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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1992.
Newly formed bands
Reformed bands
Albums
- 24-7 Spyz – Strength in Numbers
- AC/DC – Live (live)
- Alice in Chains – Dirt
- Alice in Chains – Sap (EP)
- Anthem – Domestic Booty
- At the Gates – The Red in the Sky Is Ours
- Autopsy – Acts of the Unspeakable
- Biohazard – Urban Discipline
- Black Sabbath – Dehumanizer
- Blind Guardian – Somewhere Far Beyond
- Body Count – Body Count
- Bolt Thrower – The IVth Crusade
- Bon Jovi – Keep the Faith
- Brain Dead – From the Ecstasy
- Burzum – Burzum
- Cannibal Corpse – Tomb of the Mutilated
- Celtic Frost – Parched with Thirst Am I and Dying (compilation)
- Cro-Mags – Alpha Omega
- Damn Yankees – Don't Tread
- Darkthrone – A Blaze in the Northern Sky
- Danzig – Danzig III: How the Gods Kill
- Def Leppard – Adrenalize
- Deicide – Legion
- Deliverance – Stay of Execution
- Demolition Hammer – Epidemic of Violence
- Dream Theater – Images and Words
- Earthshaker – Earthshaker
- Exhorder – The Law
- Exodus – Force of Habit
- Extreme – III Sides to Every Story
- Faith No More – Angel Dust
- Fear Factory – Soul of a New Machine
- Godflesh – Pure
- Gorefest – False
- Hardline – Double Eclipse
- Helmet – Meantime
- Hypocrisy – Penetralia
- Iced Earth – Night of the Stormrider
- Immortal – Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism
- Iron Maiden – Fear of the Dark
- King's X – King's X
- Kiss – Revenge
- Kreator – Renewal
- Kyuss – Blues for the Red Sun
- Lacrimosa – Einsamkeit
- Loudness – Loudness
- Tony MacAlpine – Freedom to Fly
- Malevolent Creation – Retribution
- Yngwie Malmsteen – Fire and Ice
- Manowar – The Triumph of Steel
- Megadeth – Countdown to Extinction
- Ministry – Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs
- Monster Magnet – Tab (EP)
- Monstrosity – Imperial Doom
- Motörhead – March ör Die
- My Dying Bride – As the Flower Withers
- Napalm Death – Utopia Banished
- Necrophagist – Requiems of Festered Gore (demo)
- Neurosis – Souls at Zero
- Nine Inch Nails – Broken (EP)
- Nirvana – Incesticide (compilation)
- Nocturnus – Thresholds
- Obituary – The End Complete
- Oomph! – Oomph!
- Pantera – Vulgar Display of Power
- Paradise Lost – Shades of God
- Pitchshifter – Submit (EP)
- Rage – Trapped!
- Rage Against the Machine – Rage Against the Machine
- Reverend – Live (live EP)
- Rollins Band – The End of Silence
- Running Wild – Pile of Skulls
- Sadus – A Vision of Misery
- Skid Row – B-Side Ourselves (EP)
- Slaughter – The Wild Life
- Sodom – Tapping the Vein
- Steelheart – Tangled in Reins
- Stratovarius – Twilight Time
- Spinal Tap – Break Like the Wind
- Suicidal Tendencies – Art of Rebellion
- Tankard – Stone Cold Sober
- Testament – The Ritual
- Therapy? – Pleasure Death
- Therapy? – Nurse
- Tiamat – Clouds
- Trixter – Hear!
- Trouble – Manic Frustration
- Ugly Kid Joe – America's Least Wanted
- Unleashed – Shadows in the Deep
- Vader – The Ultimate Incantation
- Vital Remains – Let Us Pray
- Von – Satanic Blood
- W.A.S.P. – The Crimson Idol
- Warrant – Dog Eat Dog
- White Zombie – La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One
Disbandments
- Armored Saint (reformed in 1999)
- Atheist (reformed in 1993)
- Britny Fox (reformed in 2000)
- Europe (Hiatus until December 31, 1999, then full reformation with John Norum at guitar on October 2, 2003)
- Nitro (reformed in 2016)
- Ratt (reformed in 1996)
- Realm
- Stryper (reformed in 2003)
- White Lion (reformed in 1999)
Events
- Alice in Chains release their widely popular concept album, Dirt.
- Motörhead's drummer Phil Taylor finally leaves after recording "Ain't No Nice Guy" for the March or Die album. The drummer on that album is Tommy Aldridge, who was replaced by Mikkey Dee after recording the album.
- Metallica frontman James Hetfield suffers second and third-degree burns due to a pyrotechnic accident during the Guns N' Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour.[1]
- Living Colour's bassist Muzz Skillings leaves and is replaced by Doug Wimbish.
- On April, 20, The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert is held. Top heavy metal/hard rock acts such as Guns N' Roses, Def Leppard, Metallica, Extreme and the heavy metal parody band Spinal Tap perform, as well as heavy metal/hard rock legends such as Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin), Roger Daltrey (The Who), and Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath).
- Body Count sparks nationwide controversy over the song from their self-titled debut album, "Cop Killer".
- Vince Neil leaves Mötley Crüe and is replaced by John Corabi
- Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo is replaced by Paul Bostaph.[2]
- Fanoft Stave Church near Bergen, Norway is destroyed by Varg Vikernes of Burzum on June 6. Other church burnings attributed to black metal musicians also took place throughout Scandinavia.
- Extreme release their third album III Sides to Every Story.
References
- ↑ "25 Years Ago: A Guns N' Roses and Metallica Concert Ends in a Riot". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ↑ "Slayer draft in Paul Bostaph to replace drummer Dave Lombardo - NME". NME. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
| Preceded by 1991 |
Heavy Metal Timeline 1992 |
Succeeded by 1993 |
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