2000 in heavy metal music
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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2000.
Newly formed bands
- 5ive
- A Perfect Murder
- Adagio
- Adema
- Alcest
- Alove for Enemies
- Angelus Apatrida
- Animosity
- The Answer
- Antigama
- Apostasy
- Arsis
- As I Lay Dying
- Beto Vázquez Infinity
- Between the Buried and Me
- Beyond the Embrace
- Blinded Colony (as Stigmata)
- Bucovina
- Byzantine
- Cannae
- Car Bomb
- Circus Maximus
- Crashdïet
- The Darkness
- Deadsoul Tribe
- Deathstars
- Debauchery
- Demon Hunter
- Desperados
- Disarmonia Mundi
- Forever Slave
- From Autumn to Ashes
- Full Blown Chaos
- Hammers of Misfortune
- Hatesphere
- Hurt
- Indukti
- Kiuas
- Last Tribe
- Machinae Supremacy
- Majesty
- Mar de Grises
- Mastodon
- Mgła
- Mirrorthrone
- Mystic Prophecy
- Nachtmystium
- Nightrage
- The Ocean
- Ondskapt
- Otep
- Pagan's Mind
- Pantheist
- Peste Noire
- Place of Skulls
- Planet X
- Poisonblack
- Shaaman
- Seventh Wonder
- Steel Panther
- Swallow the Sun
- Sylosis
- Thunderstone
- Ulcerate
- Ünloco
- The Vision Bleak
- Visions of Atlantis
- Warmen
- Winter Solstice
- Witchcraft
Reformed bands
Albums
January
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Chimaira | This Present Darkness (EP) |
| Kittie | Spit | |
| 12 | Saturnus | Martyre |
| 17 | Sentenced | Crimson |
| Dismember | Hate Campaign | |
| 18 | Cro-Mags | Revenge |
| 24 | Novembre | Classica |
| 25 | Primer 55 | Introduction to Mayhem |
| 25 | Snapcase | Designs for Automotion |
| 31 | Macabre | Dahmer |
| Therion | Deggial |
February
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skillet | Invincible |
| 2 | Pink Cream 69 | Sonic Dynamite |
| 7 | Gorgoroth | Incipit Satan |
| Melvins | The Crybaby | |
| Haggard | Awaking the Centuries | |
| 8 | Bloodbath | Breeding Death (EP) |
| Demons & Wizards | Demons & Wizards | |
| Soilwork | The Chainheart Machine | |
| 21 | Misanthrope | Recueil d'Écueils: les Épaves et Autres Oeuvres Interdites (compilation) |
| 22 | Goatwhore | The Eclipse of Ages into Black |
| 28 | AC/DC | Stiff Upper Lip |
| Stratovarius | Infinite | |
| 29 | Rollins Band | Get Some -> Go Again |
| Deceased | Supernatural Addiction |
March
April
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Isis | Celestial |
| 4 | Shadows Fall | Of One Blood |
| 8 | Heaven Shall Burn | Asunder |
| 10 | One Minute Silence | Buy Now... Saved Later |
| The Hives | Veni Vidi Vicious | |
| The Berzerker | The Berzerker | |
| 11 | Trans-Siberian Orchestra | Beethoven's Last Night |
| 17 | Borknagar | Quintessence |
| Decapitated | Winds of Creation | |
| QueenAdreena | Taxidermy | |
| 18 | Black Label Society | Stronger Than Death |
| Nasum | Human 2.0 | |
| The Chasm | Procession to the Infraworld | |
| 21 | Anthem | Heavy Metal Anthem |
| 24 | After Forever | Prison of Desire |
| 25 | Boysetsfire | After the Eulogy |
| Destruction | All Hell Breaks Loose | |
| Papa Roach | Infest | |
| Racer X | Technical Difficulties (Europe and US versions) | |
| Saxon | Burrn! Presents: The Best of Saxon (compilation) | |
| Venom | Resurrection | |
| 28 | Tankard | Kings of Beer |
May
June
July
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | In Flames | Clayman |
| 4 | Killswitch Engage | Killswitch Engage |
| Pig Destroyer | Isis / Pig Destroyer (split EP) | |
| Underoath | Cries of the Past | |
| 7 | Dark Tranquillity | Haven |
| 11 | Mötley Crüe | New Tattoo |
| Origin | Origin | |
| 18 | Darkest Hour | The Mark of the Judas |
| The Union Underground | ...An Education in Rebellion | |
| 25 | Fates Warning | Disconnected |
| Sinergy | To Hell and Back | |
| Finger Eleven | The Greyest of Blue Skies | |
| 26 | Rob Rock | Rage of Creation |
August
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eighteen Visions | Until the Ink Runs Out |
| 8 | Halford | Resurrection |
| Scorpions | Moment of Glory (compilation) | |
| 14 | Raging Speedhorn | Raging Speedhorn |
| 15 | Exhumed | Slaughtercult |
| Society's Finest | The Journey...So Far | |
| 17 | Pro-Pain | Round 6 |
| 22 | Mudvayne | L.D. 50 |
| Hed PE | Broke | |
| 28 | Rotting Christ | Khronos |
| 29 | Paul Di'Anno | Nomad |
| Shuvel | Set It Off |
September
October
November
December
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Alice in Chains | Live |
| Godflesh | Messiah (EP) | |
| Rage Against the Machine | Renegades | |
| 11 | Crystal Eyes | In Silence They March |
| 12 | Abdullah | Abdullah |
| Ayreon | Ayreonauts Only (compilation) | |
| Melt-Banana | Teeny Shiny | |
| 14 | Walls of Jericho | The Bound Feed the Gagged |
| 15 | Boris | Flood |
| 17 | Gargoyle | Future Drug |
| 21 | Svartsyn | ...His Majesty |
| 24 | Onmyo-Za | 百鬼繚乱 |
| Within Temptation | Mother Earth |
Albums with unknown release dates
| Month | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| February | Eternal Tears of Sorrow | Chaotic Beauty |
| June | Hamlet | El Inferno |
| July | Behexen | Rituale Satanum |
| August | Thyrfing | Urkraft |
| December | Watain | Rabid Death's Curse |
| Unknown | No-Big-Silence | Successful, Bitch & Beautiful |
| Pig Destroyer | 7" Picture Disc (EP) | |
| Static-X | The Death Trip Continues (EP) | |
| Weakling | Dead as Dreams | |
| Chicosci | Revenge of the Giant Robot | |
| Graveland | Creed of Iron / Prawo Stali | |
| Shape of Despair | Shades Of... |
Singles (WIP)
January
| Day | Artist | Single |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Kittie | Brackish |
| 21 | AC/DC | Stiff Upper Lip |
February
| Day | Artist | Single |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | AC/DC | Safe in New York City |
April
| Day | Artist | Single |
|---|---|---|
| 29 | Disturbed | Stupify |
June
| Day | Artist | Single |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Metallica | I Disappear |
| 5 | Kittie | Charlotte |
August
| Day | Artist | Single |
|---|---|---|
| 29 | Linkin Park | One Step Closer |
September
| Day | Artist | Single |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | Melvins | Spit It Out |
October
| Day | Artist | Single |
|---|---|---|
| 29 | Disturbed | Down with the Sickness |
November
| Day | Artist | Single |
|---|---|---|
| 29 | Disturbed | Voices |
Singles with unknown release dates
| Month | Artist | Single |
|---|---|---|
| January | Poison | Shut Up, Make Love |
| February | Poison | Be the One |
| Unknown | Primer 55 | Appetite for Destruction |
| Loose | ||
| Set It Off | ||
| Rollins Band | Get Some Go Again | |
| Illumination | ||
| Skillet | Best Kept Secret | |
| Come On to the Future | ||
| Invincible | ||
| Rest | ||
| Shout to the Lord | ||
| The One | ||
| You Take My Rights Away | ||
| You're Powerful | ||
| Your Name Is Holy | ||
| Stratovarius | A Million Light Years Away / Celestial Dream | |
| Hunting High and Low / Millennium |
Disbandments
- Brougham
- Osvajači (reformed in 2005)
- Rage Against the Machine
- Sacred Reich (reformed in 2006)
Events
- Al Pitrelli replaces Marty Friedman on guitar for Megadeth.
- Metallica releases a song "I Disappear" that was never released on any studio albums and appears on the Mission: Impossible 2 soundtrack. This song also started the famous Napster Controversy.
- Angela Gossow replaces Johan Liiva on vocals for Arch Enemy.
- Mr. Bungle play their final concert.
Deaths
- September 21 – Peter "Wildfire" Wittke, founding member and guitarist of Iron Angel, died from injuries sustained in a car crash.[2]
References
- ^ "Electric Wizard". Rise Above Records. Archived from the original on October 12, 2000. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
- ^ "The BNR Metal Pages - Iron Angel". www.bnrmetal.com. Retrieved 2024-04-19.