2005 in heavy metal music
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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2005.
[edit] Newly formed bands
[edit] Reformed Bands
[edit] Albums
Alice Cooper - Dirty Diamonds After Forever - Remagine Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone Arch Enemy - Doomsday Machine As I Lay Dying -Shadows Are Security Avenged Sevenfold - City of Evil Beseech - Sunless Days Black Label Society - Mafia, Kings of Damnation 98-04 Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal Bon Jovi - Have a Nice Day Bruce Dickinson - Tyranny of Souls Bullet for My Valentine - The Poison Candlemass - Candlemass Children of Bodom - Are You Dead Yet? Chimaira - Chimaira Cog - The New Normal Crashdiet - Rest in Sleaze Cryptopsy - Once Was Not Dark Tranquillity - Character Deep Purple - Rapture of the Deep Def Leppard - Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection Deftones - B-Sides & Rarities DevilDriver - The Fury of Our Maker's Hand Devourment - Butcher the Weak Dimmu Borgir - Stormblåst MMV Disturbed - Ten Thousand Fists Divinity Destroyed - Eden in Ashes Divinity Destroyed - The Plague Dream Theater - Octavarium Early Man - Closing In Exodus - Shovel Headed Kill Machine Freak Kitchen - Organic Fear Factory - Transgression Forever Slave - Alice's Inferno Gizmachi - The Imbuing God Forbid - IV: Constitution of Treason Gojira - From Mars To Sirius HammerFall - Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys - The Legacy High On Fire - Blessed Black Wings Immolation - Harnessing Ruin Jacobs Dream - Drama of the Ages Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution Kamelot - The Black Halo Kreator - Enemy of God Limp Bizkit - The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) Lordi - The Monster Show Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Unleash the Fury Massacration - Gates of Metal Fried Chicken of Death Mötley Crüe - Red, White and Crüe Mournful Congregation - The Monad of Creation Mourning Beloveth - A Murderous Circus Mudvayne - Lost and Found Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth Opeth - Ghost Reveries Parkway Drive - Killing with a Smile Priestess - Hello Master Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness Protest the Hero - Kezia QueenAdreena - The Butcher and the Butterfly Rammstein - Rosenrot The Red Chord - Clients Roadrunner United - The All-Star Sessions Runemagick - Envenom Slechtvalk - At the Dawn of War Static-X - Start a War Strapping Young Lad - Alien Sabaton - Primo Victoria Soilwork - Stabbing the Drama Solefald - Red For Fire: An Icelandic Odyssey Part 1 Stryper - Reborn Sturmgeist - Meister Mephisto System of a Down - Mezmerize System of a Down - Hypnotize Sonata Arctica - The End of This Chapter Stratovarius - Stratovarius Trivium - Ascendancy Visions of Atlantis - Cast Away WarCry - ¿Dónde Está La Luz?
[edit] Disbandments
Exhumed (indefinite hiatus)
[edit] Events
Soilwork guitarist Peter Wichers leaves the band in late December after playing in the band for ten years to concentrate on record producing. Static-X lead guitarist Tripp Eisen was arrested in February for "lewd conduct against children", and was fired from the band. Former Vader drummer Docent dies. Vocalist Tarja Turunen was fired from Nightwish. Jason Jones' departure from Drowning Pool was publicly announced on June 14, 2005, due to irreconcilable differences. On August 25 at the Ozzfest date in Dallas, Texas, Drowning Pool did a guest shot performance on the main stage debuting their new singer Ryan McCombs. Visions of Atlantis lead vocalist Nicole Bogner quits and is replaced by ex-Aesma Daeva vocalist, Melissa Ferlaak. Guitarist Werner Fielder quits and is replaced by Wolfgang Koch. Kittie bassist Jennifer Arroyo quits and is replaced by Trish Doan. Session guitarist Lisa Marx quits and is replaced by Tara McLeod Hellhammer becomes Dimmu Borgir's new drummer. Former Metal Church singer David Wayne dies. Denis "Piggy" D'Amour of Voivod dies. American Head Charge guitarist Bryan Ottoson dies at 27.
