1995 in heavy metal music

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1995.

Newly formed bands

* Agalloch
* Borknagar
* Shadows Fall
* Slipknot
* Solefald
* Kraljevski Apartman
* Moonsorrow
* System of a Down
* Thyrfing
* Xasthur

Albums

* 24-7 Spyz - "Temporarily Disconnected"
* AC/DC - "Ballbreaker"
* Alice in Chains - "Alice in Chains"
* At the Gates - "Slaughter of the Soul"
* Ayreon - "The Final Experiment"
* Behemoth - "Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic)"
* Beowülf - "2Cents"
* Black Sabbath - "Cross Purposes Live"
* Black Sabbath - "Forbidden"
* Blind Guardian - "Imaginations From the Other Side"
* Bon Jovi - "These Days
* Bruce Dickinson - "Alive in Studio A"
* Cruachan - "Tuatha na gael"
* Carcass - "Swansong"
* Cathedral - "The Carnival Bizarre"
* Dark Tranquillity - " The Gallery"
* Death - "Symbolic"
* Def Leppard - ""
* Deicide - "Once Upon the Cross"
* Dream Theater - "A Change of Seasons" (EP)
* Edguy - "Savage Poetry"
* Excel - "Seeking Refuge"
* Extreme - "Waiting for the Punchline"
* Faith No More - "King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime"
* Fear Factory - "Demanufacture"
* Forced Entry - "The Shore" (EP)
* Gamma Ray - "Land of the Free"
* Iced Earth - "Burnt Offerings"
* Immortal - "Battles in the North"
* In Flames - "Subterranean" (EP)
* Iron Maiden - "The X Factor"
* King Diamond - "The Spider's Lullabye"
* Kreator - "Cause for Conflict"
* Kyuss - "...And the Circus Leaves Town"
* Tony MacAlpine - "Evolution"
* Yngwie J. Malmsteen - "Magnum Opus"
* Megadeth - "Hidden Treasures" (EP)
* Meshuggah - "Destroy Erase Improve"
* Monster Magnet - "Dopes to Infinity"
* Moonspell - "Wolfheart"
* Motörhead - "Sacrifice"
* Necrophagist - "Necrophagist (Demo)"
* Opeth - "Orchid"
* Ozzy Osbourne - "Ozzmosis"
* Rammstein - "Herzeleid"
* Saint Vitus - "Die Healing"
* Savatage - "Dead Winter Dead"
* Savatage - "Japan Live '94"
* Savatage - "Final Bell / Ghost in the Ruins"
* Skid Row - "Subhuman Race"
* Strapping Young Lad - "Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing"
* Stratovarius - "Fourth Dimension"
* Theatre of Tragedy - "Theatre of Tragedy"
* The 3rd and the Mortal - "Nightswan" (EP)
* Trouble - "Plastic Green Head"
* Uncle Slam - "When God Dies"
* Steve Vai - "Alien Love Secrets" (EP)
* Van Halen - "Balance"
* Vince Neil - "Carved In Stone"
* Virgin Black - "Virgin Black" Demo
* W.A.S.P. - "Still Not Black Enough"
* Warrant - "Ultraphobic"
* White Zombie - ""

Disbandments

* Accept
* Beowülf
* The Cult
* Excel
* Kyuss (in October)
* Living Colour
* Pungent Stench
* Saint Vitus
* Suicidal Tendencies
* Uncle Slam

Events

* Saint Vitus reform with original vocalist Scott Reagers for a new album and tour, then breaks up afterwards.
* Motörhead's guitarist Michael "Würzel" Burston leaves the band.
* Ingo Schwichtenberg of Helloween committed suicide by jumping in front of a subway train after suffering more and more of schizophrenia. Schwichtenberg's suicide had terrible effects on all members of Helloween and fans of metal worldwide.
* Necrophagist's guitarist, Jean-Paul Herm, and drummer, Raphael Kempermann, leave the band. Kempermann is replaced by Daniel Silva.