1990 in heavy metal music
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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1990.
Contents |
[edit] Newly formed bands
- Anathema
- At the Gates
- Cathedral
- Deftones
- The Devin Townsend Band
- Fear Factory
- In Flames
- Infectious Grooves
- Krisiun
- Kyuss
- Lamb of God
- My Dying Bride
- Opeth
- Satyricon
- Type O Negative
[edit] Albums
- AC/DC - The Razors Edge
- Alice in Chains - Facelift
- Annihilator - Never, Neverland
- Anthrax - Persistence of Time
- Black Sabbath - Tyr (album)
- Blind Guardian - Tales from the Twilight World
- Bruce Dickinson - Tattooed Millionaire
- Cannibal Corpse - Eaten Back to Life
- Celtic Frost - Vanity/Nemesis
- Death Angel - Act III
- Deep Purple - Slaves & Masters
- Dio - Lock up the Wolves
- Entombed - Left Hand Path
- Extreme - Extreme II: Pornograffiti
- Firehouse - Firehouse
- Iced Earth - Iced Earth
- Iron Maiden - No Prayer for the Dying
- Judas Priest - Painkiller
- Kreator - Coma of Souls
- Richie Kotzen - Fever Dream
- Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Eclipse
- Megadeth - Rust In Peace
- Monster Magnet - Monster Magnet
- Pantera - Cowboys from Hell
- Poison - Flesh & Blood
- Primus - Frizzle Fry
- Ratt - Detonator
- Sadus - Swallowed in Black
- Scorpions - Crazy World
- Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
- Slaughter - Stick It To Ya
- Soundgarden - Louder Than Love
- Steve Vai - Passion and Warfare
- Stryper - Against the Law
- Suicidal Tendencies - Lights...Camera...Revolution!
- Testament - Souls of Black
- Tourniquet - Stop the Bleeding
- Trixter - Trixter
- Trouble - Trouble
- Winger - In the Heart of the Young
[edit] Disbandments
[edit] Events
- Adrian Smith, Iron Maiden's lead guitarist leaves the band because of musical differences. Janick Gers is hired to replace him.
- The infamous Clash of the Titans tour is this year, headlined by bands such as Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Testament, Suicidal Tendencies, and others.
- Judas Priest was involved in a multimillion dollar lawsuit involving two Nevada teenager suicides allegedly caused by the song "Better by you Better than me". The band won the case.
- Faith No More's The Real Thing, carried by the single Epic, cracks the Billboard Top 10.
| Preceded by: 1989 |
Heavy Metal Timeline 1990 |
Followed by: 1991 |
