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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
  • Bloodred Hourglass
  • 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
  • Hatchet
  • Ihsahn
  • Impending Doom
  • In This Moment
  • Ithilien
  • Kauan
  • Keldian
  • Lazarus A.D.
  • Lifelover
  • Light Bringer
  • Motionless in White
  • Periphery
  • Powerglove
  • Red Fang
  • Silent Civilian
  • Stream of Passion
  • Svartsot
  • Swashbuckle
  • Ten Tonne Dozer
  • 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
  • Exhumed (indefinite hiatus)
  • Gorguts
  • Sentenced
  • Symphony in Peril
  • The 3rd and the Mortal

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.
  • 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.
  • May 22 – Mike "Yaz" Jastremski, former bassist of Heathen, died from a heart attack at the age of 42.
  • August 18 – Krzysztof "Docent" Raczkowski, formed drummer of Vader, died from heart failure at the age of 34.
  • August 26 – Denis "Piggy" D'Amour, founder and guitarist of Voivod, died from colon cancer complications at the age of 45.
  • Mika Ervaskari, original Stratovarius keyboardist, died by suicide.

Albums released

January

DayArtistAlbum
10Kreator*Enemy of God*
24Dark Tranquillity*Character*
Sturmgeist*Meister Mephisto*
DraconianArcane Rain Fell
31Runemagick*Envenom*
31Masterplan*Aeronautics*

February

DayArtistAlbum
1High on Fire*Blessed Black Wings*
Mötley Crüe*Red, White & Crüe* (Compilation)
WarCry*¿Dónde Está La Luz?*
Korpiklaani*Voice of Wilderness*
TristaniaAshes
5Immolation*Harnessing Ruin*
7Primordial*The Gathering Wilderness*
Scar Symmetry*Symmetric in Design*
17Lordi*The Monster Show*
21Communic*Conspiracy in Mind*
28Soilwork*Stabbing the Drama*
Trail of Tears*Free Fall Into Fear*

March

DayArtistAlbum
1Judas Priest*Angel of Retribution*
Nokturnal Mortum*Weltanschauung*
4HammerFall*Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken*
8Black Label Society*Mafia*
Into the Moat*The Design*
Impaled*Death After Life*
Winter Solstice*The Fall of Rome*
Novembers Doom*The Pale Haunt Departure*
11Heidevolk*De strijdlust is geboren*
14Wrench in the Works*Prodigal Transmission*
15Cephalic Carnage*Anomalies*
Kamelot*The Black Halo*
Origin*Echoes of Decimation*
Trivium*Ascendancy*
16Mournful Congregation*The Monad of Creation*
17Paradise LostParadise Lost
22Kylesa*To Walk a Middle Course*
Overkill*ReliXIV*
Queens of the Stone Age*Lullabies to Paralyze*
Strapping Young Lad*Alien*
23Galneryus*Advance to the Fall*
29Mourning Beloveth*A Murderous Circus*
Reggie and the Full Effect*Songs Not to Get Married To*
Theory of a Deadman*Gasoline*

April

DayArtistAlbum
5Despised Icon*The Healing Process*
Graveworm*(N)utopia*
12Cog*The New Normal*
Mudvayne*Lost and Found*
17Aborted*The Archaic Abattoir*
21Epica*Consign to Oblivion*
25Metalium*Demons of Insanity – Chapter Five*
Napalm Death*The Code Is Red...Long Live the Code*
26Opiate for the Masses*The Spore*

May

DayArtistAlbum
2Limp Bizkit*The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1)* (EP)
3Candlemass*Candlemass*
Jacobs Dream*Drama of the Ages*
Nine Inch Nails*With Teeth*
16Meshuggah*Catch Thirtythree*
17Def Leppard*Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection*
The Red Chord*Clients*
System of a Down*Mezmerize*
20Crashdïet*Rest in Sleaze*
21Freedom Call*The Circle of Life*
23Bruce Dickinson*Tyranny of Souls*
Nile*Annihilation of the Wicked*
Queenadreena*The Butcher and the Butterfly*
24Seether*Karma and Effect*
30Life of Agony*Broken Valley*
31Sentenced*The Funeral Album*

June

DayArtistAlbum
7Avenged Sevenfold*City of Evil*
Dream Theater*Octavarium*
10Stick to Your Guns*For What It's Worth*
14As I Lay Dying*Shadows Are Security*
Static-X*Start a War*
19Winds of Plague*A Cold Day in Hell*
21Clutch*Robot Hive/Exodus*
28DevilDriver*The Fury of Our Maker's Hand*
Haste the Day*When Everything Falls*
Hate Eternal*I, Monarch*
Throwdown*Vendetta*

July

DayArtistAlbum
4Alice Cooper*Dirty Diamonds*
12The Black Dahlia Murder*Miasma*
Obituary*Frozen in Time*
26Arch Enemy*Doomsday Machine*
Chiodos*All's Well That Ends Well*
Dope*American Apathy*
Nevermore*This Godless Endeavor*
Yngwie Malmsteen*Unleash the Fury*

August

DayArtistAlbum
9Chimaira*Chimaira*
16Stryper*Reborn*
22Destruction*Inventor of Evil*
Fear Factory*Transgression*
Xandria*India*
23The Bled*Found in the Flood*
Every Time I Die*Gutter Phenomenon*
24Sonata Arctica*The End of This Chapter* (Compilation)
Swallow the Sun*Ghosts of Loss*
29Opeth*Ghost Reveries*
30From Autumn to Ashes*Abandon Your Friends*
Gorefest*La Muerte*
Protest the Hero*Kezia*

September

DayArtistAlbum
5Beseech*Sunless Days*
Hypocrisy*Virus*
Stratovarius*Stratovarius*
6Ion Dissonance*Solace*
8After Forever*Remagine*
12Hortus Animae*The Blow of Furious Winds*
Parkway Drive*Killing with a Smile*
14Children of Bodom*Are You Dead Yet?*
20Bon Jovi*Have a Nice Day*
Disturbed*Ten Thousand Fists*
God Forbid*IV: Constitution of Treason*
Zero Hour*A Fragile Mind*
24Arkona*Vo slavu velikim!*
27Gojira*From Mars to Sirius*

October

DayArtistAlbum
3Bullet for My Valentine*The Poison* (UK Release)
4Black Label Society*Kings of Damnation 98–04*
Deftones*B-Sides & Rarities*
Exodus*Shovel Headed Kill Machine*
Shinedown*Us and Them*
Soulfly*Dark Ages*
10Massacration*Gates of Metal Fried Chicken of Death*
11Early Man*Closing In*
Gamma Ray*Majestic*
Roadrunner United*Roadrunner United*
Sevendust*Next*
Story of the Year*In the Wake of Determination*
15Primal Fear*Seven Seals*
17Sunn O)))Black One
18Cryptopsy*Once Was Not*
Fireball Ministry*Their Rock Is Not Our Rock*
Priestess*Hello Master*
Solefald*An Icelandic Odyssey*
24Stream of Passion*Embrace the Storm*
25Demon Hunter*The Triptych*
Through the Eyes of the Dead*Bloodlust*
28Rammstein*Rosenrot*
31Helloween*Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy*
Riverside*Second Life Syndrome*

November

DayArtistAlbum
1Deep Purple*Rapture of the Deep*
7Power Quest*Magic Never Dies*
8August Burns Red*Thrill Seeker*
Elfonía*This Sonic Landscape*
11Bolt Thrower*Those Once Loyal*
Devourment*Butcher the Weak*
Dimmu Borgir*Stormblåst MMV*
19Darkspace*Dark Space II*
22System of a Down*Hypnotize*
Buckethead*Kaleidoscalp*
28Sacrificium*Escaping the Stupor*
Sólstafir*Masterpiece of Bitterness*
29The Darkness*One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back*

December

DayArtistAlbum
6Job for a Cowboy*Doom*
Korn*See You on the Other Side*
16Faith*Sorg*
20Whispering Gallery*Shades of Sorrow*

References

References

  1. "Interview with Motionless In White: Growing Creatures {{!}} The Aquarian".
  2. "Former METAL CHURCH Vocalist David Wayne Dies Aged 47 (May 10th, 2005) {{!}} News @ Metal Forces Magazine".
  3. "Former HEATHEN And GRIFFIN Member Mike “Yaz” Jastremski Dies Of Heart Attack Aged 42 (May 22nd, 2005) {{!}} News @ Metal Forces Magazine".
  4. "Facebook".
  5. "Voivod".
  6. (December 24, 2010). "VISIONS OF ATLANTIS: 'Delta' Track Listing Revealed – Dec. 24, 2010".
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