2015 in heavy metal music

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This is a timeline documenting events of heavy metal in the year 2015.

Bands formed

• Abbath
• Artificial Language ^[1]
• Audiotopsy
• Bad Omens
• Baest
• Batushka
• Beast in Black
• Confessions of a Traitor
• Saint Asonia
• Scour
• Smoke Hollow
• Venom Inc.
• Wild Fire

Bands disbanded

• 3 Inches of Blood ^[2]
• Before the Mourning ^[3]
• Conducting from the Grave ^[4]
• Divine Heresy (hiatus) ^[5]
• In Solitude ^[6]
• Leander Rising ^[7]
• Mötley Crüe ^[8]
• Motörhead ^[9]
• myGRAIN ^[10]
• Rise to Remain ^[11]
• The Safety Fire ^[12]
• Sister Sin ^[13]

Bands reformed

• Acid Reign ^[14]
• Atrophy ^[15]
• Disturbed (hiatus from 2011 to 2015) ^[16]
• Ex Deo (hiatus from 2014 to 2015) ^[17]
• Pist.On ^[18]
• See You Next Tuesday ^[19]
• Underoath ^[20]

Events

• On March 20, 2014, Rush announced that in 2015 they would embark on a 41st anniversary tour to commemorate the release of their first album. ^[21] The members of Rush have stated that this may be their last full-scale tour. ^[22]
• On August 2, 2014, Savatage announced that they will reunite for 2015 Wacken Open Air. ^[23]
• On January 27, L7 announced that they would perform reunion concerts at several summer festivals in 2015, including Download Festival, Hellfest, Azkena Rock Festival and Nova Rock Festival. ^[24]
• On March 29, Megadeth announced that Chris Adler of Lamb of God would play drums on the band's 15th studio album. ^[25]
• On March 31, Skeletonwitch announced that former Cannabis Corpse vocalist Andy Horn would be replacing Chance Garnette for their European tour. As of the announcement, Garnette was no longer listed as Skeletonwitch's vocalist. ^{[26] [27]}
• On April 2, Megadeth announced that Kiko Loureiro of Angra had joined the band permanently. ^[28]
• On April 6, Johnny Solinger left Skid Row to pursue a solo career. ^[29] He was replaced by former TNT singer Tony Harnell. ^[30]
• On April 7, nearly four weeks after the death of drummer A. J. Pero, Twisted Sister announced that they would embark on their final tour together in 2016, dubbed "Forty and Fuck It", and then split up. Mike Portnoy (of Adrenaline Mob and The Winery Dogs, and formerly of Dream Theater) will be filling in for Pero on the tour. ^[31]
• On April 12, Accept announced that ex-Grave Digger guitarist Uwe Lulis, and drummer Christopher Williams, had joined the band. ^[32]
• On April 17, Whitesnake announced Michele Luppi of Secret Sphere as their new keyboardist. ^[33]
• On April 30, Metal Church announced their reunion with Mike Howe, who was the band's lead singer from 1988 to 1994. ^[34]
• On May 5, Acid Reign announced that they were reforming after breaking up in 1991. ^[14]
• On May 30, Athera announced that he had left Susperia for personal reasons. ^[35]
• On June 15, Morbid Angel announced that they had parted ways with their drummer Tim Yeung and lead vocalist and bassist David Vincent, and reunited with Steve Tucker, who was Vincent's replacement from 1996–2001 and 2003–2004. ^{[36] [37]} Later that day, however, Vincent denied that he had left the band. ^[38] A few days later, Vincent and guitarist Destructhor announced their departures from Morbid Angel. ^{[39] [40]}
• On June 23, Disturbed announced their reunion after going on hiatus in October 2011. ^[16]
• On September 10, drummer Sean Reinert announced that Cynic had split up for the second time, due to "artistic and personal differences." ^[41] Later that day, however, guitarist and vocalist Paul Masvidal said that the band has not broken up, and will continue "will continue one way or another." ^[42]
• On September 14, Onslaught announced that they had parted ways with longtime guitarist Andy Rosser Davies, and replaced him with Iain GT Davies. ^[43]
• On October 30, at least 27 people died and about 180 were injured after a fire broke out during the concert of Romanian band Goodbye to Gravity. ^[44] The fire resulted in the deaths of the band's drummer, bassist and two guitarists, leaving the singer as the sole survivor. ^{[45] [46] [47]}
• On October 31, Gamma Ray announced that vocalist Frank Beck had joined the group to share vocal duties with Kai Hansen. ^[48]
• On November 7, drummer Daniel Svensson announced his departure from In Flames in order to spend more time with his family. ^[49]
• On November 13, Volbeat announced that they had parted ways with longtime bassist Anders Kjølholm. ^[50]
• On November 19, The Ghost Inside were involved in a crash when their tour bus collided head on with a tractor trailer. Both drivers died in the collision while the remaining 10 passengers survived. Jonathan Vigil, Zach Johnson, Andrew Tkaczyk and two others were hospitalized in critical condition. ^{[51] [52]}
• On December 29, it was announced that Tony Harnell had parted ways with Skid Row. ^[53]

Deaths

• January 1 – Tommi Kuri, co-founding member of Amberian Dawn and bassist on the first three albums, died from the health issues that had forced him to leave the band in 2011. ^[54]
• January 3 – Rudy "White Shark" Vercruysse, guitarist of Ostrogoth, died from liver cancer at the age of 59. ^[55]
• March 1 – Ryan Stanek, co-founding member and former drummer of Broken Hope, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 42. ^[56]
• March 20 – A. J. Pero, drummer of Twisted Sister and Adrenaline Mob, died from a heart attack at the age of 55 in the bus while on tour with Adrenaline Mob. ^[57]
• March 24 – Scott Clendenin, former Death and Control Denied bassist, died at the age of 47, after suffering from health complications. ^[58]
• April 30 – Shawn Chavez, former guitarist of Havok, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 30. ^[59]
• May 5 – Craig Gruber, bassist of Elf and Rainbow, died from prostate cancer at the age of 63. ^[60]
• May 15 – Terry Jones, vocalist of Pagan Altar, died from cancer at the age of 69. ^[61]
• May 18 – Ryan Shutler, drummer of Lazarus A.D., died from a heart attack at the age of 28. ^[62]
• June 4 – Allan Fryer, vocalist of Heaven, died from cancer. ^[63]
• June 7 – Christopher Lee, actor and singer, died from complications of respiratory disease and heart failure at the age of 93. ^{[64] [65] [66]}
• July 13 – Eric Wrixon, founding member and former keyboardist of Thin Lizzy, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 68. ^[67]
• July 21 – Justin Lowe, guitarist of After the Burial, died after falling off a bridge in Minnesota at the age of 32. ^[68]
• September 14 – Martin "Kiddie" Kearns, drummer of Bolt Thrower, died unexpectedly at the age of 38. ^[69]
• October 18 – Frank "Bøddel" Watkins, bassist of Gorgoroth and former bassist of Obituary, died from cancer at the age of 47. ^[70]
• October 30 – Mihai Alexandru and Vlad Țelea, guitarists of Goodbye to Gravity, died in a fire which occurred at the Club Colectiv venue. ^[45]
• November 8 – Bogdan Enache, drummer of Goodbye to Gravity, died after suffering a cardiac arrest from injuries sustained in the Club Colectiv fire ^[46]
• November 11 – Alex Pascu, bassist of Goodbye to Gravity, died from injuries sustained in the Club Colectiv fire. ^[47]
• November 11 – Philip John "Philthy Animal" Taylor, former drummer of Motörhead, including during the band's classic line-up era, died at the age of 61 from liver failure. ^{[71] [72] [73] [74]}
• December 5 – John Garner, vocalist and drummer of Sir Lord Baltimore, died from liver failure at the age of 63. ^[75]
• December 5 – William John "Billy Diamond" Steiger, founding member and first guitarist of Twisted Sister, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 67. ^[76]
• December 15 – Terry Horbury, bassist of Vardis, died from cancer at the age of 65. ^{[77] [78]}
• December 28 – Ian Fraser "Lemmy" Kilmister, founder, lead singer, bassist and primary songwriter of Motörhead, died from cancer at the age of 70. ^{[79] [80] [81]}

Albums released

January

Day	Artist	Album
9	Battle Beast	Unholy Savior [82]
	Callejon	Wir sind Angst [83]
12	The Crown	Death Is Not Dead [84]
	Sylosis	Dormant Heart [85]
	Wednesday 13	Monsters of the Universe: Come Out and Plague [86]
14	Dr. Sin	Intactus [87]
	Night Demon	Curse of the Damned [88]
16	Angra	Secret Garden [89]
	Orden Ogan	Ravenhead [90]
19	Angelus Apatrida	Hidden Evolution [91]
	Marduk	Frontschwein [92]
	Marilyn Manson	The Pale Emperor [93]
23	Finsterforst	Mach dich frei [94]
	Ostrogoth	Last Tribe Standing [95]
	Stormwitch	Season of the Witch [96]
25	Hate	Crusade:Zero [97]
26	Armageddon	Captivity & Devourment [98]
	Napalm Death	Apex Predator – Easy Meat [99]
	U.D.O.	Decadent [100]
27	The Body and Thou	You, Whom I Have Always Hated [101]
	Papa Roach	F.E.A.R. [102]
	Periphery	Juggernaut: Alpha Juggernaut: Omega [103]
	Venom	From the Very Depths [104]
30	Blind Guardian	Beyond the Red Mirror [105]

February

Day	Artist	Album
2	Solefald	World Metal: Kosmopolis Sud [106]
9	Adrenaline Mob	Dearly Departed [107]
10	Melechesh	Enki [108]
16	Keep of Kalessin	Epistemology [109]
17	36 Crazyfists	Time and Trauma [110]
20	Black Star Riders	The Killer Instinct [111]
	Svartsot	Vældet [112]
23	The Agonist	Eye of Providence [113]
	Carach Angren	This Is No Fairytale [114]
	Ensiferum	One Man Army [115]
	Scorpions	Return to Forever [116]
24	All That Remains	The Order of Things [117]
	Red	Of Beauty and Rage [118]
27	Enforcer	From Beyond [119]

March

Day	Artist	Album
3	Leviathan	Scar Sighted [120]
4	Viking	No Child Left Behind [121]
6	Enslaved	In Times [122]
	Europe	War of Kings [123]
9	Mortification	Realm of the Skelataur [124]
10	Cancer Bats	Searching for Zero [125]
17	Moonspell	Extinct [126]
23	The Gentle Storm	The Diary [127]
	Michael Schenker's Temple of Rock	Spirit on a Mission [128]
	Oceano	Ascendants [129]
	While She Sleeps	Brainwashed [130]
27	Loch Vostok	From These Waters [131]
	Nightwish	Endless Forms Most Beautiful [132]
30	Morgoth	Ungod [133]
	Prong	Songs from the Black Hole (covers album) [134]
31	Three Days Grace	Human [135]

April

Day	Artist	Album
3	Halestorm	Into the Wild Life [136]
6	Skyforger	Senprūsija [137]
7	Heidevolk	Velua [138]
10	Ghost Bath	Moonlover [139]
14	Bosse-de-Nage	All Fours [140]
17	Apocalyptica	Shadowmaker [141]
	Impellitteri	Venom [142]
	Kiske/Somerville	City of Heroes [143]
18	Stone Sour	Meanwhile in Burbank... (EP) [144]
20	Drudkh	A Furrow Cut Short [145]
	Shining	IX / Everyone, Everything, Everywhere, Ends [146]
21	Bill Ward	Accountable Beasts [147]
	Tribulation	The Children of the Night [148]
24	Nightrage	The Puritan [149]
	Unleashed	Dawn of the Nine [150]
27	Raven	ExtermiNation [151]

May

Day	Artist	Album
5	Korpiklaani	Noita [152]
	Six Feet Under	Crypt of the Devil [153]
8	Arcturus	Arcturian [154]
	Kamelot	Haven [155]
	Sirenia	The Seventh Life Path [156]
12	Veil of Maya	Matriarch [157]
15	Cain's Offering	Stormcrow [158]
	Whitesnake	The Purple Album [159]
19	Coal Chamber	Rivals [160]
	Faith No More	Sol Invictus [161]
22	Pyramaze	Disciples of the Sun [162]
25	Leprous	The Congregation [163]
26	Obsequiae	Aria of Vernal Tombs [164]
29	Helloween	My God-Given Right [165]

June

Day	Artist	Album
1	The Darkness	Last of Our Kind [166]
	Nuclear Assault	Pounder [167]
2	Armored Saint	Win Hands Down [168]
	Nekrogoblikon	Heavy Meta [169]
	Paradise Lost	The Plague Within [170]
	Skinless	Only the Ruthless Remain [171]
8	Gorgoroth	Instinctus Bestialis [172]
9	Disarmonia Mundi	Cold Inferno [173]
	Lorna Shore	Psalms [174]
	Tremonti	Cauterize [175]
15	Shape Of Despair	Monotony Fields
16	Iwrestledabearonce	Hail Mary [176]
19	Luca Turilli's Rhapsody	Prometheus, Symphonia Ignis Divinus [177]
	Virgin Steele	Nocturnes of Hellfire & Damnation [178]
23	Breaking Benjamin	Dark Before Dawn [179]
	High on Fire	Luminiferous [180]
29	Thy Art Is Murder	Holy War [181]
30	August Burns Red	Found in Far Away Places [182]
	Jungle Rot	Order Shall Prevail [183]

July

Day	Artist	Album
7	Between the Buried and Me	Coma Ecliptic [184]
10	Cradle of Filth	Hammer of the Witches [185]
17	Orchid	Sign of the Witch (EP) [186]
	Powerwolf	Blessed & Possessed [187]
24	Joe Satriani	Shockwave Supernova [188]
	Lamb of God	VII: Sturm und Drang [189]
	Northlane	Node [190]
	Symphony X	Underworld [191]
	We Came as Romans	We Came as Romans [192]
31	Kataklysm	Of Ghosts and Gods [193]
	Saint Asonia	Saint Asonia
	Xandria	Fire & Ashes (EP) [194]

August

Day	Artist	Album
7	Black Fast	Terms of Surrender [195]
	Cattle Decapitation	The Anthropocene Extinction [196]
	Fear Factory	Genexus [197]
	Krisiun	Forged in Fury [198]
	Miss May I	Deathless [199]
14	Bullet for My Valentine	Venom [200]
	Soulfly	Archangel [201]
21	Act of Defiance	Birth and the Burial [202]
	Battlecross	Rise to Power [203]
	Before the Mourning	Etherial End [204]
	Butcher Babies	Take It Like a Man [205]
	The Devil Wears Prada	Space (EP) [206]
	Disturbed	Immortalized [207]
	Ghost	Meliora [208]
	Hate Eternal	Infernus [209]
	The Murder of My Sweet	Beth Out of Hell [210]
	P.O.D.	The Awakening [211]
	Praying Mantis	Legacy [212]
	Rotting Christ	Lucifer Over Athens (live album) [213]
	Royal Hunt	Devil's Dozen [214]
	The Sword	High Country [215]
28	Ahab	The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" [216]
	Kobra and the Lotus	Words of the Prophets (EP) [217]
	Motörhead	Bad Magic [218]
	Nile	What Should Not Be Unearthed [219]
	Pentagram	Curious Volume [220]
	Soilwork	The Ride Majestic [221]

September

Day	Artist	Album
4	Amorphis	Under the Red Cloud [222]
	Black Majesty	Cross of Thorns [223]
	Five Finger Death Punch	Got Your Six [224]
	Iron Maiden	The Book of Souls [225]
	Mgła	Exercises in Futility [226]
	Nechochwen	Heart of Akamon [227]
	Once Human	The Life I Remember [228]
	Riverside	Love, Fear and the Time Machine [229]
	Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats	The Night Creeper [230]
11	Bring Me the Horizon	That's the Spirit [231]
	Leaves' Eyes	King of Kings [232]
	Slayer	Repentless [233]
	Stratovarius	Eternal [234]
18	Annihilator	Suicide Society [235]
	Atreyu	Long Live [236]
	The Black Dahlia Murder	Abysmal [237]
	Blessthefall	To Those Left Behind [238]
	Christian Mistress	To Your Death [239]
	My Dying Bride	Feel the Misery [240]
	Operation: Mindcrime	The Key [241]
	Seven Witches	The Way of the Wicked [242]
	Tank	Valley of Tears [243]
	Tesseract	Polaris [244]
25	A Sound of Thunder	Tales from the Deadside [245]
	Boysetsfire	Boysetsfire
	Gloryhammer	Space 1992: Rise of the Chaos Wizards [246]
	Huntress	Static [247]
	Parkway Drive	Ire [248]
	Sebastien	Dark Chambers Of Deja Vu

October

Day	Artist	Album
2	Children of Bodom	I Worship Chaos [249]
	Deafheaven	New Bermuda [250]
	Fit for an Autopsy	Absolute Hope Absolute Hell [251]
	Kylesa	Exhausting Fire [252]
	Malevolent Creation	Dead Man's Path
	Queensrÿche	Condition Hüman [253]
	Satan	Atom by Atom [254]
	Sevendust	Kill the Flaw [255]
	Trivium	Silence in the Snow [256]
	W.A.S.P.	Golgotha [257]
9	Bloodred Hourglass	Where the Oceans Burn [258]
	NonExist	Throne of Scars [259]
16	40 Below Summer	Transmission Infrared [260] [261]
	Black Tide	Chasing Shadows [262]
	Circle II Circle	Reign of Darkness [263]
	Gorod	A Maze of Recycled Creeds [264]
	Grave	Out of Respect for the Dead [265]
	Sadist	Hyaena [266]
	Saxon	Battering Ram [267]
21	Coldrain	Vena [268]
23	Amberian Dawn	Innuendo [269]
	Born of Osiris	Soul Sphere [270]
	Stryper	Fallen [271]
	Vehemence	Forward Without Motion [272]
30	Cryptopsy	The Book of Suffering – Tome 1 (EP) [273]
	Def Leppard	Def Leppard [274] [275]
	Draconian	Sovran [276]
	Erimha	Thesis ov Warfare [277]
	Gama Bomb	Untouchable Glory [278]
	Goodbye to Gravity	Mantras of War [279]
	Lost Soul	Atlantis: The New Beginning [280]
	Myka Relocate	The Young Souls [281] [282] [283]
	Ram	Svbversvm [284]
Unknown date	Black Pantera	Project Black Pantera [285]

November

Day	Artist	Album
6	Chastain	We Bleed Metal [286]
	Dark Moor	Project X [287]
	Devil You Know	They Bleed Red [288]
	Transport League	Napalm Bats & Suicide Dogs [289]
	Vanden Plas	Chronicles of the Immortals: Netherworld II [290]
13	Girlschool	Guilty as Sin [291]
	Intronaut	The Direction of Last Things [292]
	Swallow the Sun	Songs from the North I, II & III [293]
	Vision of Disorder	Razed to the Ground [294]
20	Hatesphere	New Hell [295]
	Imperia	Tears of Silence [296]
	Månegarm	Månegarm [297]
	Solution .45	Nightmares in the Waking State: Part I [298]
27	Autopsy	Skull Grinder (EP) [299]
	Danzig	Skeletons (covers album) [300]
	Stone Sour	Straight Outta Burbank... (EP) [301]

December

Day	Artist	Album
4	Coronatus	Raben im Herz [302]
	Sunn O)))	Kannon [303]
10	Bruno Sutter	Bruno Sutter [304]
11	Triddana	The Power & the Will [305]
18	Baroness	Purple [306]

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Preceded by 2014

Heavy Metal Timeline 2015

Succeeded by 2016