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{{Year in music|1994}}
{{Year in music|1994}}
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{{Year nav topic5|1994|heavy metal music}}
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This is a timeline documenting the events of [[heavy metal music]] in the year 1994.
This is a timeline documenting the events of [[heavy metal music]] in the year 1994.


==Newly formed bands==
==Newly formed bands==
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* [[20 Dead Flower Children]]
* [[20 Dead Flower Children]]
*[[36 Crazyfists]]
*[[36 Crazyfists]]
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*[[The Hellacopters]]
*[[The Hellacopters]]
*[[Hollenthon]]
*[[Hollenthon]]
* [[Hoobastank]]
*[[Horde (band)|Horde]]
*[[Horde (band)|Horde]]
*[[Iron Monkey (band)|Iron Monkey]]
*[[Iron Monkey (band)|Iron Monkey]]
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* [[Symphony X]]
* [[Symphony X]]
* [[System of a Down]]
* [[System of a Down]]
* [[Theatre of Tragedy]]
*[[Tenacious D]]
*[[Theatres des Vampires]]
*[[Theatres des Vampires]]
*[[Throes of Dawn]]
*[[Throes of Dawn]]
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* [[Virgin Black]]
* [[Virgin Black]]
*[[Windir]]
*[[Windir]]
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==Albums==
==Albums==
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* [[Body Count (band)|Body Count]] – ''[[Born Dead]]''
* [[Body Count (band)|Body Count]] – ''[[Born Dead]]''
* [[Bolt Thrower (band)|Bolt Thrower]] – ''[[...For Victory]]''
* [[Bolt Thrower (band)|Bolt Thrower]] – ''[[...For Victory]]''
* [[Bon Jovi]] – ''[[Cross Road (album)|Cross Road]]''
* [[Bon Jovi]] – ''[[Cross Road (album)|Cross Road (comp.)]]''
* [[Bruce Dickinson]] – ''[[Balls to Picasso]]''
* [[Bruce Dickinson]] – ''[[Balls to Picasso]]''
* Brutality - ''When the Sky Turns Black''
* [[Brutality (band)|Brutality]] - ''When the Sky Turns Black''
* [[Brutal Truth]] - ''[[Need to Control]]''
* [[Brutal Truth]] - ''[[Need to Control]]''
* [[Burzum]] – ''[[Hvis lyset tar oss]]''
* [[Burzum]] – ''[[Hvis lyset tar oss]]''
* [[Cannibal Corpse]] – ''[[The Bleeding (album)|The Bleeding]]''
* [[Cannibal Corpse]] – ''[[The Bleeding (album)|The Bleeding]]''
* [[Cathedral (band)|Cathedral]] – ''[[Cosmic Requiem]]'' (EP)
* [[Cathedral (band)|Cathedral]] – ''[[Cosmic Requiem]]'' (EP)
* Cathedral – ''[[In Memorium]]'' (EP)
* [[Cathedral (band)|Cathedral]] – ''[[In Memorium]]'' (EP)
* Cathedral – ''[[Statik Majik]]'' (EP)
* [[Cathedral (band)|Cathedral]] – ''[[Statik Majik]]'' (EP)
* [[Cemetary (band)|Cemetary]] – ''[[Black Vanity]]''
* [[Cemetary (band)|Cemetary]] – ''[[Black Vanity]]''
* [[Cinderella (band)|Cinderella]] – ''[[Still Climbing (Cinderella album)|Still Climbing]]''
* [[Cinderella (band)|Cinderella]] – ''[[Still Climbing (Cinderella album)|Still Climbing]]''
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* [[Deliverance (metal band)|Deliverance]] – ''[[River Disturbance]]''
* [[Deliverance (metal band)|Deliverance]] – ''[[River Disturbance]]''
* [[Destruction (band)|Destruction]] – ''[[Destruction (EP)|Destruction]]'' (EP)
* [[Destruction (band)|Destruction]] – ''[[Destruction (EP)|Destruction]]'' (EP)
* [[Desultory]] - ''[[Bitterness (album)|Bitterness]]''
* [[Desultory]] - ''Bitterness''
* [[Dimmu Borgir]] – ''[[For all tid]]''
* [[Dio (band)|Dio]] – ''[[Strange Highways]]'' (US release)
* [[Dio (band)|Dio]] – ''[[Strange Highways]]'' (US release)
* [[DGeneration]] – ''[[DGeneration]]''
* [[DGeneration]] – ''[[DGeneration]]''
* [[Downset.]] – ''Downset.''
* [[Downset.]] – ''[[Downset. (album)|downset.]]''
* [[Dream Theater]] – ''[[Awake (Dream Theater album)|Awake]]''
* [[Dream Theater]] – ''[[Awake (Dream Theater album)|Awake]]''
* [[Edge of Sanity]] – ''[[Purgatory Afterglow]]''
* [[Edge of Sanity]] – ''[[Purgatory Afterglow]]''
* [[Electric Wizard]] – ''[[Electric Wizard (album)|Electric Wizard]]''
* [[Electric Wizard]] – ''[[Electric Wizard (album)|Electric Wizard]]''
* [[Elegy]] - ''[[Supremacy (Elegy album)|Supremacy]]''
* [[Emperor (band)|Emperor]] – ''[[In the Nightside Eclipse]]''
* [[Emperor (band)|Emperor]] – ''[[In the Nightside Eclipse]]''
* [[Enslaved (band)|Enslaved]] – ''[[Frost (album)|Frost]]''
* [[Enslaved (band)|Enslaved]] – ''[[Frost (album)|Frost]]''
* Enslaved – ''[[Vikingligr Veldi]]''
* [[Enslaved (band)|Enslaved]] – ''[[Vikingligr Veldi]]''
* Evil Wings - ''Evil Wings''
* [[Fates Warning]] – ''[[Inside Out (Fates Warning album)|Inside Out]]''
* [[Fates Warning]] – ''[[Inside Out (Fates Warning album)|Inside Out]]''
* [[Freak Kitchen]] – ''[[Appetizer (album)|Appetizer]]''
* [[Freak Kitchen]] – ''[[Appetizer (album)|Appetizer]]''
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* [[Gotthard (band)|Gotthard]] – ''[[Dial Hard]]''
* [[Gotthard (band)|Gotthard]] – ''[[Dial Hard]]''
* [[Grave (band)|Grave]] - ''[[Soulless (album)|Soulless]]''
* [[Grave (band)|Grave]] - ''[[Soulless (album)|Soulless]]''
* [[Gwar]] – ''[[This Toilet Earth]]''
* [[Gwar]] – ''[[This Toilet Earth]]''
* [[H-Blockx]] - ''Time to Move''
* [[Helloween]] – ''[[Master of the Rings]]''
* [[Helloween]] – ''[[Master of the Rings]]''
* [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]] – ''[[Betty (Helmet album)|Betty]]''
* [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]] – ''[[Betty (Helmet album)|Betty]]''
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* [[Impaled Nazarene]] – ''[[Suomi Finland Perkele]]''
* [[Impaled Nazarene]] – ''[[Suomi Finland Perkele]]''
* [[In Flames]] – ''[[Lunar Strain]]''
* [[In Flames]] – ''[[Lunar Strain]]''
* [[Incantation (band)|Incantation]] – ''[[Mortal Throne of Nazarene]]''
* [[Incantation (American band)|Incantation]] – ''[[Mortal Throne of Nazarene]]''
* [[Infectious Grooves]] – ''[[Groove Family Cyco]]''
* [[Infectious Grooves]] – ''[[Groove Family Cyco]]''
* [[Killing Joke]] – ''[[Pandemonium (Killing Joke album)|Pandemonium]]''
* [[Killing Joke]] – ''[[Pandemonium (Killing Joke album)|Pandemonium]]''
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* [[L.A. Guns]] – ''[[Vicious Circle (L.A. Guns album)|Vicious Circle]]''
* [[L.A. Guns]] – ''[[Vicious Circle (L.A. Guns album)|Vicious Circle]]''
* [[Lake of Tears]] – ''[[Greater Art]]''
* [[Lake of Tears]] – ''[[Greater Art]]''
* [[Love/Hate (band)|Love/Hate]] – ''[[Lets Rumble]]''
* [[Love/Hate (band)|Love/Hate]] – ''Lets Rumble''
* Luciferion - ''Demonication (The Manifest)''
* Luciferion - ''Demonication (The Manifest)''
* [[Tony MacAlpine]] – ''[[Premonition (Tony MacAlpine album)|Premonition]]''
* [[Tony MacAlpine]] – ''[[Premonition (Tony MacAlpine album)|Premonition]]''
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* [[Memento Mori]] – ''[[Life, Death, and Other Morbid Tales]]''
* [[Memento Mori]] – ''[[Life, Death, and Other Morbid Tales]]''
* [[Mercyful Fate]] – ''[[Time (Mercyful Fate album)|Time]]''
* [[Mercyful Fate]] – ''[[Time (Mercyful Fate album)|Time]]''
* [[Meshuggah]] – ''[[None (Meshuggah EP)|None]]'' (EP)
* [[Moonspell]] – ''[[Under the Moonspell]]'' (EP)
* [[Moonspell]] – ''[[Under the Moonspell]]'' (EP)
* [[Mortification (band)|Mortification]] - ''[[Blood World]]''
* [[Mortification (band)|Mortification]] - ''[[Blood World]]''
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* [[Running Wild (band)|Running Wild]] – ''[[Black Hand Inn]]''
* [[Running Wild (band)|Running Wild]] – ''[[Black Hand Inn]]''
* [[Samael (band)|Samael]] – ''[[Ceremony of Opposites]]''
* [[Samael (band)|Samael]] – ''[[Ceremony of Opposites]]''
* [[Satyricon (band)|Satyricon]] – ''[[Dark Medieval Times]]'' (World release)
* [[Satyricon (band)|Satyricon]] – ''[[The Shadowthrone]]''
* Satyricon – ''[[The Shadowthrone]]''
* [[Savatage]] – ''[[Handful of Rain]]''
* [[Savatage]] – ''[[Handful of Rain]]''
* [[Senser]] – ''[[Stacked Up]]''
* [[Senser]] – ''[[Stacked Up]]''
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* [[Sodom (band)|Sodom]] – ''[[Get What You Deserve]]''
* [[Sodom (band)|Sodom]] – ''[[Get What You Deserve]]''
* [[Solitude Aeturnus]] – ''[[Through the Darkest Hour]]''
* [[Solitude Aeturnus]] – ''[[Through the Darkest Hour]]''
* [[Solstice (British band)|Solstice]] – ''[[Lamentations (Solstice album)|Lamentations]]''
* [[Solstice (doom metal band)|Solstice]] – ''[[Lamentations (Solstice album)|Lamentations]]''
* [[Soundgarden]] – ''[[Superunknown]]''
* [[Soundgarden]] – ''[[Superunknown]]''
* [[Stabbing Westward]] – ''[[Ungod]]''
* [[Stabbing Westward]] – ''[[Ungod]]''
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* [[Therapy?]] – ''[[Troublegum]]''
* [[Therapy?]] – ''[[Troublegum]]''
* [[Threshold (band)|Threshold]] – ''[[Psychedelicatessen (Threshold album)|Psychedelicatessen]]''
* [[Threshold (band)|Threshold]] – ''[[Psychedelicatessen (Threshold album)|Psychedelicatessen]]''
* [[The 3rd and the Mortal]] – ''[[Sorrow (album)|Sorrow]]'' (EP)
* [[The Third and the Mortal|The 3rd and the Mortal]] – ''Sorrow'' (EP)
* The 3rd and the Mortal – ''[[Tears Laid in Earth]]''
* The 3rd and the Mortal – ''[[Tears Laid in Earth]]''
* [[Tiamat (band)|Tiamat]] – ''[[Wildhoney]]''
* [[Tiamat (band)|Tiamat]] – ''[[Wildhoney]]''
* [[Tuff]] – ''[[Fist First]]''
* [[Tuff]] – ''Fist First''
* [[Urban Dance Squad]] – ''[[Persona Non Grata (Urban Dance Squad album)|Persona Non Grata]]''
* [[Urban Dance Squad]] – ''[[Persona Non Grata (Urban Dance Squad album)|Persona Non Grata]]''
* [[Vader (band)|Vader]] – ''[[Sothis (EP)|Sothis]]'' (EP)
* [[Vader (band)|Vader]] – ''[[Sothis (EP)|Sothis]]'' (EP)
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* [[Vicious Rumors]] – ''[[Word of Mouth (Vicious Rumors album)|Word of Mouth]]''
* [[Vicious Rumors]] – ''[[Word of Mouth (Vicious Rumors album)|Word of Mouth]]''
* [[Whitesnake]] – ''[[Greatest Hits (Whitesnake album)|Greatest Hits]]''
* [[Whitesnake]] – ''[[Greatest Hits (Whitesnake album)|Greatest Hits]]''
* [[Widowmaker (Dee Snider band)|Widowmaker]] – ''Stand by for Pain''
* [[Widowmaker (Dee Snider band)|Widowmaker]] – ''[[Stand By for Pain]]''
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==Events==
==Events==
* [[Korn]] release their critically acclaimed self-titled debut album, which is generally considered the first ever "[[nu metal]]" album.
* [[Korn]] release their critically acclaimed self-titled debut album, which is generally considered the first ever "[[nu metal]]" album.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wiederhorn |first1=Jon |title=29 Years Ago: Korn Pioneer A New Sound With Their Self-Titled Album |url=https://loudwire.com/korn-korn-anniversary/ |website=Loudwire |access-date=10 February 2024 |date=11 October 2023}}</ref>
* ''[[Divine Intervention (Slayer album)|Divine Intervention]]'' by [[Slayer]] peaks at Number 8 on the U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart, with 93,000 copies sold in its first week, and later that year was certified gold in Canada and United States.
* ''[[Divine Intervention (Slayer album)|Divine Intervention]]'' by [[Slayer]] peaks at Number 8 on the U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart, with 93,000 copies sold in its first week, and later that year was certified gold in Canada and United States.
* [[Nicholas Barker]] becomes the drummer for [[Cradle of Filth]].
* [[Nick Barker (drummer)|Nick Barker]] becomes the drummer for [[Cradle of Filth]].
* Longtime [[Extreme (band)|Extreme]] drummer [[Paul Geary]] leaves the band is replaced by [[Mike Mangini|Michael Mangini]].
* Longtime [[Extreme (band)|Extreme]] drummer [[Paul Geary]] leaves the band is replaced by [[Mike Mangini|Michael Mangini]].
* [[Testament (band)|Testament]] release their sixth album ''[[Low (Testament album)|Low]]''. It is their first album recorded without original guitarist [[Alex Skolnick]] and drummer [[Louie Clemente]], who both left the band [[1993 in heavy metal music|a year before]], and also their last with longtime bassist [[Greg Christian]], who left [[1996 in heavy metal music|two years later]].
* [[Testament (band)|Testament]] release their sixth album ''[[Low (Testament album)|Low]]''. It is their first album recorded without original guitarist [[Alex Skolnick]] and drummer [[Louie Clemente]], who both left the band [[1993 in heavy metal music|a year before]], and also their last with longtime bassist [[Greg Christian]], who left [[1996 in heavy metal music|two years later]].
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* [[Oomph!]] establish the rudiments of the [[Neue Deutsche Härte]] genre with their album ''[[Sperm (album)|Sperm]]''.
* [[Oomph!]] establish the rudiments of the [[Neue Deutsche Härte]] genre with their album ''[[Sperm (album)|Sperm]]''.
* Vocalist [[Ralf Scheepers]] leaves [[Gamma Ray (band)|Gamma Ray]]. He would later go on to form [[Primal Fear (band)|Primal Fear]].
* Vocalist [[Ralf Scheepers]] leaves [[Gamma Ray (band)|Gamma Ray]]. He would later go on to form [[Primal Fear (band)|Primal Fear]].

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  1. ^ Wiederhorn, Jon (11 October 2023). "29 Years Ago: Korn Pioneer A New Sound With Their Self-Titled Album". Loudwire. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
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