# 1999 in heavy metal music

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal music in the year 1999.

## Newly formed bands

* 3 Inches of Blood
* 10 Years
* A Life Once Lost
* A Perfect Circle
* Abaddon
* Aeon
* Amenra
* Anaal Nathrakh
* Andromeda
* The Angelic Process
* Arallu
* Arthemis
* The Autumn Offering
* Avantasia
* Avenged Sevenfold
* Becoming the Archetype
* Battlelore
* Blaze
* Beautiful Creatures
* Before the Dawn
* Beyond the Bridge
* Biomechanical
* Bleeding Through
* Blindead
* Blood Stain Child
* Bloodlined Calligraphy
* Breaking Benjamin
* Burning Point
* Burnt by the Sun
* Darkspace
* DragonForce (then DragonHeart)
* Dragonland
* Divinity Destroyed
* Dominia
* Dream Evil
* Dreamtale
* Earshot
* Enter Shikari
* Evile
* Falconer
* Five Pointe O
* For My Pain...
* Forgotten Tomb
* Grand Magus
* Halford
* Hour of Penance
* Kalmah
* Killswitch Engage
* The Kovenant
* Lamb of God (formed from Burn the Priest)
* Lifer (then Strangers with Candy)
* Lumsk
* Memorain
* Metalium
* Methods of Mayhem
* Metsatöll
* Mors Principium Est
* MullMuzzler
* Old Man Gloom
* Protest the Hero
* Psycroptic
* QueenAdreena (then Queen Adreena)
* Raintime
* The Red Chord
* Sargeist
* Sabaton
* Seether (as Saron Gas)
* Shade Empire
* Shadowkeep
* Sikth
* Silent Force
* Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
* Sunstorm
* Tomahawk
* Toxic Holocaust
* Trivium
* Ufomammut
* Voyager

## Reformed bands

* Armored Saint
* Destruction (Schmier's comeback)
* Lost Horizon (reformed as Highlander, name was changed soon after)
* Pungent Stench
* Rollins Band
* Skid Row
* White Lion

## Albums

* Aborted – The Purity of Perversion
* Agalloch – Pale Folklore
* Akercocke – Rape of the Bastard Nazarene
* Alabama Thunderpussy – River City Revival
* Alice Cooper – The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper (box set)
* Alice in Chains – Nothing Safe: Best of the Box (compilation)
* Alice in Chains – Music Bank (box set)
* Alien Ant Farm – Greatest Hits
* Anal Cunt - It Just Gets Worse
* American Head Charge – Trepanation
* Amon Amarth – The Avenger
* Amorphis – Tuonela (album)
* Anathema – Judgement
* Angelcorpse – The Inexorable
* Annihilator - Criteria for a Black Widow
* Anvil – Speed of Sound
* Arch Enemy – Burning Bridges
* Atari Teenage Riot – 60 Second Wipe Out
* Backyard Babies – Total 13
* Bal-Sagoth – The Power Cosmic
* Bang Tango – Greatest Tricks
* Bang Tango – Untied & Live
* Behemoth – Satanica
* Biohazard – New World Disorder
* Black Label Society – Sonic Brew
* Botch – We Are the Romans
* Broken Teeth – Broken Teeth
* Bruce Dickinson – Scream for Me Brazil (live)
* Buckcherry – Buckcherry (album)
* Burn the Priest – Burn the Priest
* Cannibal Corpse – Bloodthirst (album)
* Chevelle – Point #1
* Children of Bodom – Hatebreeder
* Chris Cornell – Euphoria Morning
* Cinderella – Live at the Key Club
* Coal Chamber – Chamber Music
* Control Denied – The Fragile Art of Existence
* Cradle of Filth – From the Cradle to Enslave (EP)
* Crazy Town – The Gift of Game
* The Crown – Hell is Here
* Dangerous Toys – Vitamins and Crash Helmets Tour – Greatest Hits Live
* Danzig – Danzig 6:66: Satan's Child
* Darkthrone – Ravishing Grimness
* Dark Tranquility – Projector
* Def Leppard – Euphoria
* Destruction – The Butcher Strikes Back (demo)
* Devourment - Molesting The Decapitated
* DGeneration – Through The Darkness
* The Dillinger Escape Plan – Calculating Infinity
* Dimmu Borgir – Spiritual Black Dimensions
* Dog Fashion Disco – The Embryo's in Bloom
* Dope – Felons and Revolutionaries
* Drain STH – Freaks of Nature
* Dream Theater – Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory
* Edguy – Theater of Salvation
* Emperor – IX Equilibrium
* Evergrey – Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy
* Eternal Tears of Sorrow – Vilda Mánnu
* Fall of the Leafe – August Wernicke
* Filter – Title of Record
* Finntroll – Midnattens Widunder
* Gamma Ray – Power Plant
* Godflesh – Us and Them
* God Forbid – Reject the Sickness
* Gilby Clarke – 99 Live
* Graveworm – As the Angels Reach the Beauty
* Grip Inc. – Solidify
* Gwar – We Kill Everything
* H.I.M. – Razorblade Romance
* Hate Eternal – Conquering the Throne
* Hypocrisy – Hypocrisy
* Immolation – Failures for Gods
* Immortal – At the Heart of Winter
* Incubus – Make Yourself
* In Flames – Colony
* Integrity – Integrity 2000
* Jetboy – Lost & Found
* Kamelot – The Fourth Legacy
* Katatonia – Tonight's Decision
* Keep of Kalessin – Agnen: A Journey Through the Dark
* Konkhra – Come Down Cold
* Korn – Issues
* Kreator – Endorama
* Lacrimosa – Elodia
* Lacuna Coil – In a Reverie
* L.A. Guns – Greatest Hits and Black Beauties
* L.A. Guns – Shrinking Violet
* Lefay – Symphony of the Damned, Re-symphonised (re-recording)
* Lefay – The Seventh Seal
* Limp Bizkit – Significant Other
* Lock Up – Pleasures Pave Sewers
* Love/Hate – Let's Eat
* Tony MacAlpine – Master of Paradise
* Machine Head – The Burning Red
* Yngwie Malmsteen – Alchemy
* Marduk – Panzer Division Marduk
* Marilyn Manson – The Last Tour on Earth (live)
* Mass Hysteria – Contraddiction
* Mercyful Fate – 9
* Megadeth – Risk
* Metal Church – Masterpeace
* Metallica – S&M (live)
* Metalium – Millennium Metal – Chapter One
* Ministry – Dark Side of the Spoon
* Mr. Bungle – California
* Moonspell – The Butterfly Effect
* Morgion – Solinari
* Mortician – Chainsaw Dismemberment
* Mortification – Hammer of God
* Mötley Crüe – Supersonic and Demonic Relics
* Motörhead – Everything Louder Than Everyone Else (live)
* Mushroomhead – M3
* My Dying Bride – The Light at the End of the World
* Napalm Death – Words from the Exit Wound
* Necrophobic – The Third Antichrist
* Neurosis – Times of Grace
* New American Shame – New American Shame
* Nevermore – Dreaming Neon Black
* Nine Inch Nails – The Fragile
* Novembers Doom – Of Sculptured Ivy and Stone Flowers
* Occult – Of Flesh and Blood
* Oomph! – Plastik
* Opeth – Still Life
* Orchid – Chaos Is Me
* Overkill – Necroshine
* Pain – Rebirth
* Pessimist – Blood for the Gods
* Pentagram – Review Your Choices
* Pig Destroyer – Pig Destroyer / Gnob (split EP)
* Pitchshifter – Un-United Kingdom (EP)
* P.O.D. – The Fundamental Elements of Southtown
* Poison the Well – The Opposite of December
* Powerman 5000 – Tonight the Stars Revolt!
* Pretty Boy Floyd – Porn Stars (album)
* Primal Fear – Jaws of Death
* Primus – Antipop
* Pro-Pain – Act of God
* Queensrÿche – Q2K
* Quiet Riot – Alive and Well
* Rage – Ghosts
* Rage Against the Machine – The Battle of Los Angeles
* Rammstein – Live Aus Berlin (live)
* Ratt – Ratt
* Reveille – Laced
* Rotting Christ – Sleep of the Angels
* Samael – Eternal
* Satyricon – Rebel Extravaganza
* Scorpions – Eye II Eye
* Sebastian Bach – Bring 'Em Bach Alive!
* Septicflesh – Revolution DNA
* Serial Joe – Face Down
* Sevendust – Home
* Shootyz Groove – High Definition
* Sinergy – Beware the Heavens
* Six Feet Under – Maximum Violence
* Skinlab – Disembody: The New Flesh
* Slaughter – Back to Reality
* Slipknot – Slipknot
* Sodom – Code Red
* Solefald – Neonism
* Sonata Arctica – Ecliptica
* Staind – Dysfunction
* Static-X – Wisconsin Death Trip
* Steve Vai – The Ultra Zone
* Stone Temple Pilots – No. 4
* Stratovarius – The Chosen Ones (compilation)
* Suicidal Tendencies – Freedumb
* Summoning – Stronghold
* Testament – The Gathering
* The Black Halos – The Black Halos
* Therapy? – Suicide Pact – You First
* Therion – Crowning of Atlantis
* Throwdown – Beyond Repair
* Tristania – Beyond the Veil
* Type O Negative – World Coming Down
* Underoath – Act of Depression
* uneXpect – Utopia
* Vintersorg – Ödemarkens son
* Virgin Steele – The House of Atreus Act I
* Vision of Disorder – For the Bleeders
* Warrant – Greatest & Latest
* W.A.S.P. – Helldorado
* White Skull – Tales From The North
* Will Haven – WHVN
* Zao – Liberate Te Ex Inferis

## Disbandments

* Death
* Far (reformed in 2008)
* Mercyful Fate- on hiatus

## Events

* Drummer Tommy Lee leaves Mötley Crüe.
* Ex-drummer of Megadeth Gar Samuelson dies at age 41 from liver failure.
* Singer Blaze Bayley leaves Iron Maiden, while Bruce Dickinson and guitarist Adrian Smith re-join.
* Kittie bassist Tanya Candler quits. She is later replaced by Talena Atfield.
* ICS Vortex joins Dimmu Borgir on bass/backing vocals. Drummer Nicholas Barker leaves Cradle of Filth and joins as well.
* Singer Naoki Hashimoto left Outrage.
* Mudvayne signs with Epic Records.
* Poison appear in an episode of Behind the Music.
| Preceded by1998 | Heavy Metal Timeline 1999 | Succeeded by2000 |