2004 in heavy metal music

Overview of the events of 2004 in heavy metal musicTemplate:SHORTDESC:Overview of the events of 2004 in heavy metal music

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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2004.

## Newly formed bands

* A Dozen Furies
* A Hero A Fake
* Abigail Williams
* Adept
* After The Burial
* Age of Silence
* The Agonist (as The Tempest)
* Ahab
* Alestorm
* Alter Bridge
* Amaseffer
* Amesoeurs
* Architects
* Art of Dying
* Baptized In Blood
* Be'lakor
* Beneath The Massacre
* Beneath the Sky
* Big Business
* Binary Code
* Black Tide
* Black Mountain
* Blackthorn
* Blood Tsunami
* Bloodbound
* Bring Me the Horizon
* Catalepsy
* Celestiial
* Cellador
* Chrome Division
* Claim the Throne
* Cor Scorpii
* Dark Empire
* Dead Congregation
* Devil Sold His Soul
* Enforcer
* Escape the Fate
* The Faceless
* Finsterforst
* Genghis Tron
* Gnaw Their Tongues
* Havok
* The Human Abstract
* Imperia
* Intronaut
* Lich King
* Massacration
* myGRAIN
* Royal Thunder
* Russian Circles
* Savage Circus
* Saving Abel
* Scale the Summit
* Scar Symmetry
* Skiltron
* Sturm und Drang
* To-Mera
* Torche
* Tribulation
* Triosphere
* Veil of Maya
* Vreid
* Warbringer
* Wolfmother

## Reformed bands

* Extreme (for a few shows)
* Glyder
* Megadeth
* Mötley Crüe

## Albums

* 3 Inches of Blood – *Advance and Vanquish*
* 36 Crazyfists – *A Snow Capped Romance*
* The Acacia Strain – *3750*
* Aerosmith – *Honkin' on Bobo*
* After Forever – *Invisible Circles*
* Age of Silence – *Acceleration*
* Alabama Thunderpussy – *Fulton Hill*
* All That Remains - *This Darkened Heart*
* Alter Bridge – *One Day Remains*
* Amon Amarth – *Fate of Norns*
* Angra – *Temple of Shadows*
* Atreyu - *The Curse*
* Ayreon – *The Human Equation*
* Behemoth – *Demigod*
* Beseech – *Drama*
* Black Label Society – *Hangover Music Vol. VI*
* Bon Jovi – *100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong* (box set)
* Breaking Benjamin – *We Are Not Alone*
* Cannibal Corpse – *The Wretched Spawn*
* The Chariot – *Everything Is Alive, Everything Is Breathing, Nothing Is Dead, and Nothing Is Bleeding*
* Chevelle – *This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In)*
* Cradle of Filth – *Nymphetamine*
* Damageplan – *New Found Power*
* Danzig – *Circle of Snakes*
* Decapitated – *The Negation*
* Def Leppard – *Best of Def Leppard* (compilation)
* Deicide – *Scars of the Crucifix*
* Demon Hunter – *Summer of Darkness*
* The Dillinger Escape Plan – *Miss Machine*
* Dio – *Master of the Moon*
* Dokken – *Hell to Pay*
* Downset. – *Universal*
* DragonForce – *Sonic Firestorm*
* Dream Evil – *The Book of Heavy Metal*
* Dream Theater – *Live at Budokan* (live)
* Drowning Pool – *Desensitized*
* Edguy – *Hellfire Club*
* Electric Wizard – *We Live*
* Enslaved - *Isa*
* Exodus – *Tempo of the Damned*
* Fates Warning – *FWX*
* Fear Factory – *Archetype*
* Finntroll – *Nattfödd*
* God Forbid – *Gone Forever*
* Grip Inc. – *Incorporated*
* Gwar – *War Party*
* Heaven Shall Burn – *Antigone*
* Helmet - *Size Matters*
* Helmet - *Unsung: The Best of Helmet (1991-1997)* (compilation)
* Hirax - *The New Age of Terror*
* Hypocrisy – *The Arrival*
* Iced Earth – *The Glorious Burden*
* In Flames – *Soundtrack to Your Escape*
* Isis – *Panopticon*
* Jag Panzer – *Casting the Stones*
* Killswitch Engage – *The End of Heartache*
* Kittie – *Until the End*
* Kill the Noize – *Play with the Devil*
* Kronos – *Colossal Titan Strife*
* Lamb of God – *Ashes of the Wake*
* Lordi – *The Monsterican Dream*
* Marilyn Manson – *Lest We Forget: The Best Of* (compilation)
* Marduk - *Plague Angel*
* Mastodon – *Leviathan*
* Mayhem – *Chimera*
* Megadeth – *The System Has Failed*
* Mercenary – *11 Dreams*
* Meshuggah – *I*
* Metal Church – *The Weight of the World*
* Metalium – *As One – Chapter Four*
* Ministry – *Houses of the Molé*
* Misanthrope - *Misanthro-Thérapie (15 Années d'Analyse)* (compilation)
* Mnemic – *The Audio Injected Soul*
* Monster Magnet – *Monolithic Baby!*
* Motörhead – *Inferno*
* My Dying Bride – *Songs of Darkness, Words of Light*
* Necrophagist – *Epitaph*
* Neurosis – *The Eye of Every Storm*
* Nightwish – *Once*
* No-Big-Silence – *Kuidas kuningas kuu peale kippus*
* Oomph! – *Wahrheit oder Pflicht*
* Orange Goblin – *Thieving from the House of God*
* Otep – *House of Secrets*
* Papa Roach – *Getting Away with Murder*
* Pentagram - *Show 'Em How*
* Pig Destroyer – *Painter of Dead Girls* (compilation)
* Pig Destroyer – *Terrifyer*
* Power Quest – *Neverworld*
* Primal Fear – *Devil's Ground*
* Pro-Pain – *Fistful of Hate*
* Probot – *Probot*
* Rammstein – *Reise, Reise*
* Raunchy – *Confusion Bay*
* Rhapsody – *Symphony of Enchanted Lands II – The Dark Secret*
* Rotting Christ - *Sanctus Diavolos*
* Saxon – *Lionheart*
* Senses Fail – *Let It Enfold You*
* Scarve – *Irradiant*
* Scorpions – *Unbreakable*
* Shadows Fall – *The War Within*
* Slipknot – *Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)*
* Sonata Arctica – *Reckoning Night*
* Soulfly – *Prophecy*
* Static-X – *Beneath... Between... Beyond...* (compilation)
* Stryper – *7 Weeks: Live in America, 2003* (live)
* Suffocation – *Souls to Deny*
* Terror – *One with the Underdogs*
* The Crest – *Vain City Chronicles*
* The Haunted – *Revolver*
* Therion - *Lemuria*
* Therion - *Sirius B*
* U.D.O. – *Thunderball*
* Underoath – *They're Only Chasing Safety*
* Unearth – *The Oncoming Storm*
* Vader – *The Beast*
* Van Halen – *The Best of Both Worlds* (compilation)
* Velvet Revolver – *Contraband*
* Vintersorg – *The Focusing Blur*
* Visions of Atlantis – *Cast Away*
* WarCry – *Alea Jacta Est*
* Winds – *The Imaginary Direction of Time*
* Wintersun – *Wintersun*
* Within Temptation – *The Silent Force*
* Xandria – *Ravenheart*

## Disbandments

* Bathory
* Creed
* Damageplan
* Nothingface (reformed in 2005)
* Prayer for Cleansing
* SugarComa
* Windir

## Events

* Terje Bakken of Windir dies from hypothermia on his way to his grandparents, which resulted in Windir disbanding.
* Brian Welch leaves Korn after converting to Christianity.
* Damageplan and former Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell is murdered on stage while performing at a nightclub in Ohio on 8 December.
* Bassist Tim Gaines leaves Stryper after 10 complete years. He is replaced by Tracy Ferrie.
* Body Count rhythm guitarist D-Roc dies from lymphoma at the age of 45.
* Jason Jones, originally a tattoo artist from Los Angeles, California, was publicly announced as Drowning Pool's new lead singer and joined them on the album Desensitized.
* Supergroup Velvet Revolver releases their debut album *Contraband* which debuts at No. 1 on the *Billboard* 200 and goes double platinum.
* After an eight-year hiatus, Extreme briefly returns for a short tour and a few concerts in Japan.
* Van Halen reunites with Sammy Hagar for a summer tour.
* Anal Cunt vocalist Seth Putnam slips into a coma after consuming a large amount of drugs.
* Aerosmith returns to a raw hard rock sound with their blues cover album *Honkin' on Bobo*
* Terry Balsamo leaves Cold and joins Evanescence as their new guitarist.
* Guitarist Lisa Marx joins Kittie as a session member, replacing Jeff Phillips.
* Nasum guitarist/vocalist Mieszko Talarczyk dies as a result of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (although his body was not identified until 17 February the following year). Consequently, Nasum would later disband.
* Maniac leaves Mayhem and is replaced by the band's former singer, Attila Csihar.
* Ace Thomas "Quorthon" Forsberg, founder of the Black/Viking metal band Bathory dies, at the age of 38.
* Dave Mustaine reforms Megadeth with 3 session musicians, former and original Megadeth guitarist Chris Poland, bassist Jimmie Lee Sloas and drummer Vinnie Colaiuta to record *The System Has Failed*, then tour the album with full-time members Glen Drover on guitar, James MacDonough on bass and Shawn Drover on drums.
* Ex-Judas Priest drummer Dave Holland is sentenced to eight years in prison for attempted rape against a then 17-year-old boy.

## References

1. ↑ "Windir Frontman, Valfar, Found Dead At 25 - in Metal News ( Metal Underground.com )". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
2. ↑ Brian stated that he ended up walking away from a 23 million dollar recording contract which was a very difficult decision for him at the time. NewReleaseTuesday.com Interview with Brian Archived 30 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine
3. ↑ Brian 'Head' Welch Leaves Korn, Citing Moral Objections To Band's Music Archived 8 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine. *mtv.com*
4. ↑ Brian Welch Explains Why He Walked Away Archived 16 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine. *cbn.com*
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6. ↑ "Former Friend: Gunman Obsessed With Pantera". Associated Press. 8 December 2004. Archived from the original on 22 August 2009. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
7. ↑ Ratliff, Ben (10 December 2004). "Darrell Abbott, 38, a Guitarist Featured in Heavy-Metal Bands, Dies". *The New York Times*. Archived from the original on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
8. ↑ Chris Arnold; James Niggemeyer (2007). *A Vulgar Display of Power: Courage and Carnage at the Alrosa Villa*. MJS Music & Entertainment. p. 244. ISBN 978-0-9762917-7-0. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
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