2004 in heavy metal music
This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2004.
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Newly formed bands
Reformed bands
- Extreme (for a few shows)
- Glyder
- Megadeth
- Mötley Crüe
Albums
- 3 Inches of Blood – Advance and Vanquish
- 36 Crazyfists – A Snow Capped Romance
- The Acacia Strain – 3750
- Aerosmith – Honkin' on Bobo
- After Forever – Invisible Circles
- Age of Silence – Acceleration
- Alabama Thunderpussy – Fulton Hill
- All That Remains - This Darkened Heart
- Alter Bridge – One Day Remains
- Amon Amarth – Fate of Norns
- Angra – Temple of Shadows
- Atreyu - The Curse
- Ayreon – The Human Equation
- Behemoth – Demigod
- Beseech – Drama
- Black Label Society – Hangover Music Vol. VI
- Bon Jovi – 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong (box set)
- Breaking Benjamin – We Are Not Alone
- Cannibal Corpse – The Wretched Spawn
- The Chariot – Everything Is Alive, Everything Is Breathing, Nothing Is Dead, and Nothing Is Bleeding
- Chevelle – This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In)
- Cradle of Filth – Nymphetamine
- Damageplan – New Found Power
- Danzig – Circle of Snakes
- Decapitated – The Negation
- Def Leppard – Best of Def Leppard (compilation)
- Demon Hunter – Summer of Darkness
- The Dillinger Escape Plan – Miss Machine
- Dio – Master of the Moon
- Dokken – Hell to Pay
- Downset. – Universal
- DragonForce – Sonic Firestorm
- Dream Evil – The Book of Heavy Metal
- Dream Theater – Live at Budokan (live)
- Drowning Pool – Desensitized
- Edguy – Hellfire Club
- Electric Wizard – We Live
- Enslaved - Isa
- Europe – Start from the Dark
- Exodus – Tempo of the Damned
- Fates Warning – FWX
- Fear Factory – Archetype
- Finntroll – Nattfödd
- God Forbid – Gone Forever
- Grip Inc. – Incorporated
- Gwar – War Party
- Heaven Shall Burn – Antigone
- Iced Earth – The Glorious Burden
- In Flames – Soundtrack to Your Escape
- Isis – Panopticon
- Jag Panzer – Casting the Stones
- Killswitch Engage – The End of Heartache
- Kittie – Until the End
- Kill the Noize – Play with the Devil
- Lamb of God – Ashes of the Wake
- Lordi – The Monsterican Dream
- Marilyn Manson – Lest We Forget: The Best Of (compilation)
- Marduk - Plague Angel
- Mastodon – Leviathan
- Mayhem – Chimera
- Megadeth – The System Has Failed
- Mercenary – 11 Dreams
- Metal Church – The Weight of the World
- Metalium – As One – Chapter Four
- Ministry – Houses of the Molé
- Monster Magnet – Monolithic Baby!
- Motörhead – Inferno
- My Dying Bride – Songs of Darkness, Words of Light
- Necrophagist – Epitaph
- Neurosis – The Eye of Every Storm
- Nightwish – Once
- No-Big-Silence – Kuidas kuningas kuu peale kippus
- Oomph! – Wahrheit oder Pflicht
- Otep – House of Secrets
- Papa Roach – Getting Away with Murder
- Pentagram - Show 'Em How
- Pig Destroyer – Painter of Dead Girls (compilation)
- Pig Destroyer – Terrifyer
- Power Quest – Neverworld
- Primal Fear – Devil's Ground
- Pro-Pain – Fistful of Hate
- Probot – Probot
- Rammstein – Reise, Reise
- Raunchy – Confusion Bay
- Rhapsody – Symphony of Enchanted Lands II – The Dark Secret
- Rotting Christ - Sanctus Diavolos
- Saxon – Lionheart
- Senses Fail – Let It Enfold You
- Scarve – Irradiant
- Scorpions – Unbreakable
- Shadows Fall – The War Within
- Slipknot – Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
- Sonata Arctica – Reckoning Night
- Static-X – Beneath... Between... Beyond... (compilation)
- Stryper – 7 Weeks: Live in America, 2003 (live)
- Terror – One with the Underdogs
- The Crest – Vain City Chronicles
- Therion - Lemuria
- Therion - Sirius B
- U.D.O. – Thunderball
- Underoath – They're Only Chasing Safety
- Unearth – The Oncoming Storm
- Vader – The Beast
- Van Halen – The Best of Both Worlds (compilation)
- Velvet Revolver – Contraband
- Vintersorg – The Focusing Blur
- Visions of Atlantis – Cast Away
- WarCry – Alea Jacta Est
- Winds – The Imaginary Direction of Time
- Wintersun – Wintersun
- Within Temptation – The Silent Force
- Xandria – Ravenheart
Disbandments
- Bathory
- Damageplan
- Nothingface (reformed in 2005)
- Prayer for Cleansing
- SugarComa
- Windir
Events
- Terje Bakken of Windir dies from hypothermia on his way to his grandparents which resulted in Windir disbanding.[1]
- Brian Welch leaves Korn after converting to Christianity.[2][3][4][5]
- Damageplan and former Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell is murdered on stage while performing at a nightclub in Ohio on 8 December.[6][7][8]
- Bassist Tim Gaines leaves Stryper after 10 complete years. He is replaced by Tracy Ferrie.
- Body Count rhythm guitarist D-Roc dies from lymphoma at the age of 45.[9]
- Jason Jones, originally a tattoo artist from Los Angeles, California, was publicly announced as Drowning Pool's new lead singer and joined them on the album Desensitized.
- Supergroup Velvet Revolver releases their debut album Contraband which debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and goes double platinum.[10]
- After an eight-year hiatus, Extreme briefly returns for a short tour and a few concerts in Japan.
- Van Halen reunites with Sammy Hagar for a summer tour.
- Anal Cunt vocalist Seth Putnam slips into a coma after consuming a large amount of drugs.
- Aerosmith returns to a raw hard rock sound with their blues cover album Honkin' on Bobo
- Terry Balsamo leaves Cold and joins Evanescence as their new guitarist.
- Guitarist Lisa Marx joins Kittie as a session member, replacing Jeff Phillips.
- Nasum guitarist/vocalist Mieszko Talarczyk dies as a result of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (although his body was not identified until 17 February the following year). Consequently, Nasum would later disband.
- Maniac leaves Mayhem and is replaced by the band's former singer, Attila Csihar.
- After more than 10 years of long break, Europe release the new album titled Start from the Dark with their classic line up consist of Joey Tempest-Vocals, John Norum-Guitars, Mic Michaeli-Keyboards, John Levén-Bass, Ian Haugland-Drums. Guitarist Kee Marcello is back to his old band – Easy Action.
- Ace Thomas "Quorthon" Forsberg, founder of the Black/Viking metal band Bathory dies, at the age of 38.
- Dave Mustaine reforms Megadeth with 3 session musicians, former and original Megadeth guitarist Chris Poland, bassist Jimmie Lee Sloas and drummer Vinnie Colaiuta to record The System Has Failed, then tour the album with full-time members Glen Drover on guitar, James MacDonough on bass and Shawn Drover on drums.
- Ex-Judas Priest drummer Dave Holland is sentenced to eight years in prison for attempted rape against a then 17-year-old boy.
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Heavy Metal Timeline 2004 |
Succeeded by 2005 |
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References
- http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=7250
- Brian stated that he ended up walking away from a 23 million dollar recording contract which was a very difficult decision for him at the time. NewReleaseTuesday.com Interview with Brian
- Brian 'Head' Welch Leaves Korn, Citing Moral Objections To Band's Music. mtv.com
- Brian Welch Explains Why He Walked Away. cbn.com
- "Audio Lounge – Live Radio Streaming, Internet Radio, Audio Downloads & Podcasting". Hope 103.2. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
- "Former Friend: Gunman Obsessed With Pantera". Associated Press. 8 December 2004. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
- Ratliff, Ben (10 December 2004). "Darrell Abbott, 38, a Guitarist Featured in Heavy-Metal Bands, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
- Chris Arnold; James Niggemeyer (2007). A Vulgar Display of Power: Courage and Carnage at the Alrosa Villa. MJS Music & Entertainment. p. 244. ISBN 978-0-9762917-7-0.
- Devenish, Colin (19 August 2004). "Body Count Guitarist Dead". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 24 August 2007.
- "Velvet Revolver Album Charts". Allmusic. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
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