# 2024 in heavy metal music

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2024.

## Bands disbanded

* Amen
* Botch
* Destrage
* Issues
* Jane's Addiction (indefinite hiatus)
* Misery Signals
* Monuments (indefinite hiatus)
* Mr. Big
* Rage Against the Machine
* Solution .45
* Twelve Foot Ninja
* UFO
* Veil of Maya (hiatus)

## Bands reformed

* Absu
* Acid Bath
* All Shall Perish
* Coalesce (one-off)
* Crossfade
* Horse the Band
* Kylesa
* Linkin Park
* Mnemic
* Nachtmystium
* Nailbomb
* Nevermore
* Slayer
* The Sword
* Xerath

## Events

* On January 5, Grave announced the departure of long-time members bassist Tobias Cristiansson and guitarist Mika Lagrén, putting the band's 2024 live activities on hold.
* On January 13, 3 Inches of Blood performed their first show in nine years at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver.
* On January 16, Mercyful Fate announced the band was parting ways with bassist Joey Vera. He was replaced by Becky Baldwin, who had previously filled in for Vera during the band's 2022 tour.
* In January, Issues embarked on a six-show farewell tour after a three-year hiatus without vocalist Tyler Carter, who was fired from the band for multiple accusations of grooming and sexual misconduct.
* On February 1, Lynch Mob began what was announced as a year-and-a-half long farewell tour, titled The Final Ride, in Warrendale, Pennsylvania.
* On February 5, founding member Phil Demmel announced his departure from Vio-lence.
* On February 5, after years of rumors and speculation since Slayer's split, Kerry King unveiled details about his solo project.
* On February 11, Kingdom Come announced they were parting ways with frontman Keith St. John and replacing him with Ezekiel "Zeke" Kaplan. The band also revealed that Matt Muckle would be replacing original drummer James Kottak, who had died the month before.
* On March 1, Sepultura began what was announced as a year-and-a-half long farewell tour in celebration of their 40th anniversary, titled "Celebrating Life Through Death", at the Arena Hall in Belo Horizonte. Three days before the tour started, it was announced that longtime drummer Eloy Casagrande had abruptly quit the band as early as February 6, being replaced by Suicidal Tendencies' Greyson Nekrutman.
* On March 27, Skid Row announced the band was parting ways with vocalist Erik Grönwall, due to his health issues. Lzzy Hale of Halestorm filled in for him for four shows.
* On April 2, Misery Signals announced the band will break-up after a final tour, titled "The Blood Is Forever, Love Is Forever Farewell Tour", which will feature the band's current and former vocalists.
* On April 21, Ozzy Osbourne was officially announced among the 2024 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
* On April 30, after months of speculation, Slipknot officially confirmed Eloy Casagrande (formerly of Sepultura) as their new drummer.
* On June 6, Power Trip played their first show since original frontman Riley Gale's death in 2020 at The Glass House in Pomona, California, with Seth Gilmore taking over on vocals.
* On July 19, Chimaira performed at the 2024 Inkcarceration Fest, their first festival concert in 14 years.
* On July 20, the Klash of the Ruhrpott festival took place at the Amphitheater Gelsenkirchen in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. For the first time, the "Big Teutonic Four" — Kreator, Sodom, Destruction, and Tankard — performed on the same stage. However, Kreator, who were the headlining act, had their set cut short after 10 songs due to a severe weather warning, which was followed by a thunderstorm.
* On August 18, longtime Dimmu Borgir guitarist Galder announced his departure from the band so he could focus more on his own band, Old Man's Child.
* On September 3, longtime DevilDriver guitarist Mike Spreitzer announced his departure from the band.
* On September 5, after a seven-year hiatus, Linkin Park announced a new album, new lineup and plans to tour this year, with vocalist Emily Armstrong replacing the late Chester Bennington and drummer Colin Brittain replacing Rob Bourdon.
* On September 13, Jane's Addiction had a major onstage incident during their concert at the Leader Bank Pavilion in Boston as part of the 2024 North American tour with the reunited original line-up. Lead singer Perry Farrell and guitarist Dave Navarro engaged in an altercation after Farrell shoved and punched Navarro, that had to be broken up by the crew, leading to an abrupt end to the show. The band subsequently issued a public apology, cancelled the remainder of the tour and went on an indefinite hiatus.
* Following the release of their tenth studio album on September 20, Nightwish went on a touring hiatus, scheduled to last for two to three years.
* On September 20, Corrosion of Conformity founding member, bassist and vocalist Mike Dean announced his departure from the band.
* On September 22, Slayer played their first show since disbanding in 2019 at Riot Fest.
* On October 18, As I Lay Dying bassist and clean vocalist Ryan Neff announced his departure from the band, citing a need to benefit his "personal and professional journey". Just six days later, guitarist Ken Susi and drummer Nick Pierce also announced their departures from the band, stating that their "personal morals have been tested to a breaking point" and needing to preserve "personal health and integrity". In conjunction with Pierce and Susi, the band's touring manager resigned as well, effectively cancelling the planned European tour for their upcoming album, Through Storms Ahead. On October 30, longtime guitarist Phil Sgrosso announced his departure from the band, adding that the band "no longer offers a healthy or safe environment for anyone involved" and that he could not "enable further actions that could negatively affect anyone working within this space", leaving lead vocalist Tim Lambesis the sole remaining member of the band. Lambesis addressed the situation on November 4, agreeing with what was said and supporting his bandmates' decisions to leave. He also stated his intention to keep the band alive with a more positive and collaborative environment.
* On December 7, longtime Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain announced his retirement from touring with the band. A day later, Simon Dawson of British Lion was announced as his replacement.
* On December 9, longtime Within Temptation keyboardist and composer Martijn Spierenburg announced his departure from the band.
* Cirith Ungol retired from performing live at the end of this year.

## Deaths

* January 4 – Jan Němec, engineer and producer of numerous metal bands including Celtic Frost, Grave Digger, Helloween, and Running Wild, died from lung disease.
* January 9 – James Kottak, former drummer of Scorpions, Kingdom Come, and Warrant, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 61.
* January 17 – Martin Lacroix, former vocalist of Cryptopsy, died from undisclosed reasons.
* February 2 – Craig Simmons, former drummer of Famous Last Words, died from undisclosed reasons.
* February 16 – Greg "Fritz" Hinz, drummer of Helix, died from cancer at the age of 68.
* February 20 – Vitalij Kuprij, keyboardist of Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Artension, and Ring of Fire, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 49.
* March 6 – Tarmizi "Miji" Mokhtar, former drummer of Cromok, died from liver cancer at the age of 58.
* March 10 – Blake Harrison, bassist of Hatebeak and former sampler of Pig Destroyer, died from heart failure at the age of 48.
* March 10 – T. M. Stevens, former bassist for Steve Vai, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 72.
* April 2 – Jerry Abbott, father of Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul and producer of Pantera's first four studio albums, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 80.
* April 5 – C. J. Snare, vocalist of FireHouse, died from cardiac arrest at the age of 64.
* April 15 – Reita, bassist of The Gazette, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 42.
* April 19 – Eddie Sutton, vocalist of Leeway, died from cancer at the age of 59.
* April 26 – Robin George, former guitarist of Thin Lizzy and musician, engineer, and producer of numerous artists, including Robert Plant, David Byron, Quartz, Witchfinder General, and Glenn Hughes, died after a long illness at the age of 68.
* May 8 – Tommy Viator, former drummer of Disincarnate and former keyboardist of Acid Bath, died from undisclosed reasons.
* May 18 – Jon Wysocki, former drummer of Staind and Soil, died from liver issues at the age of 56.
* May 29 – Brad Raub, bassist of Eternal Champion, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 36.
* June 4 – Simone "Yorga S.M." Amicucci, former vocalist and multi-instrumentalist of Aborym, died from undisclosed reasons.
* June 24 – Shifty Shellshock, vocalist of Crazy Town, died from an accidental drug overdose at the age of 49.
* June 30 – Peter Collins, engineer and producer of numerous artists including Rush, Queensrÿche, Suicidal Tendencies, Alice Cooper, Bon Jovi, and Gary Moore, died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 73.
* July 17 – Ciriaco "Pinche Peach" Quezada, sampler and vocalist of Brujeria, died from severe heart complications at the age of 57.
* July 24 – Bill Crook, former bassist of Spiritbox, died from undisclosed reasons.
* July 26 – Tomáš "Monster" Vendl, former bassist of Master's Hammer, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 52.
* August 1 – Pieter Verpaalen, former vocalist of Textures, died from undisclosed reasons.
* August 7 – Jack Russell, former vocalist of Great White, died from Lewy body dementia at the age of 63.
* August 9 – Dave Sweetapple, bassist of Witch, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 58.
* August 16 – Tore Ylvisaker, keyboardist of Ulver, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 54.
* August 19 – Erik Barrett, bassist of 100 Demons, died from undisclosed reasons.
* August 26 – Sean Blosl, former guitarist of Sanctuary, died from complications after a vehicle accident at the age of 58.
* September 2 – Peter "P.K." Kubik, guitarist and bassist of Abigor, died by suicide at the age of 49.
* September 18 – John "Juan Brujo" Lepe, vocalist of Brujeria, died from a heart attack at the age of 61.
* September 19 – Andreas "Samson" Samonil, former drummer of Vendetta, died from undisclosed reasons.
* September 20 – Fernando Ponce de León, former flutist of Mägo de Oz, died from multiple organ failure at the age of 59.
* September 27 – Pedro "Pit" Passarell, bassist and former vocalist of Viper, died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 56.
* September 30 – Dave Allison, former guitarist and backing vocalist of Anvil, died from cancer at the age of 68.
* October 7 – Curtis Beeson, former drummer of Nasty Savage and Massacre, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 60.
* October 14 – Karl Näslund, former guitarist of In Flames, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 51.
* October 21 – Paul Di'Anno, former vocalist of Iron Maiden and Gogmagog, died from heart disease at the age of 66.
* October 27 – Hayden Lamb, former drummer of Red, died from undisclosed reasons.
* November 4 – Mykola "Amorth" Sostin, former drummer and keyboardist of Drudkh, was killed in action during the Russian invasion of Ukraine at the age of 39.
* November 13 – Edgard Brito, keyboardist of Tuatha de Danann, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 50.
* December 5 – Mick Moore, former bassist of Avenger and Blitzkrieg, died from undisclosed reasons.
* December 20 – Casey Chaos, vocalist of Amen, died from a heart attack at the age of 59.
* December 29 – Eric "Sickie Wifebeater" Carlson, guitarist of Mentors, died from cancer at the age of 66.

## Albums released
### January

| Day | Artist | Album |
| 5 | Panzerchrist | All Witches Shall Burn (EP) |
| 8 | Trollfest | 20 Years in the Wrong Lane (compilation album) |
| 12 | Asking Alexandria | Dark Void (EP) |
| 12 | Emil Bulls | Love Will Fix It |
| 12 | Exit Eden | Femmes Fatales |
| 12 | Greg Puciato | FC5N (EP) |
| 12 | Infant Island | Obsidian Wreath |
| 12 | The Plot in You | Vol. 1 (EP) |
| 12 | Project 86 | Omni, Pt. 2 |
| 12 | Russell / Guns | Medusa |
| 12 | Ryujin | Ryujin |
| 12 | Scanner | The Cosmic Race |
| 16 | Ribspreader | Reap Humanity |
| 17 | Nemophila | Evolve |
| 19 | Master | Saints Dispelled |
| 19 | The Rods | Rattle the Cage |
| 19 | Saxon | Hell, Fire and Damnation |
| 22 | Riley's L.A. Guns | The Dark Horse |
| 26 | Any Given Day | Limitless |
| 26 | Blood Red Throne | Nonagon |
| 26 | Caligula's Horse | Charcoal Grace |
| 26 | Dead by April | The Affliction |
| 26 | Inquisition | Veneration of Medieval Mysticism and Cosmological Violence |
| 26 | Kill the Thrill | Autophagie |
| 26 | Lucifer | Lucifer V |
| 26 | Madder Mortem | Old Eyes, New Heart |
| 26 | Mägo de Oz | Alicia en el Metalverso |
| 26 | Manticora | Mycelium |
| 26 | Static-X | Project: Regeneration Vol. 2 |
| 26 | Whitechapel | Live in the Valley (live album) |

### February

| Day | Artist | Album |
| 2 | Artillery | Raw Live (At Copenhell) (live album) |
| 2 | Enterprise Earth | Death: An Anthology |
| 2 | Ghoul | Noxious Concoctions (EP) |
| 2 | KMFDM | Let Go |
| 2 | Meanstreak | Blood Moon (EP) |
| 2 | Necrowretch | Swords of Dajjal |
| 2 | Persefone | Lingua Ignota: Part I (EP) |
| 2 | Striker | Ultrapower |
| 9 | Aphonnic | Crema |
| 9 | Chelsea Wolfe | She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She |
| 9 | Hacavitz | Muerte |
| 9 | Infected Rain | Time |
| 9 | The Last Ten Seconds of Life | No Name Graves |
| 9 | Les Claypool | Adverse Yaw: The Prawn Song Years (box set) |
| 9 | Morbid Saint | Swallowed by Hell |
| 9 | Per Wiberg | The Serpent's Here |
| 10 | Coldrain | Final Destination (XV Re:Recorded) |
| 16 | Crazy Lixx | Two Shots at Glory (compilation album) |
| 16 | Darkspace | Dark Space -II |
| 16 | Durbin | Screaming Steel |
| 16 | Honeymoon Suite | Alive |
| 16 | Ihsahn | Ihsahn |
| 16 | Illumishade | Another Side of You |
| 16 | The Obsessed | Gilded Sorrow |
| 16 | Samael | Passage – Live (live album) |
| 16 | See You Next Tuesday | Relapses (remix album) |
| 23 | Ace Frehley | 10,000 Volts |
| 23 | Amaranthe | The Catalyst |
| 23 | Austrian Death Machine | Quad Brutal |
| 23 | Blaze Bayley | Circle of Stone |
| 23 | Borknagar | Fall |
| 23 | Darkest Hour | Perpetual I Terminal |
| 23 | Job for a Cowboy | Moon Healer |
| 23 | Lionheart | The Grace of a Dragonfly |
| 23 | Mick Mars | The Other Side of Mars |
| 23 | Sleepytime Gorilla Museum | Of the Last Human Being |

### March

| Day | Artist | Album |
| 1 | Blind Channel | Exit Emotions |
| 1 | Bruce Dickinson | The Mandrake Project |
| 1 | David Reece | Baptized by Fire |
| 1 | Doro | Conqueress – Extended (EP) |
| 1 | Firewind | Stand United |
| 1 | Kiuas | Samooja: Pyhiinvaellus (EP) |
| 1 | Messiah | Christus Hypercubus |
| 1 | Ministry | Hopiumforthemasses |
| 1 | New Years Day | Half Black Heart |
| 1 | Suicidal Angels | Profane Prayer |
| 5 | Niklas Sundin | Wattudragaren |
| 8 | Before the Dawn | Archaic Flame (EP) |
| 8 | The End Machine | The Quantum Phase |
| 8 | Exhorder | Defectum Omnium |
| 8 | Judas Priest | Invincible Shield |
| 8 | Myrath | Karma |
| 8 | Sonata Arctica | Clear Cold Beyond |
| 15 | Aborted | Vault of Horrors |
| 15 | Atrophy | Asylum |
| 15 | DragonForce | Warp Speed Warriors |
| 15 | The Dread Crew of Oddwood | Rust & Glory |
| 15 | Lords of Black | Mechanics of Predacity |
| 15 | Mike Tramp | Mand Af En Tid |
| 15 | Necrophobic | In the Twilight Grey |
| 15 | Night Verses | Every Sound Has a Color in the Valley of Night: Part 2 |
| 15 | Scott Stapp | Higher Power |
| 15 | Spoken | Reflection |
| 15 | Whom Gods Destroy | Insanium |
| 22 | Alestorm | Voyage of the Dead Marauder (EP) |
| 22 | Brodequin | Harbinger of Woe |
| 22 | Furor Gallico | Future to Come |
| 22 | Hamferð | Men Guðs hond er sterk |
| 22 | Khold | Du dømmes til Død |
| 22 | Leaves' Eyes | Myths of Fate |
| 22 | Sylvaine | Eg Er Framand (EP) |
| 22 | Thor | Ride of the Iron Horse |
| 22 | Unshine | Karn of Burnings |
| 27 | Paul Di'Anno's Warhorse | Stop the War (EP) |
| 28 | Sons of Alpha Centauri | Pull |
| 29 | The Absence | The Absence |
| 29 | Darkestrah | Nomad |
| 29 | Puscifer / A Perfect Circle / Primus | Sessanta E.P.P.P. (split EP) |
| 29 | The Quill | Wheel of Illusion |
| 29 | Rage | Afterlifelines |
| 29 | Sum 41 | Heaven :x: Hell |
| 29 | While She Sleeps | Self Hell |

### April

| Day | Artist | Album |
| 5 | Alpha Wolf | Half Living Things |
| 5 | Erra | Cure |
| 5 | Hour of Penance | Devotion |
| 5 | In Vain | Solemn |
| 5 | Ingested | The Tide of Death and Fractured Dreams |
| 5 | Iron Monkey | Spleen & Goad |
| 5 | Korpiklaani | Rankarumpu |
| 5 | Locrian | End Terrain |
| 12 | Attacker | The God Particle |
| 12 | Benighted | Ekbom |
| 12 | Blue Öyster Cult | Ghost Stories |
| 12 | Eidola | Eviscerate |
| 12 | Gun | Hombres |
| 12 | Imminence | The Black |
| 12 | Linkin Park | Papercuts (compilation album) |
| 12 | Northlane | Mirror's Edge (EP) |
| 12 | Týr | Battle Ballads |
| 12 | The Vision Bleak | Weird Tales |
| 12 | Whores. | War. |
| 19 | Balance of Power | Fresh from the Abyss |
| 19 | Big Brave | A Chaos of Flowers |
| 19 | Bongripper | Empty |
| 19 | Dawn of Ashes | Reopening the Scars |
| 19 | Feuerschwanz | Warriors |
| 19 | The Ghost Inside | Searching for Solace |
| 19 | High on Fire | Cometh the Storm |
| 19 | Loch Vostok | Opus Ferox II – Mark of the Beast |
| 19 | Melvins | Tarantula Heart |
| 19 | My Dying Bride | A Mortal Binding |
| 19 | Praying Mantis | Defiance |
| 19 | SeeYouSpaceCowboy | Coup de Grâce |
| 19 | Vanden Plas | The Empyrean Equation of the Long Lost Things |
| 19 | Winter | Live in Brooklyn NY (live album) |
| 19 | Zao | Live from the Church (live album) |
| 20 | Corey Taylor | CMF2B... or Not 2B |
| 26 | AC×DC | G.O.A.T. |
| 26 | Accept | Humanoid |
| 26 | Alien Ant Farm | ~mAntras~ |
| 26 | Black Tusk | The Way Forward |
| 26 | Cypecore | Make Me Real |
| 26 | Darkthrone | It Beckons Us All |
| 26 | Deicide | Banished by Sin |
| 26 | Disbelief | Killing Karma |
| 26 | Full of Hell | Coagulated Bliss |
| 26 | Lee Aaron | Tattoo Me (covers album) |
| 26 | Pentagram Chile | Eternal Life of Madness |
| 26 | Pestilence | Levels of Perception (best-of album) |
| 26 | Tygers of Pan Tang | Live Blood (live album) |
| 26 | Vesperian Sorrow | Awaken the Greylight |

### May

| Day | Artist | Album |
| 3 | Dååth | The Deceivers |
| 3 | Gothminister | Pandemonium II: The Battle of the Underworlds |
| 3 | Keith Wallen | Infinity Now |
| 3 | P.O.D. | Veritas |
| 3 | The Plot in You | Vol. 2 (EP) |
| 10 | Anette Olzon | Rapture |
| 10 | Bossk | .4 (compilation album) |
| 10 | Freedom Call | Silver Romance |
| 10 | Incubus | Morning View XXIII |
| 10 | Kill II This | Variant |
| 10 | Knocked Loose | You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To |
| 10 | Like Moths to Flames | The Cycles of Trying to Cope |
| 10 | Necrophagia | Moribundis Grim |
| 10 | Onslaught | Skullcrusher (compilation album) |
| 10 | Powerman 5000 | Abandon Ship |
| 10 | Riot V | Mean Streets |
| 10 | Sebastian Bach | Child Within the Man |
| 10 | Six Feet Under | Killing for Revenge |
| 10 | Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats | Nell' Ora Blu |
| 10 | Unleash the Archers | Phantoma |
| 10 | Warlord | Free Spirit Soar |
| 17 | Ayreon | 01011001 – Live Beneath the Waves (live album) |
| 17 | Babylon A.D. | Rome Wasn't Built in a Day |
| 17 | Botanist | Paleobotany |
| 17 | Combichrist | CMBCRST |
| 17 | Demon | Invincible |
| 17 | Extortionist | Devoid of Love & Light |
| 17 | Gatecreeper | Dark Superstition |
| 17 | Hell:on | Shaman |
| 17 | Intervals | Memory Palace |
| 17 | Jamey Jasta | ...And Jasta for All |
| 17 | Jinjer | Live in Los Angeles (live album) |
| 17 | Kerry King | From Hell I Rise |
| 17 | Marty Friedman | Drama |
| 17 | Nocturnus AD | Unicursal |
| 17 | Pain | I Am |
| 17 | Pallbearer | Mind Burns Alive |
| 17 | Pathology | Unholy Descent |
| 17 | Shark Island | Memento Mori – Live on the Strip (live album) |
| 17 | Slash | Orgy of the Damned |
| 17 | Ufomammut | Hidden |
| 24 | Bring Me the Horizon | Post Human: Nex Gen |
| 24 | Clint Lowery | Don't Say It (EP) |
| 24 | Evildead | Toxic Grace |
| 24 | Puya | Potencial |
| 24 | Red Handed Denial | A Journey Through Virtual Dystopia |
| 24 | Rotting Christ | Pro Xristou |
| 24 | Trail of Tears | Winds of Disdain (EP) |
| 31 | Bad Omens | Concrete Jungle [The OST] (remix album) |
| 31 | Black Sabbath | Anno Domini 1989–1995 (box set) |
| 31 | Candlemass | Tritonus Nights (live album) |
| 31 | Cloven Hoof | Heathen Cross |
| 31 | Exodus | British Disaster: The Battle of '89 (Live at the Astoria) (live album) |
| 31 | Nightrage | Remains of a Dead World |
| 31 | Rhapsody of Fire | Challenge the Wind |
| 31 | Thou | Umbilical |
| 31 | Trapt | The Fall |

### June

| Day | Artist | Album |
| 7 | Apocalyptica | Plays Metallica Vol. 2 (covers album) |
| 7 | Bon Jovi | Forever |
| 7 | Dysrhythmia | Coffin of Conviction |
| 7 | Evergrey | Theories of Emptiness |
| 7 | The Hu | Live at Glastonbury (live album) |
| 7 | Nightmare | Encrypted |
| 7 | The Omnific | The Law of Augmenting Returns |
| 7 | Richard Henshall | Mu Vol. 1 (EP) |
| 7 | Severe Torture | Torn from the Jaws of Death |
| 7 | Umbra Vitae | Light of Death |
| 14 | 96 Bitter Beings | Return to Hellview |
| 14 | Axel Rudi Pell | Risen Symbol |
| 14 | Cadaverous Condition | Never Arrive, Never Return |
| 14 | Darkend | Viaticum |
| 14 | Julie Christmas | Ridiculous and Full of Blood |
| 14 | Malignancy | ...Discontinued |
| 14 | Ulcerate | Cutting the Throat of God |
| 21 | Alcest | Les Chants de l'Aurore |
| 21 | Black Veil Brides | Bleeders (EP) |
| 21 | Dezperadoz | Moonshiner |
| 21 | Earthtone9 | In Resonance Nexus |
| 21 | Kittie | Fire |
| 21 | Seven Spires | A Fortress Called Home |
| 21 | Sumac | The Healer |
| 21 | Thornhill | Live on Tour! (live album) |
| 21 | Wage War | Stigma |
| 21 | Within Temptation | Worlds Collide Tour – Live in Amsterdam (live album) |
| 26 | Crossfaith | Ark |
| 28 | Anvil | One and Only |
| 28 | Bridear | Born Again |
| 28 | Crystal Viper | The Silver Key |
| 28 | The Eternal | Skinwalker |
| 28 | The Exies | Closure (EP) |
| 28 | Illdisposed | In Chambers of Sonic Disgust |
| 28 | Islander | Grammy Nominated |
| 28 | Limbonic Art | Opus Daemoniacal |
| 28 | Neaera | All Is Dust |
| 28 | Nothing More | Carnal |
| 28 | Sear Bliss | Heavenly Down |
| 28 | X-Cops | XCAB (EP) |

### July

| Day | Artist | Album |
| 4 | Nifelheim | Unholy Death (compilation album) |
| 5 | Kissin' Dynamite | Back with a Bang! |
| 5 | Krallice | Inorganic Rites |
| 5 | Kryptos | Decimator |
| 5 | Orden Ogan | The Order of Fear |
| 5 | Sumac | The Keeper's Tongue (EP) |
| 5 | Visions of Atlantis | Pirates II – Armada |
| 5 | Vulvodynia | Entabeni |
| 5 | Wormed | Omegon |
| 5 | Xasthur | Disharmonic Variations |
| 12 | Amorphis | Tales from the Thousand Lakes – Live at Tavastia (live album) |
| 12 | Blood Feast | Infinite Evolution |
| 12 | Forgotten Tomb | Nightfloating |
| 12 | Graphic Nature | Who Are You When No One Is Watching? |
| 12 | In Hearts Wake | Incarnation |
| 12 | King 810 | Under the Black Rainbow (EP) |
| 12 | Massacration | Metal Is My Life |
| 12 | Mr. Big | Ten |
| 12 | Unearth | Bask in the Blood of Our Demons (EP) |
| 12 | Windwaker | Hyperviolence |
| 13 | Cephalotripsy | Epigenetic Neurogenesis |
| 19 | Deep Purple | =1 |
| 19 | Orange Goblin | Science, Not Fiction |
| 19 | Paul Di'Anno's Warhorse | Paul Di'Anno's Warhorse |
| 19 | Sable Hills | Odyssey |
| 22 | War Babies | Vault (compilation album) |
| 26 | Category 7 | Category 7 |
| 26 | Dream Evil | Metal Gods |
| 26 | Ghost | Rite Here Rite Now (live album) |
| 26 | Metal Church | The Final Sermon (Live in Japan 2019) (live album) |
| 26 | Orpheus Omega | Emberglow |
| 26 | Powerwolf | Wake Up the Wicked |
| 26 | Verni | Dreadful Company |
| 26 | A Wake in Providence | I Write to You, My Darling Decay |

### August

| Day | Artist | Album |
| 1 | Hirax | Faster Than Death (EP) |
| 2 | Convictions | The Fear of God |
| 2 | Lord of the Lost | Live at W:O:A (live album) |
| 2 | A Night in Texas | Digital Apocalypse |
| 2 | Ron Keel | Keelworld |
| 9 | Grinspoon | Whatever, Whatever |
| 9 | HammerFall | Avenge the Fallen |
| 9 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Flight b741 |
| 9 | Mushroomhead | Call the Devil |
| 9 | Siamese | Elements |
| 9 | Stahlmann | Phosphor |
| 16 | Dark Tranquillity | Endtime Signals |
| 16 | Falling in Reverse | Popular Monster |
| 16 | Left to Suffer | Leap of Death |
| 23 | Fleshgod Apocalypse | Opera |
| 23 | Koldbrann | Ingen Skånsel |
| 23 | Mike Tramp | Songs of White Lion – Vol. II (covers album) |
| 23 | Nile | The Underworld Awaits Us All |
| 23 | Simone Simons | Vermillion |
| 23 | Uniform | American Standard |
| 23 | Warlord | From the Ashes to the Archives – The Hot Pursuit Continues (compilation album) |
| 23 | Within the Ruins | Phenomena II |
| 23 | Zeal & Ardor | Greif |
| 28 | Lovebites | Lovebites EP II (EP) |
| 30 | Anciients | Beyond the Reach of the Sun |
| 30 | Elder | Live at BBC Maida Vale Studios (live album) |
| 30 | Leprous | Melodies of Atonement |
| 30 | Nails | Every Bridge Burning |
| 30 | Oceano | Living Chaos |
| 30 | To the Grave | Everyone's a Murderer |
| 30 | Wintersun | Time II |
| 30 | Wintersun | Time Package (compilation album) |

### September

| Day | Artist | Album |
| 4 | Machine Head | Diamonds in the Rough '92–'93 (compilation album) |
| 5 | Pyrrhon | Exhaust |
| 6 | 40 Watt Sun | Little Weight |
| 6 | Blitzkrieg | Blitzkrieg |
| 6 | God Dethroned | The Judas Paradox |
| 6 | Jordan Rudess | Permission to Fly |
| 6 | Marduk | Beast of Prey: Brutal Assault (live album) |
| 6 | Mr. Big | The Big Finish Live (live album) |
| 6 | Officium Triste | Hortus Venenum |
| 13 | A Killer's Confession | Victim 1 |
| 13 | Dale Crover | Glossolalia |
| 13 | Flotsam and Jetsam | I Am the Weapon |
| 13 | In Extremo | Wolkenschieber |
| 13 | Oceans of Slumber | Where Gods Fear to Speak |
| 13 | Satan | Songs in Crimson |
| 13 | Stryper | When We Were Kings |
| 13 | Thy Will Be Done | Pillar of Fire |
| 13 | Trelldom | ...by the Shadows... |
| 13 | Victory | Circle of Life |
| 13 | Winterfylleth | The Imperious Horizon |
| 13 | Wolfbrigade | Life Knife Death |
| 20 | Attack Attack! | Disaster (EP) |
| 20 | Charlotte Wessels | The Obsession |
| 20 | Die So Fluid | Skin Hunger |
| 20 | Eclipse | Megalomanium II |
| 20 | Kanonenfieber | Die Urkatastrophe |
| 20 | Kublai Khan | Exhibition of Prowess |
| 20 | Michael Schenker | My Years with UFO (covers album) |
| 20 | Nightwish | Yesterwynde |
| 20 | Seether | The Surface Seems So Far |
| 20 | Skid Row | Live in London (live album) |
| 20 | Unto Others | Never, Neverland |
| 20 | Vended | Vended |
| 20 | Vision Divine | Blood and Angels' Tears |
| 20 | Void of Vision | What I'll Leave Behind |
| 25 | Galneryus | The Stars Will Light the Way |
| 27 | Agent Steel | Mad Locust Rising – Live at Hammersmith Odeon (live album) |
| 27 | The Black Dahlia Murder | Servitude |
| 27 | Heriot | Devoured by the Mouth of Hell |
| 27 | Paul Di'Anno | The Book of the Beast (compilation album) |
| 27 | Rolo Tomassi | Live at the Electric Ballroom (live album) |
| 27 | Serj Tankian | Foundations (EP) |

### October

| Day | Artist | Album |
| 1 | Lords of the Trident | V.G.E.P. (EP) |
| 1 | Timo Tolkki | Classical Variations and Themes 2: Ultima Thule |
| 3 | Ignitor | Horns and Hammers |
| 3 | Sylosis | The Path (EP) |
| 4 | 1349 | The Wolf and the King |
| 4 | Abramelin | Sins of the Father |
| 4 | Blood Incantation | Absolute Elsewhere |
| 4 | D-A-D | Speed of Darkness |
| 4 | Fever 333 | Darker White |
| 4 | Mother of Millions | Magna Mater |
| 4 | Mötley Crüe | Cancelled (EP) |
| 4 | Nasty Savage | Jeopardy Room |
| 4 | Texas Hippie Coalition | Gunsmoke |
| 4 | Transport League | We Are Satan's People |
| 4 | Wind Rose | Trollslayer |
| 11 | 10 Years | Inner Darkness (EP) |
| 11 | Ad Infinitum | Abyss |
| 11 | Chat Pile | Cool World |
| 11 | The Crown | Crown of Thorns |
| 11 | Dragony | Hic Svnt Dracones |
| 11 | Heiress | Nowhere Nearer |
| 11 | House of Lords | Full Tilt Overdrive |
| 11 | Oranssi Pazuzu | Muuntautuja |
| 11 | Seven Hours After Violet | Seven Hours After Violet |
| 11 | The Sword | Live at Levitation (live album) |
| 15 | Infant Annihilator | Mister Sister Fister: Re-Conception (EP) |
| 18 | The Armed | Everlasting Gaze (EP) |
| 18 | Astral Doors | The End of It All |
| 18 | Deivos | Apophenia |
| 18 | Disentomb | Nothing Above (EP) |
| 18 | DGM | Endless |
| 18 | Ensiferum | Winter Storm |
| 18 | Fate | Reconnect 'n Ignite |
| 18 | Frozen Crown | War Hearts |
| 18 | Funeral | Gospel of Bones |
| 18 | Grand Magus | Sunraven |
| 18 | Immortal Bird | Sin Querencia |
| 18 | Jerry Cantrell | I Want Blood |
| 18 | Swallow the Sun | Shining |
| 25 | Amorphis | Rarities: 1991–2001 (compilation album) |
| 25 | Atreyu | The Pronoia Sessions (compilation album) |
| 25 | Behemoth | XXX Years ov Blasphemy (live album) |
| 25 | Better Lovers | Highly Irresponsible |
| 25 | Devin Townsend | PowerNerd |
| 25 | dUg Pinnick | Thingamajigger |
| 25 | Entheos | An End to Everything (EP) |
| 25 | Fit for an Autopsy | The Nothing That Is |
| 25 | Hatchet | Leave No Soul (EP) |
| 25 | Loudblast | Altering Fates and Destinies |
| 25 | Motörhead | We Take No Prisoners (The Singles 1995–2006) (box set) |
| 25 | Nuclear | Violent DNA (EP) |
| 25 | One Morning Left | Neon Inferno |
| 25 | Skinflint | Baloi |
| 25 | Taking the Head of Goliath | Futility of the Flesh (EP) |
| 25 | Turmion Kätilöt | Reset |
| 31 | Klogr | Fractured Realities |

### November

| Day | Artist | Album |
| 1 | Brothers of Metal | Fimbulvinter |
| 1 | Cane Hill | A Piece of Me I Never Let You Find |
| 1 | Havok | New Eyes (EP) |
| 1 | Nachtmystium | Blight Privilege |
| 1 | Powerflo | Gorilla Warfare |
| 1 | Skillet | Revolution |
| 1 | Tribulation | Sub Rosa in Æternum |
| 1 | Vola | Friend of a Phantom |
| 7 | Counterparts | Heaven Let Them Die (EP) |
| 7 | Suidakra | Darkanakrad |
| 8 | 1000mods | Cheat Death |
| 8 | The Body | The Crying Out of Things |
| 8 | The Browning | Omni |
| 8 | Delain | Dance with the Devil (EP) |
| 8 | Impellitteri | War Machine |
| 8 | Make Them Suffer | Make Them Suffer |
| 8 | Massacre | Necrolution |
| 8 | Paragon | Metalation |
| 8 | Paysage d'Hiver | Die Berge |
| 8 | The Plot in You | Vol. 3 (EP) |
| 8 | Seven Kingdoms | The Square (EP) |
| 8 | Sólstafir | Hin Helga Kvöl |
| 8 | Tungsten | The Grand Inferno |
| 15 | As I Lay Dying | Through Storms Ahead |
| 15 | Beyond Unbroken | Destruction |
| 15 | Chelsea Wolfe | Unbound (EP) |
| 15 | Empires of Eden | Guardians of Time |
| 15 | The Foreshadowing | New Wave Order |
| 15 | Linkin Park | From Zero |
| 15 | Poppy | Negative Spaces |
| 15 | Thanatos | Four Decades of Death (compilation album) |
| 15 | Thrown into Exile | Passageways (EP) |
| 15 | Thy Catafalque | XII: A Gyönyörü Álmok Ezután Jönnek |
| 19 | I Declare War | Downcast Vol. 2 (EP) |
| 22 | Body Count | Merciless |
| 22 | Dawn of Destiny | IX |
| 22 | Defeated Sanity | Chronicles of Lunacy |
| 22 | Marilyn Manson | One Assassination Under God – Chapter 1 |
| 22 | Ocean Grove | Oddworld |
| 22 | Opeth | The Last Will and Testament |
| 22 | Storace | Crossfire |
| 22 | Xandria | Universal Tales (EP) |
| 29 | Konkhra | Sad Plight of Lucifer |
| 29 | Tesla | All About Love (EP) |
| 29 | Tierra Santa | Un Viaje Épico |

### December

| Day | Artist | Album |
| 6 | Michael "Whip" Wilton | Volume 1 |
| 6 | Nanowar of Steel | XX Years of Steel (live album) |
| 6 | The Old Dead Tree | Second Thoughts |
| 6 | Panzerchrist | Maleficium – Part 1 |
| 6 | Tarja | Rocking Heels: Live at Hellfest (live album) |
| 6 | Thulcandra | Live Demise (live album) |
| 13 | Alberto Rigoni | Nemesis Call |
| 13 | Electric Wizard | Black Magic Rituals and Perversions – Vol. 1 (live album) |
| 13 | God Forbid | The Lost Noize (EP) |
| 13 | Helloween | Live at Budokan (live album) |
| 13 | Magic Kingdom | Blaze of Rage |
| 20 | Claudio Sanchez | Claudio Covers (EP) |
| 20 | Imminence | The Reclamation of I |
| 20 | Sadist | Jugular Bells (EP) |
| 20 | Subway to Sally | Post Mortem |