1994 in heavy metal music: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
| (27 intermediate revisions by 16 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Year in music|1994}} |
{{Year in music|1994}} |
||
{{Year nav topic5|1994|heavy metal music}} |
{{Year nav topic5|1994|heavy metal music}} |
||
{{ |
{{More citations needed|date=February 2024}} |
||
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== |
||
{{div col|colwidth=20em}} |
|||
* [[20 Dead Flower Children]] |
* [[20 Dead Flower Children]] |
||
*[[36 Crazyfists]] |
*[[36 Crazyfists]] |
||
| Line 28: | Line 29: | ||
*[[DGM (band)|DGM]] |
*[[DGM (band)|DGM]] |
||
*[[Disillusion (band)|Disillusion]] |
*[[Disillusion (band)|Disillusion]] |
||
*[[Dismal Euphony]] |
|||
* [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]] (as Brawl) |
* [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]] (as Brawl) |
||
* [[Dødheimsgard]] |
* [[Dødheimsgard]] |
||
| Line 38: | Line 40: | ||
* [[Evoken]] |
* [[Evoken]] |
||
*[[Flowing Tears]] |
*[[Flowing Tears]] |
||
*[[Gluecifer]] |
|||
*[[Gov't Mule]] |
|||
* [[Graveworm]] |
* [[Graveworm]] |
||
*[[Gravity Kills]] |
*[[Gravity Kills]] |
||
| Line 47: | Line 51: | ||
*[[The Hellacopters]] |
*[[The Hellacopters]] |
||
*[[Hollenthon]] |
*[[Hollenthon]] |
||
* [[Hoobastank]] |
|||
*[[Horde (band)|Horde]] |
*[[Horde (band)|Horde]] |
||
*[[Iron Monkey (band)|Iron Monkey]] |
*[[Iron Monkey (band)|Iron Monkey]] |
||
| Line 78: | Line 83: | ||
*[[Officium Triste]] |
*[[Officium Triste]] |
||
*[[O.N.A.]] |
*[[O.N.A.]] |
||
*[[Page and Plant]] |
|||
*[[Portal (band)|Portal]] |
*[[Portal (band)|Portal]] |
||
* [[Primordial (band)|Primordial]] |
* [[Primordial (band)|Primordial]] |
||
| Line 96: | Line 102: | ||
* [[Symphony X]] |
* [[Symphony X]] |
||
* [[System of a Down]] |
* [[System of a Down]] |
||
* |
*[[Tenacious D]] |
||
*[[Theatres des Vampires]] |
*[[Theatres des Vampires]] |
||
*[[Throes of Dawn]] |
*[[Throes of Dawn]] |
||
| Line 105: | Line 111: | ||
* [[Virgin Black]] |
* [[Virgin Black]] |
||
*[[Windir]] |
*[[Windir]] |
||
{{div col end}} |
|||
==Albums== |
==Albums== |
||
| Line 132: | Line 139: | ||
* [[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]]'' |
||
| Line 154: | Line 161: | ||
* [[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]] - '' |
* [[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]]'' |
||
| Line 176: | Line 184: | ||
* [[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]]'' |
||
| Line 182: | Line 191: | ||
* [[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]]'' |
||
| Line 191: | Line 200: | ||
* [[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]] – '' |
* [[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]]'' |
||
| Line 206: | Line 215: | ||
* [[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]]'' |
||
| Line 238: | Line 248: | ||
* [[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]] – ''[[ |
* [[Satyricon (band)|Satyricon]] – ''[[The Shadowthrone]]'' |
||
* Satyricon – ''[[The Shadowthrone]]'' |
|||
* [[Savatage]] – ''[[Handful of Rain]]'' |
* [[Savatage]] – ''[[Handful of Rain]]'' |
||
* [[Senser]] – ''[[Stacked Up]]'' |
* [[Senser]] – ''[[Stacked Up]]'' |
||
| Line 248: | Line 257: | ||
* [[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 ( |
* [[Solstice (doom metal band)|Solstice]] – ''[[Lamentations (Solstice album)|Lamentations]]'' |
||
* [[Soundgarden]] – ''[[Superunknown]]'' |
* [[Soundgarden]] – ''[[Superunknown]]'' |
||
* [[Stabbing Westward]] – ''[[Ungod]]'' |
* [[Stabbing Westward]] – ''[[Ungod]]'' |
||
| Line 259: | Line 268: | ||
* [[Therapy?]] – ''[[Troublegum]]'' |
* [[Therapy?]] – ''[[Troublegum]]'' |
||
* [[Threshold (band)|Threshold]] – ''[[Psychedelicatessen (Threshold album)|Psychedelicatessen]]'' |
* [[Threshold (band)|Threshold]] – ''[[Psychedelicatessen (Threshold album)|Psychedelicatessen]]'' |
||
* [[The 3rd and the Mortal]] – '' |
* [[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]] – '' |
* [[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) |
||
| Line 269: | Line 278: | ||
* [[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 |
* [[Widowmaker (Dee Snider band)|Widowmaker]] – ''[[Stand By for Pain]]'' |
||
{{div col end}} |
{{div col end}} |
||
| Line 280: | Line 289: | ||
==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. |
||
* [[ |
* [[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]]. |
||
| Line 288: | Line 297: | ||
* [[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]]. |
||
==References== |
|||
{{reflist}} |
|||
{{S-start}} |
{{S-start}} |
||
Latest revision as of 18:36, 25 December 2024
| By location |
|---|
| By genre |
| By topic |
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
| +... |
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (February 2024) |
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.