*Recueil d'Écueils: les Épaves et Autres Oeuvres Interdites* (compilation)
22
Goatwhore
*The Eclipse of Ages into Black*
28
AC/DC
*Stiff Upper Lip*
Stratovarius
*Infinite*
29
Rollins Band
*Get Some - Go Again*
Deceased
*Supernatural Addiction*
March
Day
Artist
Album
3
Quo Vadis
*Day into Night*
6
Entombed
*Uprising*
Alchemist
*Organasm*
7
Alabama Thunderpussy
*Constellation*
Armored Saint
*Revelation*
Disturbed
*The Sickness*
High on Fire
*The Art of Self Defense*
Transport League
*Satanic Panic*
Crowbar
*Equilibrium*
Krisiun
*Conquerors of Armageddon*
11
Martyr
*Warp Zone*
13
Old Man's Child
*Revelation 666 – The Curse of Damnation*
14
Poison
*Crack a Smile... and More!*
15
Platypus
*Ice Cycles*
20
Vader
*Litany*
21
Dio
*Magica*
Morgana Lefay
*S.O.S*
Project 86
*Drawing Black Lines*
24
Aghora
*Aghora*
27
Immortal
*Damned in Black*
Pantera
*Reinventing the Steel*
Seven Witches
*City of Lost Souls*
April
Day
Artist
Album
3
Isis
*Celestial*
4
Shadows Fall
*Of One Blood*
8
Heaven Shall Burn
*Asunder*
10
One Minute Silence
*Buy Now... Saved Later*
The Hives
*Veni Vidi Vicious*
The Berzerker
*The Berzerker*
11
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
*Beethoven's Last Night*
17
Borknagar
*Quintessence*
Decapitated
*Winds of Creation*
QueenAdreena
*Taxidermy*
18
Black Label Society
*Stronger Than Death*
Nasum
*Human 2.0*
The Chasm
*Procession to the Infraworld*
21
Anthem
*Heavy Metal Anthem*
24
After Forever
*Prison of Desire*
25
Boysetsfire
*After the Eulogy*
Destruction
*All Hell Breaks Loose*
Papa Roach
*Infest*
Racer X
*Technical Difficulties* (Europe and US versions)
Saxon
*Burrn! Presents: The Best of Saxon* (compilation)
Venom
*Resurrection*
28
Tankard
*Kings of Beer*
May
Day
Artist
Album
8
Nightwish
*Wishmaster*
Chthonic
*[9th Empyrean](9th-empyrean)*
9
Glassjaw
*Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence*
Incantation
*The Infernal Storm*
Jag Panzer
*Thane to the Throne*
13
Trail of Tears
*Profoundemonium*
15
Motörhead
*We Are Motörhead*
16
Orange Goblin
*The Big Black*
17
Belphegor
*Necrodaemon Terrorsathan*
Brujeria
*Brujerizmo*
19
Mägo de Oz
*Finisterra*
22
Blaze Bayley
*Silicon Messiah*
Raised Fist
*Ignoring the Guidelines*
Hypocrisy
*Into the Abyss*
Primordial
*Spirit the Earth Aflame*
23
A Perfect Circle
*Mer de Noms*
King's X
*Please Come Home... Mr. Bulbous*
Pitchshifter
*Deviant*
Discordance Axis
*The Inalienable Dreamless*
King Crimson
*The Construkction of Light*
The Crown
*Deathrace King*
28
Green Carnation
*Journey to the End of the Night*
29
Iron Maiden
*Brave New World*
Red Harvest
*Cold Dark Matter*
30
Ska-P
*Planeta Eskoria*
Ultraspank
*Progress*
June
Day
Artist
Album
6
Alice Cooper
*Brutal Planet*
Mayhem
*Grand Declaration of War*
8
Cave In
*Jupiter*
13
Poison
*Power to the People*
Stuck Mojo
*Declaration of a Headhunter*
20
Ayreon
*Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer*
Ayreon
*Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight of the Migrator*
Deftones
*White Pony*
King Diamond
*House of God*
Madball
*Hold It Down*
The Sins of Thy Beloved
*Perpetual Desolation*
Deathspell Omega
*Infernal Battles*
Earth Crisis
*Slither*
21
Stratovarius
*14 Diamonds* (compilation)
25
Edguy
*The Savage Poetry* (re-recording)
26
Devin Townsend
*Physicist* (album)
Metalium
*State of Triumph – Chapter Two*
Sunn O)))
*ØØ Void*
27
Deicide
*Insineratehymn*
Taproot
*Gift*
30
The Haunted
*Made Me Do It*
July
Day
Artist
Album
3
In Flames
*Clayman*
4
Killswitch Engage
*Killswitch Engage*
Pig Destroyer
*Isis / Pig Destroyer* (split EP)
Underoath
*Cries of the Past*
7
Dark Tranquillity
*Haven*
11
Mötley Crüe
*New Tattoo*
Origin
*Origin*
18
Darkest Hour
*The Mark of the Judas*
The Union Underground
*...An Education in Rebellion*
25
Fates Warning
*Disconnected*
Sinergy
*To Hell and Back*
Finger Eleven
*The Greyest of Blue Skies*
26
Rob Rock
*Rage of Creation*
August
Day
Artist
Album
1
Eighteen Visions
Until the Ink Runs Out
8
Halford
*Resurrection*
Scorpions
*Moment of Glory* (compilation)
14
Raging Speedhorn
Raging Speedhorn
15
Exhumed
Slaughtercult
Society's Finest
The Journey...So Far
17
Pro-Pain
*Round 6*
22
Mudvayne
*L.D. 50*
Hed PE
Broke
28
Rotting Christ
*Khronos*
29
Paul Di'Anno
*Nomad*
Shuvel
*Set It Off*
September
Day
Artist
Album
5
Nile
*Black Seeds of Vengeance*
Nothingface
*Violence*
8
Seo Taiji
*Ultramania*
12
At the Drive-In
*Relationship of Command*
Type O Negative
*After Dark* (live)
Cold
*[13 Ways to Bleed on Stage](13-ways-to-bleed-on-stage)*
15
Suicidal Tendencies
*Free Your Soul and Save My Mind*
18
My Ruin
*A Prayer Under Pressure of Violent Anguish*
19
Cannibal Corpse
*Live Cannibalism* (live)
Lowrider
*Ode to Io*
Eyehategod
*Confederacy of Ruined Lives*
25
Electric Wizard
*Dopethrone*
earthtone9
*Arc'tan'gent*
26
Lamb of God
*New American Gospel*
Soulfly
*Primitive*
Corrosion of Conformity
*America's Volume Dealer*
October
Day
Artist
Album
2
Apocalyptica
*Cult*
Theatre of Tragedy
*Musique*
Acid Drinkers
*Broken Head*
3
Dying Fetus
*Destroy the Opposition*
Enslaved
*Mardraum – Beyond the Within*
9
HammerFall
*Renegade*
Severe Torture
*Feasting On Blood*
10
Slash's Snakepit
*Ain't Life Grand*
Symphony X
*V: The New Mythology Suite*
Spineshank
*The Height of Callousness*
Nonpoint
*Statement*
16
Virgin Steele
*The House of Atreus Act II*
17
[100 Demons](100-demons)
*In the Eyes of the Lord*
Downset.
*Check Your People*
Limp Bizkit
*Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water*
Morbid Angel
*Gateways to Annihilation*
Nevermore
*Dead Heart in a Dead World*
Malevolent Creation
*Envenomed*
Toni Iommi
*Iommi*
18
Tad Morose
*Undead*
20
Ram-Zet
*Pure Therapy*
23
Skyclad
*Folkémon*
24
Linkin Park
*Hybrid Theory*
Misanthrope
*Misanthrope Immortel*
Overkill
*Bloodletting*
Six Feet Under
*Graveyard Classics*
Fozzy
*Fozzy*
The Hope Conspiracy
*Cold Blue*
26
Living Sacrifice
*The Hammering Process*
27
This Day Forward
*The Transient Effects of Light on Water*
30
Children of Bodom
*Follow the Reaper*
Cradle of Filth
*Midian*
Helloween
*The Dark Ride*
Rhapsody
*Dawn of Victory*
31
Godsmack
*Awake*
Pain of Salvation
*The Perfect Element, Part I*
Cryptopsy
*...And Then You'll Beg*
Goatsnake
*Flower of Disease*
The Atomic Bitchwax
*Atomic Bitchwax II*
November
Day
Artist
Album
6
Carpathian Forest
*Strange Old Brew*
Racer X
*Superheroes*
7
Immolation
*Close to a World Below*
Yngwie Malmsteen
*War to End All Wars*
Snot
*Strait Up*
11
Marilyn Manson
*Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)*
Skycamefalling
*[10.21](10-21)*
12
Monster Magnet
*God Says No*
23
Kalmah
*Swamplord*
27
Behemoth
*Thelema.6*
Rob Rock
*Rage of Creation* (Non-Japanese releases)
Lostprophets
*The Fake Sound of Progress*
December
Day
Artist
Album
5
Alice in Chains
*Live*
Godflesh
*Messiah* (EP)
Rage Against the Machine
*Renegades*
11
Crystal Eyes
*In Silence They March*
12
Abdullah
*Abdullah*
Ayreon
*Ayreonauts Only* (compilation)
Melt-Banana
*Teeny Shiny*
14
Walls of Jericho
*The Bound Feed the Gagged*
15
Boris
*Flood*
17
Gargoyle
*Future Drug*
21
Svartsyn
*...His Majesty*
24
Onmyo-Za
*百鬼繚乱*
Within Temptation
*Mother Earth*
Albums with unknown release dates
Month
Artist
Album
February
Eternal Tears of Sorrow
*Chaotic Beauty*
June
Hamlet
*El Inferno*
July
Behexen
*Rituale Satanum*
August
Thyrfing
*Urkraft*
December
Watain
Rabid Death's Curse
Unknown
No-Big-Silence
*Successful, Bitch & Beautiful*
Pig Destroyer
*7" Picture Disc* (EP)
Static-X
*The Death Trip Continues* (EP)
Weakling
*Dead as Dreams*
Chicosci
*Revenge of the Giant Robot*
Graveland
*Creed of Iron / Prawo Stali*
Shape of Despair
*Shades Of...*
Singles (WIP)
January
Day
Artist
Single
11
Kittie
*Brackish*
21
AC/DC
*Stiff Upper Lip*
February
Day
Artist
Single
11
AC/DC
*Safe in New York City*
April
Day
Artist
Single
29
Disturbed
*Stupify*
June
Day
Artist
Single
2
Metallica
*I Disappear*
5
Kittie
*Charlotte*
August
Day
Artist
Single
29
Linkin Park
*One Step Closer*
September
Day
Artist
Single
18
Melvins
*Spit It Out*
October
Day
Artist
Single
29
Disturbed
*Down with the Sickness*
November
Day
Artist
Single
29
Disturbed
*Voices*
Singles with unknown release dates
Month
Artist
Single
January
Poison
*Shut Up, Make Love*
February
Poison
*Be the One*
Unknown
Primer 55
*Appetite for Destruction*
*Loose*
*Set It Off*
Rollins Band
*Get Some Go Again*
*Illumination*
Skillet
*Best Kept Secret*
*Come On to the Future*
*Invincible*
*Rest*
*Shout to the Lord*
*The One*
*You Take My Rights Away*
*You're Powerful*
*Your Name Is Holy*
Stratovarius
*A Million Light Years Away / Celestial Dream*
*Hunting High and Low / Millennium*
Disbandments
Brougham
Osvajači (reformed in 2005)
Rage Against the Machine
Sacred Reich (reformed in 2006)
Events
Al Pitrelli replaces Marty Friedman on guitar for Megadeth.
Metallica releases a song "I Disappear" that was never released on any studio albums and appears on the Mission: Impossible 2 soundtrack. This song also started the famous Napster Controversy.
Angela Gossow replaces Johan Liiva on vocals for Arch Enemy.
Mr. Bungle play their final concert.
Deaths
September 21 – Peter "Wildfire" Wittke, founding member and guitarist of Iron Angel, died from injuries sustained in a car crash.
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