2000 in heavy metal music

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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2000.

Contents

Newly formed bands

Reformed bands

Albums

January

DayArtistAlbum
11 Chimaira This Present Darkness (EP)
Kittie Spit
12 Saturnus Martyre
17 Sentenced Crimson
Dismember Hate Campain
18 Cro-Mags Revenge
24 Novembre Classica
25 Primer 55 Introduction to Mayhem
25 Snapcase Designs for Automotion
31 Macabre Dahmer
Therion Deggial

February

DayArtistAlbum
1 Skillet Invincible
2 Pink Cream 69 Sonic Dynamite
7 Gorgoroth Incipit Satan
Melvins The Crybaby
Haggard Awaking the Centuries
8 Bloodbath Breeding Death (EP)
Demons & Wizards Demons & Wizards
Soilwork The Chainheart Machine
21 Misanthrope Recueil d'Écueils: les Épaves et Autres Oeuvres Interdites (compilation)
22 Goatwhore The Eclipse of Ages into Black
28 AC/DC Stiff Upper Lip
Stratovarius Infinite
29 Rollins Band Get Some -> Go Again
Deceased Supernatural Addiction

March

DayArtistAlbum
3 Quo Vadis Day into Night
6 Entombed Uprising
Alchemist Organasm
7 Alabama Thunderpussy Constellation
Armored Saint Revelation
Disturbed The Sickness
High on Fire The Art of Self Defense
Transport League Satanic Panic
Crowbar Equilibrium
Krisiun Conquerors of Armageddon
11 Martyr Warp Zone
13 Old Man's Child Revelation 666 – The Curse of Damnation
14 Poison Crack a Smile... and More!
15 Platypus Ice Cycles
20 Vader Litany
21 Dio Magica
Morgana Lefay S.O.S
Project 86 Drawing Black Lines
24 Aghora Aghora
27 Immortal Damned in Black
Pantera Reinventing the Steel
Seven Witches City of Lost Souls

April

DayArtistAlbum
3 Isis Celestial
4 Shadows Fall Of One Blood
8 Heaven Shall Burn Asunder
10 One Minute Silence Buy Now... Saved Later
The Hives Veni Vidi Vicious
The Berzerker The Berzerker
11 Trans-Siberian Orchestra Beethoven's Last Night
17 Borknagar Quintessence
Decapitated Winds of Creation
QueenAdreena Taxidermy
18 Black Label Society Stronger Than Death
Nasum Human 2.0
The Chasm Procession to the Infraworld
21 Anthem Heavy Metal Anthem
24 After Forever Prison of Desire
25 Boysetsfire After the Eulogy
Destruction All Hell Breaks Loose
Papa Roach Infest
Racer X Technical Difficulties (Europe and US versions)
Saxon Burrn! Presents: The Best of Saxon (compilation)
Venom Resurrection
28 Tankard Kings of Beer

May

DayArtistAlbum
8 Nightwish Wishmaster
Chthonic 9th Empyrean
9 Glassjaw Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence
Incantation The Infernal Storm
Jag Panzer Thane to the Throne
13 Trail of Tears Profoundemonium
15 Motörhead We Are Motörhead
16 Orange Goblin The Big Black
17 Belphegor Necrodaemon Terrorsathan
Brujeria Brujerizmo
19 Mägo de Oz Finisterra
22 Blaze Bayley Silicon Messiah
Raised Fist Ignoring the Guidelines
Hypocrisy Into the Abyss
Primordial Spirit the Earth Aflame
23 A Perfect Circle Mer de Noms
King's X Please Come Home... Mr. Bulbous
Pitchshifter Deviant
Discordance Axis The Inalienable Dreamless
King Crimson The Construkction of Light
The Crown Deathrace King
28 Green Carnation Journey to the End of the Night
29 Iron Maiden Brave New World
Red Harvest Cold Dark Matter
30 Ska-P Planeta Eskoria
Ultraspank Progress

June

DayArtistAlbum
6 Alice Cooper Brutal Planet
Mayhem Grand Declaration of War
8 Cave In Jupiter
13 Poison Power to the People
Stuck Mojo Declaration of a Headhunter
20 Ayreon Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer
Ayreon Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight of the Migrator
Deftones White Pony
King Diamond House of God
Madball Hold It Down
The Sins of Thy Beloved Perpetual Desolation
Deathspell Omega Infernal Battles
Earth Crisis Slither
21 Stratovarius 14 Diamonds (compilation)
25 Edguy The Savage Poetry (re-recording)
26 Devin Townsend Physicist (album)
Metalium State of Triumph – Chapter Two
Sunn O))) ØØ Void
27 Deicide Insineratehymn
Taproot Gift
30 The Haunted Made Me Do It

July

DayArtistAlbum
3 In Flames Clayman
4 Killswitch Engage Killswitch Engage
Pig Destroyer Isis / Pig Destroyer (split EP)
Underoath Cries of the Past
7 Dark Tranquillity Haven
11 Mötley Crüe New Tattoo
Origin Origin
18 Darkest Hour The Mark of the Judas
The Union Underground ...An Education in Rebellion
25 Fates Warning Disconnected
Sinergy To Hell and Back
Finger Eleven The Greyest of Blue Skies
26 Rob Rock Rage of Creation

August

DayArtistAlbum
1 Eighteen Visions Until the Ink Runs Out
8 Halford Resurrection
Scorpions Moment of Glory (compilation)
14 Raging Speedhorn Raging Speedhorn
15 Exhumed Slaughtercult
Society's Finest The Journey...So Far
17 Pro-Pain Round 6
22 Mudvayne L.D. 50
Hed PE Broke
28 Rotting Christ Khronos
29 Paul Di'Anno Nomad
Shuvel Set It Off

September

DayArtistAlbum
5 Nile Black Seeds of Vengeance
Nothingface Violence
8 Seo Taiji Ultramania
12 At the Drive-In Relationship of Command
Type O Negative After Dark (live)
Cold 13 Ways to Bleed on Stage
15 Suicidal Tendencies Free Your Soul and Save My Mind
18 My Ruin A Prayer Under Pressure of Violent Anguish
19 Cannibal Corpse Live Cannibalism (live)
Lowrider Ode to Io
Eyehategod Confederacy of Ruined Lives
25 Electric Wizard Dopethrone [1]
earthtone9 Arc'tan'gent
26 Lamb of God New American Gospel
Soulfly Primitive
Corrosion of Conformity America's Volume Dealer

October

DayArtistAlbum
2 Apocalyptica Cult
Theatre of Tragedy Musique
Acid Drinkers Broken Head
3 Dying Fetus Destroy the Opposition
Enslaved Mardraum – Beyond the Within
9 HammerFall Renegade
Severe Torture Feasting On Blood
10 Slash's Snakepit Ain't Life Grand
Symphony X V: The New Mythology Suite
Spineshank The Height of Callousness
Nonpoint Statement
16 Virgin Steele The House of Atreus Act II
17 100 Demons In the Eyes of the Lord
Downset. Check Your People
Limp Bizkit Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water
Morbid Angel Gateways to Annihilation
Nevermore Dead Heart in a Dead World
Malevolent Creation Envenomed
Toni Iommi Iommi
18 Tad Morose Undead
20 Ram-Zet Pure Therapy
23 Skyclad Folkémon
24 Linkin Park Hybrid Theory
Misanthrope Misanthrope Immortel
Overkill Bloodletting
Six Feet Under Graveyard Classics
Fozzy Fozzy
The Hope Conspiracy Cold Blue
26 Living Sacrifice The Hammering Process
27 This Day Forward The Transient Effects of Light on Water
30 Children of Bodom Follow the Reaper
Cradle of Filth Midian
Helloween The Dark Ride
Rhapsody Dawn of Victory
31 Godsmack Awake
Pain of Salvation The Perfect Element, Part I
Cryptopsy ...And Then You'll Beg
Goatsnake Flower of Disease
The Atomic Bitchwax Atomic Bitchwax II

November

DayArtistAlbum
6 Carpathian Forest Strange Old Brew
Racer X Superheroes
7 Immolation Close to a World Below
Yngwie Malmsteen War to End All Wars
Snot Strait Up
11 Marilyn Manson Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)
Skycamefalling 10.21
12 Monster Magnet God Says No
23 Kalmah Swamplord
27 Behemoth Thelema.6
Rob Rock Rage of Creation (Non-Japanese releases)
Lostprophets The Fake Sound of Progress

December

DayArtistAlbum
5 Alice in Chains Live
Godflesh Messiah (EP)
Rage Against the Machine Renegades
11 Crystal Eyes In Silence They March
12 Abdullah Abdullah
Ayreon Ayreonauts Only (compilation)
Melt-Banana Teeny Shiny
14 Walls of Jericho The Bound Feed the Gagged
15 Boris Flood
17 Gargoyle Future Drug
21 Svartsyn ...His Majesty
24 Onmyo-Za 百鬼繚乱
Within Temptation Mother Earth

Albums with unknown release dates

MonthArtistAlbum
February Eternal Tears of Sorrow Chaotic Beauty
June Hamlet El Inferno
July Behexen Rituale Satanum
August Thyrfing Urkraft
December Watain Rabid Death's Curse
Unknown No-Big-Silence Successful, Bitch & Beautiful
Pig Destroyer 7" Picture Disc (EP)
Static-X The Death Trip Continues (EP)
Weakling Dead as Dreams
Chicosci Revenge of the Giant Robot
Graveland Creed of Iron / Prawo Stali
Shape of Despair Shades Of...

Singles (WIP)

January

DayArtistSingle
11 Kittie Brackish
21 AC/DC Stiff Upper Lip

February

DayArtistSingle
11 AC/DC Safe in New York City

April

DayArtistSingle
29 Disturbed Stupify

June

DayArtistSingle
2 Metallica I Disappear
5 Kittie Charlotte

August

DayArtistSingle
29 Linkin Park One Step Closer

September

DayArtistSingle
18 Melvins Spit It Out

October

DayArtistSingle
29 Disturbed Down with the Sickness

November

DayArtistSingle
29 Disturbed Voices

Singles with unknown release dates

MonthArtistSingle
January Poison Shut Up, Make Love
February Poison Be the One
Unknown Primer 55 Appetite for Destruction
Loose
Set It Off
Rollins Band Get Some Go Again
Illumination
Skillet Best Kept Secret
Come On to the Future
Invincible
Rest
Shout to the Lord
The One
You Take My Rights Away
You're Powerful
Your Name Is Holy
Stratovarius A Million Light Years Away / Celestial Dream
Hunting High and Low / Millennium

Disbandments

Events

Deaths

References

  1. ↑ "Electric Wizard". Rise Above Records. Archived from the original on October 12, 2000. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  2. ↑ "The BNR Metal Pages - Iron Angel". www.bnrmetal.com. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
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