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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1998.
Newly Formed bands
- 8 Foot Sativa
- 40 Below Summer
- Atreyu
- Betzefer
- Breaking Benjamin
- Bullet for My Valentine (As Jeff Killed John)
- Chimaira
- Cog
- Crucified Barbara
- Freedom Call
- From Zero
- Odd Crew (As Kaskadiori)
- Peccatum
- Ram-Zet
- Rebaelliun
- Reveille
- Rob Zombie
- The Project Hate MCMXCIX
- Týr
- Underoath
- Unearth
- Winds
Reformed bands
Albums
- Alabama Thunderpussy - Rise Again
- Anathema - Alternative 4
- Angra - Fireworks
- Apocalyptica - Inquisition Symphony
- Arch Enemy - Stigmata
- Atreyu - Visions (EP)
- Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle
- Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth
- Bolt Thrower - Mercenary
- Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding
- Cannibal Corpse - Gallery of Suicide
- Children of Bodom - Something Wild
- Converge - When Forever Comes Crashing
- Cradle of Filth - Cruelty and the Beast
- Crowbar - Odd Fellows Rest
- Death - The Sound of Perseverance
- Deep Purple - Abandon
- Destruction - The Least Successful Human Cannonball
- Devin Townsend - Christeen + 4 Demos (EP)
- Devin Townsend - Infinity
- The Dillinger Escape Plan - Under the Running Board (EP)
- Dimmu Borgir - Godless Savage Garden (compilation)
- Dream Theater - Once in a LIVEtime (live)
- Earth Crisis - Breed the Killers
- Edguy - Vain Glory Opera
- Eldritch - El Niño
- Fear Factory - Obsolete
- Freak Kitchen - Freak Kitchen
- Godsmack - Godsmack
- HammerFall - Legacy of Kings
- Helloween - Better Than Raw
- Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes
- Iron Maiden - Virtual XI
- Kamelot - Siége Perilous
- Katatonia - Discouraged Ones
- Kid Rock - Devil Without a Cause
- KISS - Psycho Circus
- Korn - Follow the Leader
- Krisiun - Apocalyptic Revelation
- Madball - Look My Way
- Yngwie Malmsteen - Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in Em, Opus 1
- Yngwie Malmsteen - Double Live!
- Mercenary - First Breath
- Meshuggah - Chaosphere
- Metal Church - Live
- Metallica - Garage Inc. (compilation)
- Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals
- Monster Magnet - Powertrip
- Moonspell - Sin/Pecado
- Morbid Angel - Formulas Fatal to the Flesh
- Mötley Crüe - Greatest Hits
- Motörhead - Snake Bite Love
- My Dying Bride - 34.788%... Complete
- Nightwish - Oceanborn
- Nile - Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka
- Nothingface - An Audio Guide to Everyday Atrocity
- One Minute Silence - Available in All Colours
- Oomph! - Unrein
- Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
- Orgy - Candyass
- Pig Destroyer - Explosions in Ward 6
- Pitchshifter - www.pitchshifter.com
- Primal Fear - Primal Fear
- Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age
- Rage - XIII
- Rhapsody - Symphony of Enchanted Lands
- Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe
- Rush - Different Stages (live)
- Savatage - The Wake of Magellan (in United States)
- Sentenced - Frozen
- Sepultura - Against
- Skid Row - 40 Seasons: The Best of Skid Row
- Slayer - Diabolus in Musica
- Strapping Young Lad - No Sleep 'till Bedtime: Live in Australia
- Stratovarius - Visions of Europe (live)
- Stratovarius - Destiny
- Stuck Mojo - Rising
- Symphony X - Twilight in Olympus
- System of a Down - System of a Down
- Tankard - Disco Destroyer
- The Sins of Thy Beloved - Lake of Sorrow
- Theatre of Tragedy - Aégis
- Therapy? - Semi-Detached
- Trail of Tears - Disclosure in Red
- Tristania - Widow's Weeds
- 2wo - Voyeurs
- Vader - Kingdom (EP)
- Van Halen - Van Halen III
- Virgin Black - Trance (EP)
- Virgin Steele - Invictus
Disbandments
- 24-7 Spyz
- Destruction (reformed in 1999)
- Faith No More (reformed in 2009)
- Helmet (reformed in 2004)
- Snot (reformed in 2008)
- Vulcain
Events
- Aerosmith becomes the first rock band to debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with the single "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
- Mustis joins Dimmu Borgir on keyboards.
- Rob Halford of Judas Priest announces his homosexuality in an MTV interview.
- Hideto "hide" Matsumoto, guitarist of the Japanese heavy metal band X Japan, dies at an age of 33 years on May 2, 1998.
- Poison singer Bret Michaels directs and stars in the film A Letter from Death Row.
| Preceded by 1997 |
Heavy Metal Timeline 1998 |
Succeeded by 1999 |
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