II, or M:I-2 as it is also known, is the 2000 John Woo-directed sequel to Brian De Palmas 1996 Mission: Impossible motion picture, based on the TV series of the same name. ...

2001

Newly formed bands

• Audioslave
• Dragonlord
• As I Lay Dying

This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Dragonlord logo Dragonlord, sometimes written as DragonLord, is a North American black metal band. ... äâ→ʁÑ:For the Christian metalcore band, see As I Lay Dying (band). ...

Re-formed bands

• Celtic Frost
• Down
• Rush

Celtic Frost is an innovative heavy metal group from Zürich, Switzerland, best known for their influence on the thrash metal, black metal and death metal genres. ... Down is an American southern heavy metal supergroup formed in 1991. ... Rush is a Canadian progressive rock band comprising bassist, keyboardist and vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. ...

Albums

• Aerosmith - Just Push Play
• Alice Cooper - Dragontown
• Alice in Chains - Greatest Hits
• Arch Enemy - Wages of Sin
• Black Label Society - Alcohol Fueled Brewtality
• Bolt Thrower - Honour - Valour - Pride
• Bruce Dickinson - The Best of Bruce Dickinson
• Children of Bodom - Follow The Reaper
• Chimaira - Pass Out of Existence
• The Cult - Beyond Good and Evil
• Decapitated - Winds of Creation
• Divinity Destroyed - Nocturnal Dawn
• Drowning Pool - Sinner
• Edguy - Mandrake
• Fear Factory - Digimortal
• Finntroll - Jaktens Tid
• Iced Earth - Horror Show
• Judas Priest - Demolition
• Machine Head - Supercharger
• Megadeth - The World Needs a Hero
• Moonspell - Darkness and Hope
• Opeth - Blackwater Park
• Pig Destroyer - Prowler in the Yard
• Rammstein - Mutter
• Rhapsody of Fire - Rain of a Thousand Flames
• Slayer - God Hates Us All
• Slipknot - Iowa
• Racer X - Superheroes
• Sonata Arctica - Silence
• Static-X - Machine
• System of a Down - Toxicity
• Stratovarius - Intermission
• Tool - Lateralus

Aerosmith is a prominent American rock band, which regards itself as Americas Greatest Rock and Roll Band.[1] [2] Although they are known as the bad boys from Boston, none of the members are actually from the city. ... Just Push Play is the thirteenth studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music). ... Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948), is a hard rock singer and musician, whose work spans four decades. ... Dragontown was the 2001 effort by Alice Cooper. ... Alice in Chains are an influential rock group formed in the late-1980s in Seattle, Washington. ... Greatest Hits (a. ... Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band, formed in 1995 by Michael Amott. ... Wages of Sin is the fourth studio album by the Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. ... Black Label Society is a heavy metal band formed by Zakk Wylde, with 8 albums released to date the first, Sonic Brew, was released in 1999. ... Alcohol Fueled Brewtality is a heavy metal album by the band Black Label Society. ... Bolt Thrower are a death metal band from Coventry, England. ... Honour - Valour - Pride is a Bolt Thrower album. ... Bruce Dickinson For the record producer Bruce Dickinson featured in Saturday Night Lives skit, see More Cowbell. ... The Best of Bruce Dickinson is a heavy metal album released in 2001 (see 2001 in music) by Bruce Dickinson. ... Children of Bodom is a metal band from Espoo, Finland. ... Follow The Reaper is the third album by the Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... The Cult is a British rock band. ... Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future (Jenseits von Gut und Böse) is a major 19th century philosophical work by Friedrich Nietzsche. ... 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. ... Winds of Creation is a first full-length album by Polish death metal band Decapitated. ... Divinity Destroyed is a heavy metal band based in central New Jersey. ... This article is about the band. ... SINNER is a German Heavy Melodic Metal Band. ... Edguy is a power metal band from Fulda, Germany. ... Mandrake, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music), is the fifth album by the power metal band Edguy. ... Fear Factory is an American industrial metal/death 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... Digimortal is Fear Factorys 4th album, released on April 24, 2001. ... Finntroll is a folk metal band from Finland. ... Jaktens Tid (English: hunting time) 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. // History 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. ... Horror Show is an album by the American heavy metal band Iced Earth, released June 26, 2001. ... Judas Priest are a heavy metal band formed in 1968 in the northwest midlands, near Birmingham, England. ... Demolition is British heavy metal band Judas Priests 14th studio album. ... Machine Head is a Heavy Metal band, formed in 1992 in Oakland, California. ... Supercharger is the fourth album by heavy metal band, Machine Head. ... Megadeth is an American heavy metal band led by founder, frontman, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. ... The World Needs A Hero is an album by Megadeth, released in 2001. ... 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. ... Darkness and Hope is the fifth album by Portuguese metal band Moonspell. ... Opeth is a progressive death metal band from Sweden. ... Blackwater Park is Opeths fifth album, released under KOCH Records in 2001. ... Pig Destroyer is an extreme metal band from Virginia, United States. ... Prowler in the Yard is an album by American extreme metal band, Pig Destroyer. ... Rammstein is a German band that was formed in 1994. ... This article is about the album by Rammstein. ... Rhapsody of Fire is an Italian Symphonic Power Metal band, formerly known as Thundercross. ... Rain of a Thousand Flames is an album released by Rhapsody in 2001. ... 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). ... God Hates Us All (2001) is the 10th full-length album by Slayer. ... Slipknot can refer to several things: Slip knot, a kind of knot. ... Iowa is the second (or third, if you include Mate. ... The Second Heat line-up. ... Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, originally assembled in 1996. ... Silence is Sonata Arcticas second album released in 2001 through Spinefarm Records. ... Static-X is an American Industrial Metal band. ... Machine - Album Art Machine is the second album from the band Static-X, released on the 22nd May 2001 and recorded at Studio 508, Los Angeles, California from October 2000 to January 2001. ... System of a Down (also referred to as SOAD) is a four-piece alternative metal band that formed in 1995. ... Toxicity is System of a Downs second album release. ... Stratovarius is a Finnish Neoclassical/power metal band, known for its melodic approach to the genre. ... Intermission is a compilation album by the Finnish power metal band Stratovarius. ... Tool is an American Progressive 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. ... Lateralus is Tools third full-length album released in May 2001 (see 2001 in music). ...

Disbandments

Events

• Death guitarist Chuck Schuldiner dies at 34 on December 13 of brain cancer.
• Metallica bassist Jason Newsted (who joined after Cliff Burton's death) officially left the band and joined Voivod.

Death was an influential death metal band from the United States that was founded in 1983 and dissolved in 1999. ... Charles Michael Chuck Schuldiner (May 13, 1967, Long Island, New York – December 13, 2001) was an American musician. ... December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... A brain tumor is any intracranial tumor created by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division, normally either found in the brain itself (neurons, glial cells (astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, ependymal cells), lymphatic tissue, blood vessels), in the cranial nerves (myelin-producing Schwann cells), in the brain envelopes (meninges), skull, pituitary and pineal gland... Metallica is an American heavy metal band, formed on October 15, 1981. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Clifford Lee Burton (February 10, 1962 – September 27, 1987) was the second bassist in the band Metallica, joining the band in late 1982 (replacing Ron McGovney. ... Voivod is a Canadian thrash metal band formed in 1982, and reportedly the first to describe themselves as cyberpunk. ...

2002

Newly formed bands

• PROBOT
• Velvet Revolver
• Apocalypse
• Poets of the Fall

PROBOT (portmanteau: probe + robot) is a musical project masterminded by Dave Grohl. ... Velvet Revolver is a rock supergroup with three former members of Guns N Roses — Slash, Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum (who also played with rock band The Cult) — plus Scott Weiland, the lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots, and Dave Kushner of the 80s hardcore punk band Wasted Youth. ... Apocalypse is a progressive rock band from Brazil that plays symphonic rock with strong keyboard orientation. ... Poets of the Fall is an independent rock band from Finland. ...

Reformed Bands

• Prong
• Stone Sour

Prong was a heavy metal/thrash metal band, formed in 1985. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

Albums

• Avenged Sevenfold - Sounding the Seventh Trumpet
• Behemoth - Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond)
• Black Label Society - 1919 Eternal
• Black Sabbath - Past Lives (album)
• Blind Guardian - A Night at the Opera
• Cannibal Corpse - Gore Obsessed. Worm Infested (EP)
• Chevelle - Wonder What's Next
• Decapitated - Nihility
• Def Leppard - X
• Dio - Killing the Dragon
• Down - Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow
• Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
• Five pointe o - Untitled
• Freak Kitchen - Move
• HammerFall - Crimson Thunder
• In Flames - Reroute to Remain
• Killswitch Engage - Alive or Just Breathing
• Korn - Untouchables
• Lordi - Get Heavy
• Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Attack!!, Concerto Suite LIVE
• Manowar - Warriors of the World
• Mastodon - Remission
• Motörhead - Hammered
• Nightwish - Century Child
• Opeth - Deliverance
• Pig Destroyer - Benumb / Pig Destroyer (Split album)
• Protest The Hero - A Calculated Use of Sound
• Rhapsody of Fire - Power of the Dragonflame
• Rush - Vapor Trails
• Saxon - Heavy Metal Thunder
• Sonata Arctica - Songs of Silence
• Stone Sour - Stone Sour
• System of a Down - Steal This Album!
• The 3rd and the Mortal - Memoirs

Avenged Sevenfold, sometimes abbreviated to A7X, is a hard rock/heavy metal and formerly metalcore band from Huntington Beach, California. ... Sounding the Seventh Trumpet is Avenged Sevenfolds first full-length album. ... Behemoth is an influential Polish death metal band, sometimes called blackened death metal for their black metal roots and influences. ... Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond) is an album released in 2002 by Polish heavy metal band Behemoth. ... Black Label Society is a heavy metal band formed by Zakk Wylde, with 8 albums released to date the first, Sonic Brew, was released in 1999. ... 1919 Eternal is a heavy metal album by the band Black Label Society. ... For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... Past Lives is an album released in 2002 by Black Sabbath. ... A Blind Guardian ticket for the live performance in Belgrade, Serbia. ... A Night at the Opera is a 2002 by the German metal band Blind Guardian. ... Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band from Buffalo, New York, noted for its controversial and ultra-violent lyrics and imagery, founded in 1988 by Chris Barnes, Bob Rusay, Jack Owen, Alex Webster and Paul Mazurkiewicz. ... Gore Obsessed is the eighth album by Cannibal Corpse. ... Worm Infested is an EP by Cannibal Corpse. ... For information about the car of this name, see Chevrolet Chevelle. ... Wonder Whats Next is the second album released by Chevelle. ... 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. ... Nihility is the second album by the Polish death metal band Decapitated. ... Def Leppard is an English hard rock/heavy metal band from Sheffield who formed in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. ... X is an album by British hard rock band Def Leppard, released in 2002 (see 2002 in music). ... Dio is a heavy metal band led by vocalist Ronnie James Dio, who formed it in October 1982 after leaving Black Sabbath. ... Killing the Dragon is Dios ninth studio album. ... Down is an American southern heavy metal supergroup formed in 1991. ... Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow is the second album by Down. ... Dream Theater is a progressive metal band formed in 1985 by three students at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (often abbreviated to SDOIT or 6DOIT) is the sixth full-length studio album by progressive metal band Dream Theater. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The word untitled refers to something that, as the name would suggest, has no title. ... Freak Kitchen: (left to right) Björn Fryklund, Mattias IA Eklundh and Christer Örtefors Freak Kitchen is a heavy metal, hard rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1992. ... MOVE is an organization formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1972 by John Africa (Vincent Leaphart) and Donald Glassey. ... The band HammerFall (left to right: Stefan Elmgren, Anders Johansson, Joacim Cans (standing), Magnus Rosén, Oscar Dronjak) HammerFall is a Swedish power metal band assembled in 1993. ... Crimson Thunder is the fourth studio release by Swedish metal band HammerFall. ... In Flames is a Swedish melodic death metal band from the city of Gothenburg. ... Reroute to Remain (sometimes abbreviated as R2R or simply RTR) is the sixth studio album by 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. ... Alive or Just Breathing was a music album released on May 21, 2002 by American metalcore band Killswitch Engage through Roadrunner Records. ... Korn (sometimes typeset as KoЯn to fit their logo) is a nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, USA. They are often credited with creating the nu metal genre[citation needed], and inspiring a wave of nu metal, alternative metal and rap metal bands in the late 1990s and early... Untouchables is the fifth album by nu-metal band KoЯn. ... It has been suggested that Blood Red Sandman be merged into this article or section. ... Get Heavy is a 2003 album by Lordi. ... Yngwie Johann Malmsteen (born Lars Johann Yngve Lannerbäck Malmsteen, June 30, 1963) is a Swedish guitarist, composer and bandleader. ... Attack!! is Yngwie Malmsteens first album with new singer Doogie White, released in 2002. ... Manowar is an American heavy metal band from Auburn, New York, which formed in 1980. ... Warriors Of The World was released in 2002 by Manowar. ... Mastodon is a heavy metal band from Atlanta, Georgia. ... Remission is the state of absence of disease activity in patients with known chronic illness. ... Motörhead is a British heavy metal band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Lemmy Kilmister (real name Ian Kilmister) after his ejection from the iconic space-rock band Hawkwind. ... [edit] Hammered [edit] Breaks, Bass and beats. ... Nightwish is a Finnish musical band formed in 1996 in the town of Kitee. ... Century Child is the fourth album by Nightwish, released in 2002 by Spinefarm Records. ... Opeth is a progressive death metal band from Sweden. ... Deliverance is Opeths sixth studio album, following the bands highly successful 2001 album, Blackwater Park. ... Pig Destroyer is an extreme metal band from Virginia, United States. ... Formed in 1999 under the name Happy Go Lucky, Protest the Hero (abbreviated as PTH or simply Protest) is a Canadian post-hardcore metal band with punk influences (see genre section) from Whitby, Ontario . ... A Calculated Use of Sound is an EP released by post hardcore, metal band Protest The Hero in 2002. ... Rhapsody of Fire is an Italian Symphonic Power Metal band, formerly known as Thundercross. ... Power of the Dragonflame is an album released by Rhapsody in 2002 and is the last chapter in the Emerald Sword Saga. // Tracklisting In Tenebris Knightrider of Doom Power of the Dragonflame The March of the Swordmaster When Demons Awake Agony Is My Name Lamento Eroico Steelgods of the Last... Rush is a Canadian progressive rock band comprising bassist, keyboardist and vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. ... Vapor Trails is the seventeenth studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush released in 2002 (see 2002 in music). ... Saxon is a British heavy metal band, formed in 1976 in Barnsley, Yorkshire. ... Heavy Metal Thunder is the greatest hits album by heavy metal band Saxon released in 2002 (see 2001 in music). ... Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, originally assembled in 1996. ... Alternate cover art for Asian releases Songs of Silence is a live album by Finnish power metal band Sonata Arctica. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Stone Sour is the eponymous debut album by the hard rock band Stone Sour. ... System of a Down (also referred to as SOAD) is a four-piece alternative metal band that formed in 1995. ... Steal This Album! is the name of an album released by System of a Down. ... The 3rd and the Mortal (alternative spelling The Third and the Mortal) is a norwegian experimental heavy metal-band. ...

Disbandments

• The Cult
• Fear Factory
• Megadeth

The Cult is a British rock band. ... Fear Factory is an American industrial metal/death 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... Megadeth is an American heavy metal band led by founder, frontman, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. ...

Events

• Alice in Chains singer Layne Staley dies on April 5 from an overdose of heroin.
• Drowning Pool singer Dave Williams dies on Wednesday August 14th, 2002. He was found inside his tour bus, dead from cardiomyopathy.

Alice in Chains are an influential rock group formed in the late-1980s in Seattle, Washington. ... Layne Staley (August 22, 1967 - ca. ... April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article is about the band. ... dave-williamsORG {YOUR TOP RESOURCE FOR DAVE WILLIAMS} Dave Williams is the guitarist and shouter of the band Son Of Dork. ... August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining. ...

2003

Newly formed bands

• Bullet for My Valentine
• Communic
• DevilDriver

Bullet For My Valentine (sometimes shortened to Bullet or BFMV) is a four-piece metalcore band from Bridgend, South Wales. ... Communic is a Norwegian progressive metal band formed in 2003. ... DevilDriver is a metal band from California, United States. ...

Re-formed bands

• Primus
• Judas Priest
• Fear Factory
• Stryper

Primus is an American rock band formed in California in the mid-1980s. ... Judas Priest are a heavy metal band formed in 1968 in the northwest midlands, near Birmingham, England. ... Fear Factory is an American industrial metal/death 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... 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. ...

Albums

• Alice Cooper - Eyes Of Alice Cooper
• Arch Enemy - Anthems of Rebellion
• Avenged Sevenfold - Waking the Fallen
• Black Label Society - The Blessed Hellride
• Cannibal Corpse - 15 Year Killing Spree
• Children of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll
• Chimaira - The Impossibilty of Reason
• Cradle of Filth - Damnation and a Day
• Deep Purple - Bananas
• Deftones - Deftones
• Devildriver- DevilDriver (album)
• Dimmu Borgir - Death Cult of Armageddon
• Divinity Destroyed - Divinity Destroyed
• Divinity Destroyed - Eden in Ashes
• DragonForce - Valley of the Damned
• Dream Theater - Train of Thought
• Finntroll - Visor om Slutet
• Helloween - Rabbit Don't Come Easy
• Iron Maiden - Dance of Death
• Judas Priest - Livin' after Midnight
• Korn - Take a Look in The Mirror
• Macabre - Murder Metal
• Metallica - St. Anger
• Moonspell - The Antidote
• Motörhead - Live At Brixton Academy The Complete Concert (live)
• Opeth - Damnation
• Shadows Fall - The War Within
• Sonata Arctica - Winterheart's Guild
• Static-X - Shadow Zone
• Strapping Young Lad - Strapping Young Lad
• Stratovarius - Elements, pt.1, Elements, pt.2
• Stryper - Seven
• The Darkness - Permission to Land
• Trivium - Ember to Inferno

Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948), is a hard rock singer and musician, whose work spans four decades. ... Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band, formed in 1995 by Michael Amott. ... Anthems Of Rebellion Anthems of Rebellion is the Fifth studio album by the Swedish Melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. ... Avenged Sevenfold, sometimes abbreviated to A7X, is a hard rock/heavy metal and formerly metalcore band from Huntington Beach, California. ... Waking the Fallen is Avenged Sevenfolds third release. ... Black Label Society is a heavy metal band formed by Zakk Wylde, with 8 albums released to date the first, Sonic Brew, was released in 1999. ... The Blessed Hellride is a heavy metal album by the band Black Label Society. ... Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band from Buffalo, New York, noted for its controversial and ultra-violent lyrics and imagery, founded in 1988 by Chris Barnes, Bob Rusay, Jack Owen, Alex Webster and Paul Mazurkiewicz. ... Track Listing Disc One - Best of Volume 1 Shredded Humans Put Them to Death Born In a Casket A Skull Full of Maggots Gutted Covered With Sores Vomit The Soul Hammer Smashed Face Addicted to Vaginal Skin The Cryptic Stench Staring Through The Eyes of The Dead Stripped, Raped and... Children of Bodom is a metal band from Espoo, Finland. ... Hate Crew Deathroll is the Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodoms fourth album, which was released under the Century Media label. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Cradle of Filth is a heavy metal band formed in Suffolk, England in 1991. ... Damnation and a Day is the fifth full-length album by Cradle of Filth. ... This article is about the rock group. ... Bananas is a 17th studio album by the British band Deep Purple, released in 2003. ... Deftones are a Grammy award-winning experimental rock/metal band from Sacramento, California. ... Deftones is the Deftones self-titled fourth album. ... DevilDriver is a metal band from California, United States. ... DevilDriver is the first album by nu-metal band DevilDriver, the new band of former Coal Chamber singer Dez Fafara. ... Dimmu Borgir is a Norwegian symphonic black metal band whose music has been very popular in several Scandinavian countries and Germany. ... Divinity Destroyed is a heavy metal band based in central New Jersey. ... Divinity Destroyed is a heavy metal band based in central New Jersey. ... Divinity Destroyed is a heavy metal band based in central New Jersey. ... The second album from, the by now, Heavy metal band Divinity Destroyed. ... For the Saturn/PS2 strategy game, see Dragon Force. ... Categories: Stub ... Dream Theater is a progressive metal band formed in 1985 by three students at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Released on November 11, 2003, Train of Thought is an album by the progressive metal band Dream Theater. ... Finntroll is a folk metal band from Finland. ... Visor om Slutet (English: Songs of the end) is an all-acoustic folk metal album by the Finnish band Finntroll. ... Helloween is a German power/speed metal band founded in the early 1980s by members of the two bands Ironfist and Powerfool. ... Rabbit Dont Come Easy is a 2003 album by the German power metal/heavy metal band Helloween. ... Iron Maiden is an English heavy metal band from East London. ... Dance of Death is Iron Maidens 13th studio album, released on September 8, 2003. ... Judas Priest are a heavy metal band formed in 1968 in the northwest midlands, near Birmingham, England. ... Livin after midnight is a song by the heavy metal band Judas Priest, which is found on their British Steel album, realised in 1980. ... Korn (sometimes typeset as KoЯn to fit their logo) is a nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, USA. They are often credited with creating the nu metal genre[citation needed], and inspiring a wave of nu metal, alternative metal and rap metal bands in the late 1990s and early... Take a Look in the Mirror (2003) is the sixth album by the band Korn. ... 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. ... Murder Metal is an album by Macabre (band) released in 2003. ... Metallica is an American heavy metal band, formed on October 15, 1981. ... St. ... 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. ... The Antidote is Moonspells seventh full-lenght album, released in 2003. ... Motörhead is a British heavy metal band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Lemmy Kilmister (real name Ian Kilmister) after his ejection from the iconic space-rock band Hawkwind. ... Opeth is a progressive death metal band from Sweden. ... Damnation is Opeths seventh album, released in April 2003, following the release of their sister album Deliverance the year before. ... The current version of the article or section reads like an advertisement. ... The War Within is also a 2005 movie, The War Within (film). ... Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, originally assembled in 1996. ... Winterhearts Guild is Sonata Arcticas fourth album released in 2003 through Spinefarm Records. ... Static-X is an American Industrial Metal band. ... Shadow Zone - Album Art Shadow Zone is the third album of the band Static-X, released on 7th October 2003. ... Strapping Young Lad (aka SYL) is a Canadian metal band, started by Devin Townsend in 1994. ... Strapping Young Lad is the eponymous third album by Canadian heavy metal band Strapping Young Lad. ... Stratovarius is a Finnish Neoclassical/power metal band, known for its melodic approach to the genre. ... 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. ... The Darkness are an English rock band touting themselves as classic hard rock. ... Permission to Land is the debut album of The Darkness. ... Trivium is a band from Orlando, Florida. ... Ember to Inferno is the first album from Floridian Metal band Trivium. ...

Disbandments

• Coal Chamber
• Five pointe o
• Pantera
• Immortal

Coal Chamber was a nu metal band from Los Angeles, CA, USA formed in 1994. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Pantera was a popular heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, that formed in 1981. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Events

• Metallica hires new bassist Robert Trujillo (from Suicidal Tendencies and Ozzy Osbourne).
• MTV2 resurrected the old Heavy Metal, Rock television program Headbangers' Ball.
• Former Iced Earth vocalist Matt Barlow leaves Iced Earth after the events of September 11th.
• Christian metal band Stryper reforms with all original members.

Metallica is an American heavy metal band, formed on October 15, 1981. ... Robert Trujillo, born October 23, 1964, is a bassist, who has played in Suicidal Tendencies, Infectious Grooves, Cyco Miko, Black Label Society and Ozzy Osbourne before joining Metallica in 2003. ... Suicidal Tendencies are a hardcore punk band formed in 1982 in Venice, California. ... Ozzy Osbourne (born John Michael Osbourne on December 3, 1948 in Aston, Birmingham, England) is the lead singer of the pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath, popular solo artist, and reality television star. ... MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to basic cable lineups across the nation. ... 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 1967 and 1974, mixed blues and rock to create a hybrid with a thick, heavy, guitar-and-drums-centered sound, characterised by the... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Original logo of The Ball. ... Iced Earth is an American heavy metal band that combines influences from thrash metal, power metal, progressive metal and NWOBHM. // History 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. ... Matt Barlow was the vocalist for the heavy metal band Iced Earth. ... 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. ...

2004

Newly formed bands

• Damageplan
• Scar Symmetry

Damageplan was a heavy metal band, showcasing the Power Groove sound that was demonstrated by Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell Abbott while playing in Pantera, especially on the Vulgar Display of Power album. ... 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...

Reformed Bands

• Megadeth

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

Albums

• Aerosmith - Honkin' On Bobo
• Angra - Temple of Shadows
• 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
• Van Halen - The Best of Both Worlds
• Velvet Revolver - Contraband

Aerosmith is a prominent American rock band, which regards itself as Americas Greatest Rock and Roll Band.[1] [2] Although they are known as the bad boys from Boston, none of the members are actually from the city. ... Honkin on Bobo is the fourteenth studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released in 2004 (see 2004 in music). ... Angra is a power metal band from São Paulo, Brazil known for putting 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. ... Behemoth is an influential Polish death metal band, sometimes called blackened death metal for their black metal roots and influences. ... Demigod is an album released in 2004 by Polish death metal group Behemoth. ... Black Label Society is a heavy metal band formed by Zakk Wylde, with 8 albums released to date the first, Sonic Brew, was released in 1999. ... 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... Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band from Buffalo, New York, noted for its controversial and ultra-violent lyrics and imagery, founded in 1988 by Chris Barnes, Bob Rusay, Jack Owen, Alex Webster and Paul Mazurkiewicz. ... 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 Power Groove sound that was demonstrated by Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell Abbott while playing in Pantera, especially 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 1982 after leaving Black Sabbath. ... Master of the Moon is Dios tenth studio album. ... Dokken is an American metal band which was formed in 1978. ... 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. ... Sonic Firestorm is DragonForces second album, released in 2004. ... This article is about the band. ... 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 industrial metal/death 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... Archetype (2004) is an album by Los Angeles death metal/industrial music band Fear Factory. ... Finntroll is a folk metal band from Finland. ... Nattfödd cover art 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. // History 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 heavy metal band Iced Earth. ... In Flames is a Swedish melodic death metal band from the city of Gothenburg. ... Soundtrack to Your Escape is an Melodic Death Metal album by 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 nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, USA. They are often credited with creating the nu metal genre[citation needed], and inspiring a wave of nu metal, alternative metal and rap metal bands in the late 1990s and early... Greatest Hits Vol. ... It has been suggested that Blood Red Sandman be merged into this article or section. ... The Monsterican Dream is a 2004 album by Lordi. ... Machine Head is a Heavy Metal band, formed in 1992 in Oakland, California. ... 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. ... Kurdt and Jay performing live at Gernika, Spain Metal Church is an American heavy metal band from Aberdeen, Washington. ... 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). ... Motörhead is a British heavy metal band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Lemmy Kilmister (real name Ian Kilmister) after his ejection from the iconic space-rock band Hawkwind. ... Inferno is the latest album by Motörhead. ... Nightwish is a Finnish musical 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 grindcore 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 musical album. ... Rhapsody of Fire is an Italian Symphonic Power Metal band, formerly known as Thundercross. ... Rush is a Canadian progressive 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 American band from Des Moines, Iowa, formed in 1990 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 is 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. ... Van Halen is an American Hard rock band. ... The Best of Both Worlds is a greatest hits album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released in 2004 (see 2004 in music). ... Velvet Revolver is a rock supergroup with three former members of Guns N Roses — Slash, Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum (who also played with rock band The Cult) — plus Scott Weiland, the lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots, and Dave Kushner of the 80s hardcore punk band Wasted Youth. ... Contraband is an album by Velvet Revolver, which was released on June 8, 2004 through RCA Records. ...

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 nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, USA. They are often credited with creating the nu metal genre[citation needed], and inspiring a wave of nu metal, alternative metal and rap metal bands in the late 1990s and early...

Events

• Damageplan and former Pantera lead guitarist Dimebag Darrell is murdered on December 8 by Nathan Gale while performing a concert in Ohio.
• Van Halen reunites with Sammy Hagar (who left in 1996) and tour with their second greatest hits album, The Best Of Both Worlds. After the tour, Hagar says he is done with Van Halen.
• 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.

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2005

Newly formed bands

• Disarm

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Reformed Bands

• Mötley Crüe
• Terrorizer

Mötley Crüe (pronounced ) is a popular American rock band from Los Angeles, California. ... Terrorizer was a grindcore band formed in 1986 in Los Angeles, California, United States. ...

Albums

• Alice Cooper - Dirty Diamonds
• Arch Enemy - Doomsday Machine
• Audioslave - Out of Exile
• Avenged Sevenfold - City of Evil
• Black Label Society - Mafia, Kings of Damnation 98-04
• Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal
• Bruce Dickinson - Tyranny of Souls
• Candlemass - Candlemass
• Children of Bodom - Are You Dead Yet?
• Chimaira - Chimaira
• The Darkness - One Way Ticket to Hell...And Back
• Dark Tranquillity - Character
• Deep Purple - Rapture of the Deep
• Deftones - B-Sides & Rarities
• DevilDriver - The Fury of Our Maker's Hand
• Dimmu Borgir - Stormblast
• Divinity Destroyed - Eden in Ashes
• Divinity Destroyed - The Plague
• Dream Theater - Octavarium
• Eccentric - Greatest Hits
• Freak Kitchen - Organic
• Fear Factory - Transgression
• Gizmachi - Imbuing
• HammerFall - Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken
• Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys - The Legacy
• H.I.M. - Dark Light
• Immolation - Harnessing Ruin
• Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution
• Kamelot - The Black Halo
• Korn - See You on the Other Side
• Kreator - Enemy of God
• Lordi - The Monster Show
• Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Unleash the Fury
• Mötley Crüe - Red, White and Crüe
• Mournful Congregation - The Monad of Creation
• Mourning Beloveth - A Murderous Circle
• Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
• Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
• Opeth - Ghost Reveries
• Pray for the Soul of Betty - Pray for the Soul of Betty
• Priestess - Hello Master
• Promordial - The Gathering Wilderness
• Protest the Hero - Kezia
• Rammstein - Rosenrot
• Runemagick - Envenom
• Slipknot - 9.0: Live
• Static-X - Start a War
• Strapping Young Lad - Alien
• Soilwork - Stabbing The Drama
• Stryper - Reborn
• System of a Down - Mezmerize, Hypnotize
• Trivium - Ascendancy
• Sonata Arctica - The End of This Chapter
• Steve Vai - Real Illusions: Reflections
• Stratovarius - Stratovarius

Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948), is a hard rock singer and musician, whose work spans four decades. ... Dirty Diamonds is the 24th studio album by Alice Cooper. ... Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band, formed in 1995 by Michael Amott. ... Doomsday Machine is an Arch Enemy album released on July 26, 2005 in the U.S., August 22, 2005 in Europe. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Out of Exile is the second album by American rock band Audioslave, first released on May 23 2005 internationally and a day later in the US. As of now, four singles have been released: Be Yourself, Your Time Has Come, Doesnt Remind Me, and Out of Exile. Critical response... Avenged Sevenfold, sometimes abbreviated to A7X, is a hard rock/heavy metal and formerly metalcore band from Huntington Beach, California. ... City of Evil is Avenged Sevenfolds third full-length album. ... Black Label Society is a heavy metal band formed by Zakk Wylde, with 8 albums released to date the first, Sonic Brew, was released in 1999. ... Mafia is a heavy metal album by the band Black Label Society. ... Kings of Damnation (Album) Kings Of Damnation 98-04 is a contemplation album of Zakk Wyldes Black Label Society. ... Bolt Thrower are a death metal band from Coventry, England. ... Those Once Loyal is an album by the British death metal band Bolt Thrower. ... Bruce Dickinson For the record producer Bruce Dickinson featured in Saturday Night Lives skit, see More Cowbell. ... Tyranny of Souls is a heavy metal album and it was released on May 23, 2005 (see 2005 in music) by Bruce Dickinson. ... Candlemass is a Swedish Doom metal band established in the 1980s by Leif Edling (bass), its leader and songwriter. ... Candlemass is the eighth album by Swedish doom metal band Candlemass released in 2005. ... Children of Bodom is a metal band from Espoo, Finland. ... Are You Dead Yet? is the fifth album by the Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Track listing Nothing Remains (Arnold) - 5:36 Save Ourselves (Arnold)- 5:08 Inside The Horror (DeVries, Arnold) - 4:26 Salvation (DeVries, Hunter) - 2:46 Comatose (DeVries, Arnold) - 4:20 Left For Dead (Arnold) - 4:16 Everything You Love (Arnold) - 4:07 Bloodlust (Arnold) - 3:30 Pray For All (Arnold, Hunter... The Darkness are an English rock band touting themselves as classic hard rock. ... One Way Ticket to Hell. ... Dark Tranquillity is a melodic death metal band from Sweden. ... This article is about the rock group. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Deftones are a Grammy award-winning experimental rock/metal band from Sacramento, California. ... B-sides and Rarities is Deftones latest release. ... DevilDriver is a metal band from California, United States. ... The Fury of Our Makers Hand is the second album from heavy metal band DevilDriver. ... Dimmu Borgir is a Norwegian symphonic black metal band whose music has been very popular in several Scandinavian countries and Germany. ... StormblÃ¥st (storm-blown in English) is the title of the second full-length release from Norwegian band, Dimmu Borgir. ... Divinity Destroyed is a heavy metal band based in central New Jersey. ... The second album from, the by now, Heavy metal band Divinity Destroyed. ... Divinity Destroyed is a heavy metal band based in central New Jersey. ... The Plague (fr. ... Dream Theater is a progressive metal band formed in 1985 by three students at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Octavarium is the eighth full-length Dream Theater studio album, released on June 7, 2005 (see 2005 in music). ... Freak Kitchen: (left to right) Björn Fryklund, Mattias IA Eklundh and Christer Örtefors Freak Kitchen is a heavy metal, hard rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1992. ... Organic may refer to: Look up organic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Fear Factory is an American industrial metal/death 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... Transgression is the sixth studio album by the American industrial metal band Fear Factory. ... Gizmachi are a metalcore band from New York. ... The band HammerFall (left to right: Stefan Elmgren, Anders Johansson, Joacim Cans (standing), Magnus Rosén, Oscar Dronjak) HammerFall is a Swedish power metal band assembled in 1993. ... Helloween is a German power/speed metal band founded in the early 1980s by members of the two bands Ironfist and Powerfool. ... This is the title of a studio album by German heavy metal band Helloween, due for release on October 31st 2005. ... HiM is a dub influenced post-rock group formed in 1995 by Doug Scharin, drummer for the bands Rex and June of 44. ... Dark Light was Finnish Alternative Metal band HIMs fifth full length album. ... Immolation is a technical death metal band from New York. ... Harnessing Ruin is the sixth album by Immolation. ... Judas Priest are a heavy metal band formed in 1968 in the northwest midlands, near Birmingham, England. ... Angel of Retribution is an album by Judas Priest, released in 2005. ... Kamelot, clock wise from top left: Roy Khan, Thomas Youngblood, Casey Grillo, Glenn Barry Kamelot is a power metal [1] band from Tampa, Florida, founded by Thomas Youngblood and Richard Warner in 1991. ... The Black Halo is power metal band Kamelots seventh full-length album. ... Korn (sometimes typeset as KoЯn to fit their logo) is a nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, USA. They are often credited with creating the nu metal genre[citation needed], and inspiring a wave of nu metal, alternative metal and rap metal bands in the late 1990s and early... See You on the Other Side is the seventh studio album by KoЯn. ... Kreator is a popular thrash metal band from Essen, Germany. ... Enemy of God is an album by the German thrash metal band Kreator. ... It has been suggested that Blood Red Sandman be merged into this article or section. ... The Monster Show is a 2005 album (see 2005 in music) by Lordi. ... Yngwie Johann Malmsteen (born Lars Johann Yngve Lannerbäck Malmsteen, June 30, 1963) is a Swedish guitarist, composer and bandleader. ... Unleash the Fury is an album by guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen and his group Rising Force, released on July 26, 2005 (see 2005 in music). ... Mötley Crüe (pronounced ) is a popular American rock band from Los Angeles, California. ... Red, White and Crüe is a 2-CD greatest hits album by Mötley Crüe with the following track list. ... Mournful Congregation are funeral doom metal band from Loxton, Australia. ... The Monad of Creation is the debut album of the Australian funeral doom group Mournful Congregation, although the have released several material before this. ... 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). ... The band Nevermore Nevermore is a North American Progressive Metal band from Seattle, Washington assembled in 1991. ... This Godless Endeavor is Heavy Metal band Nevermores sixth album, and was released on July 26, 2005. ... NIN redirects here. ... This article refers to the album by Nine Inch Nails. ... Opeth is a progressive death metal band from Sweden. ... Ghost Reveries is the eighth studio album release from the progressive death metal band Opeth. ... Pray For The Soul Of Betty is a hard rock band of New York City. ... This page may meet Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Priestess is a rock band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... This article needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... The Gathering Wilderness is an album by Primordial released in 2005. ... Formed in 1999 under the name Happy Go Lucky, Protest the Hero (abbreviated as PTH or simply Protest) is a Canadian post-hardcore metal band with punk influences (see genre section) from Whitby, Ontario . ... Kezia (pronounced keh-zai-yah) is the debut full-length release by the post-hardcore metal band Protest the Hero. ... Rammstein is a German band that was formed in 1994. ... Rosenrot (German for Rose-red, listen) is the German Tanz-Metall band Rammsteins fifth studio album. ... Runemagick is a Swedish doom death metal band. ... Envenom is the eighth album by Runemagick. ... Slipknot is a nine-piece American band from Des Moines, Iowa, formed in 1990 and currently signed to Roadrunner Records. ... Static-X is an American Industrial Metal band. ... Start a War is the fourth Static-X album. ... Strapping Young Lad (aka SYL) is a Canadian metal band, started by Devin Townsend in 1994. ... Alien is the fourth album by Canadian heavy metal band Strapping Young Lad. ... Soilwork is a Swedish melodic death metal band formed in late 1995, originally under the name of Inferior Breed. ... Stabbing The Drama is the sixth album released by the Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork. ... 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. ... Reborn is the 8th studio album by Christian Metal band Stryper. ... System of a Down (also referred to as SOAD) is a four-piece alternative metal band that formed in 1995. ... Mezmerize is the fourth album by System of a Down and the first half of the Mezmerize/Hypnotize double album. ... Hypnotize is the fifth album by System of a Down and the second half of the Mezmerize/Hypnotize double album. ... Trivium is a band from Orlando, Florida. ... This article refers to the 2005 album by the metalcore band Trivium; for the DOS-based computer game, see Ascendancy. ... Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, originally assembled in 1996. ... The End of This Chapter is the name of Sonata Arcticas first compilation album. ... 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. ... Stratovarius is a Finnish Neoclassical/power metal band, known for its melodic approach to the genre. ... Stratovarius is the latest album by the Finnish power metal band Stratovarius. ...

Disbandments

Events

• Static-X lead guitarist Tripp Eisen was arrested in February for "lewd conduct against children", and was fired from the band.
• Former Vader drummer Docent dies.
• Vocalist Tarja Turunen was fired from Nightwish.
• Grindcore makes it to the popular culture as Rotten Sound enters the Finnish Top40 list to position 22 and staying there for three weeks, which is higher than that years Popstars-show winnergroup ever made
• Jason Jones' departure from Drowning Pool was publicly announced on June 14, 2005, due to irreconcilable differences. On August 25 at the Ozzfest date in Dallas, Texas, Drowning Pool did a guest shot performance on the main stage debuting their new singer Ryan McCombs.

Static-X is an American Industrial Metal band. ... Tod Rex Salvador (born June 29, 1965), known as Tripp Eisen and previously Tripp Rex Eisen, is a musician and former member of the Murderdolls, Static-X, Dope, Ego, Fractured Mirror, Lovesick, The Right, Vamp and Teeze/Roughhouse. ... Vader is a Polish death metal band founded in 1986[1]. It stands as one of the best known European death metal bands. ... Tarja Turunen Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen Cabuli (born August 17, 1977, in Kitee, Finland), is the former lead singer of the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. ... Nightwish is a Finnish musical band formed in 1996 in the town of Kitee. ... Grindcore, also known as grind, is an extreme metal and hardcore punk hybrid, most commonly associated with death metal and crust punk. ... Rotten Sound is a finnish grindcore band formed in 1993. ... Countries which had a version of Popstars Popstars is an international reality television program and a precursor to the Idol series. ... Jason Jones is the name of: Jason Jones (actor), Daily Show correspondent. ... This article is about the band. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ...

2006

Newly formed bands

Reformed Bands

• The Cult

The Cult is a British rock band. ...

Albums

• All That Remains - The Fall Of Ideals
• Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side
• Atreyu - A Death-Grip on Yesterday
• Audioslave - Revelations
• Behemoth - Demonica
• Black Label Society - Shot to Hell
• Blind Guardian - A Twist in the Myth
• Breaking Benjamin - Phobia
• Cannibal Corpse - Kill
• Celtic Frost - Monotheist
• Chevelle - Upheld Against the Court System
• Cradle of Filth - Thornography
• Decapitated - Organic Hallucinosis
• Def Leppard - Yeah!
• Dismember - The God That Never Was
• DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage
• Edguy - Rocket Ride
• Evergrey - Monday Morning Apocalypse
• Grave - As Rapture Comes
• HammerFall - Threshold
• Iron Maiden - A Matter of Life and Death
• In Flames - Come Clarity
• Killswitch Engage - As Daylight Dies
• Krisiun - AssassiNation
• Krux - II
• Lamb of God - Sacrament
• Lordi - The Arockalypse
• Mastodon - Call of the Mastodon, Blood Mountain
• Megadeth - United Abominations
• Moonspell - Memorial
• My Dying Bride - A Line of Deathless Kings
• Napalm Death - Smear Campaign
• Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime II
• Rhapsody of Fire - Triumph or Agony
• Runemagick - Invocation of Magick
• Sadus - Out for Blood
• Joe Satriani - Super Colossal
• Strapping Young Lad - The New Black
• Sepultura - Dante XXI
• Slayer - Christ Illusion
• Sodom - Sodom
• Sonata Arctica - For the Sake of Revenge
• Stone Sour - Come What(ever) May
• Stratovarius - Black Diamond: The Anthology
• Suffocation - Suffocation
• Terrorizer - Darker Days Ahead
• Tool - 10,000 Days
• Trivium - The Crusade
• Rob Zombie - Educated Horses