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This is a timeline documenting the events of [[Heavy Metal music|heavy metal]] in the year [[1994]]. |
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This is a timeline documenting the events of [[heavy metal music]] in the year 1994. |
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==Newly formed bands== |
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* [[20 Dead Flower Children]] |
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*[[36 Crazyfists]] |
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*[[Abaddon Incarnate]] |
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* [[Abscess (band)|Abscess]] |
* [[Abscess (band)|Abscess]] |
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*[[Abstrakt Algebra]] |
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*[[The Abyss (musical project)|The Abyss]] |
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* [[Ayreon]] |
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*[[Agoraphobic Nosebleed]] |
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* [[Amen (American band)|Amen]] |
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* [[Destroyer 666]] |
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*[[Antaeus (band)|Antaeus]] |
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*[[Aurora Borealis (band)|Aurora Borealis]] |
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*[[Behexen]] |
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*[[Blindside (band)|Blindside]] |
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*[[Blut Aus Nord]] |
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*[[Coalesce (band)|Coalesce]] |
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*[[Colour Haze]] |
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*[[Corrupted (band)|Corrupted]] |
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*[[Craft (band)|Craft]] |
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*[[Creed (band)|Creed]] |
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*[[Dark Fortress]] |
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*[[Deadguy]] |
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* [[Deströyer 666]] |
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*[[DGM (band)|DGM]] |
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*[[Disillusion (band)|Disillusion]] |
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*[[Dismal Euphony]] |
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* [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]] (as Brawl) |
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* [[Dødheimsgard]] |
* [[Dødheimsgard]] |
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* [[Draconian (band)|Draconian]] |
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* [[Edguy]] |
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*[[Ektomorf]] |
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*[[Empyrium]] |
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*[[Epoch Of Unlight]] |
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*[[Eternal Tears of Sorrow]] |
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* [[Evoken]] |
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*[[Flowing Tears]] |
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*[[Gluecifer]] |
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*[[Gov't Mule]] |
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* [[Graveworm]] |
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*[[Gravity Kills]] |
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*[[Guano Apes]] |
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* [[HammerFall]] |
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* [[Hatebreed]] |
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* [[Heavenly (French band)|Heavenly]] |
* [[Heavenly (French band)|Heavenly]] |
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*[[Hed PE]] |
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*[[The Hellacopters]] |
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*[[Hollenthon]] |
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* [[Hoobastank]] |
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*[[Horde (band)|Horde]] |
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*[[Iron Monkey (band)|Iron Monkey]] |
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*[[Kalisia]] |
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*[[Kampfar]] |
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*[[Knut (band)|Knut]] |
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*[[Kobong (band)|Kobong]] |
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*[[Kronos (band)|Kronos]] |
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* [[Lacuna Coil]] |
* [[Lacuna Coil]] |
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*[[Lake of Tears]] |
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* [[Lamb of God (band)|Lamb of God]] (as Burn the Priest) |
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* [[Limbonic Art]] |
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*[[Limp Bizkit]] |
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* [[Lost Horizon (band)|Lost Horizon]] |
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*[[Lux Occulta]] |
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*[[Martyr (band)|Martyr]] |
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* [[Melechesh]] |
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*[[Mob Rules (band)|Mob Rules]] |
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* [[Moonspell]] |
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* [[Muse (band)|Muse]] |
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* [[Mushroomhead]] |
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* [[Naer Mataron]] |
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*[[Nailbomb]] |
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* [[Necrophagist]] |
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*[[Negură Bunget]] |
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* [[Neuraxis (band)|Neuraxis]] |
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*[[Nightingale (band)|Nightingale]] |
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* [[Nile (band)|Nile]] |
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* [[Nothingface (band)|Nothingface]] |
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*[[October Tide]] |
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*[[Officium Triste]] |
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*[[O.N.A.]] |
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*[[Page and Plant]] |
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*[[Portal (band)|Portal]] |
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* [[Primordial (band)|Primordial]] |
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* [[Quo Vadis (band)|Quo Vadis]] |
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*[[Ragnarok (Norwegian band)|Ragnarok]] |
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* [[Rammstein]] |
* [[Rammstein]] |
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* [[Scarve]] |
* [[Scarve]] |
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* [[Sevendust]] |
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*[[Siebenbürgen (band)|Siebenbürgen]] |
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* [[Six Feet Under (band)|Six Feet Under]] |
* [[Six Feet Under (band)|Six Feet Under]] |
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* [[Skylark (Italian band)|Skylark]] |
* [[Skylark (Italian band)|Skylark]] |
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* [[Slash's Snakepit]] |
* [[Slash's Snakepit]] |
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*[[Spiritual Beggars]] |
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* [[Static-X]] |
* [[Static-X]] |
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* [[Strapping Young Lad]] |
* [[Strapping Young Lad]] |
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* [[Stone Sour]] |
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*[[Suidakra]] |
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* [[Symphony X]] |
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* [[System of a Down]] |
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*[[Tenacious D]] |
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*[[Theatres des Vampires]] |
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*[[Throes of Dawn]] |
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*[[Thyrane]] |
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*[[Trail of Tears (band)|Trail of Tears]] |
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* [[Ulver]] |
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* [[Vintersorg]] |
* [[Vintersorg]] |
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* [[Virgin Black]] |
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*[[Windir]] |
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==Albums== |
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* [[Alice Cooper]] - ''[[The Last Temptation]]'' |
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* [[Accept (band)|Accept]] – ''[[Death Row (album)|Death Row]]'' |
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* [[Acid Bath]] – ''[[When the Kite String Pops]]'' |
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* [[Acid King]] – ''Acid King'' (EP) |
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* [[Bolt Thrower (band)|Bolt Thrower]] - ''[[...For Victory]]'' |
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* [[Alice Cooper]] – ''[[The Last Temptation (Alice Cooper album)|The Last Temptation]]'' |
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* [[Alice in Chains]] – ''[[Jar of Flies]]'' |
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* [[no big silence|Aggressor]] – ''[[Of Long Duration Anguish]]'' |
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* [[The Almighty (band)|The Almighty]] – ''[[Crank (The Almighty album)|Crank]]'' |
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* [[Altar (Dutch band)|Altar]] - ''Youth Against Christ'' |
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* [[Deftones]] - ''[[Adrenaline (album)|Adrenaline]]'' |
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* [[Amorphis]] – ''[[Tales from the Thousand Lakes]]'' |
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* [[Ancient (band)|Ancient]] – ''[[Svartalvheim]]'' |
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* [[Annihilator (band)|Annihilator]] – ''[[King of the Kill]]'' |
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* [[Arcturus (band)|Arcturus]] – ''[[Constellation (EP)|Constellation]]'' (EP) |
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* [[Asphyx]] - ''[[Asphyx (album)|Asphyx]]'' |
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* [[At the Gates]] - ''[[Terminal Spirit Disease]]'' |
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* [[ |
* [[Bang Tango]] – ''[[Love After Death]]'' |
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* [[ |
* [[Bathory (band)|Bathory]] – ''[[Requiem (Bathory album)|Requiem]]'' |
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* [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]] – ''[[And the Forests Dream Eternally]]'' (EP) |
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* [[Benediction (band)|Benediction]] - ''The Grotesque / Ashen Epitaph'' (EP) |
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* [[Kyuss]] - ''[[Welcome to Sky Valley]]'' |
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* [[Bestial Warlust]] - ''Vengeance War Till Death'' |
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* [[Biohazard (band)|Biohazard]] – ''[[State of the World Address]]'' |
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* [[Black Sabbath]] – ''[[Cross Purposes]]'' |
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* [[The Black Crowes]] – ''[[Amorica]]'' |
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* [[Body Count (band)|Body Count]] – ''[[Born Dead]]'' |
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* [[Bolt Thrower (band)|Bolt Thrower]] – ''[[...For Victory]]'' |
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* [[Bon Jovi]] – ''[[Cross Road (album)|Cross Road (comp.)]]'' |
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* [[Bruce Dickinson]] – ''[[Balls to Picasso]]'' |
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* [[Brutality (band)|Brutality]] - ''When the Sky Turns Black'' |
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* [[Slayer]] - ''[[Divine Intervention (album)|Divine Intervention]]'' |
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* [[Brutal Truth]] - ''[[Need to Control]]'' |
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* [[Burzum]] – ''[[Hvis lyset tar oss]]'' |
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* [[Cannibal Corpse]] – ''[[The Bleeding (album)|The Bleeding]]'' |
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* [[Cathedral (band)|Cathedral]] – ''[[Cosmic Requiem]]'' (EP) |
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* [[Cathedral (band)|Cathedral]] – ''[[In Memorium]]'' (EP) |
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* [[Cathedral (band)|Cathedral]] – ''[[Statik Majik]]'' (EP) |
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* [[Cemetary (band)|Cemetary]] – ''[[Black Vanity]]'' |
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* [[Cinderella (band)|Cinderella]] – ''[[Still Climbing (Cinderella album)|Still Climbing]]'' |
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* [[Converge (band)|Converge]] – ''[[Halo in a Haystack]]'' |
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* [[Corrosion of Conformity]] – ''[[Deliverance (Corrosion of Conformity album)|Deliverance]]'' |
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* [[Cradle of Filth]] – ''[[The Principle of Evil Made Flesh]]'' |
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* [[Cryptopsy]] – ''[[Blasphemy Made Flesh]]'' |
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* [[The Cult]] – ''[[The Cult (album)|The Cult]]'' |
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* [[Dangerous Toys]] – ''[[Pissed (album)|Pissed]]'' |
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* [[Danzig (band)|Danzig]] – ''[[Danzig 4]]'' |
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* [[Dark Funeral]] – ''[[Dark Funeral (EP)|Dark Funeral]]'' (EP) |
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* [[Darkthrone]] – ''[[Transilvanian Hunger]]'' |
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* [[Deliverance (metal band)|Deliverance]] – ''[[River Disturbance]]'' |
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* [[Destruction (band)|Destruction]] – ''[[Destruction (EP)|Destruction]]'' (EP) |
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* [[Desultory]] - ''Bitterness'' |
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* [[Dio (band)|Dio]] – ''[[Strange Highways]]'' (US release) |
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* [[DGeneration]] – ''[[DGeneration]]'' |
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* [[Downset.]] – ''[[Downset. (album)|downset.]]'' |
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* [[Dream Theater]] – ''[[Awake (Dream Theater album)|Awake]]'' |
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* [[Edge of Sanity]] – ''[[Purgatory Afterglow]]'' |
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* [[Electric Wizard]] – ''[[Electric Wizard (album)|Electric Wizard]]'' |
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* [[Elegy]] - ''[[Supremacy (Elegy album)|Supremacy]]'' |
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* [[Emperor (band)|Emperor]] – ''[[In the Nightside Eclipse]]'' |
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* [[Enslaved (band)|Enslaved]] – ''[[Frost (album)|Frost]]'' |
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* [[Enslaved (band)|Enslaved]] – ''[[Vikingligr Veldi]]'' |
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* Evil Wings - ''Evil Wings'' |
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* [[Fates Warning]] – ''[[Inside Out (Fates Warning album)|Inside Out]]'' |
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* [[Freak Kitchen]] – ''[[Appetizer (album)|Appetizer]]'' |
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* [[Forbidden (band)|Forbidden]] – ''[[Distortion (Forbidden album)|Distortion]]'' |
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* [[Fu Manchu (band)|Fu Manchu]] – ''[[No One Rides for Free]]'' |
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* [[Gehenna (band)|Gehenna]] – ''[[First Spell]]'' (EP) |
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* [[Gilby Clarke]] – ''[[Pawnshop Guitars]]'' |
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* [[Godflesh]] – ''[[Selfless (album)|Selfless]]'' |
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* [[Gorefest]] – ''[[Erase (album)|Erase]]'' |
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* [[Gorgoroth]] – ''[[Pentagram (Gorgoroth album)|Pentagram]]'' |
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* [[Gotthard (band)|Gotthard]] – ''[[Dial Hard]]'' |
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* [[Grave (band)|Grave]] - ''[[Soulless (album)|Soulless]]'' |
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* [[Gwar]] – ''[[This Toilet Earth]]'' |
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* [[H-Blockx]] - ''Time to Move'' |
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* [[Helloween]] – ''[[Master of the Rings]]'' |
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* [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]] – ''[[Betty (Helmet album)|Betty]]'' |
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* [[Hypocrisy (band)|Hypocrisy]] – ''[[The Fourth Dimension (Hypocrisy album)|The Fourth Dimension]]'' |
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* [[Impaled Nazarene]] – ''[[Suomi Finland Perkele]]'' |
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* [[In Flames]] – ''[[Lunar Strain]]'' |
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* [[Incantation (American band)|Incantation]] – ''[[Mortal Throne of Nazarene]]'' |
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* [[Infectious Grooves]] – ''[[Groove Family Cyco]]'' |
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* [[Killing Joke]] – ''[[Pandemonium (Killing Joke album)|Pandemonium]]'' |
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* [[King's X]] – ''[[Dogman (King's X album)|Dogman]]'' |
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* [[Korn]] – ''[[Korn (album)|Korn]]'' |
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* Korpse - ''Pull the Flood'' |
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* [[Kyuss]] – ''[[Welcome to Sky Valley]]'' |
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* [[L.A. Guns]] – ''[[Vicious Circle (L.A. Guns album)|Vicious Circle]]'' |
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* [[Lake of Tears]] – ''[[Greater Art]]'' |
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* [[Love/Hate (band)|Love/Hate]] – ''Lets Rumble'' |
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* Luciferion - ''Demonication (The Manifest)'' |
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* [[Tony MacAlpine]] – ''[[Premonition (Tony MacAlpine album)|Premonition]]'' |
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* [[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]] – ''[[Burn My Eyes]]'' |
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* [[Madball]] – ''Set It Off'' |
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* [[Magnum (band)|Magnum]] – ''[[Rock Art (album)|Rock Art]]'' |
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* [[Yngwie Malmsteen]] – ''[[The Seventh Sign (album)|The Seventh Sign]]'' |
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* [[Manic Eden]] – ''[[Manic Eden]]'' |
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* [[Marduk (band)|Marduk]] – ''[[Opus Nocturne]]'' |
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* [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] – ''[[Portrait of an American Family]]'' |
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* [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]] – ''[[De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas]]'' |
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* [[Megadeth]] – ''[[Youthanasia]]'' |
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* [[Melvins]] – ''[[Stoner Witch]]'' |
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* [[Memento Mori]] – ''[[Life, Death, and Other Morbid Tales]]'' |
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* [[Mercyful Fate]] – ''[[Time (Mercyful Fate album)|Time]]'' |
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* [[Meshuggah]] – ''[[None (Meshuggah EP)|None]]'' (EP) |
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* [[Moonspell]] – ''[[Under the Moonspell]]'' (EP) |
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* [[Mortification (band)|Mortification]] - ''[[Blood World]]'' |
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* [[Mötley Crüe]] – ''[[Mötley Crüe (album)|Mötley Crüe]]'' |
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* [[My Dying Bride]] - ''[[I Am the Bloody Earth]]'' (EP) |
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* [[Nailbomb]] – ''[[Point Blank (Nailbomb album)|Point Blank]]'' |
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* [[Napalm Death]] – ''[[Fear, Emptiness, Despair]]'' |
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* [[The New York Dolls]] – ''[[Rock'n Roll (New York Dolls album)|Rock'n Roll]]'' |
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* [[Nine Inch Nails]] – ''[[The Downward Spiral]]'' |
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* [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] – ''[[MTV Unplugged in New York]]'' |
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* [[No One Is Innocent]] – ''No One Is Innocent'' |
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* [[Legion of the Damned (band)|Occult]] – ''Prepare to Meet Thy Doom'' |
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* [[Obituary (band)|Obituary]] – ''[[World Demise]]'' |
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* [[The Obsessed]] – ''[[The Church Within]]'' |
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* [[Oomph!]] – ''[[Sperm (album)|Sperm]]'' |
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* [[Overkill (band)|Overkill]] – ''[[W.F.O.]]'' |
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* [[Pantera]] – ''[[Far Beyond Driven]]'' |
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* [[Pearl Jam]] – ''[[Vitalogy]]'' |
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* [[Pentagram (band)|Pentagram]] - ''[[Be Forewarned]]'' |
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* [[Pitchshifter (band)|Pitchshifter]] – ''[[The Remix War]]'' (remix) |
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* [[Pride & Glory (band)|Pride & Glory]] – ''[[Pride & Glory (album)|Pride & Glory]]'' |
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* [[Pro-Pain]] – ''The Truth Hurts'' |
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* [[Prong (band)|Prong]] – ''[[Cleansing (album)|Cleansing]]'' |
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* [[Pungent Stench]] - ''[[Club Mondo Bizarre – For Members Only]]'' |
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* [[P.O.D.]] – ''[[Snuff the Punk]]'' |
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* [[Queensrÿche]] – ''[[Promised Land (Queensrÿche album)|Promised Land]]'' |
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* [[Rage (German band)|Rage]] – ''[[10 Years in Rage]]'' (compilation) |
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* [[Ram Jam]] – ''Nouvel Album'' (also released under the name ''Thank You Mam'' in 1995) |
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* [[Rollins Band]] – ''[[Weight (album)|Weight]]'' |
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* [[Ron Wasserman]] – ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers the Album: A Rock Adventure]]'' (soundtrack) |
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* [[Rotting Christ]] – ''[[Non Serviam (album)|Non Serviam]]'' |
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* [[Running Wild (band)|Running Wild]] – ''[[Black Hand Inn]]'' |
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* [[Samael (band)|Samael]] – ''[[Ceremony of Opposites]]'' |
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* [[Satyricon (band)|Satyricon]] – ''[[The Shadowthrone]]'' |
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* [[Savatage]] – ''[[Handful of Rain]]'' |
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* [[Senser]] – ''[[Stacked Up]]'' |
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* [[Sentenced]] - ''[[The Trooper (EP)]]'' |
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* [[Septicflesh]] - ''[[Mystic Places of Dawn]]'' |
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* [[Skyclad (band)|Skyclad]] – ''[[Prince of the Poverty Line]]'' |
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* [[Slayer]] – ''[[Divine Intervention (Slayer album)|Divine Intervention]]'' |
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* [[Sodom (band)|Sodom]] – ''[[Get What You Deserve]]'' |
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* [[Solitude Aeturnus]] – ''[[Through the Darkest Hour]]'' |
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* [[Solstice (doom metal band)|Solstice]] – ''[[Lamentations (Solstice album)|Lamentations]]'' |
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* [[Soundgarden]] – ''[[Superunknown]]'' |
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* [[Stabbing Westward]] – ''[[Ungod]]'' |
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* [[Stone Temple Pilots]] – ''[[Purple (Stone Temple Pilots album)|Purple]]'' |
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* [[Stratovarius]] – ''[[Dreamspace]]'' |
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* [[Suicidal Tendencies]] – ''[[Suicidal for Life]]'' |
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* [[Symphony X]] – ''[[Symphony X (album)|Symphony X]]'' |
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* [[Tankard (band)|Tankard]] – ''[[Two-Faced (Tankard album)|Two-Faced]]'' |
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* [[Testament (band)|Testament]] – ''[[Low (Testament album)|Low]]'' |
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* [[Therapy?]] – ''[[Troublegum]]'' |
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* [[Threshold (band)|Threshold]] – ''[[Psychedelicatessen (Threshold album)|Psychedelicatessen]]'' |
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* [[The Third and the Mortal|The 3rd and the Mortal]] – ''Sorrow'' (EP) |
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* The 3rd and the Mortal – ''[[Tears Laid in Earth]]'' |
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* [[Tiamat (band)|Tiamat]] – ''[[Wildhoney]]'' |
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* [[Tuff]] – ''Fist First'' |
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* [[Urban Dance Squad]] – ''[[Persona Non Grata (Urban Dance Squad album)|Persona Non Grata]]'' |
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* [[Vader (band)|Vader]] – ''[[Sothis (EP)|Sothis]]'' (EP) |
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* [[Vanden Plas (band)|Vanden Plas]] – ''[[Colour Temple]]'' |
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* Various Artists – ''[[Nativity in Black]]'' ([[Black Sabbath]] tribute album) |
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* [[Vicious Rumors]] – ''[[Word of Mouth (Vicious Rumors album)|Word of Mouth]]'' |
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* [[Whitesnake]] – ''[[Greatest Hits (Whitesnake album)|Greatest Hits]]'' |
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* [[Widowmaker (Dee Snider band)|Widowmaker]] – ''[[Stand By for Pain]]'' |
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==Disbandments== |
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*[[Atheist (band)|Atheist]] (reformed in [[2006 in heavy metal music|2006]]) |
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*[[Follow for Now]] |
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*[[Lost Horizon (band)|Lost Horizon (then known as Highlander)]] (reformed in [[1999 in heavy metal music|1999]]) |
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*[[Metal Church]] (reformed in [[1998 in heavy metal music|1998]]) |
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*[[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] |
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==Events== |
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* [[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> |
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* Far Beyond Driven by Pantera debut's at No 1 on the U.S., British and Australian charts. |
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* ''[[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. |
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* Jar of Flies was the first and only EP ever to reach #1 on the Billboard US album chart. |
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* [[Nick Barker (drummer)|Nick Barker]] becomes the drummer for [[Cradle of Filth]]. |
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* Longtime [[Extreme (band)|Extreme]] drummer [[Paul Geary]] leaves the band is replaced by [[Mike Mangini|Michael Mangini]]. |
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* [[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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* [[Metallica]], [[Danzig (band)|Danzig]] and [[Suicidal Tendencies]] embark on a U.S. tour together. |
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* [[Oomph!]] establish the rudiments of the [[Neue Deutsche Härte]] genre with their album ''[[Sperm (album)|Sperm]]''. |
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* 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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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal music in the year 1994.
Newly formed bands
[edit]- 20 Dead Flower Children
- 36 Crazyfists
- Abaddon Incarnate
- Abscess
- Abstrakt Algebra
- The Abyss
- Agoraphobic Nosebleed
- Amen
- Antaeus
- Aurora Borealis
- Behexen
- Blindside
- Blut Aus Nord
- Coalesce
- Colour Haze
- Corrupted
- Craft
- Creed
- Dark Fortress
- Deadguy
- Deströyer 666
- DGM
- Disillusion
- Dismal Euphony
- Disturbed (as Brawl)
- Dødheimsgard
- Draconian
- Edguy
- Ektomorf
- Empyrium
- Epoch Of Unlight
- Eternal Tears of Sorrow
- Evoken
- Flowing Tears
- Gluecifer
- Gov't Mule
- Graveworm
- Gravity Kills
- Guano Apes
- HammerFall
- Hatebreed
- Heavenly
- Hed PE
- The Hellacopters
- Hollenthon
- Hoobastank
- Horde
- Iron Monkey
- Kalisia
- Kampfar
- Knut
- Kobong
- Kronos
- Lacuna Coil
- Lake of Tears
- Lamb of God (as Burn the Priest)
- Limbonic Art
- Limp Bizkit
- Lost Horizon
- Lux Occulta
- Martyr
- Melechesh
- Mob Rules
- Moonspell
- Muse
- Mushroomhead
- Naer Mataron
- Nailbomb
- Necrophagist
- Negură Bunget
- Neuraxis
- Nightingale
- Nile
- Nothingface
- October Tide
- Officium Triste
- O.N.A.
- Page and Plant
- Portal
- Primordial
- Quo Vadis
- Ragnarok
- Rammstein
- Scarve
- Sevendust
- Siebenbürgen
- Six Feet Under
- Skylark
- Slash's Snakepit
- Spiritual Beggars
- Static-X
- Strapping Young Lad
- Stone Sour
- Suidakra
- Symphony X
- System of a Down
- Tenacious D
- Theatres des Vampires
- Throes of Dawn
- Thyrane
- Trail of Tears
- Ulver
- Vintersorg
- Virgin Black
- Windir
Albums
[edit]- Accept – Death Row
- Acid Bath – When the Kite String Pops
- Acid King – Acid King (EP)
- Alice Cooper – The Last Temptation
- Alice in Chains – Jar of Flies
- Aggressor – Of Long Duration Anguish
- The Almighty – Crank
- Altar - Youth Against Christ
- Amorphis – Tales from the Thousand Lakes
- Ancient – Svartalvheim
- Annihilator – King of the Kill
- Arcturus – Constellation (EP)
- Asphyx - Asphyx
- At the Gates - Terminal Spirit Disease
- Bang Tango – Love After Death
- Bathory – Requiem
- Behemoth – And the Forests Dream Eternally (EP)
- Benediction - The Grotesque / Ashen Epitaph (EP)
- Bestial Warlust - Vengeance War Till Death
- Biohazard – State of the World Address
- Black Sabbath – Cross Purposes
- The Black Crowes – Amorica
- Body Count – Born Dead
- Bolt Thrower – ...For Victory
- Bon Jovi – Cross Road (comp.)
- Bruce Dickinson – Balls to Picasso
- Brutality - When the Sky Turns Black
- Brutal Truth - Need to Control
- Burzum – Hvis lyset tar oss
- Cannibal Corpse – The Bleeding
- Cathedral – Cosmic Requiem (EP)
- Cathedral – In Memorium (EP)
- Cathedral – Statik Majik (EP)
- Cemetary – Black Vanity
- Cinderella – Still Climbing
- Converge – Halo in a Haystack
- Corrosion of Conformity – Deliverance
- Cradle of Filth – The Principle of Evil Made Flesh
- Cryptopsy – Blasphemy Made Flesh
- The Cult – The Cult
- Dangerous Toys – Pissed
- Danzig – Danzig 4
- Dark Funeral – Dark Funeral (EP)
- Darkthrone – Transilvanian Hunger
- Deliverance – River Disturbance
- Destruction – Destruction (EP)
- Desultory - Bitterness
- Dio – Strange Highways (US release)
- DGeneration – DGeneration
- Downset. – downset.
- Dream Theater – Awake
- Edge of Sanity – Purgatory Afterglow
- Electric Wizard – Electric Wizard
- Elegy - Supremacy
- Emperor – In the Nightside Eclipse
- Enslaved – Frost
- Enslaved – Vikingligr Veldi
- Evil Wings - Evil Wings
- Fates Warning – Inside Out
- Freak Kitchen – Appetizer
- Forbidden – Distortion
- Fu Manchu – No One Rides for Free
- Gehenna – First Spell (EP)
- Gilby Clarke – Pawnshop Guitars
- Godflesh – Selfless
- Gorefest – Erase
- Gorgoroth – Pentagram
- Gotthard – Dial Hard
- Grave - Soulless
- Gwar – This Toilet Earth
- H-Blockx - Time to Move
- Helloween – Master of the Rings
- Helmet – Betty
- Hypocrisy – The Fourth Dimension
- Impaled Nazarene – Suomi Finland Perkele
- In Flames – Lunar Strain
- Incantation – Mortal Throne of Nazarene
- Infectious Grooves – Groove Family Cyco
- Killing Joke – Pandemonium
- King's X – Dogman
- Korn – Korn
- Korpse - Pull the Flood
- Kyuss – Welcome to Sky Valley
- L.A. Guns – Vicious Circle
- Lake of Tears – Greater Art
- Love/Hate – Lets Rumble
- Luciferion - Demonication (The Manifest)
- Tony MacAlpine – Premonition
- Machine Head – Burn My Eyes
- Madball – Set It Off
- Magnum – Rock Art
- Yngwie Malmsteen – The Seventh Sign
- Manic Eden – Manic Eden
- Marduk – Opus Nocturne
- Marilyn Manson – Portrait of an American Family
- Mayhem – De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
- Megadeth – Youthanasia
- Melvins – Stoner Witch
- Memento Mori – Life, Death, and Other Morbid Tales
- Mercyful Fate – Time
- Meshuggah – None (EP)
- Moonspell – Under the Moonspell (EP)
- Mortification - Blood World
- Mötley Crüe – Mötley Crüe
- My Dying Bride - I Am the Bloody Earth (EP)
- Nailbomb – Point Blank
- Napalm Death – Fear, Emptiness, Despair
- The New York Dolls – Rock'n Roll
- Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral
- Nirvana – MTV Unplugged in New York
- No One Is Innocent – No One Is Innocent
- Occult – Prepare to Meet Thy Doom
- Obituary – World Demise
- The Obsessed – The Church Within
- Oomph! – Sperm
- Overkill – W.F.O.
- Pantera – Far Beyond Driven
- Pearl Jam – Vitalogy
- Pentagram - Be Forewarned
- Pitchshifter – The Remix War (remix)
- Pride & Glory – Pride & Glory
- Pro-Pain – The Truth Hurts
- Prong – Cleansing
- Pungent Stench - Club Mondo Bizarre – For Members Only
- P.O.D. – Snuff the Punk
- Queensrÿche – Promised Land
- Rage – 10 Years in Rage (compilation)
- Ram Jam – Nouvel Album (also released under the name Thank You Mam in 1995)
- Rollins Band – Weight
- Ron Wasserman – Mighty Morphin Power Rangers the Album: A Rock Adventure (soundtrack)
- Rotting Christ – Non Serviam
- Running Wild – Black Hand Inn
- Samael – Ceremony of Opposites
- Satyricon – The Shadowthrone
- Savatage – Handful of Rain
- Senser – Stacked Up
- Sentenced - The Trooper (EP)
- Septicflesh - Mystic Places of Dawn
- Skyclad – Prince of the Poverty Line
- Slayer – Divine Intervention
- Sodom – Get What You Deserve
- Solitude Aeturnus – Through the Darkest Hour
- Solstice – Lamentations
- Soundgarden – Superunknown
- Stabbing Westward – Ungod
- Stone Temple Pilots – Purple
- Stratovarius – Dreamspace
- Suicidal Tendencies – Suicidal for Life
- Symphony X – Symphony X
- Tankard – Two-Faced
- Testament – Low
- Therapy? – Troublegum
- Threshold – Psychedelicatessen
- The 3rd and the Mortal – Sorrow (EP)
- The 3rd and the Mortal – Tears Laid in Earth
- Tiamat – Wildhoney
- Tuff – Fist First
- Urban Dance Squad – Persona Non Grata
- Vader – Sothis (EP)
- Vanden Plas – Colour Temple
- Various Artists – Nativity in Black (Black Sabbath tribute album)
- Vicious Rumors – Word of Mouth
- Whitesnake – Greatest Hits
- Widowmaker – Stand By for Pain
Disbandments
[edit]- Atheist (reformed in 2006)
- Follow for Now
- Lost Horizon (then known as Highlander) (reformed in 1999)
- Metal Church (reformed in 1998)
- Nirvana
Events
[edit]- Korn release their critically acclaimed self-titled debut album, which is generally considered the first ever "nu metal" album.[1]
- Divine Intervention by Slayer peaks at Number 8 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, with 93,000 copies sold in its first week, and later that year was certified gold in Canada and United States.
- Nick Barker becomes the drummer for Cradle of Filth.
- Longtime Extreme drummer Paul Geary leaves the band is replaced by Michael Mangini.
- Testament release their sixth album Low. It is their first album recorded without original guitarist Alex Skolnick and drummer Louie Clemente, who both left the band a year before, and also their last with longtime bassist Greg Christian, who left two years later.
- Metallica, Danzig and Suicidal Tendencies embark on a U.S. tour together.
- Oomph! establish the rudiments of the Neue Deutsche Härte genre with their album Sperm.
- Vocalist Ralf Scheepers leaves Gamma Ray. He would later go on to form Primal Fear.
References
[edit]- ^ Wiederhorn, Jon (11 October 2023). "29 Years Ago: Korn Pioneer A New Sound With Their Self-Titled Album". Loudwire. Retrieved 10 February 2024.