2005 in heavy metal music
This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2005.
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Newly formed bands
- A Band Called Pain
- The Agonist (as The Tempest)
- Ava Inferi
- Avatar
- Beyond Fear[1]
- Blackguard
- Bleed The Sky
- Born of Osiris
- Bourbon Crow
- Carnifex
- Chrome Division
- Cronian
- The Devil Wears Prada
- Divine Heresy
- Eluveitie
- Five Finger Death Punch
- Genghis Tron
- Ihsahn
- In This Moment
- Ithilien
- Motionless in White[2]
- myGRAIN
- Scale the Summit
- Stream of Passion
- Sturm und Drang
- Suicide Silence
- Threat Signal
- Ulcerate
- We Came as Romans
Reformed bands
Disbanded bands
Albums released
January
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Kreator | Enemy of God |
| 24 | Dark Tranquillity | Character |
| Sturmgeist | Meister Mephisto | |
| 31 | Runemagick | Envenom |
| 31 | Masterplan | Aeronautics |
February
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | High on Fire | Blessed Black Wings |
| Mötley Crüe | Red, White & Crüe (Compilation) | |
| WarCry | ¿Dónde Está La Luz? | |
| 5 | Immolation | Harnessing Ruin |
| 7 | Primordial | The Gathering Wilderness |
| Scar Symmetry | Symmetric in Design | |
| 17 | Lordi | The Monster Show |
| 28 | Soilwork | Stabbing the Drama |
March
| Day | Artist | Album |
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| 1 | Judas Priest | Angel of Retribution |
| 4 | HammerFall | Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken |
| 8 | Black Label Society | Mafia |
| Into the Moat | The Design | |
| Winter Solstice | The Fall of Rome | |
| 15 | Kamelot | The Black Halo |
| Origin | Echoes of Decimation | |
| Trivium | Ascendancy | |
| 16 | Mournful Congregation | The Monad of Creation |
| 21 | Queens of the Stone Age | Lullabies to Paralyze |
| 22 | Overkill | ReliXIV |
| Strapping Young Lad | Alien | |
| 23 | Galneryus | Advance to the Fall |
| 29 | Mourning Beloveth | A Murderous Circus |
| Theory of a Deadman | Gasoline | |
April
| Day | Artist | Album |
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| 5 | Despised Icon | The Healing Process |
| Graveworm | (N)utopia | |
| 12 | Cog | The New Normal |
| Mudvayne | Lost and Found | |
| 17 | Aborted | The Archaic Abattoir |
| 21 | Epica | Consign to Oblivion |
| 25 | Metalium | Demons of Insanity – Chapter Five |
| Napalm Death | The Code Is Red...Long Live the Code | |
May
June
| Day | Artist | Album |
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| 7 | Avenged Sevenfold | City of Evil |
| Dream Theater | Octavarium | |
| 10 | Stick to Your Guns | For What It's Worth |
| 14 | As I Lay Dying | Shadows Are Security |
| Static-X | Start a War | |
| 19 | Winds of Plague | A Cold Day in Hell |
| 21 | Clutch | Robot Hive/Exodus |
| 27 | Hate Eternal | I, Monarch |
| 28 | DevilDriver | The Fury of Our Maker's Hand |
| Throwdown | Vendetta | |
July
August
| Day | Artist | Album |
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| 3 | Protest the Hero | Kezia |
| 4 | Black Label Society | Kings of Damnation 98–04 |
| 9 | Chimaira | Chimaira |
| 16 | Stryper | Reborn |
| 22 | Destruction | Inventor of Evil |
| Fear Factory | Transgression | |
| 23 | Every Time I Die | Gutter Phenomenon |
| 24 | Sonata Arctica | The End of This Chapter (Compilation) |
| 29 | Opeth | Ghost Reveries |
| 30 | Gorefest | La Muerte |
September
| Day | Artist | Album |
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| 5 | Beseech | Sunless Days |
| Hypocrisy | Virus | |
| Stratovarius | Stratovarius | |
| 6 | Ion Dissonance | Solace |
| 8 | After Forever | Remagine |
| 12 | Hortus Animae | The Blow Of Furious Winds |
| Parkway Drive | Killing with a Smile | |
| 14 | Children of Bodom | Are You Dead Yet? |
| 20 | Bon Jovi | Have a Nice Day |
| Disturbed | Ten Thousand Fists | |
| God Forbid | IV: Constitution of Treason | |
| 27 | Gojira | From Mars to Sirius |
October
| Day | Artist | Album |
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| 3 | Bullet for My Valentine | The Poison (UK Release) |
| 4 | Deftones | B-Sides & Rarities |
| Exodus | Shovel Headed Kill Machine | |
| Soulfly | Dark Ages | |
| 11 | Early Man | Closing In |
| Roadrunner United | Roadrunner United | |
| Sevendust | Next | |
| 18 | Cryptopsy | Once Was Not |
| Fireball Ministry | Their Rock Is Not Our Rock | |
| Priestess | Hello Master | |
| Solefald | An Icelandic Odyssey | |
| 24 | Stream of Passion | Embrace the Storm |
| 25 | Through the Eyes of the Dead | Bloodlust |
| 28 | Rammstein | Rosenrot |
| Spectre Dragon | Beyond Creation | |
| 31 | Helloween | Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy |
November
| Day | Artist | Album |
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| 1 | Deep Purple | Rapture of the Deep |
| 7 | Power Quest | Magic Never Dies |
| 8 | Elfonía | This Sonic Landscape |
| 11 | Devourment | Butcher the Weak |
| Dimmu Borgir | Stormblåst MMV | |
| 14 | Bolt Thrower | Those Once Loyal |
| 19 | Darkspace | Dark Space II |
| 22 | System of a Down | Hypnotize |
| 28 | Sacrificium | Escaping the Stupor |
| 29 | The Darkness | One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back |
December
| Day | Artist | Album |
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| 6 | Job for a Cowboy | Doom |
| Korn | See You on the Other Side | |
| 16 | Faith | Sorg |
| 20 | Whispering Gallery | Shades of Sorrow |
Events
- Korn guitarist Brian "Head" Welch leaves the band.
- Soilwork guitarist Peter Wichers leaves the band in late December after playing in the band for ten years to concentrate on record producing.
- 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.
- 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.
- Visions of Atlantis lead vocalist Nicole Bogner quits and is replaced by ex-Aesma Daeva vocalist, Melissa Ferlaak. Guitarist Werner Fielder quits and is replaced by Wolfgang Koch.[3]
- Kittie bassist Jennifer Arroyo quits and is replaced by Trish Doan. Session guitarist Lisa Marx quits and is replaced by Tara McLeod
- Hellhammer becomes Dimmu Borgir's new drummer.
- Former Metal Church singer David Wayne dies at age 47.
- Denis "Piggy" D'Amour of Voivod dies.
- American Head Charge guitarist Bryan Ottoson dies at 27.
- Motörhead picked up their first Grammy in the awards of 2005 in the Best Metal Performance category for their cover of Metallica's "Whiplash" on Metallic Attack: The Ultimate Tribute
- Sentenced members announce their break-up and the release of their very last album The Funeral Album. On October 1, they play and record their final show Buried Alive (released on 2006) on their hometown Oulu, Finland.
- Dave Mustaine, frontman of Megadeth puts together music festival Gigantour for the first time.
gollark: Wow, *someone* hasn't heard of the Intel Management Engine.
gollark: (memory fragmentation isn't real)
gollark: Wow, this is very ethical code.
gollark: Oh, like the helloboi state machine?
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See also
References
- "Beyond Fear". www.metal-archives.com. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- "Interview with Motionless In White: Growing Creatures | The Aquarian". www.theaquarian.com. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- "VISIONS OF ATLANTIS: 'Delta' Track Listing Revealed – Dec. 24, 2010". December 24, 2010. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
| Preceded by 2004 |
Heavy Metal Timeline 2005 |
Succeeded by 2006 |
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