1993 in heavy metal music
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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal music in the year 1993.
Newly formed bands
- Abigor
- Ablaze My Sorrow
- Acid King
- Adorned Brood
- Aeternus
- Anata
- Apocalyptica
- Arckanum
- Artension
- Aura Noir
- Avalanch
- Bestial Warlust
- Botch
- Breach
- Burst
- Capharnaum
- Children of Bodom (as Inearthed)
- Cirith Gorgor
- Cirrha Niva
- Coal Chamber
- Dark Funeral
- Dark Moor
- Darkwoods My Betrothed
- Deeds of Flesh
- Defeated Sanity
- Demoniac
- Diabolical Masquerade
- Dimmu Borgir
- The Donnas
- Dub War
- Einherjer
- Electric Wizard
- Enthroned
- Extol
- Filter
- Forgotten Silence
- Funeral Mist
- Gehenna
- God Lives Underwater
- Grip Inc.
- HammerFall
- Hanzel und Gretyl
- Hecate Enthroned
- Horna
- Keep of Kalessin
- Korn
- Korpiklaani
- Lacrimas Profundere
- Limbonic Art
- Madder Mortem
- Manes
- Mass Hysteria
- Melechesh
- Midvinter
- Misery Loves Co.
- Mournful Congregation
- Mushroomhead
- Nagelfar
- Nazxul
- Nile
- Nocte Obducta
- Nothingface
- Old Man's Child
- Orphanage
- Panzerchrist
- Papa Roach
- Pegazus
- Pist.On
- Rhapsody of Fire
- Rotten Sound
- Sacrificium
- Sear Bliss
- Setherial
- Sheavy
- Six Feet Under
- Slash's Snakepit
- Spastic Ink
- Storm
- Strongarm
- Summoning
- Superjoint
- Taake
- Theatre of Tragedy
- Thou Art Lord
- To/Die/For
- Tsjuder
- Tulus
- Ulver
- Unholy Grave
- Ved Buens Ende
- Vlad Tepes
- Voodoocult
- Waylander
- Zao
Reformed bands
Albums
- Objection Overruled
- Aerosmith – Get a Grip
- Alleycat Scratch – Deadboys in Trash City
- Aggressor – Procreate the Petrifactions
- Amorphis – Privilege of Evil (EP)
- Anacrusis – Screams and Whispers
- Anathema – Serenades
- Anal Cunt – Everyone Should Be Killed
- Angra – Angels Cry
- Annihilator – Set the World on Fire
- Anthrax – Sound of White Noise
- April Wine – Attitude
- Arcade – Arcade
- At the Gates – With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness
- Atheist – Elements
- Bad Brains – Rise
- Believer – Dimensions
- Beherit – Drawing Down the Moon
- Benediction – Transcend the Rubicon
- Beowülf – Un-Sentimental
- Blue Murder – Nothin but Trouble
- Brujería – Matando Güeros
- Brutality – Screams of Anguish
- Brutal Truth – Perpetual Conversion (EP)
- Bulletboys – Za-Za
- Burzum – Aske (EP)
- Burzum – Det som engang var
- Cancer – The Sins of Mankind
- Cannibal Corpse – Hammer Smashed Face (EP)
- Carcass – Heartwork
- Cathedral – The Ethereal Mirror
- Cherry St. – Squeeze it Dry
- Long Way
- Clawfinger – Deaf Dumb Blind
- Comecon – Converging Conspiracies
- Conception – Parallel Minds
- Coverdale/Page
- Craig Goldy – Insufficient Therapy
- Cro-Mags – Near Death Experience
- Crowbar – Crowbar
- Cynic – Focus
- Damaged – Do Not Spit
- Danzig – Thrall-Demonsweatlive
- Darkthrone – Under a Funeral Moon
- Dark Tranquillity – Skydancer
- Death – Individual Thought Patterns
- Deceased – 13 Frightened Souls (EP)
- The Battle Rages On
- Def Leppard – Retro Active (compilation)
- Deliverance – Learn
- Desultory – Into Eternity
- Dio – Strange Highways (Europe release)
- Disincarnate – Dreams of the Carrion Kind
- Dismember – Indecent & Obscene
- Dissection – The Somberlain
- Dream Theater – Live at the Marquee
- Earth (American band) – Earth 2 (album)
- Earthshaker – Real
- Earthshaker – Yesterday & Tomorrow
- Edge of Sanity – The Spectral Sorrows
- Entombed – Wolverine Blues
- Entombed – Hollowman (EP)
- Enuff Z'nuff – Animals with Human Intelligence
- Europe – 1982–1992 (compilation)
- Every Mothers Nightmare – Wake up Screaming
- Eyehategod – Take as Needed for Pain
- Fight – War of Words
- Fishbone – Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear He's the Center of the Universe
- Gamma Ray – Insanity and Genius
- The Gathering – Almost a Dance
- Genitorturers – 120 Days of Genitorture
- Gorguts – The Erosion of Sanity
- Grave – ...And Here I Die... Satisfied (EP)
- The Spaghetti Incident?
- Helloween – Chameleon
- Hittman – Vivas Machina
- Osculum Obscenum
- Hypocrisy – Pleasure of Molestation (EP)
- Illdisposed – Four Depressive Seasons
- Immortal – Pure Holocaust
- Ugra Karma
- Iron Maiden – A Real Live One(Live)
- Iron Maiden – A Real Dead One(Live)
- Iron Maiden – Live at Donington(Live)
- Judas Priest – Metal Works '73–'93 (Compilation)
- Kataklysm – The Mystical Gate of Reincarnation (EP)
- Katatonia – Dance of December Souls
- Kiss – Alive III (live)
- KMFDM – Angst
- Konkhra – Sexual Affective Disorder
- Krabathor – Cool Mortification
- Lacrimosa – Satura
- Life of Agony – River Runs Red
- Living Colour – Stain
- Love/Hate – Let's Rumble
- Macabre – Sinister Slaughter
- Tony MacAlpine – Madness
- Marduk – Those of the Unlight
- Malevolent Creation – Stillborn
- Duff McKagan – Believe in Me
- Melvins – Houdini
- Mercyful Fate – In the Shadows
- Metal Church – Hanging in the Balance
- Metallica – Live Shit: Binge & Purge (live box set)
- Morbid Angel – Covenant
- Knowing Just as I
- Morgana Lefay – The Secret Doctrine
- Morgoth – Odium
- Mortician – Mortal Massacre (EP)
- Mortification – Post Momentary Affliction
- Monster Magnet – Superjudge
- Motörhead – Bastards
- Mr Big – Bump Ahead
- My Dying Bride – Turn Loose the Swans
- My Dying Bride – The Thrash of Naked Limbs (EP)
- Necrophobic – The Nocturnal Silence
- Necrophobic – The Call (EP)
- Neurosis – Enemy of the Sun
- Ningen Isu – Rashōmon
- In Utero
- Nuclear Assault – Something Wicked
- Overkill – I Hear Black
- Pan.Thy.Monium – Khaooohs
- Paradise Lost – Icon
- Pearl Jam – Vs.
- Pestilence – Spheres
- Phantom Blue – Built to Perform
- Pitchshifter – Desensitized
- Pungent Stench – Dirty Rhymes & Psychotronic Beats (EP)
- Quiet Riot – Terrified
- Rage – The Missing Link
- Robert Plant – Fate of Nations
- Rotting Christ – Thy Mighty Contract
- Rush – Counterparts
- Sacred Reich – Independent
- Satyricon – Dark Medieval Times
- Savatage – Edge of Thorns
- Scorpions – Face the Heat
- Sentenced – North from Here
- Sepultura – Chaos A.D.
- Shotgun Messiah – Violent New Breed
- Sick of It All – Live in a World Full of Hate (live)
- Sinister – Diabolical Summoning
- Sinner – Respect
- Sleep – Sleep's Holy Mountain[1]
- Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
- Steve Vai – Sex & Religion
- Suffocation – Breeding the Spawn
- Tad – Inhaler
- Leaving the Past Behind
- Talisman – Genesis
- Hats Off to the Insane
- Therion – Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas
- Tool – Undertow
- Transmetal – Dante's Inferno
- Excess and Overdrive
- Type O Negative – Bloody Kisses
- Unanimated – In the Forest of the Dreaming Dead
- Will Work for Food
- Unleashed – Across the Open Sea
- Van Halen – Live: Right Here, Right Now (live)
- Vince Neil – Exposed
- Vio-lence – Nothing to Gain
- Voïvod – The Outer Limits
- Warrior Soul – Chill Pill
- Winger – Pull
- X Japan – Art of Life
Events
- Accept reforms with Udo Dirkshneider on vocals for a new album and European/American tour
- After a brief hiatus, Atheist reform to record their final album, Elements, in order to finish their third album contract to their record label. After this, the band breaks up again a year later.
- Bruce Dickinson leaves Iron Maiden. Wolfsbane's singer Blaze Bayley is chosen to replace him.
- Rob Halford of Judas Priest leaves the band to start his own project Fight
- The band Betrayer assumes the name Belphegor
- Michael Kiske of Helloween leaves the band due to personal reasons. He was replaced by Andi Deris.
- James Murphy on guitar and John Tempesta on drums. Skolnick later joins Savatage to replace the late Criss Oliva.
- Euronymous – guitarist and mainman of Norwegian black metal band Mayhem as well as founder and manager of record label Deathlike Silence Productions and Oslo store Helvete – was murdered on August 10, by fellow black metal musician Varg Vikernes (aka Count Grishnackh) of one-man band Burzum as well as bassist of Mayhem.
- Criss Oliva of Savatage was killed in a car crash on October 17 by a drunk driver.
- Japanese power metal band X changes their name to "X Japan".
References
- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Sleep – Sleep's Holy Mountain". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-06-08.