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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2008.
Bands formed
- A Sound of Thunder
- A Storm of Light
- Aeon Zen
- Allegaeon
- Amaranthe
- Arkaea
- Austrian Death Machine
- Betraying the Martyrs
- Bölzer
- Bombus
- Cain's Offering
- Chickenfoot
- Christian Mistress
- City of Fire
- Code Orange
- Ex Deo
- From Fall to Spring
- God Seed
- Hamferð
- Holy Grail
- King of Asgard
- Krypts
- Lustre
- Pallbearer
- Power Trip
- Revolution Renaissance
- Solution .45
- Tears of Tragedy
- The Empire Shall Fall
- Triptykon
- Uneven Structure
Reformed bands
- At the Gates (for a few shows)
- Carcass (for touring)
- Einherjer (for touring)
- Exhorder (for a few tours and some new material)
- Forbidden (for a few shows)
- Krokus
- Living Sacrifice
- Spineshank
Disbandments
- Alabama Thunderpussy
- Beneath the Sky
- Byzantine
- Celtic Frost
- Dead to Fall
- Demigod
- The Duskfall
- From Autumn to Ashes
- Himsa
- Knorkator
- Ministry
- Sieges Even
- Sikth
- Still Remains
- The Red Death
- The Agony Scene
- Remove the Veil
Events
- Twiggy Ramirez rejoins Marilyn Manson in early January.
- Mikael Åkerfeldt rejoins Bloodbath in late January.
- Ola Frenning leaves Soilwork in February.
- Chris Broderick joins Megadeth in February.
- Timo Tolkki leaves Stratovarius after some internal troubles in March.
- Thomas Gabriel Fischer leaves Celtic Frost in April.
- Singer Lisa Middelhauve leaves Xandria in April.
- On May 11, original Rush drummer John Rutsey died in his sleep from an apparent heart attack.
- Blasphemer leaves Mayhem in May.
- Mike Kimball leaves Dying Fetus in May.
- On July 27, former White Spirit and Tank drummer Graeme Crallan died after a fall in a London street.
- Wes Borland joins Marilyn Manson's lineup in mid-August.
- D.R.I. guitarist Spike Cassidy makes a full recovery from cancer.
- Snot reforms with ex-Divine Heresy vocalist Tommy Vext.
- Michael Nicklasson leaves Dark Tranquillity in August.
- Jeff Singer leaves Paradise Lost in August.
- Christian "Witchhunter" Dudek, ex-drummer of Sodom, dies of liver failure on September 7.
- Christian Älvestam leaves Scar Symmetry in September.
- Peter Wichers rejoins Soilwork in September.
- Tormentor rejoins Gorgoroth in September, as does Pest in December.
- Denny Axelsson, vocalist of Blinded Colony, leaves the band.
- Former Marilyn Manson bassist Gidget Gein dies of a heroin overdose.
- Josh Freese plans to depart from Nine Inch Nails by the end of 2008.
- John Kempainen leaves The Black Dahlia Murder in December.
- Job For A Cowboy founding member and guitarist Ravi Bhadriraju leaves the band in late 2008.
- Al Glassman leaves Despised Icon to join Job For A Cowboy.
- Gaahl (ex-Gorgoroth) reveals his homosexuality.
Albums released
January
February
Day | Artist | Album |
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4 | Baptism | Grim Arts of Melancholy |
Hate | Morphosis | |
Iron Maiden | Live After Death | |
Sworn Enemy | Maniacal | |
5 | Brain Drill | Apocalyptic Feasting |
Salt the Wound | Carnal Repercussions | |
Warbringer | War Without End | |
Winds of Plague | Decimate the Weak | |
8 | Behexen | My Soul for His Glory |
12 | Texas Hippie Coalition | Pride of Texas |
13 | Norther | N |
15 | Eluveitie | Slania |
18 | Hellhammer | Demon Entrails |
To-Mera | Delusions | |
19 | Ascension of the Watchers | Numinosum |
Dead to Fall | Are You Serious? | |
Genghis Tron | Board Up the House | |
Hate Eternal | Fury & Flames | |
Sculptured | Embodiment: Collapsing Under the Weight of God | |
Virgin Black | Requiem – Fortissimo | |
22 | Exciter | Thrash Speed Burn |
Metalium | Incubus - Chapter Seven | |
Nortt | Galgenfrist | |
Steel Attack | Carpe DiEnd | |
Stormwarrior | Heading Northe | |
Rage | Carved in Stone | |
Unheilig | Puppenspiel | |
25 | Dark Fortress | Eidolon |
Dark Suns | Grave Human Genuine | |
26 | Death Angel | Killing Season |
myGRAIN | Signs of Existence | |
29 | Agalloch | The White |
Draconian | Turning Season Within |
March
April
May
Day | Artist | Album |
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5 | Nine Inch Nails | The Slip |
Scott Kelly | The Wake | |
Textures | Silhouettes | |
6 | Kayo Dot | Blue Lambency Downward |
Revocation | Empire of the Obscene | |
Russian Circles | Station | |
13 | Abysmal Dawn | Programmed To Consume |
Aletheian | Dying Vine | |
Emmure | The Respect Issue | |
Mourning Beloveth | A Disease for the Ages | |
14 | Diablo | Icaros |
16 | Moonspell | Night Eternal |
23 | Cryptopsy | The Unspoken King |
Kataklysm | Prevail | |
26 | Ihsahn | angL |
Shai Hulud | Misanthropy Pure | |
30 | Communic | Payment of Existence |
Hollenthon | Opus Magnum | |
Opeth | Watershed | |
Pyramaze | Immortal | |
Sabaton | The Art of War |
June
July
August
September
October
November
Day | Artist | Album |
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3 | Satyricon | The Age of Nero |
Turisas | A Finnish Summer With Turisas | |
10 | The Red Shore | Unconsecrated |
11 | Attack Attack! | Someday Came Suddenly |
Behemoth | Ezkaton | |
Dance Club Massacre | Circle of Death | |
Dir En Grey | Uroboros | |
The Faceless | Planetary Duality | |
Light This City | Stormchaser | |
Six Feet Under | Death Rituals | |
Sympathy | Anagogic Tyranny | |
Pig Destroyer | Natasha (EP) | |
14 | Edguy | Tinnitus Sanctus |
Elvenking | Two Tragedy Poets (...and a Caravan of Weird Figures) | |
Hortus Animae | Funeral Nation / 10 Years Of Hortus Animae | |
17 | Cynic | Traced in Air |
18 | Mononc' Serge & Anonymus | Musique Barbare |
Mudvayne | The New Game | |
24 | Arch Enemy | Tyrants of the Rising Sun |
25 | Becoming the Archetype | Dichotomy |
December
Day | Artist | Album |
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18 | Tankard | Thirst |
References
- "Iron Maiden: Live After Death DVD details announced". Blabbermouth.net. November 8, 2007. Archived from the original on March 14, 2008. Retrieved June 2, 2008.
- Doug Gibson (aka deathbringer). "Winds of Plague Announce New Album Title". Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
- "Warbringer: New song posted online". Archived from the original on June 12, 2008. Retrieved June 3, 2008.
- "Pride of Texas - Texas Hippie Coalition | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
- "Norther: New album details revealed". Blabbermouth.net. December 19, 2007. Archived from the original on April 21, 2008. Retrieved June 2, 2008.
- "Eluveitie: New album details revealed". Blabbermouth.net. December 23, 2007. Archived from the original on April 23, 2008. Retrieved June 2, 2008.
- "Hellhammer: Demon Entrails details revealed". Blabbermouth.net. January 8, 2008. Archived from the original on June 17, 2008. Retrieved June 2, 2008.
- "Keyboardist Hugo Sheppard explains decision to leave To-Mera". Blabbermouth.net. December 7, 2007. Archived from the original on June 17, 2008. Retrieved June 3, 2008.
- "Fear Factory singer's Ascension of the Watchers: Debut album details revealed". Blabbermouth.net. December 11, 2007. Archived from the original on April 22, 2008. Retrieved June 3, 2008.
- "Genghis Tron: Another preview track posted online". Blabbermouth.net. December 8, 2007. Archived from the original on April 22, 2008. Retrieved June 3, 2008.
- "Hate Eternal: New album details revealed". Blabbermouth.net. December 4, 2007. Archived from the original on April 22, 2008. Retrieved June 3, 2008.
- "Sculptured: New album details revealed". Blabbermouth.net. November 5, 2007. Archived from the original on June 12, 2008. Retrieved June 3, 2008.
- "Exciter: Thrash Speed Burn pushed back to february". Blabbermouth.net. November 22, 2007. Archived from the original on June 12, 2008. Retrieved June 3, 2008.
- "Steel Attack: New album title announced". Blabbermouth.net. January 17, 2008. Archived from the original on June 12, 2008. Retrieved June 3, 2008.
- "Stormwarrior: New album details revealed". Blabbermouth.net. January 12, 2008. Archived from the original on June 12, 2008. Retrieved June 3, 2008.
- "Rage: Carved in Stone release date announced". Blabbermouth.net. November 29, 2007. Archived from the original on June 12, 2008. Retrieved June 3, 2008.
- "Dark Fortress to release Eidolon in february". Blabbermouth.net. December 21, 2007. Archived from the original on April 23, 2008. Retrieved June 3, 2008.
- "Dark Suns To Release 'Grave Human Genuine' Next Month". blabbermouth.com. January 2, 2008. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2009.
- "Dismember: New album artwork unveiled". Blabbermouth.net. January 28, 2008. Archived from the original on April 22, 2008. Retrieved June 2, 2008.
- "Textures: New album delayed". Blabbermouth.net. April 16, 2008. Archived from the original on June 12, 2008. Retrieved June 3, 2008.
- "Cryptopsy: The Unspoken King track listing revealed". Blabbermouth.net. April 17, 2008. Archived from the original on April 20, 2008. Retrieved June 19, 2008.
- "Opeth, Watershed". opeth.com. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008. Retrieved June 12, 2008.
- "Hortus Animae: 'Funeral Nation' Box Set Now Available". blabbermouth.com. November 27, 2008. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved January 5, 2009.
External links
- About.com: Heavy Metal Archived May 31, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
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