1990 In Heavy Metal Music

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1990.

Newly formed bands

* 21 Guns
* Allegiance
* Amorphis
* Anathema
*Antestor
*Ark
*Arghoslent
*ASKA
* At the Gates
*Bad Moon Rising
* Barathrum
*Beyond Dawn
* Body Count (by rapper Ice-T)
* Brutal Truth
*Buzzoven
*Centinex
* Channel Zero
*Chokehold
* Christ Agony
* Comecon
*Contraband
* Converge
*Crowbar
*The Crown
*Dark Heresy
* Dog Eat Dog
*Dawn
* Dead Infection
* Demigod
* Demilich
*Disbelief
* Exhumed
*Finger Eleven
*God Dethroned
* The God Machine
*Green Carnation
* Haemorrhage
*Hate
*Impaled Nazarene
*Impiety
* In Flames
*Isole
* Krisiun
* Lacrimosa
*Local H
* Lost Horizon (then known as Highlander)
* Lost Soul
*Man Is the Bastard
*Marduk
*Merauder
*Mirror Of Deception
* Monstrosity
* Morgion
* Morpheus Descends
* My Dying Bride
*Nifelheim
* Nocturnal Rites
*Novembre
*Osvajači
*Pan.Thy.Monium
* Paragon
*Penance
*Quicksand
* Regurgitate
* Roxy Blue
*Runemagick
* Seance
*Septicflesh
* Shadow King
* Skrew
* Skyclad
*Sleep
*Slough Feg
*Solstice
* Subway To Sally
* Sugartooth
*The Tea Party
* Temple of the Dog
*Thergothon
* Tool
*Torture Squad
*Tourniquet
*Winter's Bane

Albums & EPs

* 24-7 Spyz – '' Gumbo Millennium''
* AC/DC – '' The Razors Edge''
* Agony Column – ''Comes Alive'' (EP) (live)
* Alice in Chains – ''Facelift''
* Aggressor – ''Indestructible'' (demo)
* Anacrusis – ''Reason''
* Angkor Wat – '' Corpus Christi''
* Annihilator – ''Never, Neverland''
* Anthem – ''No Smoke Without Fire''
* Anthrax – '' Persistence of Time''
* Apocrypha – ''Area 54''
* Artillery – ''By Inheritance''
* Asphalt Ballet – ''Asphalt Ballet (album)''
* Atrocity – ''Hallucinations''
* Atrophy – '' Violent by Nature''
* Cronos - ''Dancing In the Fire''
* The Bang Gang – ''Love Sells...''
* Barren Cross – '' Hotter Than Hell Live!'' (live)
* Bathory – '' Hammerheart''
* Baton Rouge – '' Shake Your Soul''
* Believer – '' Sanity Obscure''
* Benediction - ''Subconscious Terror''
* Biohazard – ''Biohazard''
* Bitter End – ''Harsh Realities''
* The Black Crowes – '' Shake Your Money Maker''
* Black Sabbath – '' Tyr''
* Blasphemy - '' Fallen Angel of Doom''
* Blind Guardian – ''Tales from the Twilight World''
* Blue Cheer – ''Highlights and Lowlives''
* Adam Bomb – '' Pure S.E.X''
* Jon Bon Jovi – '' Blaze of Glory''
* Cancer – ''To the Gory End''
* Cannibal Corpse – '' Eaten Back to Life''
* Carnage – ''Dark Recollections''
* Celtic Frost – ''Vanity/Nemesis''
* Chastain – ''For Those Who Dare''
* Child'ƨ Play – ''Rat Race''
* Cinderella – ''Heartbreak Station''
* Cold Sweat – ''Break Out''
* Company of Wolves – ''Company of Wolves''
* Cry Wolf – '' Crunch''
* Damn Yankees – ''Damn Yankees''
* Danzig – '' Danzig II: Lucifuge''
* Deliverance – ''Weapons of Our Warfare''
* Death – '' Spiritual Healing''
* Death Angel – ''Act III''
* Deicide – ''Deicide''
* Destruction – ''Cracked Brain''
* Bruce Dickinson – ''Tattooed Millionaire''
* Dio – ''Lock Up the Wolves''
* Don Dokken – '' Up from the Ashes''
* Earthshaker – ''Pretty Good!''
* Electric Angels – ''Electric Angels''
* Electric Boys – '' Funk-O-Metal Carpet Ride''
* Entombed – ''Left Hand Path''
* Every Mothers Nightmare – '' Every Mothers Nightmare''
* Exhorder – ''Slaughter in the Vatican''
* Extreme – ''Pornograffitti''
* Exodus – '' Impact Is Imminent''
* Eyehategod – ''In the Name of Suffering''
* Fastway – ''Bad Bad Girls''
* Flotsam and Jetsam – ''When the Storm Comes Down''
* Forbidden – ''Twisted into Form''
* FireHouse – ''FireHouse''
* Michael Lee Firkins – '' Michael Lee Firkins''
* Gamma Ray – ''Heading for Tomorrow''
* Grinder – ''The 1st EP'' (EP)
* Gwar – ''Scumdogs of the Universe''
* Harter Attack – ''Human Hell''
* Heavens Edge – ''Heavens Edge''
* Heavens Gate – ''Open the Gate and Watch!'' (EP)
* Hellion – ''The Black Book''
* Helmet – '' Strap It On''
* Hericane Alice – ''Tear the House Down''
* Hexx – ''Watery Graves'' (EP)
* Holy Moses – ''World Chaos''
* Holy Soldier – '' Holy Soldier''
* House of Lords – ''Sahara''
* Iced Earth – '' Iced Earth''
* Impetigo - '' Ultimo Mondo Cannibale''
* Iron Maiden – ''No Prayer for the Dying''
* Intrinsic – ''Distortion of Perspective'' (EP)
* Janes Addiction – '' Ritual de lo Habitual''
* Jersey Dogs – ''Thrash Ranch''
* Jetboy – '' Damned Nation''
* Judas Priest – '' Painkiller''
* Killer Dwarfs - ''Dirty Weapons''
* Killing Joke – ''Extremities, Dirt & Various Repressed Emotions''
* Kill For Thrills – '' Dynamite from Nightmareland''
* King Diamond – '' The Eye''
* King's X – ''Faith Hope Love''
* Krokus - ''Stampede''
* Jeffrey Kollman – ''Schizoid''
* Richie Kotzen – ''Fever Dream''
* Kreator – ''Coma of Souls''
* Krokus – '' Stampede''
* Kyuss – '' Sons of Kyuss'' (EP)
* Laos – ''We Want It''
* Legs Diamond – ''Town Bad Girl''
* Little Caesar – ''Little Caesar''
* Living Colour – '' Time's Up''
* London – '' Playa Del Rock''
* Lostboys – ''Lost and Found''
* Love/Hate – ''Blackout in the Red Room''
* Lynch Mob – ''Wicked Sensation''
* Tony MacAlpine – '' Eyes of the World''
* Frank Marino – '' From the Hip''
* Master – ''Master''
* Yngwie Malmsteen – ''Eclipse''
* Manilla Road - ''The Courts of Chaos''
* Manitoba's Wild Kingdom – ''...And You?''
* Alex Masi – ''Vertical Invader''
* Megadeth – '' Rust in Peace''
* Meliah Rage – ''Solitary Solitude''
* Monster Magnet – ''Monster Magnet'' (EP)
* Morbid Saint – ''Spectrum of Death''
* Mortician - ''Brutally Mutilated''
* Morgana Lefay – '' Symphony of the Damned''
* Morgoth - ''The Eternal Fall'' (EP)
* Mystic-Force – ''Take Command - The Demo Years'' (compilation)
* Napalm Death – ''Harmony Corruption''
* Neurosis – '' The Word as Law''
* 9.0 – ''Too Far Gone''
* Nocturnus – '' The Key''
* Non-Fiction – ''Non-Fiction'' (EP)
* John Norum – '' Live in Stockholm'' (live EP)
* Obituary – '' Cause of Death''
* Opprobrium – ''Beyond the Unknown'' (as Incubus)
* Pantera – '' Cowboys from Hell''
* Paradise Lost – ''Lost Paradise''
* Poison – '' Flesh & Blood''
* Chris Poland – ''Return to Metalopolis''
* Praying Mantis & Paul Di'Anno, Dennis Stratton – ''Live at Last'' (live)
* Pretty Maids – '' Jump the Gun''
* Primus – '' Frizzle Fry''
* Prong – ''Beg to Differ''
* Psychotic Waltz – ''A Social Grace''
* Pungent Stench - '' For God Your Soul... For Me Your Flesh''
* Queensrÿche – ''Empire''
* Quicksand – ''Quicksand'' (EP)
* Quiet Riot – '' Winners Take All''
* Quireboys – ''A Bit of What You Fancy''
* Rage – ''Reflections of a Shadow''
* Ratt – ''Detonator''
* Realm – ''Suiciety''
* Razor - '' Shotgun Justice''
* Recon – ''Behind Enemy Lines''
* Reverend – ''World Won't Miss You''
* Rhino Bucket – ''Rhino Bucket''
* Riot – '' The Privilege of Power''
* Riverdogs – ''Riverdogs''
* Sacred Reich – ''The American Way''
* Sacred Warrior – ''Wicked Generation''
* Sacrifice – '' Soldiers of Misfortune''
* Sadus – ''Swallowed in Black''
* Saint Vitus - '' V''
* Salty Dog – ''Every Dog Has Its Day''
* Sanctuary – '' Into the Mirror Black''
* Scatterbrain – '' Here Comes Trouble''
* Scorpions – '' Crazy World''
* Slaughter – ''Stick It to Ya''
* Slaughter – '' Stick It Live'' (live EP)
* Slayer – ''Seasons in the Abyss''
* Sleeze Beez – '' Screwed Blued and Tattooed''
* Sodom - '' Better Off Dead''
* Sons of Angels – ''Sons of Angels''
* Soundgarden – ''Screaming Life/Fopp''
* Spread Eagle – ''Spread Eagle''
* Steelheart – ''Steelheart''
* Steve Vai – ''Passion and Warfare''
* Stone – ''Colours''
* Stryper – '' Against the Law''
* Suicidal Tendencies – '' Lights...Camera...Revolution!''
* Sweet F.A. – ''Stick To Your Guns''
* Talisman – '' Talisman''
* Tankard – '' The Meaning of Life''
* Tesla – '' Five Man Acoustical Jam'' (live)
* Thunder – ''Backstreet Symphony''
* Tiamat - ''Sumerian Cry''
* Tigertailz – '' Bezerk''
* Testament – '' Souls of Black''
* Tourniquet – '' Stop the Bleeding''
* Trixter – '' Trixter''
* Trouble – ''Trouble''
* U.D.O. – ''Faceless World''
* V2 – ''Out to Launch''
* Vader – '' Morbid Reich'' (demo)
* Vengeance Rising – ''Once Dead''
* Vicious Rumors – '' Vicious Rumors''
* Vio-lence – ''Oppressing the Masses''
* Vow Wow – ''Mountain Top''
* Warrant – ''Cherry Pie''
* Warrior Soul – ''Last Decade Dead Century''
* Winger – ''In the Heart of the Young''
* Winter - '' Into Darkness''
* WWIII – ''World War III''
* Xentrix – '' For Whose Advantage?''
* Xysma – ''Above the Mind of Morbidity''
* Y&T – ''Ten''
* Zebra – ''Live'' (live)

Disbandments

* Atrophy (reformed in 2015)

Events

* Adrian Smith, Iron Maiden's lead guitarist, leaves the band to pursue a solo career. Janick Gers is hired to replace him.
*Metallica wins the first ever Grammy award in the category of Best Metal Performance for the song "One."
*The infamous ''Clash of the Titans'' tour is this year, headlined by bands such as Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax, Testament, Suicidal Tendencies, and others.
*August 7: Extreme release their second album ''Pornograffitti''. The album peaked at number 10 on the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart and sold very well, due to the success of its single " More Than Words", which reached #1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart a year later.
*Judas Priest was involved in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit involving two Nevada teenager suicides allegedly caused by the song " Better by You, Better than Me". The band won the case.
*Faith No More's '' The Real Thing'', carried by the single "Epic", also cracks the ''Billboard'' Top 10.
* Marty Friedman joins Megadeth replacing Jeff Young on guitar.
*Possessed frontman, Jeff Becerra is paralyzed from the waist down after being shot in a mugging on his way home from work.
* Lȧȧz Rockit, Death Angel, Sacred Reich and others are featured on the soundtrack of '' Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III''.

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