- 2005 in heavy metal music
This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2005.
Newly formed bands
* Beyond Fear
*Cronian
*Disarm
*Ihsahn
*In This Moment
*Five Finger Death Punch Reformed Bands
* Anthrax
*Devourment
* Emperor
*Terrorizer Albums
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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 - ""
*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 - ""
* Gojira - "From Mars To Sirius "
*HammerFall - ""
*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 - ""
*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? "Disbandments
* Exhumed (indefinite hiatus)
Events
*
Soilwork guitaristPeter Wichers leaves the band in late December after playing in the band for ten years to concentrate on record producing.
*Static-X lead guitaristTripp Eisen was arrested in February for "lewd conduct against children", and was fired from the band.
* Former Vader drummer Docent dies.
* VocalistTarja Turunen was fired fromNightwish .
* Jason Jones' departure fromDrowning 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 singerRyan McCombs .
*Visions of Atlantis lead vocalistNicole Bogner quits and is replaced by ex-Aesma Daeva vocalist,Melissa Ferlaak . GuitaristWerner Fielder quits and is replaced byWolfgang Koch .
*Kittie bassistJennifer Arroyo quits and is replaced byTrish Doan . Session guitaristLisa Marx quits and is replaced byTara McLeod
* Hellhammer becomesDimmu Borgir 's new drummer.
* FormerMetal Church singer David Wayne dies.
* Denis "Piggy" D'Amour of Voivod dies.
*American Head Charge guitaristBryan Ottoson dies at 27.
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