2012 in heavy metal music

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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2012.

Contents

Bands disbanded

Bands formed

Bands reformed

Events

Deaths

Albums released

January

DayArtistAlbum
4 Kayo Dot Gamma Knife
6 Alcest Les Voyages de l'Âme [108]
9 Wolfsbane Wolfsbane Save the World [109]
11 Skylark Twilights of Sand [110]
13 This Ending Systematic Worship (EP) [111] [112]
17 Attack Attack! This Means War
20 Biohazard Reborn in Defiance [113]
Primal Fear Unbreakable [114]
Nothnegal Decadence [115]
23 Aborted Global Flatline [116]
Savage Messiah Plague of Conscience [117]
Sear Bliss Eternal Recurrence [118]
24 Abigail Williams Becoming [119]
Beyond the Bridge The Old Man and the Spirit [120]
Lacuna Coil Dark Adrenaline [121]
Lamb of God Resolution [122]
Opera IX Strix Maledictae in Aeternum [123]
25WitchmasterŚmierć (EP) [124]
27 Blind Guardian Memories of a Time to Come (compilation) [125]
Iron Fire Voyage of the Damned [126]
Suicidal Angels Bloodbath [127]
30 Woods of Ypres Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light [128]
31 Astral Doors Jerusalem [129]
Azaghal Nemesis [130]
Bleeding Through The Great Fire [131]
Cadaveria Horror Metal [132]
Liberteer Better to Die on Your Feet Than Live on Your Knees [133]
RamDeath [134]

February

DayArtistAlbum
1 Swallow the Sun Emerald Forest and the Blackbird [135]
3 Caliban I Am Nemesis [136]
6 Chimp Spanner All Roads Lead Here (EP) [137]
Therapy? A Brief Crack of Light [138]
7 Psycroptic The Inherited Repression [139]
8 Stam1na Nocebo [140]
10 Dunderbeist Black Arts & Crooked Tails [141]
Eluveitie Helvetios [142]
Engel Songs for the Dead (EP) [143]
Goatwhore Blood for the Master [144]
13 Coldworker The Doomsayer's Call [145]
Orange Goblin A Eulogy for the Damned [146]
14 Avatar Black Waltz [147]
Beneath the Massacre Incongruous [148]
Dawn of Ashes Farewell to the Flesh (EP) [149]
Earth Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II [150]
Isis Live VI (live album) [151]
Wykked Wytch The Ultimate Deception [152]
17 Ektomorf The Acoustic [153]
18 Kryptos The Coils of Apollyon [154]
20 Autopsy All Tomorrow's Funerals (EP) [155]
21 Buckethead Electric Sea [156]
22 Hypno5e Acid Mist Tomorrow [157]
Xandria Neverworld's End [158]
24 Desaster The Arts of Destruction [159]
Drudkh Eternal Turn of the Wheel [160]
Freedom Call Land of the Crimson Dawn [161]
Halloween Terrortory [162]
LanfearThis Harmonic Consonance [163]
Lyriel Leverage [164]
Rage 21 [165]
Terrorizer Hordes of Zombies [166]
Vengeance Crystal Eye [167]
27 Asphyx Deathhammer [168]
Napalm Death Utilitarian [169]
28 Corrosion of Conformity Corrosion of Conformity [170]
Mgła With Hearts Toward None [171]
Monarch Omens [172]
Death Vivus! (live album) [173]
UFO Seven Deadly [174]
Veil of Maya Eclipse [175]
29 Amberian Dawn Circus Black [176]

March

DayArtistAlbum
1 Obscura Illegimitation [177]
2 Heidevolk Batavi [178]
6 Every Time I Die Ex Lives [179]
7 Lullacry Where Angels Fear [180]
Torture Killer I Chose Death (EP) [181]
9 Epica Requiem for the Indifferent [182]
12 Angel Witch As Above, So Below [183]
Enochian Theory Life...And All It Entails [184]
Gorod A Perfect Absolution [185]
Sigh In Somniphobia [186]
13 Adrenaline Mob Omertà [187]
Barren Earth The Devil's Resolve [188]
Cannibal Corpse Torture [189]
Impending Doom Baptized in Filth [190]
Soulfly Enslaved [191]
Spawn of Possession Incurso [192]
Monstrosity Live Apocalypse (DVD) [193]
14 Powerwolf Alive in the Night (live) [194]
16 Secrets of the Moon Seven Bells [195]
20 Enthroned Obsidium [196]
23 Aura Noir Out to Die [197]
Cynic The Portal Tapes (EP) [198]
Gun Barrel Brace for Impact [199]
Ministry Relapse
Axel Rudi Pell Circle of the Oath [200]
26 Borknagar Urd [201]
Flying Colors Flying Colors [202]
God Forbid Equilibrium [203]
Iron Maiden En Vivo! (DVD) [204]
Naglfar Téras [205]
Wodensthrone The Storm [206]
Wretched Son of Perdition [207]
27 3 Inches of Blood Long Live Heavy Metal [208]
A Sound of Thunder Out of the Darkness [209]
Black Breath Sentenced to Life [210]
Dark Empire From Refuge to Ruin [211]
Kill Devil Hill Kill Devil Hill [212]
Meshuggah Koloss [213]
OSI Fire Make Thunder [214]
Overkill The Electric Age [215]
28 Dol Ammad Cosmic Gods: Episode I – Hyperspeed [216]
Galneryus Phoenix Living In The Rising Sun (DVD) [217]
30 Atrocity Die Gottlosen Jahre (Double live DVD) [218]
Exilia Decode [219]

April

DayArtistAlbum
2 Impiety Ravage & Conquer [220]
3 High on Fire De Vermis Mysteriis [221]
6 Accept Stalingrad [222]
Eths III [223]
Exumer Fire & Damnation [224]
Illdisposed The Best of Illdisposed 2004 – 2011 (compilation) [225]
9 Jeff Loomis Plains of Oblivion [226]
The Safety Fire Grind the Ocean [227]
Ufomammut Oro: Opus Primum [228]
10 Demon Hunter True Defiance [229]
Dirge Within There Will Be Blood [230]
Hortus Animae Funeral Nation MMXII [231]
Emmure Slave to the Game [232]
Ignitor Year of the Metal Tiger [233]
Job for a Cowboy Demonocracy [234]
Municipal Waste The Fatal Feast [235]
Pelican Ataraxia/Taraxis (EP) [236]
Suspyre The Cycle [237]
Undeads Exits WoundsMerry Go Round 2 [238]
14 Buckethead Balloon Cement [239]
15 DragonForce The Power Within [240]
16 Gory Blister Earth-Sick [241]
Anathema Weather Systems [242]
18 In Mourning The Weight Of Oceans [243]
Verjnuarmu Pimmeyvven Ruhtinas [244]
20 The Foreshadowing Second World [245]
Mekong Delta Intersections [246]
Orden Ogan To the End [247]
Running Wild Shadowmaker [248]
Saxon Heavy Metal Thunder – Live – Eagles Over Wacken (live DVD) [249]
Unleashed Odalheim [250]
23 Arjen Lucassen Lost in the New Real [251]
Paradise Lost Tragic Idol [252]
24 16 Deep Cuts from Dark Clouds [253]
Earthen Grave Earthen Grave [254]
Prong Carved into Stone [255]
Storm Corrosion Storm Corrosion [256]
Vesperian Sorrow Stormwinds of Ages [257]
Vorkreist Sigil Whore Christ [258]
War of Ages Return to Life [259]
26 Mezarkabul MMXII [260]
27 At Vance Facing Your Enemy [261]
Before the Dawn Rise of the Phoenix [262]
Catamenia The Rewritten Chapters [263]
Crystal Viper Crimen Excepta [264]
Huntress Spell Eater [265]
Moonspell Alpha Noir / Omega White [266]
Saint Vitus Lillie: F-65 [267]
30 Angelus Apatrida The Call [268]
OddlandThe Treachery of Senses [269]

May

DayArtistAlbum
1 Marilyn Manson Born Villain
4 Cattle Decapitation Monolith of Inhumanity [270]
Dawn of Destiny Praying to the World [271]
U.D.O. Celebrator – Rare Tracks (Compilation) [272]
8 John 5 God Told Me To [273]
Saratoga Nemesis [274]
14 Distorted Harmony Utopia [275]
15 Shadows Fall Fire From the Sky [276]
Tenacious D Rize of the Fenix [277]
16 Shining Lots of Girls Gonna Get Hurt (EP) [278]
18 Antigama Stop the Chaos (EP) [279]
Carach Angren Where the Corpses Sink Forever [280]
Engel Blood of Saints [281]
Nightmare The Burden of God [282]
Sonata Arctica Stones Grow Her Name [283]
21 Evil Masquerade Pentagram [284]
Firewind Few Against Many [285]
Tesseract Perspective (EP) [286]
22 Burzum Umskiptar [287]
Diablo Swing Orchestra Pandora's Piñata [288]
For Today Immortal [289]
Headspace I Am Anonymous [290]
Malice New Breed of Godz [291]
Six Feet Under Undead [292]
To Speak of Wolves Find Your Worth, Come Home [293]
25 5 Star Grave Drugstore Hell [294]
Ahab The Giant [295]
Grand Magus The Hunt [296]
Insision 15 Years of Exaggerated Torment (compilation) [297]
The Murder of My Sweet Bye Bye Lullaby [298]
Sabaton Carolus Rex [299]
28 Architects Daybreaker [300]
Sarah Jezebel Deva Malediction (EP) [301]
29 Synthetic Breed Zero Degrees Freedom (EP) [302]

June

DayArtistAlbum
1 Be'lakor Of Breath and Bone [303]
Circus Maximus Nine [304]
Delain We Are The Others [305]
Empires of Eden Channelling the Infinite [306]
Gotthard Firebirth [307]
Kekal Autonomy [308]
Jorn Bring Heavy Rock to the Land [309]
Kreator Phantom Antichrist [310]
4 The Agonist Prisoners [311]
Tank War Nation [312]
5 Autopsy Born Undead (DVD) [313]
Fear Factory The Industrialist [314]
Gojira The Flesh Alive (live album) [315]
Hellyeah Band of Brothers [316]
Marduk Serpent Sermon [317]
Ulver Childhood's End (covers album) [318]
Watain Opus Diaboli (DVD) [319]
6 Hibria Blinded by Tokyo – Live in Japan (DVD) [320]
8 Candlemass Psalms for the Dead [321]
Mnemic Mnemesis [322]
11 Bilocate Summoning the Bygones [323]
12KlankUrban Warfare [324]
Proyecto Eskhata Decadencia
Rush Clockwork Angels [325]
13 Arthemis We Fight [326]
17 Dying Fetus Reign Supreme [327]
18 Spineshank Anger Denial Acceptance [328]
Devin Townsend By a Thread – Live in London 2011 (DVD) [329]
19 Burning Point The Ignitor [330]
Chelsea Grin Evolve (EP) [331] [332]
The Ghost Inside Get What You Give [333]
Ihsahn Eremita [334]
Rumpelstiltskin Grinder Ghostmaker [335]
Vampires Everywhere! Hellbound and Heartless [336]
Whitechapel Whitechapel [337]
21 Blacklodge MachinatioN [338]
Ephel Duath On Death and Cosmos (EP) [339]
22 Luca Turilli's Rhapsody Ascending to Infinity
Deathspell Omega Drought (EP) [340]
25 Sodom 30 Years Sodomized: 1982-2012 (compilation) [341]
26 Bosse-de-Nage III [342]
Gojira L'Enfant Sauvage [343]
Memphis May Fire Challenger [344]
Old Man Gloom No [345]
29 Miseration Tragedy Has Spoken [346]

July

DayArtistAlbum
2 Bonded by Blood The Aftermath [347]
Six Magics Falling Angels [348]
3 Icarus Witch Rise [349]
Kataklysm The Iron Will: 20 Years Determined (DVD) [350]
Nile At the Gate of Sethu [351]
Periphery Periphery II: This Time It's Personal [352]
The Word Alive Life Cycles [353]
4 Coldrain Through Clarity [354]
6 Naer Mataron Ζήτω Ο Θάνατος [355]
10Saint DiabloSaint Diablo [356]
Serj Tankian Harakiri [357]
13 Bury Tomorrow The Union of Crowns [358]
16 God Forbid Beneath the Scars of Glory and Progression (DVD) [359]
Waylander Kindred Spirits [360]
17 A Hero A Fake The Future Again [361]
Baroness Yellow & Green [362]
The Contortionist Intrinsic [363]
Tourniquet Antiseptic Bloodbath [364]
20 Antagonist A.D. Nothing from No One [365]
Black Majesty Stargazer [366]
23 Zonaria Arrival of the Red Sun [367]
24 Om Advaitic Songs [368]
Slipknot Antennas to Hell (compilation) [369]
26 Heretic A Time of Crisis [370]
27 Dew-Scented Icarus [371]
Dust Bolt Violent Demolition [372]
Tankard A Girl Called Cerveza [373]
Testament Dark Roots of Earth [374]
30 Devilish Impressions Simulacra [375]
Massacre Condemned to the Shadows (EP) [376]
Still AliveKyo [377]
31 Evoken Atra Mors [378]
Nachtmystium Silencing Machine [379]

August

DayArtistAlbum
6ObliterateSuperboring [380]
7 Memorain Evolution [381]
13 Cryptopsy Cryptopsy (EP) [382]
14 The Faceless Autotheism [383]
Fen Of Losing Interest [384]
Fozzy Sin and Bones [385]
In This Moment Blood [386]
Scott Kelly The Forgiven Ghost in Me [387]
Master The New Elite [388]
Texas Hippie Coalition Peacemaker [389]
Steve Vai The Story of Light [390]
17 Eluveitie The Early Years (compilation) [391]
21 Black Moor Lethal Waters [392]
22 Loudness 2012 [393]
24 Bloodred Hourglass Lifebound [394]
Grave Digger Clash of the Gods [395]
Tarja Turunen Act I : Live in Rosario (DVD) [395]
Trollfest Brumlebassen [396]
27 Ensiferum Unsung Heroes [397]
Grave Endless Procession of Souls [398]
Katatonia Dead End Kings [399]
28 Beardfish The Void [400]
Eagle Twin The Feather Tipped the Serpent's Scale [401]
Murder Construct Results [402]
Stratovarius Under Flaming Winter Skies – Live in Tampere (DVD) [403]
31 Ektomorf Black Flag [404]
Ex Deo Caligvla [405]
Phantom-x The Opera of the Phantom [406]
Threshold March of Progress [407]

September

DayArtistAlbum
3Primitive Graven ImagePsychededlic Episodes (Observations On Death and Deathlessness) [408]
Sacred Mother Tongue A Light Shines (EP) [409]
7 Lacrimosa Revolution [410]
10 Aeon Zen Enigma [411]
11 Beastwars Beastwars [412]
Cloudscape New Era [413]
Cryptopsy Cryptopsy [414]
Kittie Not So... Safe (compilation) [415]
Prototype Catalyst [416]
Spheric Universe Experience The New Eve [417]
12 The Gathering Disclosure [418]
14 Elvenking Era [419]
Vision Divine Destination Set to Nowhere [420]
18 Becoming the Archetype I Am [421]
Devin Townsend Project Epicloud [422]
Down Down IV Part I - The Purple EP (EP) [423]
Ufomammut Oro: Opus Alter [424]
Vision of Disorder The Cursed Remain Cursed [425]
20 Buckethead Racks [426]
March of the Slunks [427]
The Silent Picture Book [428]
21 Behexen Nightside Emanations [429]
Blut Aus Nord 777 – Cosmosophy [430]
The Chariot One Wing [431]
Dokken Broken Bones [432]
Handguns Angst [433]
Illdisposed Sense the Darkness [434]
Witchcraft Legend [435]
24 Steve Harris British Lion [436]
To-Mera Exile [437] [438]
Tygers of Pan Tang Ambush [439]
25 As I Lay Dying Awakened [440]
Car Bomb w^w^^w^w [441]
Kerion CloudRiders, Part 1: Road to Skycity [442]
Pathology The Time of Great Purification [443]
Revocation Teratogenesis (EP) [444]
Winterfylleth The Threnody of Triumph [445]
28 Angband Saved from the Truth [446]
Enslaved RIITIIR [447]
Maiden uniteD Across the Seventh Sea [448]
Sinister The Carnage Ending [449]
Therion Les Fleurs du Mal [450]

October

DayArtistAlbum
2 Three Days Grace Transit of Venus
3 Obsession Order of Chaos [451]
5 Rebellion The Best Of Viking History (compilation) [452]
Sylosis Monolith [453]
8 Cauldron Tomorrow's Lost [454]
Krisiun Arise from Blackness (compilation) [455]
9 The Acacia Strain Death Is the Only Mortal [456]
August Burns Red August Burns Red Presents: Sleddin' Hill [457]
Between the Buried and Me The Parallax II: Future Sequence [458]
Converge All We Love We Leave Behind [459]
Daylight Dies A Frail Becoming [460]
Dio The Very Beast of Dio Vol. 2 [461]
Malignancy Eugenics [462]
Nonpoint Nonpoint [463]
Seven Kingdoms Fire is Mine [464]
Texas in July Texas in July [465]
Weapon Embers and Revelations [466]
10 Poema Arcanus Transient Chronicles [467]
12 Fall of the Idols Solemn Verses [468]
Magica Center of the Great Unknown [469]
15 Anaal Nathrakh Vanitas [470]
My Dying Bride A Map of All Our Failures [471]
16 Dethklok Dethalbum III [472]
Kiss Monster [473]
No Bragging Rights Cycles [474]
Yakuza Beyul [475]
19 Machinae Supremacy Rise of a Digital Nation [476]
Manowar The Lord of Steel [477]
Mob Rules Cannibal Nation [478]
Paragon Force of Destruction [479]
SubhumanTributo di Sangue [480]
Thy Art Is Murder Hate [481]
War from a Harlots Mouth Voyeur [482]
Wintersun Time I [483]
22 Bison B.C. Lovelessness [484]
Dark Tranquillity Zero Distance (EP) [485]
Ill Niño Epidemia [486]
The Sword Apocryphon [487]
23 A Life Once Lost Ecstatic Trance [488]
Behold The Arctopus Horrorscension [489]
God Seed I Begin [490]
Pig Destroyer Book Burner [491]
Sister Sin Now and Forever [492]
The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza Danza IIII: The Alpha – The Omega [493]
24 Angra Best Reached Horizons (compilation) [494]
26 Kamelot Silverthorn [495]
Neurosis Honor Found in Decay [496]
Parkway Drive Atlas [497]
Rebellion Arminius – Furor Teutonicus [498]
Skálmöld Börn Loka [499]
The Sorrow Misery Escape [500]
27EyefearThe Inception of Darkness [501]
29 Shining Redefining Darkness [502]
30 Cradle of Filth The Manticore and Other Horrors [503]
Early Graves Red Horse [504]
Forgotten Tomb ...And Don't Deliver Us From Evil... [505]
Nadja Dagdrøm [506]
Ragnarok Malediction [507]
Ultimatum Heart of Metal (compilation) [508]
31A Band of OrcsAdding Heads to the Pile [509]
Von Satanic Blood [510]

November

DayArtistAlbum
1ArseniteAshes of the Declined [511]
2 NonExist From My Cold Dead Hands [512]
PAIN We Come In Peace (DVD) [513]
Tiamat The Scarred People [514]
3 Moonlight Lucifer's Rising [515]
6 All That Remains A War You Cannot Win [516]
Beheaded Never to Dawn [517]
General Surgery Like an Ever Flying Limb [518]
Otep Sounds Like Armageddon (live album) [519]
7 Bloodbound In the Name of Metal [520]
8 Isis Temporal (compilation) [521]
9CarcariassHell and Torment (compilation) [522]
12 Soundgarden King Animal [523]
Tank War Machine Live (DVD) [524]
13 Deftones Koi No Yokan [525]
Machine Head Machine Fucking Head Live (live album) [526]
Motionless in White Infamous [527]
14 Led Zeppelin Celebration Day (DVD) [528]
16 Elysion Killing My Dreams (EP) [529]
Kylesa From The Vaults, Vol. 1 (compilation) [530]
20 Aeon Aeons Black [531]
Cryptopsy The Best of Us Bleed (Compilation) [532]
Devolved Reprisal [533]
Meldrum Lifer [534]
Prototype Retrospect (Compilation) [535]
Sacred Reich Live At Wacken (DVD) [536]
21 Flotsam and Jetsam Ugly Noise [537]
23 Adorned Brood Kuningaz [538]
Destruction Spiritual Genocide [539]
Royal Hunt 20th Anniversary (compilation) [540]
Vicious Rumors Live You to Death (live album) [541]
25 Secret Sphere Portrait of a Dying Heart [542]
26 Incantation Vanquish in Vengeance [543]
27 Full Force Next Level [544]
29 Ashes You Leave The Cure for Happiness [545]
30 Fragments of Unbecoming The Art of Coming Apart [546]
Gamma Ray Skeletons & Majesties Live (CD/DVD) [547]
HammerFall Gates Of Dalhalla (DVD) [548]
Saturnus Saturn in Ascension [549]

December

DayArtistAlbum
4 Arsis Lepers Caress (EP) [550]
5 Yngwie Malmsteen Spellbound [551]
10 Metallica Quebec Magnetic (DVD) [552]
12 The Project Hate MCMXCIX The Cadaverous Retaliation Agenda [553]
14 Paradox Tales of the Weird [554]
21 The Unguided InvaZion (EP) [555]

References

  1. ↑ A Plea For Purging Calling It Quits, Announces Farewell Tour
  2. ↑ Ajattara – Split Up
  3. ↑ Anterior Calling It Quits, Announces Final Show
  4. ↑ American black metal band calls it quits
  5. ↑ ***Blind Witness Break Up And Last Show Announcement ***
  6. ↑ The Carrier Calling It Quits In March
  7. ↑ "Cathedral announces plans to disband". Archived from the original on December 5, 2011. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
  8. ↑ The Crimson Armada Calling It Quits, Issues Statement
  9. ↑ Dead And Divine Calling It Quits, Announces Final Hometown Show
  10. ↑ Decadence – Call It Quits
  11. ↑ Defiance – Call It Quits
  12. ↑ Elis Calls It Quits After Departure of Vocalist Simone Christinat
  13. ↑ Heavy Heavy Low Low Calls It Auiets [ permanent dead link ]
  14. ↑ Hevein – Disband Indefinitely
  15. ↑ In The Midst Of Lions Calling It A Day After Departure Of Two Members
  16. ↑ Nahemah – Call It Quits
  17. ↑ Norther – Calling It Quits
  18. ↑ One Man Army And The Undead Quartet – Call It Quits
  19. ↑ "It's FINALLY HERE! Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza Debuts New Track 'You Won't'; Preorders for Danza IIII Available! – Heavy Blog is Heavy".
  20. ↑ Unearthly Trance – Calling It Quits
  21. ↑ Underoath Disbanding, Announces Farewell Tour
  22. ↑ "Original Trouble members form The Skull". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
  23. ↑ Reunited Broken Hope To Support Obituary On 'Carnival Of Death' Tour
  24. ↑ Byzantine – Reunite, Writing New Material
  25. ↑ Coal Chamber To Reform For Australia's Soundwave Festival Archived December 30, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  26. ↑ Confide To Return With New Album, Launch $30,000 Kickstarter Campaign To Fund It
  27. ↑ Eternal Oath Reunites, Plans New Studio Album
  28. ↑ Extol – New Album In The Works
  29. ↑ Malice To Release Comeback LP In May 2012
  30. ↑ Legendary Doom Pioneers The Obsesse To Reunite For Roadburn Festival
  31. ↑ Otyg To Be Resurrected, Band Currently Recording Third Album
  32. ↑ Riot To Continue On, Fifteen New Songs Written In "Thundersteel/Immortal Soul" Style
  33. ↑ Sonic Syndicate Comments On Returning From Hiatus, Announces Festival Appearance
  34. ↑ Killswitch Engage – Vocalist Relieved From Duty
  35. ↑ Killswitch Engage Comments On Returning Vocalist Jesse Leach
  36. ↑ "Black Sabbath Guitarist Tony Iommi Diagnosed With Lymphoma". Archived from the original on January 12, 2012. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
  37. ↑ Bill Ward Says He May Be Forced To Sit Out Black Sabbath Reunion Archived February 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  38. ↑ "Black Sabbath: 'We Have No Choice But To Continue Recording Without Bill Ward'". Archived from the original on February 6, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
  39. ↑ Wormrot Members Arrested By Religious Authorities In Malaysia
  40. ↑ Cryptopsy – Announce New Bassist
  41. ↑ Anvil – Bassist Leaves The Band
  42. ↑ Graveworm Announces Return Of Founding Member
  43. ↑ Warbringer – Guitarist Adam Carroll Quits The Band, Announce Replacement
  44. ↑ 3 Inches Of Blood – Announce New Bassist
  45. ↑ D.R.I. – Spike Cassidy Admitted To Hospital Due To Colectomy Complications
  46. ↑ "Vocalist Peter Dolving Quits The Haunted". Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  47. ↑ The Haunted – Guitarist And Drummer Leave The Band
  48. ↑ Suffocation – Drummer Mike Smith Parts Ways With The Band
  49. ↑ Arch Enemy – Christopher Amott Leaves The Band Again, Recruit Replacement
  50. ↑ "Disaster Strikes Brazilian Metal Festival". Ultimate Guitar Archive. April 23, 2012. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  51. ↑ The Faceless – Part Ways With Guitarist, Announce Replacement
  52. ↑ "Sonisphere 2012 festival is cancelled". The Guardian . March 29, 2012. Archived from the original on May 19, 2023.
  53. ↑ Vocalist Mikael Akerfeldt Reportedly Leaves Bloodbath
  54. ↑ Threat Signal Splits With Drummer Alex Rudinger
  55. ↑ Slayer Gives Update On Jeff Hanneman, Gary Holt To Continue Filling In On Tour
  56. ↑ Dark Funeral – Sign Three Album Deal With Century Media
  57. ↑ Martyr – Drummer Pat Hamelin Quits, Band On Hold
  58. ↑ Marduk – Banned From Playing In Minsk For Being An Affront To Christian Values
  59. ↑ Edu Falaschi Splits With Angra, Felipe Andreoli Splits With Almah
  60. ↑ Monday Fresh: Iron Maiden's Number Of The Beast Voted Best Album
  61. ↑ Sonic Syndicate – Guitarist Roger Sjunnesson Leaves The Band
  62. ↑ "Queensrÿche Parts Ways With Geoff Tate; Crimson GLory/Rising West Singer Todd La Torre Hired!". Archived from the original on June 23, 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
  63. ↑ Kamelot Reveals New Vocalist Tommy Karevik
  64. ↑ Benighted Splits With Guitarist Liem N'Guyen
  65. ↑ Soilwork – Guitarist Peter Wichers Quits The Band Again
  66. ↑ Former Atheist Bassist Tony Choy Rejoins The Band
  67. ↑ "Lamb of God Frontman Randy Blythe Arrested In Czech Republic On Charges Of Manslaughter". Archived from the original on July 2, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  68. ↑ Lamb Of God – Randy Blythe Arrested, Vocalist Reportedly Released On Bail (Update)
  69. ↑ Lamb Of God Front Man Randy Blythe's Bail Doubled, Complaint By Prosecutor Dismissed
  70. ↑ Lamb Of God – Tour With Dethklok And Gojira Cancelled
  71. ↑ Lamb Of God – Randy Blythe Released From Czech Prison, Band To Appear At Knotfest
  72. ↑ Children Of Bodom's Alexi Laiho To Be Released From The Hospital
  73. ↑ !T.O.O.H.! – Josef "Humanoid" Vesely Diagnosed With Schizophrenia
  74. ↑ Blood Stain Child – Female Vocalist Sophia Leaves The Band
  75. ↑ Blood Stain Child – Announce New Vocalist
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  504. ↑ Early Graves Finishes Work On New Album "Red Horse"
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