1998 in heavy metal music
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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1998.
Contents |
[edit] Newly Formed bands
- 8 Foot Sativa
- Atreyu
- Betzefer
- Breaking Benjamin
- Bullet for my Valentine (Then known as Jeff Killed John)
- Chimaira
- Cog
- Crucified Barbara
- Freedom Call
- Peccatum
- Ram-Zet
- Rebaelliun
- Rob Zombie
- The Project Hate MCMXCIX
- Týr
- Underoath
- Unearth
- Winds
[edit] Disbanded bands
[edit] Albums
- Alabama Thunderpussy - Rise Again
- Anathema - Alternative 4
- Apocalyptica - Inquisition Symphony
- Arch Enemy - Stigmata
- Atreyu - Visions (EP)
- Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle
- Behemoth - Pandemonic Incantations
- Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth
- Bolt Thrower - Mercenary
- Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding
- Cannibal Corpse - Gallery of Suicide
- Cradle of Filth - Cruelty and the Beast
- Death - The Sound of Perseverance
- Deep Purple - Abandon
- The Dillinger Escape Plan - Under the Running Board
- Dimmu Borgir - Godless Savage Garden
- Dream Theater - Once in a LIVEtime (live)
- Edguy - Vain Glory Opera
- Eldritch - El Niño
- Fear Factory - Obsolete
- Freak Kitchen - Freak Kitchen
- Godsmack - Godsmack
- HammerFall - Legacy of Kings
- Helloween - Better Than Raw
- Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes
- Iron Maiden - Virtual XI
- Kamelot - Siége Perilous
- Katatonia - Discouraged Ones
- KISS - Psycho Circus
- Korn - Follow the Leader
- Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in Em, Opus 1, LIVE!
- Mercenary - First Breath
- Metal Church - Live
- Metallica - Garage Inc.
- Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals
- Monster Magnet - Powertrip
- Moonspell - Sin/Pecado
- Mötley Crüe - Greatest Hits
- Motörhead - Snake Bite Love
- My Dying Bride - 34.788%... Complete
- Nightwish - Oceanborn
- Nile - Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka
- Oomph! - Unrein
- Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
- Pig Destroyer - Explosions In Ward 6
- Pitchshifter - www.pitchshifter.com
- Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age
- Rhapsody of Fire - Symphony of Enchanted Lands
- Savatage - The Wake of Magellan
- Sentenced - Frozen
- Sepultura - Against
- Skid Row - Forty Seasons: The best...
- Slayer - Diabolus In Musica
- Stratovarius - Visions of Europe (live)
- Stratovarius - Destiny
- Symphony X - Twilight in Olympus
- System of a Down - System of a Down
- Tankard - Disco Destroyer
- Van Halen - Van Halen III
- Virgin Black - Trance EP
[edit] Disbandments
[edit] Events
- Aerosmith becomes the first rock band to debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with the single "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
- Mustis joins Dimmu Borgir on keyboards.
- Rob Halford of Judas Priest announces his homosexuality in an MTV interview.
- Hideto "hide" Matsumoto, guitarist of the Japanese heavy metal band X Japan, dies at an age of 33 years old on May 2, 1998.
| Preceded by: 1997 |
Heavy Metal Timeline 1998 |
Followed by: 1999 |
