2000 in heavy metal music
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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2000.
Newly formed bands[edit]
- 5ive
- A Perfect Murder
- Adagio
- Adema
- Alcest
- Alove for Enemies
- Angelus Apatrida
- Animosity
- The Answer
- Antigama
- Apostasy
- Arsis
- As I Lay Dying
- Beto Vázquez Infinity
- Between the Buried and Me
- Beyond the Embrace
- Bucovina
- Byzantine
- Cannae
- Car Bomb
- Circus Maximus
- Crashdïet
- The Darkness
- Deadsoul Tribe
- Deathstars
- Debauchery
- Demon Hunter
- Disarmonia Mundi
- Forever Slave
- From Autumn to Ashes
- Full Blown Chaos
- Hammers of Misfortune
- Hatesphere
- Hurt
- Indukti
- Kiuas
- Machinae Supremacy
- Majesty
- Mar de Grises
- Mastodon
- Mgła
- Mirrorthrone
- Mystic Prophecy
- Nachtmystium
- Nightrage
- The Ocean
- Ondskapt
- Otep
- Pagan's Mind
- Pantheist
- Peste Noire
- Place of Skulls
- Planet X
- Poisonblack
- Shaaman
- Seventh Wonder
- Steel Panther
- Swallow the Sun
- Sylosis
- Thunderstone
- Ulcerate
- Ünloco
- The Vision Bleak
- Visions of Atlantis
- Warmen
- Witchcraft
Reformed bands[edit]
Albums[edit]
January[edit]
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Chimaira | This Present Darkness (EP) |
| Kittie | Spit | |
| 17 | Sentenced | Crimson |
| 18 | Cro-Mags | Revenge |
| 25 | Primer 55 | Introduction to Mayhem |
| 31 | Macabre | Dahmer |
| Therion | Deggial |
February[edit]
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skillet | Invincible |
| 7 | Gorgoroth | Incipit Satan |
| Melvins | The Crybaby | |
| 8 | Bloodbath | Breeding Death (EP) |
| Demons & Wizards | Demons & Wizards | |
| Soilwork | The Chainheart Machine | |
| 21 | Misanthrope | Recueil d'Écueils: les Épaves et Autres Oeuvres Interdites (compilation) |
| 28 | AC/DC | Stiff Upper Lip |
| Stratovarius | Infinite | |
| 29 | Rollins Band | Get Some -> Go Again |
March[edit]
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Entombed | Uprising |
| 7 | Alabama Thunderpussy | Constellation |
| Armored Saint | Revelation | |
| Disturbed | The Sickness | |
| High on Fire | The Art of Self Defense | |
| Soulreaper | Written in Blood | |
| 13 | Old Man's Child | Revelation 666 – The Curse of Damnation |
| 14 | Poison | Crack a Smile... and More! |
| 20 | Vader | Litany |
| 21 | Dio | Magica |
| Morgana Lefay | S.O.S | |
| 27 | Immortal | Damned in Black |
| Pantera | Reinventing the Steel | |
| Seven Witches | City of Lost Souls |
April[edit]
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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) |
May[edit]
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Nightwish | Wishmaster |
| 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 |
| 22 | Blaze Bayley | Silicon Messiah |
| Raised Fist | Ignoring the Guidelines | |
| 23 | A Perfect Circle | Mer de Noms |
| King's X | Please Come Home... Mr. Bulbous | |
| Pitchshifter | Deviant | |
| 29 | Iron Maiden | Brave New World |
| 30 | Ska-P | Planeta Eskoria |
June[edit]
July[edit]
| 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 | |
| 25 | Fates Warning | Disconnected |
| Sinergy | To Hell and Back | |
| 26 | Rob Rock | Rage of Creation |
August[edit]
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Halford | Resurrection |
| Scorpions | Moment of Glory (compilation) | |
| 17 | Pro-Pain | Round 6 |
| 22 | Mudvayne | L.D. 50 |
| 28 | Rotting Christ | Khronos |
| 29 | Paul Di'Anno | Nomad |
| Shuvel | Set It Off |
September[edit]
October[edit]
November[edit]
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Immolation | Close to a World Below |
| Yngwie Malmsteen | War to End All Wars | |
| 11 | Marilyn Manson | Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) |
| Whispering Gallery | Like a Dream of Never-ending Beauty... Love Never Dies | |
| 12 | Monster Magnet | God Says No |
| 27 | Behemoth | Thelema.6 |
| Rob Rock | Rage of Creation (Non-Japanese releases) |
December[edit]
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Alice in Chains | Live |
| Godflesh | Messiah (EP) | |
| Rage Against the Machine | Renegades | |
| 12 | Ayreon | Ayreonauts Only (compilation) |
| 24 | Within Temptation | Mother Earth |
Albums with unknown release dates[edit]
| Month | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | No-Big-Silence | Successful, Bitch & Beautiful |
| Pig Destroyer | 7" Picture Disc (EP) | |
| Static-X | The Death Trip Continues (EP) |
Singles (WIP)[edit]
January[edit]
| Day | Artist | Single |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Kittie | Brackish |
| 21 | AC/DC | Stiff Upper Lip |
February[edit]
| Day | Artist | Single |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | AC/DC | Safe in New York City |
April[edit]
| Day | Artist | Single |
|---|---|---|
| 29 | Disturbed | Stupify |
June[edit]
| Day | Artist | Single |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Metallica | I Disappear |
| 5 | Kittie | Charlotte |
August[edit]
| Day | Artist | Single |
|---|---|---|
| 29 | Linkin Park | One Step Closer |
September[edit]
| Day | Artist | Single |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | Melvins | Spit It Out |
October[edit]
| Day | Artist | Single |
|---|---|---|
| 29 | Disturbed | Down with the Sickness |
November[edit]
| Day | Artist | Single |
|---|---|---|
| 29 | Disturbed | Voices |
Singles with unknown release dates[edit]
| 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[edit]
- Rage Against the Machine
- Sacred Reich (Reformed 2006)
Events[edit]
- 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[edit]
- September 21 – Peter "Wildfire" Wittke, founding member and guitarist of Iron Angel, died from injuries sustained in a car crash.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Electric Wizard". Rise Above Records. Archived from the original on October 12, 2000. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
- ^ "The BNR Metal Pages - Iron Angel". www.bnrmetal.com. Retrieved 2024-04-19.