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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2014.
This section needs to be updated.(June 2016) |
Day | Artist | Album |
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6 | Iced Earth | Plagues of Babylon [63] |
James LaBrie | I Will Not Break (EP) [64] | |
10 | Skull Fist | Chasing the Dream [65] |
13 | Suicidal Angels | Divide and Conquer [66] |
17 | Axel Rudi Pell | Into the Storm [67] |
Chrome Division | Infernal Rock Eternal [68] | |
Nashville Pussy | Up the Dosage [69] | |
20 | The Haunted | Eye of the Storm (EP) [70] |
21 | Alcest | Shelter [71] |
Nine Inch Nails | Remix 2014 EP (EP) | |
Persuader | The Fiction Maze [72] | |
Throwdown | Intolerance [73] | |
22 | Within Temptation | Hydra [74] |
24 | Caliban | Ghost Empire [75] |
Elysion | Someplace Better [76] | |
Primal Fear | Delivering the Black [77] | |
27 | Kampfar | Djevelmakt [78] |
Hammercult | Steelcrusher [79] | |
Sister | Disguised Vultures [80] | |
Skindred | Kill the Power [81] | |
Transatlantic | Kaleidoscope [82] | |
28 | Metallica | Metallica Through the Never (DVD) [83] |
Periphery | Clear (EP) [84] | |
31 | Ektomorf | Retribution [85] |
Grand Magus | Triumph and Power [86] | |
Lake of Tears | By the Black Sea (DVD) [87] | |
Mayan | Antagonise [88] |
Day | Artist | Album |
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1 | Dark Tranquillity | A Memory Construct (EP) [89] |
Skull & Bones | The Cursed Island [90] | |
4 | Behemoth | The Satanist [91] |
For Today | Fight the Silence [92] | |
Truckfighters | Universe [93] | |
7 | Stam1na | SLK [94] |
Van Canto | Dawn of the Brave [95] | |
14 | Amoral | Fallen Leaves & Dead Sparrows [96] |
Benighted | Carnivore Sublime [97] | |
Cynic | Kindly Bent to Free Us [98] | |
Flotsam and Jetsam | No Place For Disgrace 2014 [99] | |
18 | Adrenaline Mob | Men of Honor [100] |
I Killed the Prom Queen | Beloved [101] | |
Slough Feg | Digital Resistance [102] | |
21 | Battleaxe | Heavy Metal Sanctuary [103] |
Vanishing Point | Distant Is the Sun [104] | |
24 | Crematory | Antiserum [105] |
Freedom Call | Beyond [106] | |
Hirax | Immortal Legacy [107] | |
Vanden Plas | Chronicles of the Immortals – Netherworld (Path 1) [108] | |
26 | Babymetal | Babymetal [109] |
28 | Axxis | Kingdom of the Night II [110] |
Iron Savior | Rise of the Hero [111] | |
Manowar | Kings of Metal MMXIV [112] |
Day | Artist | Album |
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1 | Aurora Borealis | Worldshapers [113] |
3 | Earth Crisis | Salvation of Innocents [114] |
Gojira | Les Enfants Sauvages (Live) [115] | |
4 | Wolves Like Us | Black Soul Choir [116] |
Destrage | "'Are You Kidding Me? No." [117] | |
7 | Carnifex | Die Without Hope [118] |
Dawn of Destiny | F.E.A.R. [119] | |
10 | Savage Messiah | The Fateful Dark [120] |
11 | Architects | Lost Forever // Lost Together [121] |
Nocturnal Breed | Napalm Nights [122] | |
14 | Dirge | Hyperion [123] |
Profane Omen | Reset [124] | |
17 | Gus G | I Am the Fire [125] |
18 | Demon Hunter | Extremist [126] |
24 | Magnum | Escape from the Shadow Garden [127] |
Massacre | Back from Beyond [128] | |
25 | Animals as Leaders | The Joy of Motion [129] |
Gamma Ray | Empire of the Undead [130] | |
Memphis May Fire | Unconditional [131] | |
Sinbreed | Shadows [132] | |
Sonata Arctica | Pariah's Child [133] | |
Thou | Heathen [134] | |
28 | Anette Olzon | Shine [135] |
Trollfest | Kaptein Kaos [136] |
Day | Artist | Album |
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2 | Epica | The Quantum Enigma [161] |
Stratovarius | Nemesis Days (DVD) [162] | |
Xandria | Sacrificium [163] | |
9 | Elvenking | The Pagan Manifesto [164] |
Killer Be Killed | Killer Be Killed [165] | |
13 | Agalloch | The Serpent & the Sphere [166] [167] |
Avatar | Hail the Apocalypse [168] | |
Down | Down IV – Part II (EP) | |
Mushroomhead | The Righteous & the Butterfly [169] | |
Prong | Ruining Lives [170] | |
Teitanblood | Death [171] | |
16 | Avalon | Angels of the Apocalypse [172] |
Sabaton | Heroes [173] | |
22 | Gory Blister | The Fifth Fury [174] |
23 | Misery Index | The Killing Gods [175] |
Rage | The Soundchaser Archives (Compilation) [176] | |
Unisonic | For the Kingdom (EP) [177] | |
26 | Bury Tomorrow | Runes [178] |
Christopher Lee | Metal Knight (EP) [179] | |
Crowbar | Symmetry in Black [180] | |
27 | Black Anvil | Hail Death [181] |
Eyehategod | Eyehategod [182] | |
Marty Friedman | Inferno [183] | |
Ravenscry | The Attraction of Opposites [184] | |
30 | Die Apokalyptischen Reiter | Tief.Tiefer [185] |
Vader | Tibi et Igni [186] |
Day | Artist | Album |
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2 | ||
Godflesh | Decline & Fall (EP) [187] | |
Voyager | V [188] | |
4 | Arch Enemy | War Eternal [189] |
Loudness | The Sun Will Rise Again [190] | |
6 | Cloven Hoof | Resist or Serve [191] |
Equilibrium | Erdentempel [192] | |
Falconer | Black Moon Rising [193] | |
Mayhem | Esoteric Warfare [194] | |
Tesla | Simplicity [195] | |
Uriah Heep | Outsider [196] | |
10 | The Amity Affliction | Let the Ocean Take Me [197] |
The Atlas Moth | The Old Believer [198] | |
Hellyeah | Blood for Blood [199] | |
Incantation | Dirges of Elysium [200] | |
Tombs | Savage Gold [201] | |
The Word Alive | Real [202] | |
Wretched | Cannibal [203] | |
13 | Deathstars | The Perfect Cult [204] |
20 | Cannabis Corpse | From Wisdom to Baked [205] |
Tankard | R.I.B. [206] | |
24 | Corrosion of Conformity | IX [207] |
Kobra and the Lotus | High Priestess [208] | |
Mastodon | Once More 'Round the Sun [209] | |
Mournful Congregation | Concrescence of the Sophia (EP) [210] | |
Septicflesh | Titan [211] | |
27 | Amberian Dawn | Magic Forest [212] |
Illdisposed | With the Lost Souls on Our Side [213] | |
Quiet Riot | Quiet Riot 10 [214] | |
Vintersorg | Naturbål [215] |
Day | Artist | Album |
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2 | Sonic Syndicate | Sonic Syndicate [216] |
4 | Origin | Omnipresent [217] |
8 | Starset | Transmissions [218] |
8 | Chelsea Grin | Ashes to Ashes [219] |
Goatwhore | Constricting Rage of the Merciless [220] | |
Steel Prophet | Omniscient [221] | |
Wolves in the Throne Room | Celestite [222] | |
11 | Grave Digger | Return of the Reaper [223] |
Suicide Silence | You Can't Stop Me [224] | |
13 | Demonic Resurrection | The Demon King [225] |
14 | Judas Priest | Redeemer of Souls [226] |
15 | Novembers Doom | Bled White [227] |
18 | Empyrium | The Turn of the Tides [228] |
Overkill | White Devil Armory [229] | |
19 | Detonator e as Musas do Metal | Metal Folclore: The Zoeira Never Ends... [230] |
21 | Downset. | One Blood |
22 | Fozzy | Do You Wanna Start a War [231] |
Ill Niño | Till Death, La Familia [232] | |
Within the Ruins | Phenomena | |
25 | Crystal Eyes | Killer [233] |
29 | Theory of a Deadman | Savages |
Day | Artist | Album |
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1 | Alestorm | Sunset on the Golden Age [234] |
Eluveitie | Origins [235] | |
4 | Entombed A.D. | Back to the Front [236] |
Skid Row | Rise of the Damnation Army – United World Rebellion: Chapter Two (EP) [237] | |
5 | Darkest Hour | Darkest Hour [238] |
Godsmack | 1000hp [239] | |
Kix | Rock Your Face Off [240] | |
Pathology | Throne of Reign [241] | |
11 | Belphegor | Conjuring the Dead [242] |
12 | Upon a Burning Body | The World Is My Enemy Now [243] |
15 | Accept | Blind Rage [244] |
Deadlock | The Re-Arrival [245] | |
18 | DragonForce | Maximum Overload [246] |
19 | Ace Frehley | Space Invader [247] |
Pallbearer | Foundations of Burden [248] | |
22 | Machinae Supremacy | Phantom Shadow [249] |
25 | The Haunted | Exit Wounds [250] |
Wolf | Devil Seed [251] | |
26 | Opeth | Pale Communion [252] |
27 | HammerFall | (r)Evolution [253] |
29 | Astral Doors | Notes from the Shadows [254] |
Sólstafir | Ótta [255] |
Day | Artist | Album |
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1 | Aeon Zen | Ephemera [256] |
Dark Fortress | Venereal Dawn [257] | |
Horned Almighty | World of Tombs [258] | |
2 | Incite | Up in Hell [259] |
5 | Any Given Day | My Longest Way Home [260] |
In Flames | Siren Charms [261] | |
9 | A Sound of Thunder | The Lesser Key of Solomon [262] |
15 | Xerath | III [263] |
16 | Cannibal Corpse | A Skeletal Domain [264] |
Motionless in White | Reincarnate [265] [266] | |
Texas in July | Bloodwork [267] | |
19 | Mr. Big | ...The Stories We Could Tell [268] |
Threshold | For the Journey [269] | |
23 | Affiance | Blackout [270] |
26 | Decapitated | Blood Mantra [271] |
Evergrey | Hymns for the Broken [272] | |
Lyriel | Skin and Bones | |
29 | 1349 | Massive Cauldron of Chaos [273] |
Audrey Horne | Pure Heavy [274] | |
Electric Wizard | Time to Die [275] | |
30 | Nonpoint | The Return [276] |
Witch Mountain | Mobile of Angels [277] |
Day | Artist | Album |
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1 | Avenger | The Slaughter Never Stops [343] |
5 | Cruachan | Blood for the Blood God [344] |
Mors Principium Est | Dawn of the 5th Era [345] | |
8 | Pythia | Shadows of a Broken Past [346] |
Taake | Stridens hus [347] | |
10 | Dir En Grey | Arche [348] |
17 | Angra | Secret Garden [349] |
25 | The Project Hate MCMXCIX | There Is No Earth I Will Leave Unscorched [350] |
31 | Holy Blood | Day of Vengeance [351] |
Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, Finland. Created as a hard rock band named Tricky Beans, they later changed to Tricky Means and finally to Sonata Arctica, when they shifted to power metal. The current lineup consists of drummer Tommy Portimo, lead singer Tony Kakko, keyboardist Henrik Klingenberg, guitarist Elias Viljanen and bassist Pasi Kauppinen. All the musicians of the band's history except Portimo also acted as backing vocalists.
Accept is a German heavy metal band from Solingen, formed in 1976 by lead guitarist Wolf Hoffmann, singer Udo Dirkschneider and bassist Peter Baltes. Their beginnings can be traced back to the late 1960s when the band got its earliest start under the name Band X. Their current lineup consists of Hoffmann, vocalist Mark Tornillo, guitarists Uwe Lulis and Philip Shouse, drummer Christopher Williams and bassist Martin Motnik. Accept has undergone numerous lineup changes; Hoffmann is the last remaining original member, and the only band member to appear on all of their albums. As of 2024, the band has released seventeen studio albums, five live albums and nine compilation albums.
Lamb of God is an American heavy metal band from Richmond, Virginia. Formed in 1994 as Burn the Priest, the group consists of bassist John Campbell, vocalist Randy Blythe, guitarists Mark Morton and Willie Adler, and drummer Art Cruz. The band is considered a significant member of the new wave of American heavy metal movement.
U.D.O. is a German heavy metal band founded by lead vocalist Udo Dirkschneider in 1987.
Trivium is an American heavy metal band from Orlando, Florida, formed in 1999. The band comprises vocalist and guitarist Matt Heafy, guitarist Corey Beaulieu, bassist Paolo Gregoletto, and drummer Alex Bent.
Delain is a Dutch symphonic metal band formed in 2002 by former Within Temptation keyboardist Martijn Westerholt, intending for the band to be solely a project. Singer Charlotte Wessels was invited to join in 2005. The name of the band comes from the Kingdom of Delain in Stephen King's novel, The Eyes of the Dragon. In February 2021, the members parted ways while Westerholt stated he would continue the band as a solo project. In June 2021, Westerholt announced that there would be a new lineup involving former and new members, with Diana Leah later being announced as the new lead vocalist in August 2022.
Five Finger Death Punch, also abbreviated as 5FDP or FFDP, is an American heavy metal band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2005. The band originally consisted of vocalist and keyboardist Ivan Moody, rhythm guitarist Zoltan Bathory, lead guitarist Caleb Andrew Bingham, bassist Matt Snell, and drummer Jeremy Spencer. Bingham was replaced by guitarist Darrell Roberts in 2006, who was then replaced by Jason Hook in 2009. Bassist Matt Snell departed from the band in 2010, and was replaced by Chris Kael in 2011. Spencer then departed the band in 2018 due to recurring back issues, and was replaced by Charlie Engen, making rhythm guitarist Bathory the only remaining founding member of the band. In October 2020, British guitarist Andy James became the band's lead guitarist, replacing Jason Hook.
In This Moment is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed by singer Maria Brink and guitarist Chris Howorth in 2005. They found drummer Jeff Fabb and started the band as Dying Star. Unhappy with their musical direction, they changed their name to In This Moment and gained two band members, guitarist Blake Bunzel and bassist Josh Newell. In 2005, bassist Newell left the band and was replaced by Jesse Landry.
Angband is a Persian-American power metal group, formed in 2004 in Tehran.
Leprous is a Norwegian progressive metal band from Notodden, formed in 2001. The group was founded by singer and keyboardist Einar Solberg and guitarist Tor Oddmund Suhrke.
Motionless in White is an American metalcore band from Scranton, Pennsylvania. Formed in 2004, the band consists of lead vocalist Chris "Motionless" Cerulli, guitarists Ryan Sitkowski and Ricky "Horror" Olson, drummer Vinny Mauro and bassist Justin Morrow. Cerulli is the only member of the original line-up that remains in the band. The group has stated that their band name derived from the Eighteen Visions song "Motionless and White".
Adrenaline Mob is an American heavy metal supergroup formed in early 2011 by singer Russell Allen, guitarist Mike Orlando and drummer Mike Portnoy. The band's current lineup consists of Allen, Orlando, and drummer Jordan Cannata.
Long Live Heavy Metal is the fifth studio album from the Canadian heavy metal band 3 Inches of Blood. It is the second 3 Inches of Blood album to be released through Century Media and not feature Jamie Hooper on screaming vocals, and is their only release to feature the same line-up as the previous one. This would also be the band's final studio album before disbanding in 2015 and reuniting in 2023.
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Necrowretch is a French death metal band from Valence, Rhône-Alpes; formed in 2008. After recording demos through Skeleton Plague Records, Aural Offerings Records, and releasing 2 EPs through Detest Records; Necrowretch signed to Century Media Records on 6 February 2012.
This is a timeline documenting events of heavy metal in the year 2015.
Killer Be Killed is an American heavy metal supergroup founded by Dillinger Escape Plan vocalist Greg Puciato and Soulfly frontman Max Cavalera in early 2011. The lineup also features Mastodon bassist and co-vocalist Troy Sanders and Converge drummer Ben Koller. The band had slowly been working on material before announcing its name in October 2013, along with their signing to Nuclear Blast. The group's self-titled debut record was released in 2014. In September 2020, the group returned with a new single, and released their second album Reluctant Hero in November of that year.
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