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2003 in heavy metal music

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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2003.

Contents

Newly formed bands

  • Abysmal Dawn
  • Born of Osiris
  • Damageplan
  • Communic
  • Epica
  • The Human Abstract
  • Korpiklaani
  • Through the Eyes of the Dead
  • Wicked Wisdom

    • Reformed bands

  • 24-7 Spyz
  • Europe
  • Fear Factory
  • Judas Priest
  • Primus
  • Stryper
  • Killing Joke

    • Albums

  • Aborted – Goremageddon: The Saw and the Carnage Done
  • Alien Ant Farm - truANT
  • Alice Cooper – The Eyes Of Alice Cooper
  • Akercocke – Choronozon
  • Anaal Nathrakh - When Fire Rains Down from the Sky, Mankind Will Reap As It Has Sown
  • Anthrax – We've Come for You All
  • Apocalyptica – Reflections
  • Arch Enemy – Anthems of Rebellion
  • As I Lay Dying – Frail Words Collapse
  • Avenged Sevenfold – Waking the Fallen
  • Between The Buried And Me - The Silent Circus
  • The Black Dahlia Murder – Unhallowed
  • Black Label Society – The Blessed Hellride
  • Bon Jovi – This Left Feels Right
  • Cannibal Corpse – 15 Year Killing Spree
  • Children of Bodom – Hate Crew Deathroll
  • Chimaira – The Impossibility of Reason
  • Cog – Open Up
  • Cradle of Filth – Damnation and a Day
  • The Darkness – Permission to Land
  • Deep Purple – Bananas
  • Deftones – Deftones
  • DevilDriver – DevilDriver
  • The Devin Townsend Band - Accelerated Evolution
  • Dimension Zero – This Is Hell
  • Dimmu Borgir – Death Cult Armageddon
  • Divinity Destroyed – Divinity Destroyed
  • Divinity Destroyed – Eden in Ashes
  • DragonForce – Valley of the Damned
  • Dream Theater – Train of Thought
  • Europe – Rock the Night: The Very Best of Europe (Compilation Album)
  • Evergrey – Recreation Day
  • Finntroll – Visor om Slutet
  • Fallen – Evanescence
  • Godhead - Evolver
  • Godsmack - Faceless
  • Gojira – The Link
  • Gojira – Maciste All Inferno (EP)
  • Handguns – The Deciever
  • Hatebreed - The Rise of Brutality
  • Helloween – Rabbit Don't Come Easy
  • Hortus Animae – Waltzing Mephisto
  • Incubus - Live at Lollapalooza 2003
  • Iron Maiden – Dance of Death
  • Jane's Addiction - Strays
  • King Diamond – The Puppet Master
  • Kiss – Kiss Symphony: Alive IV
  • Korn – Take A Look In The Mirror
  • Kreator – Live Kreation
  • Lamb of God – As the Palaces Burn
  • Lanfear – The Art Effect
  • Limp Bizkit – Results May Vary
  • Linkin Park – Meteora
  • Living Colour – Collideøscope
  • Lost Horizon – A Flame to the Ground Beneath
  • Macabre – Murder Metal
  • Marilyn Manson – The Golden Age of Grotesque
  • Machine Head – Through the Ashes of Empires
  • Metallica – St. Anger
  • Monstrosity – Rise to Power
  • Moonspell – The Antidote
  • Motörhead – Live at Brixton Academy
  • Macabre – Murder Metal
  • Nevermore - Enemies of Reality
  • Nightrage - Sweet Vengeance
  • Norther – Mirror of Madness
  • Nothingface - Skeletons
  • No Big Silence – Unreleased
  • Overkill – Killbox 13
  • Opeth – Damnation
  • Pitchshifter – Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed and Uploaded
  • Psycroptic - The Scepter of the Ancients
  • Queensrÿche - Tribe
  • Rage - Soundchaser
  • Royal Hunt – Eyewitness
  • Rush - Rush in Rio
  • Six Feet Under – Bringer of Blood
  • Skid Row – Thickskin
  • Sepultura - Roorback
  • Solefald – In Harmonia Universali
  • Sonata Arctica – Winterheart's Guild
  • Static-X – Shadow Zone
  • Strapping Young Lad – Strapping Young Lad
  • Stratovarius – Elements, Pt. 1
  • Stratovarius – Elements, Pt. 2
  • Stryper – Seven
  • Theocracy – Theocracy
  • Throwdown – Haymaker
  • Tourniquet – Where Moth and Rust Destroy
  • Trivium – Ember to Inferno
  • Týr – Eric the Red
  • uneXpect – WE, Invaders
  • Virgin Black – Elegant... and Dying

    • Disbandments

  • Coal Chamber
  • Five pointe o
  • Limbonic Art
  • Immortal
  • Pitchshifter
  • Pantera
  • Rollins Band (reformed in 2006)

    • Events

  • Metallica hires new bassist Robert Trujillo (from Suicidal Tendencies and Ozzy Osbourne). They release the much criticized album St. Anger.
  • MTV2 resurrected the old heavy metal/hard rock television program Headbangers' Ball.
  • Iced Earth vocalist Matt Barlow leaves Iced Earth after the events of September 11.
  • Christian metal band Stryper reforms with all original members.
  • Visions of Atlantis lead vocalist Christian Stani quits, and is later replaced by Mario Plank. Keyboardist Chris Kamper quits and is replaced by Miro Holly.
  • Rob Halford reunites with Judas Priest replacing Tim "Ripper" Owens
  • Aerosmith and KISS embark on a tour together

    • References

    2003 in heavy metal music Wikipedia
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