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This is a timeline documenting the events of [[Heavy Metal music|heavy metal]] in the year [[2003]]. |
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This is a timeline documenting the events of [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] in the year 2003. |
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=== Newly formed bands === |
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* [[Bullet for My Valentine]] |
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* [[Communic]] |
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* [[DevilDriver]] |
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* [[Epica (band)|Epica]] |
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* [[Korpiklaani]] |
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* [[Sturmgeist]] |
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== Newly formed bands == |
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* [[A Day to Remember]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thecrofoot.com/events/961.html |title=The Crofoot and AEG Live present: A Day to Remember with August Burns Red, Silverstein and Enter Shikari at the Royal Oak Music Theatre |publisher=Thecrofoot.com |access-date=July 9, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002213250/http://www.thecrofoot.com/events/961.html |archive-date=October 2, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> |
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*[[The Abominable Iron Sloth]] |
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*[[Abysmal Dawn]] |
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*[[Adler's Appetite]] |
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*[[Aina (band)|Aina]] |
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*[[Airbourne (band)|Airbourne]] |
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*[[Anagnorisis (band)|Anagnorisis]] |
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*[[Anubis Gate]] |
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*[[As Blood Runs Black]] |
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*[[As They Sleep]] |
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*[[At All Cost]] |
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*[[August Burns Red]] |
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*[[Baroness (band)|Baroness]] |
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*[[Battlecross]] |
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*[[Blessed by a Broken Heart]] |
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*[[Bloody Panda]] |
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* [[Born of Osiris]] |
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*[[Carach Angren]] |
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*[[The Chariot (band)|The Chariot]] |
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*[[Communic]] |
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*[[Conducting from the Grave]] |
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*[[Dååth]] |
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* [[Damageplan]] |
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*[[Darkwater (band)|Darkwater]] |
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*[[Demonoid (band)|Demonoid]] |
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*[[Diablo Swing Orchestra]] |
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*[[Eisbrecher]] |
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*[[Emmure]] |
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*[[Furia (band)|Furia]] |
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*[[Head Control System]] |
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*[[Hypno5e]] |
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*[[In Vain (band)|In Vain]] |
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*[[Jesu (band)|Jesu]] |
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* [[Job for a Cowboy]] |
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*[[Jon Oliva's Pain]] |
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* [[Kayo Dot]] |
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*[[Kroda]] |
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*[[Leaves' Eyes]] |
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*[[Les Discrets]] |
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*[[Lyriel]] |
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*[[Myrkgrav]] |
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*[[Nadja (band)|Nadja]] |
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*[[Ne Obliviscaris (band)|Ne Obliviscaris]] |
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*[[Neaera (band)|Neaera]] |
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*[[Om (band)|Om]] |
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*[[Parkway Drive]] |
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*[[Powerwolf]] |
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*[[Rosetta (band)|Rosetta]] |
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*[[The Ruins of Beverast]] |
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*[[Skeletonwitch]] |
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*[[The Sword]] |
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*[[Sybreed]] |
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*[[Tesseract (band)|Tesseract]] |
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*[[Threat Signal]] |
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* [[Through the Eyes of the Dead]] |
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*[[Thulcandra (band)|Thulcandra]] |
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*[[Trollfest]] |
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*[[Turmion Kätilöt]] |
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* [[Wintersun]] |
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*[[Wolfchant]] |
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*[[Wolves in the Throne Room]] |
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== Reformed bands == |
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* [[24-7 Spyz]] |
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* [[Child's Play (band)|Child's Play]] |
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* [[Fear Factory]] |
* [[Fear Factory]] |
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* [[Judas Priest]] |
* [[Judas Priest]] |
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* [[Killing Joke]] |
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* [[MC5]] |
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* [[Primus (band)|Primus]] |
* [[Primus (band)|Primus]] |
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* [[Stryper]] |
* [[Stryper]] |
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* [[Twisted Sister]] |
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== Albums == |
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* [[Alice Cooper]] - ''[[Eyes Of Alice Cooper]]'' |
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* [[8 Foot Sativa]] – ''[[Season for Assault]]'' |
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* [[Aborted]] – ''[[Goremageddon: The Saw and the Carnage Done]]'' |
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* [[Akercocke]] – ''[[Choronzon (album)|Choronozon]]'' |
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* [[Black Label Society]] - [[The Blessed Hellride]] |
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* [[Alien Ant Farm]] – ''[[Truant (album)|truANT]]'' |
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* [[Alice Cooper]] – ''[[The Eyes of Alice Cooper]]'' |
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* [[All Shall Perish]] – ''[[Hate, Malice, Revenge]]'' |
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* [[Anaal Nathrakh]] – ''[[When Fire Rains Down from the Sky, Mankind Will Reap as It Has Sown]]'' (EP) |
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* [[Chimaira]] - ''[[The Impossibilty of Reason]]'' |
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* [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] – ''[[We've Come for You All]]'' |
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* [[ |
* [[Apocalyptica]] – ''[[Reflections (Apocalyptica album)|Reflections]]'' |
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* [[ |
* [[Arch Enemy (band)|Arch Enemy]] – ''[[Anthems of Rebellion]]'' |
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* [[As I Lay Dying (band)|As I Lay Dying]] – ''[[Frail Words Collapse]]'' |
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* [[Avenged Sevenfold]] – ''[[Waking the Fallen]]'' |
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* [[Bathory (band)|Bathory]] – ''[[Nordland II]]'' |
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* [[Dimmu Borgir]] - ''[[Death Cult Armageddon (album)|Death Cult Armageddon]]'' |
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* [[Between the Buried and Me]] – ''[[The Silent Circus]]'' |
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* [[Belphegor]] – ''[[Lucifer Incestus]]'' |
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* [[Biohazard (band)|Biohazard]] – ''[[Kill or Be Killed (Biohazard album)|Kill or Be Killed]]'' |
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* [[DragonForce]] - ''[[Valley of the Damned]]'' |
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* [[The Black Dahlia Murder (band)|The Black Dahlia Murder]] – ''[[Unhallowed]]'' |
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* [[Dream Theater]] - ''[[Train of Thought]]'' |
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* [[Black Label Society]] – ''[[The Blessed Hellride]]'' |
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* [[ |
* [[Blood Stain Child]] – ''[[Mystic Your Heart]]'' |
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* [[ |
* [[Bon Jovi]] – ''[[This Left Feels Right]]'' (Compilation) |
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* [[Brujeria (band)|Brujeria]] – ''[[The Mexecutioner! - The Best of Brujeria]]'' (Compilation) |
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* [[Judas Priest]] - ''[[Livin' after Midnight]]'' |
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* [[Cannibal Corpse]] – ''[[15 Year Killing Spree]]'' (Box set) |
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* [[Children of Bodom]] – ''[[Hate Crew Deathroll]]'' |
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* [[Korn]] - ''[[Take_a_look_in_the_mirror|Take a Look in The Mirror]]'' |
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* [[ |
* [[Chimaira]] – ''[[The Impossibility of Reason]]'' |
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* [[ |
* [[Circle II Circle]] – ''[[Watching in Silence]]'' |
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* [[ |
* [[Coal Chamber]] – ''[[Giving the Devil His Due]]'' (Compilation) |
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* [[Concept (band)|Concept]] – ''[[Reason and Truth]]'' |
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* [[Cog (band)|Cog]] – "[[Open Up (Cog song)|Open Up]]" ([[maxi single]]) |
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* [[Motörhead]] - ''Live At Brixton Academy The Complete Concert'' (''live'') |
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* [[Cradle of Filth]] – ''[[Damnation and a Day]]'' |
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* [[The Darkness (band)|The Darkness]] – ''[[Permission to Land]]'' |
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* [[ |
* [[Deathstars]] – ''[[Synthetic Generation]]'' |
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* [[ |
* [[Decrepit Birth]] – ''[[...And Time Begins]]'' |
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* [[ |
* [[Deep Purple]] – ''[[Bananas (Deep Purple album)|Bananas]]'' |
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* [[Default (band)|Default]] – ''[[Elocation]]'' |
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* [[Strapping Young Lad]] - ''[[Strapping Young Lad (album)|Strapping Young Lad]]'' |
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* [[Deftones]] – ''[[Deftones (album)|Deftones]]'' |
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* [[Deicide (band)|Deicide]] – ''[[The Best of Deicide]]'' (Compilation) |
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* [[Destruction (band)|Destruction]] – ''[[Metal Discharge]]'' |
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* [[DevilDriver]] – ''[[DevilDriver (album)|DevilDriver]]'' |
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* [[ |
* [[The Devin Townsend Band]] – ''[[Accelerated Evolution]]'' |
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* [[ |
* [[Dimension Zero (Swedish band)|Dimension Zero]] – ''[[This Is Hell (Dimension Zero album)|This Is Hell]]'' |
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* [[Dimmu Borgir]] – ''[[Death Cult Armageddon]]'' |
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* [[Divinity Destroyed]] – ''[[Divinity Destroyed]]'' (EP) |
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* Divinity Destroyed – ''Eden in Ashes'' |
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* [[DragonForce]] – ''[[Valley of the Damned]]'' |
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* [[Dream Evil]] – ''[[Evilized]]'' |
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* [[Dream Theater]] – ''[[Train of Thought (Dream Theater album)|Train of Thought]]'' |
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* [[Enslaved (band)|Enslaved]] – ''[[Below the Lights]]'' |
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* [[Entombed (band)|Entombed]] – ''[[Inferno (Entombed album)|Inferno]]'' |
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* [[Epica (band)|Epica]] – ''[[The Phantom Agony]]'' |
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* [[Evanescence]] – ''[[Fallen (Evanescence album)|Fallen]]'' |
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* [[Evergrey]] – ''[[Recreation Day]]'' |
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* [[Every Time I Die]] – ''[[Hot Damn! (Every Time I Die album)|Hot Damn!]]'' |
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* [[Faith (band)|Faith]] – ''[[Salvation Lies Within]]'' |
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* [[Fear Factory]] – ''[[Hatefiles]]'' (Compilation) |
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* [[Finntroll]] – ''[[Visor om slutet]]'' (EP) |
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* [[Fireball Ministry]] – ''The Second Great Awakening'' |
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* [[Firewind]] – ''[[Burning Earth]]'' |
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* [[From Autumn to Ashes]] – ''[[The Fiction We Live]]'' |
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* [[Galneryus]] – ''[[The Flag of Punishment]]'' |
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* [[Godhead (band)|Godhead]] – ''[[Evolver (Godhead album)|Evolver]]'' |
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* [[Godsmack]] – ''[[Faceless (Godsmack album)|Faceless]]'' |
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* [[Gojira (band)|Gojira]] – ''[[The Link (album)|The Link]]'' |
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* Gojira – ''[[Maciste All'Inferno (Gojira album)|Maciste All'Inferno]]'' (EP) |
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* [[Gorgoroth]] – ''[[Twilight of the Idols (Gorgoroth album)|Twilight of the Idols]]'' |
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* [[Graveworm]] – ''[[Engraved in Black]]'' |
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* [[Hatebreed]] – ''[[The Rise of Brutality]]'' |
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* [[Helloween]] – ''[[Rabbit Don't Come Easy]]'' |
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* [[Hortus Animae]] – ''Waltzing Mephisto'' |
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* [[Ill Nino]] – ''[[Confession (Ill Niño album)|Confession]]'' |
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* [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]] – ''[[Live at Lollapalooza 2003]]'' (Live) |
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* [[Integrity (band)|Integrity]] – ''[[To Die For (Integrity album)|To Die For]]'' |
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* [[Iron Maiden]] – ''[[Dance of Death (album)|Dance of Death]]'' |
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* [[Ion Dissonance]] – ''[[Breathing Is Irrelevant]]'' |
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* [[Jane's Addiction]] – ''[[Strays (Jane's Addiction album)|Strays]]'' |
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* Johnny Lokke – ''Wrecking Ball'' |
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* [[Kamelot]] – ''[[Epica (Kamelot album)|Epica]]'' |
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* [[Katatonia]] – ''[[Viva Emptiness]]'' |
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* [[Kayo Dot]] – ''[[Choirs of the Eye]]'' |
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* [[King Diamond]] – ''[[The Puppet Master (album)|The Puppet Master]]'' |
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* [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] – ''[[Kiss Symphony: Alive IV]]'' (Live) |
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* [[Korn]] – ''[[Take a Look in the Mirror]]'' |
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* [[Kreator]] – ''[[Live Kreation]]'' (Live) |
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* [[Krisiun]] – ''[[Works of Carnage]]'' |
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* [[Lamb of God (band)|Lamb of God]] – ''[[As the Palaces Burn]]'' |
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* Lanfear – ''The Art Effect'' |
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* [[Limp Bizkit]] – ''[[Results May Vary]]'' |
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* [[Linkin Park]] – ''[[Meteora (album)|Meteora]]'' |
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* [[Living Colour]] – ''[[Collideøscope]]'' |
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* [[Lost Horizon (band)|Lost Horizon]] – ''[[A Flame to the Ground Beneath]]'' |
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* [[Macabre (band)|Macabre]] – ''[[Murder Metal]]'' |
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* [[Marduk (band)|Marduk]] – ''[[World Funeral]]'' |
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* [[Masterplan (band)|Masterplan]] – ''[[Masterplan (Masterplan album)|Masterplan]]'' |
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* [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] – ''[[The Golden Age of Grotesque]]'' |
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* [[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]] – ''[[Through the Ashes of Empires]]'' |
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* [[Metallica]] – ''[[St. Anger]]'' |
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* [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]] – ''[[Animositisomina]]'' |
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* [[Misanthrope (band)|Misanthrope]] – ''[[Sadistic Sex Daemon]]'' |
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* [[Mnemic]] – ''[[Mechanical Spin Phenomena]]'' |
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* [[Monstrosity (band)|Monstrosity]] – ''[[Rise to Power (Monstrosity album)|Rise to Power]]'' |
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* [[Moonspell]] – ''[[The Antidote (Moonspell album)|The Antidote]]'' |
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* [[Morbid Angel]] – ''[[Heretic (Morbid Angel album)|Heretic]]'' |
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* [[Motörhead]] – ''[[Live at Brixton Academy (Motörhead album)|Live at Brixton Academy]]'' (Live) |
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* [[Mushroomhead]] – ''[[XIII (Mushroomhead album)|XIII]]'' |
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* [[Neil Turbin]] – ''[[Threatcon Delta]]'' |
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* [[Nevermore]] – ''[[Enemies of Reality]]'' |
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* [[Nightrage]] – ''[[Sweet Vengeance (album)|Sweet Vengeance]]'' |
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* [[Ningen Isu]] – ''Shura bayashi'' |
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* [[Norther (band)|Norther]] – ''[[Mirror of Madness]]'' |
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* [[Nothingface (band)|Nothingface]] – ''[[Skeletons (Nothingface album)|Skeletons]]'' |
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* [[No-Big-Silence]] – ''[[Unreleased (No-Big-Silence album)|Unreleased]]'' |
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* [[Legion of the Damned (band)|Occult]] – ''Elegy for the Weak'' |
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* [[Old Man's Child]] – ''[[In Defiance of Existence]]'' |
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* [[One Minute Silence]] – ''[[One Lie Fits All]]'' |
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* [[Overkill (band)|Overkill]] – ''[[Killbox 13]]'' |
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* [[Opeth]] – ''[[Damnation (album)|Damnation]]'' |
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* [[Pantera]] – [[The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits!]] (Compilation) |
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* [[Pitchshifter (band)|Pitchshifter]] – ''[[Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed and Uploaded]]'' (Compilation) |
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* [[Place of Skulls (band)|Place of Skulls]] – ''[[With Vision]]'' |
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* [[P.O.D.]] – ''[[Payable on Death]]'' |
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* [[Poison the Well (band)|Poison the Well]] – ''[[You Come Before You]]'' |
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* [[Psycroptic]] – ''[[The Scepter of the Ancients]]'' |
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* [[Queensrÿche]] – ''[[Tribe (Queensrÿche album)|Tribe]]'' |
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* [[Rage (German band)|Rage]] – ''[[Soundchaser]]'' |
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* [[Ramp (Portuguese band)|RAMP]] – ''Nude'' |
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* [[Royal Hunt]] – ''[[Eyewitness (Royal Hunt album)|Eyewitness]]'' |
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* [[Rush (band)|Rush]] – ''[[Rush in Rio]]'' (live) |
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* [[Seven Witches]] – ''[[Passage to the Other Side]]'' |
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* [[Six Feet Under (band)|Six Feet Under]] – ''[[Bringer of Blood]]'' |
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* [[Skid Row (American band)|Skid Row]] – ''[[Thickskin]]'' |
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* [[Skillet (band)|Skillet]] – ''[[Collide (Skillet album)|Collide]]'' |
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* [[Sepultura]] – ''[[Roorback]]'' |
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* [[Sevendust]] – ''[[Seasons (Sevendust album)|Seasons]]'' |
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* [[Slayer]] – ''[[Soundtrack to the Apocalypse]]'' (Box set) |
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* [[Soilwork]] – ''[[Figure Number Five]]'' |
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* [[Solefald]] – ''[[In Harmonia Universali]]'' |
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* [[Sonata Arctica]] – ''[[Winterheart's Guild]]'' |
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* [[Spawn of Possession]] – ''[[Cabinet (album)|Cabinet]]'' |
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* [[Static-X]] – ''[[Shadow Zone]]'' |
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* [[Strapping Young Lad]] – ''[[Strapping Young Lad (album)|Strapping Young Lad]]'' |
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* [[Stratovarius]] – ''[[Elements, Pt. 1]]'' |
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* [[Stratovarius]] – ''[[Elements, Pt. 2]]'' |
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* [[Stryper]] – ''[[7: The Best of Stryper]]'' (compilation) |
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* [[Theocracy (band)|Theocracy]] – ''[[Theocracy (album)|Theocracy]]'' |
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* [[The Lord Weird Slough Feg ]] – ''Traveller'' |
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* [[Throwdown (band)|Throwdown]] – ''[[Haymaker (album)|Haymaker]]'' |
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* [[Three Days Grace]] – ''[[Three Days Grace (album)|Three Days Grace]]'' |
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* [[Tourniquet (band)|Tourniquet]] – ''[[Where Moth and Rust Destroy]]'' |
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* [[Trivium (band)|Trivium]] – ''[[Ember to Inferno]]'' |
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* [[Type O Negative]] – ''[[Life Is Killing Me]]'' |
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* [[Týr (band)|Týr]] – ''[[Eric the Red (album)|Eric the Red]]'' |
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* [[Unexpect|uneXpect]] – ''[[_wE, Invaders]]'' (EP) |
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* [[Virgin Black]] – ''[[Elegant... and Dying]]'' |
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* [[Xandria]] – ''[[Kill the Sun]]'' |
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== Disbandments == |
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* [[Coal Chamber]] |
* [[Coal Chamber]] |
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* [[Five Pointe O]] |
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* [[Limbonic Art]] |
* [[Limbonic Art]] |
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* [[Pantera]] |
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* [[Immortal (band)|Immortal]] |
* [[Immortal (band)|Immortal]] |
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* [[Pitchshifter (band)|Pitchshifter]] |
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* [[Pantera]] |
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* [[Reveille (band)|Reveille]] |
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* [[Rollins Band]] (reformed in [[2006 in heavy metal music|2006]]) |
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== Events == |
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* After months of auditions, [[Robert Trujillo]], bassist of [[Ozzy Osbourne]] and former bassist of [[Suicidal Tendencies]], was announced as [[Metallica]]'s new bassist, replacing [[Jason Newsted]]. |
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* After nearly a decade of the show being off the air, [[MTV2]] announced the resurrection of ''[[Headbangers' Ball]]'' with [[Jamey Jasta]] as host. |
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* Vocalist [[Matt Barlow]] announced his departure from [[Iced Earth]]. |
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* [[Stryper]] reformed with all original members. |
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* [[Visions of Atlantis]] vocalist Christian Stani and keyboardist Chris Kamper parted ways with the band, being replaced by Mario Plank and Miro Holly, respectively. |
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* In July, [[Judas Priest]] announced the return of [[Rob Halford]] on vocals. |
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== Deaths == |
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* January 10 – Einar André Fredriksen, bassist, vocalist, and songwriter of [[Funeral (band)|Funeral]], died by suicide at the age of 29.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Einar Andre Fredriksen |url=https://metalstorm.net/bands/bandmember.php?member_id=5324 |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=Metal Storm |language=en}}</ref> |
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* March 16 – [[Teemu Raimoranta|Teemu "Somnium" Raimoranta]], founding member and guitarist of [[Finntroll]], guitarist of [[Impaled Nazarene]], and former guitarist of [[Thy Serpent]], died from injuries after falling from a bridge.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2003-03-18 |title=FINNTROLL Guitarist's Death Was Alcohol-Related |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/finntroll-guitarist-s-death-was-alcohol-related/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref> |
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* November 18 – [[Michael Kamen|Michael Arnold Kamen]], composer (especially of film scores), orchestral arranger and conductor, who collaborated with numerous artists from various genres, including [[Pink Floyd]], [[Rush (band)|Rush]], [[Guns N' Roses|Guns 'N Roses]], and [[Metallica]] ([[S&M (album)|S&M]]), died from a heart attack at the age of 55.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sweeting |first=Adam |date=2003-11-21 |title=Michael Kamen |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/nov/21/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries |access-date=2024-04-19 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> |
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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2003.
Newly formed bands
[edit]- A Day to Remember[1]
- The Abominable Iron Sloth
- Abysmal Dawn
- Adler's Appetite
- Aina
- Airbourne
- Anagnorisis
- Anubis Gate
- As Blood Runs Black
- As They Sleep
- At All Cost
- August Burns Red
- Baroness
- Battlecross
- Blessed by a Broken Heart
- Bloody Panda
- Born of Osiris
- Carach Angren
- The Chariot
- Communic
- Conducting from the Grave
- Dååth
- Damageplan
- Darkwater
- Demonoid
- Diablo Swing Orchestra
- Eisbrecher
- Emmure
- Furia
- Head Control System
- Hypno5e
- In Vain
- Jesu
- Job for a Cowboy
- Jon Oliva's Pain
- Kayo Dot
- Kroda
- Leaves' Eyes
- Les Discrets
- Lyriel
- Myrkgrav
- Nadja
- Ne Obliviscaris
- Neaera
- Om
- Parkway Drive
- Powerwolf
- Rosetta
- The Ruins of Beverast
- Skeletonwitch
- The Sword
- Sybreed
- Tesseract
- Threat Signal
- Through the Eyes of the Dead
- Thulcandra
- Trollfest
- Turmion Kätilöt
- Wintersun
- Wolfchant
- Wolves in the Throne Room
Reformed bands
[edit]Albums
[edit]- 8 Foot Sativa – Season for Assault
- Aborted – Goremageddon: The Saw and the Carnage Done
- Akercocke – Choronozon
- Alien Ant Farm – truANT
- Alice Cooper – The Eyes of Alice Cooper
- All Shall Perish – Hate, Malice, Revenge
- Anaal Nathrakh – When Fire Rains Down from the Sky, Mankind Will Reap as It Has Sown (EP)
- Anthrax – We've Come for You All
- Apocalyptica – Reflections
- Arch Enemy – Anthems of Rebellion
- As I Lay Dying – Frail Words Collapse
- Avenged Sevenfold – Waking the Fallen
- Bathory – Nordland II
- Between the Buried and Me – The Silent Circus
- Belphegor – Lucifer Incestus
- Biohazard – Kill or Be Killed
- The Black Dahlia Murder – Unhallowed
- Black Label Society – The Blessed Hellride
- Blood Stain Child – Mystic Your Heart
- Bon Jovi – This Left Feels Right (Compilation)
- Brujeria – The Mexecutioner! - The Best of Brujeria (Compilation)
- Cannibal Corpse – 15 Year Killing Spree (Box set)
- Children of Bodom – Hate Crew Deathroll
- Chimaira – The Impossibility of Reason
- Circle II Circle – Watching in Silence
- Coal Chamber – Giving the Devil His Due (Compilation)
- Concept – Reason and Truth
- Cog – "Open Up" (maxi single)
- Cradle of Filth – Damnation and a Day
- The Darkness – Permission to Land
- Deathstars – Synthetic Generation
- Decrepit Birth – ...And Time Begins
- Deep Purple – Bananas
- Default – Elocation
- Deftones – Deftones
- Deicide – The Best of Deicide (Compilation)
- Destruction – Metal Discharge
- DevilDriver – DevilDriver
- The Devin Townsend Band – Accelerated Evolution
- Dimension Zero – This Is Hell
- Dimmu Borgir – Death Cult Armageddon
- Divinity Destroyed – Divinity Destroyed (EP)
- Divinity Destroyed – Eden in Ashes
- DragonForce – Valley of the Damned
- Dream Evil – Evilized
- Dream Theater – Train of Thought
- Enslaved – Below the Lights
- Entombed – Inferno
- Epica – The Phantom Agony
- Evanescence – Fallen
- Evergrey – Recreation Day
- Every Time I Die – Hot Damn!
- Faith – Salvation Lies Within
- Fear Factory – Hatefiles (Compilation)
- Finntroll – Visor om slutet (EP)
- Fireball Ministry – The Second Great Awakening
- Firewind – Burning Earth
- From Autumn to Ashes – The Fiction We Live
- Galneryus – The Flag of Punishment
- Godhead – Evolver
- Godsmack – Faceless
- Gojira – The Link
- Gojira – Maciste All'Inferno (EP)
- Gorgoroth – Twilight of the Idols
- Graveworm – Engraved in Black
- Hatebreed – The Rise of Brutality
- Helloween – Rabbit Don't Come Easy
- Hortus Animae – Waltzing Mephisto
- Ill Nino – Confession
- Incubus – Live at Lollapalooza 2003 (Live)
- Integrity – To Die For
- Iron Maiden – Dance of Death
- Ion Dissonance – Breathing Is Irrelevant
- Jane's Addiction – Strays
- Johnny Lokke – Wrecking Ball
- Kamelot – Epica
- Katatonia – Viva Emptiness
- Kayo Dot – Choirs of the Eye
- King Diamond – The Puppet Master
- Kiss – Kiss Symphony: Alive IV (Live)
- Korn – Take a Look in the Mirror
- Kreator – Live Kreation (Live)
- Krisiun – Works of Carnage
- Lamb of God – As the Palaces Burn
- Lanfear – The Art Effect
- Limp Bizkit – Results May Vary
- Linkin Park – Meteora
- Living Colour – Collideøscope
- Lost Horizon – A Flame to the Ground Beneath
- Macabre – Murder Metal
- Marduk – World Funeral
- Masterplan – Masterplan
- Marilyn Manson – The Golden Age of Grotesque
- Machine Head – Through the Ashes of Empires
- Metallica – St. Anger
- Ministry – Animositisomina
- Misanthrope – Sadistic Sex Daemon
- Mnemic – Mechanical Spin Phenomena
- Monstrosity – Rise to Power
- Moonspell – The Antidote
- Morbid Angel – Heretic
- Motörhead – Live at Brixton Academy (Live)
- Mushroomhead – XIII
- Neil Turbin – Threatcon Delta
- Nevermore – Enemies of Reality
- Nightrage – Sweet Vengeance
- Ningen Isu – Shura bayashi
- Norther – Mirror of Madness
- Nothingface – Skeletons
- No-Big-Silence – Unreleased
- Occult – Elegy for the Weak
- Old Man's Child – In Defiance of Existence
- One Minute Silence – One Lie Fits All
- Overkill – Killbox 13
- Opeth – Damnation
- Pantera – The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits! (Compilation)
- Pitchshifter – Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed and Uploaded (Compilation)
- Place of Skulls – With Vision
- P.O.D. – Payable on Death
- Poison the Well – You Come Before You
- Psycroptic – The Scepter of the Ancients
- Queensrÿche – Tribe
- Rage – Soundchaser
- RAMP – Nude
- Royal Hunt – Eyewitness
- Rush – Rush in Rio (live)
- Seven Witches – Passage to the Other Side
- Six Feet Under – Bringer of Blood
- Skid Row – Thickskin
- Skillet – Collide
- Sepultura – Roorback
- Sevendust – Seasons
- Slayer – Soundtrack to the Apocalypse (Box set)
- Soilwork – Figure Number Five
- Solefald – In Harmonia Universali
- Sonata Arctica – Winterheart's Guild
- Spawn of Possession – Cabinet
- Static-X – Shadow Zone
- Strapping Young Lad – Strapping Young Lad
- Stratovarius – Elements, Pt. 1
- Stratovarius – Elements, Pt. 2
- Stryper – 7: The Best of Stryper (compilation)
- Theocracy – Theocracy
- The Lord Weird Slough Feg – Traveller
- Throwdown – Haymaker
- Three Days Grace – Three Days Grace
- Tourniquet – Where Moth and Rust Destroy
- Trivium – Ember to Inferno
- Type O Negative – Life Is Killing Me
- Týr – Eric the Red
- uneXpect – _wE, Invaders (EP)
- Virgin Black – Elegant... and Dying
- Xandria – Kill the Sun
Disbandments
[edit]- Coal Chamber
- Five Pointe O
- Limbonic Art
- Immortal
- Pitchshifter
- Pantera
- Reveille
- Rollins Band (reformed in 2006)
Events
[edit]- After months of auditions, Robert Trujillo, bassist of Ozzy Osbourne and former bassist of Suicidal Tendencies, was announced as Metallica's new bassist, replacing Jason Newsted.
- After nearly a decade of the show being off the air, MTV2 announced the resurrection of Headbangers' Ball with Jamey Jasta as host.
- Vocalist Matt Barlow announced his departure from Iced Earth.
- Stryper reformed with all original members.
- Visions of Atlantis vocalist Christian Stani and keyboardist Chris Kamper parted ways with the band, being replaced by Mario Plank and Miro Holly, respectively.
- In July, Judas Priest announced the return of Rob Halford on vocals.
Deaths
[edit]- January 10 – Einar André Fredriksen, bassist, vocalist, and songwriter of Funeral, died by suicide at the age of 29.[2]
- March 16 – Teemu "Somnium" Raimoranta, founding member and guitarist of Finntroll, guitarist of Impaled Nazarene, and former guitarist of Thy Serpent, died from injuries after falling from a bridge.[3]
- November 18 – Michael Arnold Kamen, composer (especially of film scores), orchestral arranger and conductor, who collaborated with numerous artists from various genres, including Pink Floyd, Rush, Guns 'N Roses, and Metallica (S&M), died from a heart attack at the age of 55.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Crofoot and AEG Live present: A Day to Remember with August Burns Red, Silverstein and Enter Shikari at the Royal Oak Music Theatre". Thecrofoot.com. Archived from the original on October 2, 2013. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
- ^ "Einar Andre Fredriksen". Metal Storm. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
- ^ Blabbermouth (March 18, 2003). "FINNTROLL Guitarist's Death Was Alcohol-Related". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
- ^ Sweeting, Adam (November 21, 2003). "Michael Kamen". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved April 19, 2024.