2004 in heavy metal music

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2004.

Newly formed bands

* A Dozen Furies
* A Hero A Fake
*Abigail Williams
*Adept
* After The Burial
*Age of Silence
*The Agonist (as The Tempest)
*Ahab
*Alestorm
*Alter Bridge
*Amaseffer
*Amesoeurs
*Architects
* Art of Dying
*Baptized In Blood
* Be'lakor
* Beneath The Massacre
*Beneath the Sky
*Big Business
*Binary Code
* Black Tide
* Black Mountain
*Blackthorn
* Blood Tsunami
* Bloodbound
*Bring Me the Horizon
*Catalepsy
* Celestiial
*Cellador
*Chrome Division
* Claim the Throne
*Cor Scorpii
*Dark Empire
*Dead Congregation
*Devil Sold His Soul
* Enforcer
*Escape the Fate
*The Faceless
*Finsterforst
*Genghis Tron
* Gnaw Their Tongues
* Havok
* The Human Abstract
*Imperia
* Intronaut
* Lich King
*Massacration
*myGRAIN
* Royal Thunder
*Russian Circles
*Savage Circus
*Saving Abel
*Scale the Summit
*Scar Symmetry
*Skiltron
*Sturm und Drang
*To-Mera
* Torche
*Tribulation
*Triosphere
* Veil of Maya
*Vreid
* Warbringer
* Wolfmother

Reformed bands

* Extreme (for a few shows)
* Glyder
* Megadeth
* Mötley Crüe

Albums

* 3 Inches of Blood – ''Advance and Vanquish''
* 36 Crazyfists – ''A Snow Capped Romance''
* The Acacia Strain – '' 3750''
* Aerosmith – '' Honkin' on Bobo''
* After Forever – ''Invisible Circles''
* Age of Silence – ''Acceleration''
* Alabama Thunderpussy – '' Fulton Hill''
* All That Remains - ''This Darkened Heart''
* Alter Bridge – ''One Day Remains''
* Amon Amarth – ''Fate of Norns''
* Angra – '' Temple of Shadows''
* Anvil – '' Back to Basics''
* Atreyu - '' The Curse''
* Ayreon – '' The Human Equation''
* Behemoth – ''Demigod''
* Beseech – ''Drama''
* Black Label Society – ''Hangover Music Vol. VI''
* Bon Jovi – ''100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong'' (box set)
* Breaking Benjamin – '' We Are Not Alone''
* Cannibal Corpse – '' The Wretched Spawn''
* The Chariot – ''Everything Is Alive, Everything Is Breathing, Nothing Is Dead, and Nothing Is Bleeding''
* Chevelle – ''This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In)''
* Cradle of Filth – '' Nymphetamine''
* Damageplan – '' New Found Power''
* Danzig – '' Circle of Snakes''
* Decapitated – '' The Negation''
* Def Leppard – ''Best of Def Leppard'' (compilation)
* Deicide – '' Scars of the Crucifix''
* Demon Hunter – '' Summer of Darkness''
* The Dillinger Escape Plan – '' Miss Machine''
* Dio – ''Master of the Moon''
* Dokken – '' Hell to Pay''
* Downset. – ''Universal''
* DragonForce – ''Sonic Firestorm''
* Dream Evil – ''The Book of Heavy Metal''
* Dream Theater – '' Live at Budokan'' (live)
* Drowning Pool – '' Desensitized''
* Edguy – '' Hellfire Club''
* Electric Wizard – '' We Live''
* Enslaved - ''Isa''
* Exodus – '' Tempo of the Damned''
* Fates Warning – '' FWX''
* Fear Factory – ''Archetype''
* Finntroll – '' Nattfödd''
* God Forbid – ''Gone Forever''
* Grip Inc. – '' Incorporated''
* Gwar – '' War Party''
* Heaven Shall Burn – ''Antigone''
* Helmet - ''Size Matters''
* Helmet - '' Unsung: The Best of Helmet (1991-1997)'' (compilation)
* Hirax - '' The New Age of Terror''
* Hypocrisy – '' The Arrival''
* Iced Earth – '' The Glorious Burden''
* In Flames – '' Soundtrack to Your Escape''
* Isis – ''Panopticon''
* Jag Panzer – '' Casting the Stones''
* Killswitch Engage – ''The End of Heartache''
* Kittie – '' Until the End''
* Kill the Noize – ''Play with the Devil''
* Kronos – '' Colossal Titan Strife''
* Lamb of God – ''Ashes of the Wake''
* Lordi – ''The Monsterican Dream''
* Marilyn Manson – '' Lest We Forget: The Best Of'' (compilation)
* Marduk - '' Plague Angel''
* Mastodon – ''Leviathan''
* Mayhem – '' Chimera''
* Megadeth – '' The System Has Failed''
* Mercenary – ''11 Dreams''
* Meshuggah – ''I (Meshuggah EP), I''
* Metal Church – ''The Weight of the World (Metal Church album), The Weight of the World''
* Metalium – ''As One – Chapter Four''
* Ministry (band), Ministry – ''Houses of the Molé''
* Misanthrope (band), Misanthrope - ''Misanthro-Thérapie (15 Années d'Analyse)'' (compilation)
* Mnemic – ''The Audio Injected Soul''
* Monster Magnet – ''Monolithic Baby!''
* Motörhead – ''Inferno (Motörhead album), Inferno''
* My Dying Bride – ''Songs of Darkness, Words of Light''
* Necrophagist – ''Epitaph (Necrophagist album), Epitaph''
* Neurosis (band), Neurosis – ''The Eye of Every Storm''
* Nightwish – ''Once (Nightwish album), Once''
* No-Big-Silence – ''Kuidas kuningas kuu peale kippus''
* Oomph! – ''Wahrheit oder Pflicht''
* Orange Goblin – ''Thieving from the House of God''
* Otep – ''House of Secrets (album), House of Secrets''
* Papa Roach – ''Getting Away with Murder (album), Getting Away with Murder''
* Pentagram (band), Pentagram - ''Show 'Em How''
* Pig Destroyer – ''Painter of Dead Girls'' (compilation)
* Pig Destroyer – ''Terrifyer''
* Power Quest – ''Neverworld''
* Primal Fear (band), Primal Fear – ''Devil's Ground''
* Pro-Pain – ''Fistful of Hate''
* Probot – ''Probot''
* Rammstein – ''Reise, Reise''
* Raunchy (band), Raunchy – ''Confusion Bay''
* Rhapsody of Fire, Rhapsody – ''Symphony of Enchanted Lands II – The Dark Secret''
* Rotting Christ - ''Sanctus Diavolos''
* Saxon (band), Saxon – ''Lionheart (Saxon album), Lionheart''
* Senses Fail – ''Let It Enfold You''
* Scarve – ''Irradiant''
* Scorpions (band), Scorpions – ''Unbreakable (Scorpions album), Unbreakable''
* Shadows Fall – ''The War Within (Shadows Fall album), The War Within''
* Slipknot (band), Slipknot – ''Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)''
* Sonata Arctica – ''Reckoning Night''
* Soulfly – ''Prophecy''
* Static-X – ''Beneath... Between... Beyond...'' (compilation)
* Stryper – ''7 Weeks: Live in America, 2003'' (live)
* Suffocation (band), Suffocation – ''Souls to Deny''
* Terror (band), Terror – ''One with the Underdogs''
* The Crest (band), The Crest – ''Vain City Chronicles''
* The Haunted (Swedish band), The Haunted – ''Revolver (The Haunted album), Revolver''
* Therion (band), Therion - ''Lemuria (album), Lemuria''
* Therion - ''Sirius B (album), Sirius B''
* U.D.O. – ''Thunderball (U.D.O. album), Thunderball''
* Underoath – ''They're Only Chasing Safety''
* Unearth – ''The Oncoming Storm''
* Vader (band), Vader – ''The Beast (Vader album), The Beast''
* Van Halen – ''The Best of Both Worlds (Van Halen album), The Best of Both Worlds'' (compilation)
* Velvet Revolver – ''Contraband (Velvet Revolver album), Contraband''
* Vintersorg – ''The Focusing Blur''
* Visions of Atlantis – ''Cast Away (album), Cast Away''
* WarCry (band), WarCry – ''Alea Jacta Est''
* Winds (band), Winds – ''The Imaginary Direction of Time''
* Wintersun – ''Wintersun (album), Wintersun''
* Within Temptation – ''The Silent Force''
* Xandria – ''Ravenheart''

Disbandments

* Bathory (band), Bathory
* Creed (band), Creed
* Damageplan
* Nothingface (band), Nothingface (reformed in 2005)
* Prayer for Cleansing
* SugarComa
* Windir (band), Windir

Events

*Terje Bakken of Windir dies from hypothermia on his way to his grandparents, which resulted in Windir disbanding.
*Brian Welch leaves Korn after converting to Christianity.
* Damageplan and former Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell is Columbus nightclub shooting, murdered on stage while performing at a nightclub in Ohio on 8 December.
* Bassist Tim Gaines leaves Stryper after 10 complete years. He is replaced by Tracy Ferrie.
* Body Count (band), Body Count rhythm guitarist D-Roc dies from lymphoma at the age of 45.
* Jason Jones (singer), Jason Jones, originally a tattoo artist from Los Angeles, California, was publicly announced as Drowning Pool's new lead singer and joined them on the album Desensitized.
* Supergroup Velvet Revolver releases their debut album ''Contraband (Velvet Revolver album), Contraband'' which debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 and goes double platinum.
*After an eight-year hiatus, Extreme briefly returns for a short tour and a few concerts in Japan.
*Van Halen reunites with Sammy Hagar for a summer tour.
*Anal Cunt vocalist Seth Putnam slips into a coma after consuming a large amount of drugs.
*Aerosmith returns to a raw hard rock sound with their blues cover album '' Honkin' on Bobo''
* Terry Balsamo leaves Cold (band), Cold and joins Evanescence as their new guitarist.
* Guitarist Lisa Marx joins Kittie as a session member, replacing Jeff Phillips.
* Nasum guitarist/vocalist Mieszko Talarczyk dies as a result of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (although his body was not identified until 17 February the following year). Consequently, Nasum would later disband.
*Sven Erik Kristiansen, Maniac leaves Mayhem and is replaced by the band's former singer, Attila Csihar.
* Ace Thomas "Quorthon" Forsberg, founder of the Black/Viking metal band Bathory (band), Bathory dies, at the age of 38.
* Dave Mustaine reforms Megadeth with 3 session musicians, former and original Megadeth guitarist Chris Poland, bassist Jimmie Lee Sloas and drummer Vinnie Colaiuta to record '' The System Has Failed'', then tour the album with full-time members Glen Drover on guitar, James MacDonough on bass and Shawn Drover on drums.
* Ex-Judas Priest drummer Dave Holland (drummer), Dave Holland is sentenced to eight years in prison for attempted rape against a then 17-year-old boy.

References

{{Timeline of heavy metal and hard rock music

2000s in heavy metal music
2004 in music, Metal