2005 in heavy metal music

Overview of the events of 2005 in heavy metal musicTemplate:SHORTDESC:Overview of the events of 2005 in heavy metal music

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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2005.

## Newly formed bands

* 5 Star Grave
* A Plea for Purging
* Abnormality
* Acrania
* Agrimonia
* AM Conspiracy
* Anew Revolution
* Antagonist A.D.
* Arise and Ruin
* Arsonists Get All the Girls
* As Hell Retreats
* Attila
* Ava Inferi
* Battle Beast
* Benedictum
* Beyond Creation
* Beyond Fear
* Birds of Prey
* Black Tusk
* Bleed from Within
* Blotted Science
* Bonded by Blood
* Borealis
* Brain Drill
* The Browning
* The Burial
* Carnifex
* Century
* Child Bite
* Dark the Suns
* Dawn of Solace
* Death Breath
* The Devil Wears Prada
* Divine Heresy
* Five Finger Death Punch
* The Foreshadowing
* Ghost Brigade
* Ihsahn
* Impending Doom
* In This Moment
* Ithilien
* Kauan
* Keldian
* Lazarus A.D.
* Lifelover
* Motionless in White
* Periphery
* Powerglove
* Red Fang
* Stream of Passion
* Svartsot
* Swashbuckle
* Thou
* Varg
* Vildhjarta
* We Came as Romans
* Wodensthrone

## Reformed bands

* Alice in Chains
* Anthrax
* Devourment
* Emperor
* Nothingface
* Terrorizer

## Disbanded bands

* Child's Play
* Symphony in Peril
* The 3rd and the Mortal

## Disbandments

* Exhumed (indefinite hiatus)
* Gorguts
* Sentenced

## 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.
* 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 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.

## References

1. ↑ "Interview with Motionless In White: Growing Creatures | The Aquarian". *www.theaquarian.com*. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
2. ↑ "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.