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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...
- 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
- Cry Wolf – Crunch
- Damn Yankees – Damn Yankees
- Danzig – Danzig II: Lucifuge
- Weapons of Our Warfare
- Death – Spiritual Healing
- Death Angel – Act III
- Deicide – Deicide
- Destruction – Cracked Brain
- 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
- Exhorder – Slaughter in the Vatican
- Pornograffitti
- Exodus – Impact Is Imminent
- Eyehategod – In the Name of Suffering
- Fastway – Bad Bad Girls
- Flotsam and Jetsam – When the Storm Comes Down
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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(EP)
- Morbid Saint – Spectrum of Death
- Mortician - Brutally Mutilated
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Warfare – Hammer Horror
- Warrant – Cherry Pie
- Warrior Soul – Last Decade Dead Century
- Winger – In the Heart of the Young
- Into Darkness
- WWIII – World War III
- For Whose Advantage?
- Xysma – Above the Mind of Morbidity
- Y&T – Ten
- Zebra – Live (live)
Disbandments
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: 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 Youngon 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.