2005 in heavy metal music
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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2005.
Newly formed bands
Reformed bands
Disbanded bands
Albums released
January
Day | Artist | Album |
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10 | Kreator | Enemy of God |
24 | Dark Tranquillity | Character |
Sturmgeist | Meister Mephisto | |
31 | Runemagick | Envenom |
February
Day | Artist | Album |
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1 | High on Fire | Blessed Black Wings |
Mötley Crüe | Red, White & Crüe (Compilation) | |
WarCry | ¿Dónde Está La Luz? | |
5 | Immolation | Harnessing Ruin |
7 | Primordial | The Gathering Wilderness |
Scar Symmetry | Symmetric in Design | |
17 | Lordi | The Monster Show |
28 | Soilwork | Stabbing the Drama |
March
Day | Artist | Album |
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1 | Judas Priest | Angel of Retribution |
4 | HammerFall | Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken |
7 | Winter Solstice | The Fall of Rome |
8 | Black Label Society | Mafia |
Into the Moat | The Design | |
15 | Kamelot | The Black Halo |
Origin | Echoes of Decimation | |
Trivium | Ascendancy | |
16 | Mournful Congregation | The Monad of Creation |
21 | Queens of the Stone Age | Lullabies to Paralyze |
22 | Overkill | ReliXIV |
Strapping Young Lad | Alien | |
29 | Mourning Beloveth | A Murderous Circus |
April
Day | Artist | Album |
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12 | Cog | The New Normal |
Mudvayne | Lost and Found | |
17 | Aborted | The Archaic Abattoir |
25 | Metalium | Demons of Insanity – Chapter Five |
Napalm Death | The Code Is Red...Long Live the Code | |
May
June
July
August
Day | Artist | Album |
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3 | Protest the Hero | Kezia |
4 | Black Label Society | Kings of Damnation 98–04 |
9 | Chimaira | Chimaira |
16 | Stryper | Reborn |
22 | Destruction | Inventor of Evil |
Fear Factory | Transgression | |
24 | Sonata Arctica | The End of This Chapter (Compilation) |
29 | Opeth | Ghost Reveries |
30 | Gorefest | La Muerte |
September
Day | Artist | Album |
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5 | Beseech | Sunless Days |
Hypocrisy | Virus | |
Stratovarius | Stratovarius | |
8 | After Forever | Remagine |
12 | Hortus Animae | The Blow Of Furious Winds |
Parkway Drive | Killing with a Smile | |
14 | Children of Bodom | Are You Dead Yet? |
20 | Bon Jovi | Have a Nice Day |
Disturbed | Ten Thousand Fists | |
God Forbid | IV: Constitution of Treason | |
27 | Gojira | From Mars to Sirius |
October
November
December
Day | Artist | Album |
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6 | Job for a Cowboy | Doom (EP) |
Korn | See You on the Other Side | |
Disbandments
Events
- Korn guitarist Brian "Head" Welch leaves the band.
- Soilwork guitarist Peter Wichers leaves the band in late December after playing in the band for ten years to concentrate on record producing.
- Static-X lead guitarist Tripp Eisen was arrested in February for "lewd conduct against children", and was fired from the band.
- Former Vader drummer Docent dies.
- Vocalist Tarja Turunen was fired from Nightwish.
- Jason Jones' departure from Drowning Pool was publicly announced on June 14, 2005, due to irreconcilable differences. On August 25 at the Ozzfest date in Dallas, Texas, Drowning Pool did a guest shot performance on the main stage debuting their new singer Ryan McCombs.
- Visions of Atlantis lead vocalist Nicole Bogner quits and is replaced by ex-Aesma Daeva vocalist, Melissa Ferlaak. Guitarist Werner Fielder quits and is replaced by Wolfgang Koch.[3]
- Kittie bassist Jennifer Arroyo quits and is replaced by Trish Doan. Session guitarist Lisa Marx quits and is replaced by Tara McLeod
- Hellhammer becomes Dimmu Borgir's new drummer.
- Former Metal Church singer David Wayne dies at age 47.
- Denis "Piggy" D'Amour of Voivod dies.
- American Head Charge guitarist Bryan Ottoson dies at 27.
- Motörhead picked up their first Grammy in the awards of 2005 in the Best Metal Performance category for their cover of Metallica's "Whiplash" on Metallic Attack: The Ultimate Tribute
- Sentenced members announce their break-up and the release of their very last album The Funeral Album. On October 1, they play and record their final show Buried Alive (released on 2006) on their hometown Oulu, Finland.
- Dave Mustaine, frontman of Megadeth puts together music festival Gigantour for the first time.
See also
References
- ↑ "Beyond Fear". www.metal-archives.com. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ "Interview with Motionless In White: Growing Creatures | The Aquarian". www.theaquarian.com. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ "VISIONS OF ATLANTIS: 'Delta' Track Listing Revealed - Dec. 24, 2010". December 24, 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
Preceded by 2004 |
Heavy Metal Timeline 2005 |
Succeeded by 2006 |
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