2005 in heavy metal music
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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
- 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
Disbanded bands
Albums released
January
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Kreator | Enemy of God |
| 24 | Dark Tranquillity | Character |
| Sturmgeist | Meister Mephisto | |
| 31 | Runemagick | Envenom |
| 31 | Masterplan | Aeronautics |
February
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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
June
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 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
August
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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
November
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Job for a Cowboy | Doom |
| Korn | See You on the Other Side | |
| 16 | Faith | Sorg |
| 20 | Whispering Gallery | Shades of Sorrow |
Disbandments
Events
- Brian "Head" Welchleaves 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.
- Aesma Daeva vocalist, Melissa Ferlaak. Guitarist Werner Fielder quits and is replaced by Wolfgang Koch.[2]
- Tara McLeod
- Hellhammer becomes Dimmu Borgir's new drummer.
- Bryan Ottosondies 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.