2001 in heavy metal music
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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2001.
Newly formed bands
- The Acacia Strain
- A Band Called Pain
- Avatar
- The Black Dahlia Murder
- Black Majesty
- Blackguard
- Breaking Benjamin
- Bullet for My Valentine (as Jeff Killed John)
- Cog
- Crashdiet
- Crucified Barbara
- Draconian
- DragonForce
- Dragonlord
- Dream Evil
- Equilibrium
- Evanescence
- Full Blown Chaos
- Galneryus
- Hibria
- Kiuas
- Lordi
- Masterplan
- Mastodon
- Motograter
- Mors Principium Est
- Municipal Waste
- Nachtmystium
- Otep
- Power Quest
- Protest the Hero
- Textures
- Sabaton
- Sacrificium
- Seraphim
- Sirenia
- Stone Sour
- Swallow the Sun
- Theory of a Deadman
- Trivium
- Turisas
- Ulcerate
- Visions of Atlantis
- WarCry
- Wolfmother
- Xasthur
- Year of Desolation
Re-formed bands
Albums
- 40 Below Summer - Invitation to the Dance
- Aborted - Engineering the Dead
- Aerosmith - Just Push Play
- After Forever - Decipher
- Akercocke - The Goat of Mendes
- Alice Cooper - Dragontown
- Alice in Chains - Greatest Hits (compilation)
- Alien Ant Farm - Anthology
- American Head Charge - The War of Art
- Amon Amarth - The Crusher
- Amorphis - Am Universum
- Ancient Rites - Dim Carcosa
- Angra - Rebirth
- Anorexia Nervosa - New Obscurantis Order
- Arch Enemy - Wages of Sin
- Ark - Burn the Sun
- Arma Angelus - Where Sleeplessness Is Rest from Nightmares
- As I Lay Dying – Beneath the Encasing of Ashes
- Atreyu - Fractures in the Facade of Your Porcelain Beauty (EP)
- Avantasia - The Metal Opera
- Avenged Sevenfold - Sounding the Seventh Trumpet
- Biohazard – Uncivilization
- Black Label Society - Alcohol Fueled Brewtality (live)
- Bolt Thrower - Honour – Valour – Pride
- Bon Jovi - One Wild Night Live 1985–2001 (live)
- Breach - Kollapse
- Bruce Dickinson - The Best of Bruce Dickinson (compilation)
- Cathedral - Endtyme
- Chimaira - Pass Out of Existence
- Converge - Jane Doe
- Cradle of Filth - Bitter Suites to Succubi (EP)
- Darkane - Insanity
- Dark Funeral - Diabolis Interium
- Destruction - The Antichrist
- Devin Townsend - Terria
- Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
- Divinity Destroyed - Nocturnal Dawn
- Dope - Life
- Drowning Pool - Sinner
- Edguy - Mandrake
- Emperor - Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise
- Ensiferum - Ensiferum
- Enslaved - Monumension
- Entombed – Morning Star
- Envy - All the Footprints You've Ever Left and the Fear Expecting Ahead
- Evergrey - In Search of Truth
- Every Time I Die - Last Night in Town
- Fantômas - The Director's Cut
- Fear Factory - Digimortal
- Finntroll - Jaktens Tid
- Flaw - Through the Eyes
- Freedom Call - Crystal Empire
- From Zero - One Nation Under
- Gamma Ray - No World Order
- God Forbid - Determination
- Godflesh - Hymns
- Godflesh - In All Languages[1] (compilation)
- Gojira - Terra Incognita
- Graveworm – Scourge of Malice
- Gwar – Violence Has Arrived
- Iced Earth - Horror Show
- Ill Nino - Revolution Revolución
- Integrity – Closure
- Jag Panzer – Mechanized Warfare
- Judas Priest - Demolition
- Kamelot - Karma
- King's X - Manic Moonlight
- Kittie - Oracle
- Kreator - Violent Revolution
- Lacuna Coil - Unleashed Memories
- Lifer - Lifer
- Tony MacAlpine - Chromaticity
- Machine Head - Supercharger
- Marduk - La Grande Danse Macabre
- Mass Hysteria - De cercle en cercle
- Mastodon - Lifesblood (EP)
- Megadeth - The World Needs a Hero
- Moonsorrow - Voimasta ja kunniasta
- Moonspell - Darkness and Hope
- Mushroomhead - XX (compilation)
- My Dying Bride - The Dreadful Hours
- Nickelback - Silver Side Up
- No One - No One
- Occult – Rage to Revenge
- Oomph! - Ego
- Opeth - Blackwater Park
- Ozzy Osbourne - Down to Earth
- Pentagram - Sub-Basement
- Pig Destroyer - Prowler in the Yard
- P.O.D. - Satellite
- Primer 55 - (the) New Release
- Racer X - Superheroes
- Rage - Welcome to the Other Side
- Rammstein - Mutter
- Reveille - Bleed the Sky
- Reverend - A Gathering of Demons (EP)
- Rollins Band - Nice
- Rhapsody - Rain of a Thousand Flames
- Savatage - Poets and Madmen
- Sepultura - Nation
- Sevendust - Animosity
- Silencer - Death – Pierce Me
- Skillet – Alien Youth
- Skrape - New Killer America
- Slayer - God Hates Us All
- Slipknot - Iowa
- Sodom – M-16
- SOiL - Scars
- Solefald - Pills Against the Ageless Ills
- Sonata Arctica - Silence
- Static-X - Machine
- Stratovarius - Intermission (compilation)
- Sum 41 - All Killer No Filler
- Summoning - Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame
- System of a Down - Toxicity
- Theatre of Tragedy - Closure: Live (live)
- Therion - Secret of the Runes
- Throwdown - You Don't Have to Be Blood to Be Family
- Thursday - Full Collapse
- Tomahawk - Tomahawk
- Tool - Lateralus
- Tristania - World of Glass
- Unearth - The Stings of Conscience
- Virgin Black - Sombre Romantic
- Vision of Disorder – From Bliss to Devastation
Disbandments
Events
- Death guitarist Chuck Schuldiner dies at 34 on December 13 of brain cancer.
- Metallica bassist Jason Newsted (who joined after Cliff Burton's death) officially left the band and joined Voivod.
- Former Body Count bassist Mooseman is killed in a drive-by shooting on February 21.
- Nightwish bassist Sami Vänskä is fired.
- Cradle of Filth sign with Epic Records, becoming the first ever black metal band on a major label.
- Kittie guitarist Fallon Bowman quits.
- Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland leaves the band.
References
- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Godflesh - In All Languages". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-06-20.