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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2005.
Newly formed bands
- 5 Star Grave
- A Plea for Purging
- Abnormality
- Acrania
- Agrimonia
- AM Conspiracy
- Anew Revolution
- Antagonist A.D.
- Arise and Ruin
- Arsonists Get All the Girls
- As Hell Retreats
- Attila
- Ava Inferi
- Battle Beast
- Benedictum
- Beyond Creation
- Beyond Fear
- Birds of Prey
- Black Tusk
- Bleed from Within
- Blotted Science
- Bonded by Blood
- Borealis
- Brain Drill
- The Browning
- The Burial
- Carnifex
- Century
- Child Bite
- Dark the Suns
- Dawn of Solace
- Death Breath
- The Devil Wears Prada
- Divine Heresy
- Five Finger Death Punch
- The Foreshadowing
- Ghost Brigade
- Ihsahn
- Impending Doom
- In This Moment
- Ithilien
- Kauan
- Keldian
- Lazarus A.D.
- Lifelover
- Light Bringer
- Motionless in White[1]
- Periphery
- Powerglove
- Red Fang
- Silent Civilian
- Stream of Passion
- Svartsot
- Swashbuckle
- Thou
- Varg
- Vildhjarta
- We Came as Romans
- Wednesday 13
- Wodensthrone
Reformed bands
- Alice in Chains
- Anthrax
- Devourment
- Emperor
- Nothingface
- Terrorizer
Disbanded bands
- Child's Play
- Symphony in Peril
- The 3rd and the Mortal
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 |
31 | Masterplan | Aeronautics |
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 |
8 | Black Label Society | Mafia |
Into the Moat | The Design | |
15 | Cephalic Carnage | Anomalies |
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 | |
Kylesa | To Walk a Middle Course | |
23 | Galneryus | Advance to the Fall |
29 | Mourning Beloveth | A Murderous Circus |
Theory of a Deadman | Gasoline |
April
Day | Artist | Album |
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5 | Despised Icon | The Healing Process |
Graveworm | (N)utopia | |
12 | Cog | The New Normal |
Mudvayne | Lost and Found | |
17 | Aborted | The Archaic Abattoir |
21 | Epica | Consign to Oblivion |
25 | Metalium | Demons of Insanity – Chapter Five |
Napalm Death | The Code Is Red...Long Live the Code |
May
Day | Artist | Album |
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2 | Limp Bizkit | The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) (EP) |
3 | Candlemass | Candlemass |
Jacobs Dream | Drama of the Ages | |
Nine Inch Nails | With Teeth | |
16 | Meshuggah | Catch Thirtythree |
17 | Def Leppard | Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection |
The Red Chord | Clients | |
System of a Down | Mezmerize | |
20 | Crashdïet | Rest in Sleaze |
21 | Freedom Call | The Circle of Life |
23 | Bruce Dickinson | Tyranny of Souls |
Nile | Annihilation of the Wicked | |
Queenadreena | The Butcher and the Butterfly | |
30 | Life of Agony | Broken Valley |
31 | Sentenced | The Funeral Album |
June
Day | Artist | Album |
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7 | Avenged Sevenfold | City of Evil |
Dream Theater | Octavarium | |
10 | Stick to Your Guns | For What It's Worth |
14 | As I Lay Dying | Shadows Are Security |
Static-X | Start a War | |
19 | Winds of Plague | A Cold Day in Hell |
21 | Clutch | Robot Hive/Exodus |
27 | Hate Eternal | I, Monarch |
28 | DevilDriver | The Fury of Our Maker's Hand |
Throwdown | Vendetta |
July
Day | Artist | Album |
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4 | Alice Cooper | Dirty Diamonds |
12 | The Black Dahlia Murder | Miasma |
Obituary | Frozen in Time | |
26 | Arch Enemy | Doomsday Machine |
Dope | American Apathy | |
Yngwie Malmsteen | Unleash the Fury | |
Nevermore | This Godless Endeavor | |
Chiodos | All's Well That Ends Well |
August
Day | Artist | Album |
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9 | Chimaira | Chimaira |
16 | Stryper | Reborn |
22 | Destruction | Inventor of Evil |
Fear Factory | Transgression | |
23 | The Bled | Found in the Flood |
Every Time I Die | Gutter Phenomenon | |
24 | Sonata Arctica | The End of This Chapter (Compilation) |
29 | Opeth | Ghost Reveries |
30 | From Autumn to Ashes | Abandon Your Friends |
Gorefest | La Muerte | |
Protest the Hero | Kezia |
September
Day | Artist | Album |
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5 | Beseech | Sunless Days |
Hypocrisy | Virus | |
Stratovarius | Stratovarius | |
6 | Ion Dissonance | Solace |
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 | |
22 | Gamma Ray | Majestic |
27 | Gojira | From Mars to Sirius |
October
Day | Artist | Album |
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3 | Bullet for My Valentine | The Poison (UK Release) |
4 | Black Label Society | Kings of Damnation 98–04 |
Deftones | B-Sides & Rarities | |
Exodus | Shovel Headed Kill Machine | |
Shinedown | Us and Them | |
Soulfly | Dark Ages | |
11 | Early Man | Closing In |
Roadrunner United | Roadrunner United | |
Sevendust | Next | |
Story of the Year | In the Wake of Determination | |
15 | Primal Fear | Seven Seals |
18 | Cryptopsy | Once Was Not |
Fireball Ministry | Their Rock Is Not Our Rock | |
Priestess | Hello Master | |
Solefald | An Icelandic Odyssey | |
24 | Stream of Passion | Embrace the Storm |
25 | Through the Eyes of the Dead | Bloodlust |
28 | Rammstein | Rosenrot |
31 | Helloween | Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy |
Riverside | Second Life Syndrome |
November
Day | Artist | Album |
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1 | Deep Purple | Rapture of the Deep |
7 | Power Quest | Magic Never Dies |
8 | August Burns Red | Thrill Seeker |
Elfonía | This Sonic Landscape | |
11 | Bolt Thrower | Those Once Loyal |
Devourment | Butcher the Weak | |
Dimmu Borgir | Stormblåst MMV | |
19 | Darkspace | Dark Space II |
22 | System of a Down | Hypnotize |
28 | Sacrificium | Escaping the Stupor |
29 | The Darkness | One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back |
December
Day | Artist | Album |
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6 | Job for a Cowboy | Doom |
Korn | See You on the Other Side | |
16 | Faith | Sorg |
20 | Whispering Gallery | Shades of Sorrow |
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.
- 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.[2]
- 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.
- 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 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.
Deaths
- May 10 – David Wayne, former vocalist of Metal Church, died from health complications following injuries sustained in a car accident at the age of 47.[3]
- May 22 – Mike "Yaz" Jastremski, former bassist of Heathen, died from a heart attack at the age of 42.[4]
- August 18 – Krzysztof "Docent" Raczkowski, formed drummer of Vader, died from heart failure at the age of 34.[5]
- August 26 – Denis "Piggy" D'Amour, founder and guitarist of Voivod, died from colon cancer complications at the age of 45.[6]
- Mika Ervaskari, original Stratovarius keyboardist, died by suicide.
See also
References
- ^ "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. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
- ^ "Former METAL CHURCH Vocalist David Wayne Dies Aged 47 (May 10th, 2005) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine". Retrieved 2024-04-20.
- ^ "Former HEATHEN And GRIFFIN Member Mike "Yaz" Jastremski Dies Of Heart Attack Aged 42 (May 22nd, 2005) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine". Retrieved 2024-04-20.
- ^ "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
- ^ "Voivod". www.voivod.com. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
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