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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2008.
Contents |
Reformed bands
- At the Gates (for a few shows)
- Carcass (for touring)
- Exhorder
- Forbidden (for a few shows)
- Flower Travellin' Band
- Immortal
- Krokus
- Living Sacrifice
- Spineshank
Disbandments
- Beneath the Sky
- Byzantine
- Celtic Frost
- Dead to Fall
- Demigod
- The Duskfall
- Himsa
- Inked in Blood
- Light This City
- Knorkator
- Ministry
- Sieges Even
- SikTh
- Since the Flood
- Still Remains
- The Red Death
- The Agony Scene
Events
- Twiggy Ramirez rejoins Marilyn Manson in early January.
- Mikael Åkerfeldt rejoins Bloodbath in late January.
- Ola Frenning leaves Soilwork in February.
- Hellhammer joins Gorgoroth as drummer.
- Chris Broderick joins Megadeth in February.
- Timo Tolkki leaves Stratovarius after some internal troubles in March.
- Clint Lowery rejoins Sevendust in March.
- Thomas Gabriel Fischer leaves Celtic Frost in April.
- Singer Lisa Middelhauve leaves Xandria in April.
- On May 11th, original Rush drummer John Rutsey died in his sleep from an apparent heart attack.
- Blasphemer leaves Mayhem in May.
- Mike Kimball leaves Dying Fetus in May.
- On July 27th, Former White Spirit and Tank Drummer Graeme Crallan died after a fall in a London street.
- Wes Borland joins Marilyn Manson's lineup in mid-August.
- D.R.I. guitarist Spike Cassidy makes a full recovery from cancer.
- Snot reforms with ex-Divine Heresy vocalist Tommy Vext.
- Michael Nicklasson leaves Dark Tranquillity in August.
- Jeff Singer leaves Paradise Lost in August.
- Christian Älvestam leaves Scar Symmetry in September.
- Peter Wichers rejoins Soilwork in September.
- Tormentor rejoins Infernus in his version of Gorgoroth
- Jonny Santos rejoins and reforms Spineshank
- Denny Axelsson, vocalist of Blinded Colony, leaves the band.
- Former Marilyn Manson bassist Gidget Gein dies of a heroin overdose.
- Josh Freese plans to depart from Nine Inch Nails by the end of 2008.
- 1st scholarly conference on heavy metal, Heavy Fundamentalisms: Music, Metal & Politics, to be held in Salzburg, Austria from Monday 3rd to Wednesday 5th November.
- On November 23rd, Guns N' Roses will officially release Chinese Democracy, which of the recording process spans almost two decades and millions of dollars.
Albums released
January
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | In Mourning | Shrouded Divine |
| 11 | Benedictum | Seasons of Tragedy |
| 22 | Byzantine | Oblivion Beckons |
| 25 | Alestorm | Captain Morgan's Revenge |
| Avantasia | The Scarecrow | |
| Ayreon | 01011001 | |
| Brainstorm | Downburst | |
| 28 | Bullet for My Valentine | Scream Aim Fire |
| Heaven Shall Burn | Iconoclast | |
| 29 | Protest the Hero | Fortress |
February
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Baptism | Grim Arts of Melancholycitation needed |
| Iron Maiden | Live After Death1 | |
| Sworn Enemy | Maniacalcitation needed | |
| 5 | Brain Drill | Apocalyptic Feastingcitation needed |
| Warbringer | War Without End2 | |
| 8 | Behexen | My Soul for His Glorycitation needed |
| 13 | Norther | N3 |
| 15 | Eluveitie | Slania4 |
| 18 | Hellhammer | Demon Entrails5 |
| To-Mera | Delusions6 | |
| 19 | Ascension of the Watchers | Numinosum7 |
| Dead to Fall | Are You Serious?citation needed | |
| Genghis Tron | Board Up the House8 | |
| Hate Eternal | Fury & Flames9 | |
| Sculptured | Embodiment: Collapsing Under the Weight of God10 | |
| Virgin Black | Requiem – Fortissimo | |
| 22 | Exciter | Thrash Speed Burn11 |
| Nortt | Galgenfristcitation needed | |
| Steel Attack | Carpe DiEnd12 | |
| Stormwarrior | Heading Northe13 | |
| Rage | Carved in Stone14 | |
| Unheilig | Puppenspielcitation needed | |
| 25 | Dark Fortress | Eidolon15 |
| 26 | Death Angel | Killing Season |
| Mygrain | Signs of Existence | |
| 29 | Agalloch | The White |
| Draconian | Turning Season Within | |
| Misery's Omen | Hope Dies |
March
April
May
June
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Bloodbath | The Wacken Carnage |
| Disturbed | Indestructible | |
| Satyricon | My Skin Is Cold | |
| 9 | Children of Bodom | Hellhounds on My Trail |
| Khold | Hundre År Gammal | |
| Unleashed | Hammer Battalion | |
| Venom | Hell | |
| 10 | Inhale Exhale | I Swear... |
| Nachtmystium | Assassins: Black Meddle, Part 1 | |
| 11 | Ari Koivunen | Becoming |
| 13 | Grand Magus | Iron Will |
| Judas Priest | Nostradamus | |
| 16 | Cult of Luna | Eternal Kingdom |
| Exit Ten | Remember the Day | |
| 17 | Mötley Crüe | Saints of Los Angeles |
| 20 | Scar Symmetry | Holographic Universe |
| 24 | Carnifex | The Diseased and the Poisoned |
| 27 | Resurrection | Mistaken for Dead |
| 30 | Raunchy | Wasteland Discotheque |
July
August
September
October
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Bloodbath | The Fathomless Mastery |
| 7 | Tesla | Forever More |
| 13 | Gojira | The Way of All Flesh |
| 14 | Haste the Day | Dreamer |
| See You Next Tuesday | Intervals | |
| Unearth | The March | |
| Yngwie Malmsteen | Perpetual Flame | |
| 17 | Zonaria | The Cancer Empire |
| 20 | The Amenta | nOn |
| Darkthrone | Dark Thrones and Black Flags | |
| 21 | Disciple | Southern Hospitality |
| 22 | Thyrfing | Hels Vite |
| 24 | Darkane | Demonic Art |
| Catamenia | VIII - The Time Unchained | |
| Sylosis | Conclusion Of An Age | |
| 25 | Cradle of Filth | Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder |
| 28 | Beneath the Massacre | Dystopia |
| Exodus | Let There Be Blood |
November
References
- ^ "Iron Maiden: Live After Death DVD details announced". Blabbermouth.net (2007-11-08). Retrieved on 2008-06-02.
- ^ "Warbringer: New song posted online". Blabbermouth.net (2007-12-14). Retrieved on 2008-06-02.
- ^ "Norther: New album details revealed". Blabbermouth.net (2007-12-19). Retrieved on 2008-06-02.
- ^ "Eluveitie: New album details revealed". Blabbermouth.net (2007-12-23). Retrieved on 2008-06-02.
- ^ "Hellhammer: Demon Entrails details revealed". Blabbermouth.net (2008-01-08). Retrieved on 2008-06-02.
- ^ "Keyboardist Hugo Sheppard explains decision to leave To-Mera". Blabbermouth.net (2007-12-07). Retrieved on 2008-06-03.
- ^ "Fear Factory singer's Ascension of the Watchers: Debut album details revealed". Blabbermouth.net (2007-12-11). Retrieved on 2008-06-03.
- ^ "Genghis Tron: Another preview track posted online". Blabbermouth.net (2007-12-08). Retrieved on 2008-06-03.
- ^ "Hate Eternal: New album details revealed". Blabbermouth.net (2007-12-04). Retrieved on 2008-06-03.
- ^ "Sculptured: New album details revealed". Blabbermouth.net (2007-11-05). Retrieved on 2008-06-03.
- ^ "Exciter: Thrash Speed Burn pushed back to february". Blabbermouth.net (2007-11-22). Retrieved on 2008-06-03.
- ^ "Steel Attack: New album title announced". Blabbermouth.net (2008-01-17). Retrieved on 2008-06-03.
- ^ "Stormwarrior: New album details revealed". Blabbermouth.net (2008-01-12). Retrieved on 2008-06-03.
- ^ "Rage: Carved in Stone release date announced". Blabbermouth.net (2007-11-29). Retrieved on 2008-06-03.
- ^ "Dark Fortress to release Eidolon in february". Blabbermouth.net (2007-12-21). Retrieved on 2008-06-03.
- ^ "Dismember: New album artwork unveiled". Blabbermouth.net (2008-01-28). Retrieved on 2008-06-02.
- ^ "Textures: New album delayed". Blabbermouth.net (2008-04-16). Retrieved on 2008-06-03.
- ^ "Cryptopsy: The Unspoken King track listing revealed". Blabbermouth.net (2008-04-17). Retrieved on 2008-06-19.
- ^ "Opeth, Watershed". www.opeth.com. Retrieved on 2008-06-12.
External links
| Preceded by: 2007 |
Heavy Metal Timeline 2008 |
Followed by: 2009 |
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