# 1995 in heavy metal music

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal music in the year 1995.

## Newly formed bands

* Aborted
* After Forever
* Agalloch
* Agathodaimon
* Aghora
* Angelcorpse
* Arch Enemy
* Astarte
* Autumn
* Ayreon
* Azaghal
* A.C.T
* The Berzerker
* The Blood Divine
* Bongzilla
* Borknagar
* Buckcherry
* Carnival in Coal
* Catamenia
* Cave In
* Chevelle
* Chthonic
* Church of Misery
* Cipher System
* Coheed and Cambria
* Crazy Town
* Dahmer
* Darkest Hour
* Darzamat
* Devourment
* Diablo
* Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
* Dimension Zero
* Disembodied
* Dog Fashion Disco
* Dry Kill Logic
* Ensiferum
* Entwine
* Evergrey
* Evanescence
* Forest Stream
* The Fucking Champs
* Godsmack
* Greenmachine
* Grinspoon
* GZR
* Handsome
* Hate Forest
* I Shalt Become
* Impaled
* In Extremo
* Iron Fire
* Kraljevski Apartman
* Krieg
* Macbeth
* Månegarm
* Melechesh
* Metalucifer
* Moonsorrow
* Morning Again
* Motograter
* Nickelback
* Night in Gales
* Nortt
* One Minute Silence
* Orange Goblin
* Otyg
* Reverend Bizarre
* Secrets of the Moon
* Shadows Fall
* Shai Hulud
* Silencer
* Silent Stream of Godless Elegy
* Silentium
* Skyfire
* Skyforger
* Slipknot
* Snot
* Soilwork
* Solefald
* Sólstafir
* Sonata Arctica
* Staind
* Ten
* Thy Serpent
* Thyrfing
* Tristania
* Triumphator
* Tuatha de Danann
* Vanishing Point
* Virgin Black
* Will Haven
* Wolf
* Wolverine
* Xasthur

## Albums

* 24-7 Spyz – Temporarily Disconnected
* AC/DC – Ballbreaker
* Alice Cooper – Classicks
* Alice in Chains – Alice in Chains
* Amorphis - Black Winter Day (EP)
* Anathema – The Silent Enigma
* Anathema - Pentecost III (EP)
* Anal Cunt -Top 40 Hits
* Anthrax – Stomp 442
* At the Gates – Slaughter of the Soul
* Ayreon – The Final Experiment
* Bad Brains – God of Love
* Bal-Sagoth – A Black Moon Broods Over Lemuria
* Behemoth – Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic)
* Belphegor – The Last Supper
* Benediction - The Dreams You Dread
* Beowülf – 2 Cents
* Bestial Warlust - Blood & Valour
* Black Sabbath – Cross Purposes Live (live box set)
* Black Sabbath – Forbidden
* Blind Guardian – Imaginations from the Other Side
* Bruce Dickinson – Alive in Studio A (live)
* Brujería - Raza Odiada
* Cancer - Black Faith
* Carcass – Swansong
* Cathedral – The Carnival Bizarre
* Clawfinger – Use Your Brain
* Comecon - Fable Frolic
* Craig Goldy - Better Late Than Never
* Crematory – Illusions
* Crowbar – Time Heals Nothing
* The Crown - The Burning (as Crown of Thorns)
* Cruachan – Tuatha na Gael
* D-A-D – Good Clean Family Entertainment You Can Trust
* Damaged - Passive Backseat Demon Engines (EP)
* Dangerous Toys – The Rtist 4merly Known As Dangerous Toys
* Dark Avenger – Dark Avenger
* Dark Tranquillity – The Gallery
* Darkthrone – Panzerfaust
* Dawn - Nær Solen Gar Niþer For Evogher
* Death – Symbolic
* Deceased - The Blueprints for Madness
* Def Leppard – Vault Greatest Hits 1980–1995 (compilation)
* Deftones – Adrenaline
* Deeds Of Flesh - Gradually Melted (EP)
* Deicide – Once upon the Cross
* Deliverance – Camelot in Smithereens
* Dimmu Borgir – For all tid
* Dismember – Massive Killing Capacity
* Dismember – Casket Garden (EP)
* Dissection – Storm of the Light's Bane
* Dokken – Dysfunctional
* Down – NOLA
* Dream Theater – A Change of Seasons (EP)
* Earth Crisis – Destroy the Machines
* Edguy – Savage Poetry
* Excel – Seeking Refuge
* Extreme – Waiting for the Punchline
* FireHouse – 3 (FireHouse album)
* Faith No More – King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime
* Fear Factory – Demanufacture
* Fight – A Small Deadly Space
* Flotsam and Jetsam – Drift
* Forced Entry – The Shore (EP)
* Fu Manchu – Daredevil
* Funeral – Tragedies
* Gamma Ray – Land of the Free
* The Gathering - Mandylion
* Ghostorm - Frozen in Fire
* Grave Digger - Heart of Darkness
* Grip Inc. – The Power of Inner Strength
* Gwar – Ragnarök
* Helmet – Born Annoying
* Helstar – Multiples of Black
* Iced Earth – Burnt Offerings
* Illdisposed - Submit
* Immortal – Battles in the North
* In Flames – Subterranean (EP)
* Incubus – Fungus Amongus
* Integrity – Systems Overload
* Iron Maiden – The X Factor
* Joe Satriani – Joe Satriani
* Kamelot – Eternity
* Kataklysm - Sorcery
* Katatonia - For Funerals to Come... (EP)
* Kix – Show Business
* King Diamond – The Spider's Lullabye
* Konkhra – Spit or Swallow
* Krabathor - Lies
* Krabathor - The Rise of Brutality (EP)
* Kreator – Cause for Conflict
* Krisiun – Black Force Domain
* Kyuss – ...And the Circus Leaves Town
* Lacrimosa – Inferno
* Lord Belial – Kiss the Goat
* Love/Hate – Im Not Happy
* Mad Season – Above
* Malevolent Creation – Eternal
* Marilyn Manson – Smells Like Children (EP)
* Megadeth – Hidden Treasures (EP)
* Meshuggah – Destroy Erase Improve
* Metal Massacre - Metal Massacre XII (Compilation, various artists)
* Mindrot - Dawning
* Mindrot - Forlorn (EP)
* Monster Magnet – Dopes to Infinity
* Moonspell – Wolfheart
* Morbid Angel – Domination
* Morgana Lefay – Sanctified
* Mortician - House by the Cemetery (EP)
* Mortification - Primitive Rhythm Machine
* Motörhead – Sacrifice
* Mr. Bungle – Disco Volante
* My Dying Bride – The Angel and the Dark River
* Naglfar - Vittra
* Necrophagist – Necrophagist (demo)
* Nembrionic - Psycho One Hundred
* Nevermore – Nevermore
* Night in Gales - Sylphlike (EP)
* Nightfall – Athenian Echoes
* Ningen Isu – Odoru Issunboushi
* Nothingface – Nothingface
* Novembers Doom - Amid Its Hallowed Mirth
* On Thorns I Lay - Sounds of Beautiful Experience
* Oomph! – Defekt
* Opeth – Orchid
* Orphanage - Oblivion
* Ozzy Osbourne – Ozzmosis
* Paradise Lost – Draconian Times
* Pessimist - Absence of Light (EP)
* Powerman 5000 – The Blood-Splat Rating System
* Primus - Tales from the Punchbowl
* Quiet Riot – Down to the Bone
* Rage – Black in Mind
* Rainbow – Stranger in Us All
* Rammstein – Herzeleid
* RAMP - Intersection
* Red Hot Chili Peppers – One Hot Minute
* Riot - The Brethren of the Long House
* Roxx Gang – The Voodoo You Love
* Running Wild – Masquerade
* Saint Vitus – Die Healing
* Samael - Rebellion (EP)
* Savatage – Dead Winter Dead
* Savatage – Japan Live '94 (live)
* Savatage – Ghost in the Ruins – A Tribute to Criss Oliva (live)
* Saxon – Dogs of War
* Sentenced – Amok
* Sentenced – Love & Death (EP)
* Septicflesh – Esoptron
* Sinister - Hate
* Six Feet Under - Haunted
* Skepticism - Stormcrowfleet
* Skid Row – Subhuman Race
* Skyclad – The Silent Whales of Lunar Sea
* Slash's Snakepit – It's Five O'Clock Somewhere (album)
* Slaughter – Fear No Evil
* Sodom – Masquerade in Blood
* Strapping Young Lad – Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing
* Stratovarius – Fourth Dimension
* Stuck Mojo – Snappin' Necks
* Suffocation - Pierced from Within
* Sugar Ray – Lemonade and Brownies
* Summoning – Lugburz
* Summoning – Minas Morgul
* Symphony X – The Damnation Game
* Tad Morose – Sender of Thoughts
* Tankard – The Tankard
* Theatre of Tragedy – Theatre of Tragedy
* Therapy? – Infernal Love
* Therion - Lepaca Kliffoth
* The 3rd and the Mortal – Nightswan (EP)
* Tony MacAlpine – Evolution
* Trouble – Plastic Green Head
* Tuff – Religious Fix
* Unanimated - Ancient God of Evil
* Uncle Slam – When God Dies
* Unleashed – Victory
* Uriah Heep - Sea of Light
* Steve Vai – Alien Love Secrets (EP)
* Vader – De Profundis
* Van Halen – Balance
* Vince Neil – Carved in Stone
* Virgin Black – Virgin Black (demo)
* Virgin Steele - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Part I
* Vital Remains – Into Cold Darkness
* Voivod – Negatron
* W.A.S.P. – Still Not Black Enough
* Warrant – Ultraphobic
* Warrior Soul – The Space Age Playboys
* White Zombie – Astro-Creep: 2000
* Y&T – Musically Incorrect
* Yngwie Malmsteen – Magnum Opus

## Disbandments

* Accept
* Beowülf
* Child's Play
* The Cult
* Excel
* Kyuss (in October)
* Living Colour
* Pungent Stench
* Saint Vitus
* Suicidal Tendencies
* Uncle Slam

## Events

* Motörhead's guitarist Michael "Würzel" Burston leaves the band.
* Ingo Schwichtenberg of Helloween dies.
* Necrophagist's guitarist Jan-Paul Herm and drummer Raphael Kempermann leave the band. Kempermann is replaced by Daniel Silva.
* S.O.B.'s vocalist Tottsuan commits suicide by jumping onto railroad tracks.
* Ralf Scheepers leaving Gamma Ray year earlier, Kai Hansen goes on lead vocals. First time since his 1985 debut album Walls of Jericho.
* Matt Holt joins Nothingface, replacing David Gabbard as singer.
| Preceded by1994 | Heavy Metal Timeline 1995 | Succeeded by1996 |