2008 in heavy metal music
This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2008.
Bands formed
Reformed bands
- At the Gates (for a few shows)
- Carcass (for touring)
- Einherjer (for touring)
- Exhorder (for a few tours and some new material)
- Forbidden (for a few shows)
- Krokus
- Living Sacrifice
- Spineshank
Disbandments
Celtic Frost live at Tuska Open Air Metal Festival 2006
- Alabama Thunderpussy
- Beneath the Sky
- Byzantine
- Celtic Frost
- Dead to Fall
- Demigod
- The Duskfall
- From Autumn To Ashes
- Himsa
- Knorkator
- Ministry
- My Bitter End
- Sieges Even
- SikTh
- Still Remains
- The Red Death
- The Agony Scene
- Remove the Veil
Events
Mikael Åkerfeldt
- Twiggy Ramirez rejoins Marilyn Manson in early January.
- Mikael Åkerfeldt rejoins Bloodbath in late January.
- Ola Frenning leaves Soilwork in February.
- Chris Broderick joins Megadeth in February.
- Timo Tolkki leaves Stratovarius after some internal troubles in March.
- Thomas Gabriel Fischer leaves Celtic Frost in April.
- Singer Lisa Middelhauve leaves Xandria in April.
- On May 11, 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 27, 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 "Witchhunter" Dudek, ex-drummer of Sodom, dies of liver failure on September 7,.
- Christian Älvestam leaves Scar Symmetry in September.
- Peter Wichers rejoins Soilwork in September.
- Tormentor rejoins Gorgoroth in September, as does Pest in December.
- 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.
- John Kempainen leaves The Black Dahlia Murder in December.
- Job For A Cowboy founding member and guitarist Ravi Bhadriraju leaves the band in late 2008.
- Al Glassman leaves Despised Icon to join Job For A Cowboy.
- Gaahl (ex-Gorgoroth) reveals his homosexuality.
Albums released
All releases are studio albums unless otherwise noted.
January
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | In Mourning | Shrouded Divine |
| 8 | For the Fallen Dreams | Changes |
| 11 | Benedictum | Seasons of Tragedy |
| 22 | Byzantine | Oblivion Beckons |
| The Red Death | Godmakers | |
| 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 | Decrepit Birth | Diminishing Between Worlds |
| Protest the Hero | Fortress |
February
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Baptism | Grim Arts of Melancholy |
| Hate | Morphosis | |
| Iron Maiden | Live After Death[1] | |
| Sworn Enemy | Maniacal | |
| 5 | Brain Drill | Apocalyptic Feasting |
| Salt the Wound | Carnal Repercussions | |
| Warbringer | War Without End[2] | |
| Winds of Plague | Decimate the Weak[3] | |
| 8 | Behexen | My Soul for His Glory |
| 13 | Norther | N[4] |
| 15 | Eluveitie | Slania[5] |
| 18 | Hellhammer | Demon Entrails[6] |
| To-Mera | Delusions[7] | |
| 19 | Ascension of the Watchers | Numinosum[8] |
| Dead to Fall | Are You Serious? | |
| Genghis Tron | Board Up the House[9] | |
| Hate Eternal | Fury & Flames[10] | |
| Sculptured | Embodiment: Collapsing Under the Weight of God[11] | |
| Virgin Black | Requiem – Fortissimo | |
| 22 | Exciter | Thrash Speed Burn[12] |
| Nortt | Galgenfrist | |
| Steel Attack | Carpe DiEnd[13] | |
| Stormwarrior | Heading Northe[14] | |
| Rage | Carved in Stone[15] | |
| Unheilig | Puppenspiel | |
| 25 | Dark Fortress | Eidolon[16] |
| Dark Suns | Grave Human Genuine[17] | |
| 26 | Death Angel | Killing Season |
| myGRAIN | Signs of Existence | |
| 29 | Agalloch | The White |
| Draconian | Turning Season Within |
March
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Azaghal | Omega |
| 4 | Nasum | Doombringer |
| Our Last Night | The Ghosts Among Us | |
| 7 | Boris | Smile |
| Meshuggah | obZen | |
| 9 | Buckethead | From the Coop |
| 10 | Bloodbath | Unblessing the Purity |
| 11 | Zimmer's Hole | When You Were Shouting at the Devil... |
| 12 | Shade Empire | Zero Nexus |
| 18 | Black Tide | Light from Above |
| Bury Your Dead | Bury Your Dead | |
| 19 | The Black Mages | The Black Mages III: Darkness and Starlight |
| Hypocrisy | Catch 22 (V2.0.08) (Re-release) | |
| 20 | Cataract | Cataract |
| 21 | Firewind | The Premonition |
| Jon Oliva's Pain | Global Warning | |
| Korpiklaani | Korven Kuningas | |
| 24 | Cavalera Conspiracy | Inflikted |
| 25 | Mercenary | Architect of Lies |
| 28 | Illdisposed | The Prestige |
| Kamelot | Ghost Opera: The Second Coming | |
| 29 | Dream Theater | Greatest Hit (...and 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs) |
| 31 | Strapping Young Lad | 1994–2006 Chaos Years |
April
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dismember | Dismember[18] |
| Origin | Antithesis | |
| Septic Flesh | Communion | |
| The Sword | Gods of the Earth | |
| 4 | In Flames | A Sense of Purpose |
| 9 | Children of Bodom | Blooddrunk |
| 14 | Mirrorthrone | Gangrene |
| 15 | Arsis | We Are the Nightmare |
| Belphegor | Bondage Goat Zombie | |
| Destroy the Runner | I, Lucifer | |
| Embrace the End | Ley Lines | |
| Thine Eyes Bleed | Thine Eyes Bleed | |
| 18 | Tiamat | Amanethes |
| 21 | Grave | Dominion VIII |
| 22 | Dominici | O3: A Trilogy, Part Three |
| Whitesnake | Good to be Bad | |
| 23 | Kalmah | For the Revolution |
| 25 | Def Leppard | Songs from the Sparkle Lounge |
| Warrel Dane | Praises to the War Machine | |
| 28 | Deicide | Till Death Do Us Part |
| My Dying Bride | An Ode to Woe | |
| 29 | Sea of Treachery | At Daggers Drawn |
| Testament | The Formation of Damnation | |
| 30 | Moonsorrow | Tulimyrsky |
May
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Scott Kelly | The Wake |
| Textures | Silhouettes[19] | |
| 6 | Kayo Dot | Blue Lambency Downward |
| Revocation | Empire of the Obscene | |
| 13 | Abysmal Dawn | Programmed To Consume |
| Aletheian | Dying Vine | |
| Emmure | The Respect Issue | |
| Mourning Beloveth | A Disease for the Ages | |
| 14 | Diablo | Icaros |
| 16 | Moonspell | Night Eternal |
| 23 | Cryptopsy | The Unspoken King[20] |
| Kataklysm | Prevail | |
| 26 | Ihsahn | angL |
| Shai Hulud | Misanthropy Pure | |
| 30 | Communic | Payment of Existence |
| Hollenthon | Opus Magnum | |
| Opeth | Watershed[21] | |
| Pyramaze | Immortal | |
| Sabaton | The Art of War |
June
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Bloodbath | The Wacken Carnage |
| Disturbed | Indestructible | |
| Satyricon | My Skin Is Cold | |
| 9 | Children of Bodom | Hellhounds on My Trail |
| Gama Bomb | Citizen Brain | |
| 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 | Aborted | Strychnine.213 |
| Carnifex | The Diseased and the Poisoned | |
| 27 | Equilibrium | Sagas |
| 30 | Raunchy | Wasteland Discotheque |
July
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lamb of God | Walk with Me in Hell |
| 7 | Blaze Bayley | The Man Who Would Not Die |
| 7 | Stone Gods | Silver Spoons & Broken Bones |
| 8 | Cannibal Corpse | Centuries of Torment: The First 20 Years |
| Whitechapel | This Is Exile | |
| 14 | Daylight Dies | Lost to the Living |
| 18 | Chrome Division | Booze, Broads and Beelzebub |
| Fear My Thoughts | Isolation | |
| 21 | Krisiun | Southern Storm |
| 22 | Misery Signals | Controller |
| Neuraxis | The Thin Line Between | |
| War of Ages | Arise and Conquer | |
| 27 | Chelsea Grin | Chelsea Grin (EP) |
| 29 | Soulfly | Conquer |
| Walls of Jericho | The American Dream | |
| Dr. Acula | Below Me |
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 | n0n |
| Darkthrone | Dark Thrones and Black Flags | |
| 21 | Disciple | Southern Hospitality |
| 22 | Thyrfing | Hels Vite |
| AC/DC | Black Ice | |
| 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
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Satyricon | The Age of Nero |
| Turisas | A Finnish Summer With Turisas | |
| 10 | The Red Shore | Unconsecrated |
| 11 | Behemoth | Ezkaton |
| Dance Club Massacre | Circle of Death | |
| Dir en Grey | Uroboros | |
| The Faceless | Planetary Duality | |
| Light This City | Stormchaser | |
| Six Feet Under | Death Rituals | |
| Sympathy | Anagogic Tyranny | |
| Pig Destroyer | Natasha (EP) | |
| 14 | Edguy | Tinnitus Sanctus |
| Elvenking | Two Tragedy Poets (...and a Caravan of Weird Figures) | |
| Hortus Animae | Funeral Nation / 10 Years Of Hortus Animae[22] | |
| 17 | Cynic | Traced in Air |
| 18 | Mononc' Serge & Anonymus | Musique Barbare |
| Mudvayne | The New Game | |
| 24 | Arch Enemy | Tyrants of the Rising Sun |
| 25 | Becoming the Archetype | Dichotomy |
December
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | Tankard | Thirst |
References
- ↑ "Iron Maiden: Live After Death DVD details announced". Blabbermouth.net. 2007-11-08. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
- ↑ Doug Gibson (aka deathbringer). "Winds of Plague Announce New Album Title". Archived from the original on 2009-06-01. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
- ↑ Warbringer: New song posted online
- ↑ "Norther: New album details revealed". Blabbermouth.net. 2007-12-19. Archived from the original on April 21, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
- ↑ "Eluveitie: New album details revealed". Blabbermouth.net. 2007-12-23. Archived from the original on April 23, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
- ↑ "Hellhammer: Demon Entrails details revealed". Blabbermouth.net. 2008-01-08. Archived from the original on June 17, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
- ↑ "Keyboardist Hugo Sheppard explains decision to leave To-Mera". Blabbermouth.net. 2007-12-07. Archived from the original on June 17, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
- ↑ "Fear Factory singer's Ascension of the Watchers: Debut album details revealed". Blabbermouth.net. 2007-12-11. Archived from the original on April 22, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
- ↑ "Genghis Tron: Another preview track posted online". Blabbermouth.net. 2007-12-08. Archived from the original on April 22, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
- ↑ "Hate Eternal: New album details revealed". Blabbermouth.net. 2007-12-04. Archived from the original on April 22, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
- ↑ "Sculptured: New album details revealed". Blabbermouth.net. 2007-11-05. Archived from the original on June 12, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
- ↑ "Exciter: Thrash Speed Burn pushed back to february". Blabbermouth.net. 2007-11-22. Archived from the original on June 12, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
- ↑ "Steel Attack: New album title announced". Blabbermouth.net. 2008-01-17. Archived from the original on June 12, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
- ↑ "Stormwarrior: New album details revealed". Blabbermouth.net. 2008-01-12. Archived from the original on June 12, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
- ↑ "Rage: Carved in Stone release date announced". Blabbermouth.net. 2007-11-29. Archived from the original on June 12, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
- ↑ "Dark Fortress to release Eidolon in february". Blabbermouth.net. 2007-12-21. Archived from the original on April 23, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
- ↑ "Dark Suns To Release 'Grave Human Genuine' Next Month". blabbermouth.com. 2008-01-02. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
- ↑ "Dismember: New album artwork unveiled". Blabbermouth.net. 2008-01-28. Archived from the original on April 22, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
- ↑ "Textures: New album delayed". Blabbermouth.net. 2008-04-16. Archived from the original on June 12, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
- ↑ "Cryptopsy: The Unspoken King track listing revealed". Blabbermouth.net. 2008-04-17. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
- ↑ "Opeth, Watershed". opeth.com. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
- ↑ "Hortus Animae: 'Funeral Nation' Box Set Now Available". blabbermouth.com. 2008-11-27. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
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