# 1994 in heavy metal music

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal music in the year 1994.

## Newly formed bands

* 20 Dead Flower Children
* 36 Crazyfists
* Abaddon Incarnate
* Abscess
* Abstrakt Algebra
* The Abyss
* Agoraphobic Nosebleed
* Amen
* Antaeus
* Aurora Borealis
* Behexen
* Blindside
* Blut Aus Nord
* Coalesce
* Colour Haze
* Corrupted
* Craft
* Creed
* Dark Fortress
* Deadguy
* Deströyer 666
* DGM
* Disillusion
* Dismal Euphony
* Disturbed (as Brawl)
* Dødheimsgard
* Draconian
* Edguy
* Ektomorf
* Empyrium
* Epoch Of Unlight
* Eternal Tears of Sorrow
* Evoken
* Flowing Tears
* Gluecifer
* Gov't Mule
* Graveworm
* Gravity Kills
* Guano Apes
* HammerFall
* Hatebreed
* Heavenly
* Hed PE
* The Hellacopters
* Hollenthon
* Hoobastank
* Horde
* Iron Monkey
* Kalisia
* Kampfar
* Knut
* Kobong
* Kronos
* Lacuna Coil
* Lake of Tears
* Lamb of God (as Burn the Priest)
* Limbonic Art
* Limp Bizkit
* Lost Horizon
* Lux Occulta
* Martyr
* Melechesh
* Mob Rules
* Moonspell
* Muse
* Mushroomhead
* Naer Mataron
* Nailbomb
* Necrophagist
* Negură Bunget
* Neuraxis
* Nightingale
* Nile
* Nothingface
* October Tide
* Officium Triste
* O.N.A.
* Page and Plant
* Portal
* Primordial
* Quo Vadis
* Ragnarok
* Rammstein
* Scarve
* Sevendust
* Siebenbürgen
* Six Feet Under
* Skylark
* Slash's Snakepit
* Spiritual Beggars
* Static-X
* Strapping Young Lad
* Stone Sour
* Suidakra
* Symphony X
* System of a Down
* Tenacious D
* Theatres des Vampires
* Throes of Dawn
* Thyrane
* Trail of Tears
* Transport League
* Ulver
* Vintersorg
* Virgin Black
* Windir

## Albums

* Accept – Death Row
* Acid Bath – When the Kite String Pops
* Acid King – Acid King (EP)
* Alice Cooper – The Last Temptation
* Alice in Chains – Jar of Flies
* Aggressor – Of Long Duration Anguish
* The Almighty – Crank
* Altar - Youth Against Christ
* Amorphis – Tales from the Thousand Lakes
* Ancient – Svartalvheim
* Annihilator – King of the Kill
* Arcturus – Constellation (EP)
* Asphyx - Asphyx
* At the Gates - Terminal Spirit Disease
* Bang Tango – Love After Death
* Bathory – Requiem
* Behemoth – And the Forests Dream Eternally (EP)
* Benediction - The Grotesque / Ashen Epitaph (EP)
* Bestial Warlust - Vengeance War Till Death
* Biohazard – State of the World Address
* Black Sabbath – Cross Purposes
* The Black Crowes – Amorica
* Body Count – Born Dead
* Bolt Thrower – ...For Victory
* Bon Jovi – Cross Road (comp.)
* Bruce Dickinson – Balls to Picasso
* Brutality - When the Sky Turns Black
* Brutal Truth - Need to Control
* Burzum – Hvis lyset tar oss
* Cannibal Corpse – The Bleeding
* Cathedral – Cosmic Requiem (EP)
* Cathedral – In Memorium (EP)
* Cathedral – Statik Majik (EP)
* Cemetary – Black Vanity
* Cinderella – Still Climbing
* Converge – Halo in a Haystack
* Corrosion of Conformity – Deliverance
* Cradle of Filth – The Principle of Evil Made Flesh
* Cryptopsy – Blasphemy Made Flesh
* The Cult – The Cult
* Dangerous Toys – Pissed
* Danzig – Danzig 4
* Dark Funeral – Dark Funeral (EP)
* Darkthrone – Transilvanian Hunger
* Deliverance – River Disturbance
* Destruction – Destruction (EP)
* Desultory - Bitterness
* Dio – Strange Highways (US release)
* DGeneration – DGeneration
* Downset. – downset.
* Dream Theater – Awake
* Edge of Sanity – Purgatory Afterglow
* Electric Wizard – Electric Wizard
* Elegy - Supremacy
* Emperor – In the Nightside Eclipse
* Enslaved – Frost
* Enslaved – Vikingligr Veldi
* Evil Wings - Evil Wings
* Fates Warning – Inside Out
* Freak Kitchen – Appetizer
* Forbidden – Distortion
* Fu Manchu – No One Rides for Free
* Gehenna – First Spell (EP)
* Gilby Clarke – Pawnshop Guitars
* Godflesh – Selfless
* Gorefest – Erase
* Gorgoroth – Pentagram
* Gotthard – Dial Hard
* Grave - Soulless
* Gwar – This Toilet Earth
* H-Blockx - Time to Move
* Helloween – Master of the Rings
* Helmet – Betty
* Hypocrisy – The Fourth Dimension
* Impaled Nazarene – Suomi Finland Perkele
* In Flames – Lunar Strain
* Incantation – Mortal Throne of Nazarene
* Infectious Grooves – Groove Family Cyco
* Killing Joke – Pandemonium
* King's X – Dogman
* Korn – Korn
* Korpse - Pull the Flood
* Kyuss – Welcome to Sky Valley
* L.A. Guns – Vicious Circle
* Lake of Tears – Greater Art
* Love/Hate – Lets Rumble
* Luciferion - Demonication (The Manifest)
* Tony MacAlpine – Premonition
* Machine Head – Burn My Eyes
* Madball – Set It Off
* Magnum – Rock Art
* Yngwie Malmsteen – The Seventh Sign
* Manic Eden – Manic Eden
* Marduk – Opus Nocturne
* Marilyn Manson – Portrait of an American Family
* Mayhem – De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
* Megadeth – Youthanasia
* Melvins – Stoner Witch
* Memento Mori – Life, Death, and Other Morbid Tales
* Mercyful Fate – Time
* Meshuggah – None (EP)
* Moonspell – Under the Moonspell (EP)
* Mortification - Blood World
* Mötley Crüe – Mötley Crüe
* My Dying Bride - I Am the Bloody Earth (EP)
* Nailbomb – Point Blank
* Napalm Death – Fear, Emptiness, Despair
* The New York Dolls – Rock'n Roll
* Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral
* Nirvana – MTV Unplugged in New York
* No One Is Innocent – No One Is Innocent
* Occult – Prepare to Meet Thy Doom
* Obituary – World Demise
* The Obsessed – The Church Within
* Oomph! – Sperm
* Overkill – W.F.O.
* Pantera – Far Beyond Driven
* Pearl Jam – Vitalogy
* Pentagram - Be Forewarned
* Pitchshifter – The Remix War (remix)
* Pride & Glory – Pride & Glory
* Pro-Pain – The Truth Hurts
* Prong – Cleansing
* Pungent Stench - Club Mondo Bizarre – For Members Only
* P.O.D. – Snuff the Punk
* Queensrÿche – Promised Land
* Rage – 10 Years in Rage (compilation)
* Ram Jam – Nouvel Album (also released under the name Thank You Mam in 1995)
* Rollins Band – Weight
* Ron Wasserman – Mighty Morphin Power Rangers the Album: A Rock Adventure (soundtrack)
* Rotting Christ – Non Serviam
* Running Wild – Black Hand Inn
* Samael – Ceremony of Opposites
* Satyricon – The Shadowthrone
* Savatage – Handful of Rain
* Senser – Stacked Up
* Sentenced - The Trooper (EP)
* Septicflesh - Mystic Places of Dawn
* Skyclad – Prince of the Poverty Line
* Slayer – Divine Intervention
* Sodom – Get What You Deserve
* Solitude Aeturnus – Through the Darkest Hour
* Solstice – Lamentations
* Soundgarden – Superunknown
* Stabbing Westward – Ungod
* Stone Temple Pilots – Purple
* Stratovarius – Dreamspace
* Suicidal Tendencies – Suicidal for Life
* Symphony X – Symphony X
* Tankard – Two-Faced
* Testament – Low
* Therapy? – Troublegum
* Threshold – Psychedelicatessen
* The 3rd and the Mortal – Sorrow (EP)
* The 3rd and the Mortal – Tears Laid in Earth
* Tiamat – Wildhoney
* Tuff – Fist First
* Urban Dance Squad – Persona Non Grata
* Vader – Sothis (EP)
* Vanden Plas – Colour Temple
* Various Artists – Nativity in Black (Black Sabbath tribute album)
* Vicious Rumors – Word of Mouth
* Whitesnake – Greatest Hits
* Widowmaker – Stand By for Pain

## Disbandments

* Atheist (reformed in 2006)
* Follow for Now
* Lost Horizon (then known as Highlander) (reformed in 1999)
* Metal Church (reformed in 1998)
* Nirvana

## Events

* Korn release their critically acclaimed self-titled debut album, which is generally considered the first ever "nu metal" album.
* Divine Intervention by Slayer peaks at Number 8 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, with 93,000 copies sold in its first week, and later that year was certified gold in Canada and United States.
* Nick Barker becomes the drummer for Cradle of Filth.
* Longtime Extreme drummer Paul Geary leaves the band is replaced by Michael Mangini.
* Testament release their sixth album Low. It is their first album recorded without original guitarist Alex Skolnick and drummer Louie Clemente, who both left the band a year before, and also their last with longtime bassist Greg Christian, who left two years later.
* Metallica, Danzig and Suicidal Tendencies embark on a U.S. tour together.
* Oomph! establish the rudiments of the Neue Deutsche Härte genre with their album Sperm.
* Vocalist Ralf Scheepers leaves Gamma Ray. He would later go on to form Primal Fear.