This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2013.
Bands disbanded
!T.O.O.H.!
Ava Inferi
Blessed by a Broken Heart
Bride
Cataract
Kiuas
The Chariot
Forbidden
Gaza
God Forbid
Inhale Exhale
Nachtmystium
Power Quest
Static-X
Underoath
Vomitory
Weapon
The Agony Scene
Dark Angel
Elysia
Falconer
Gardenian
Luna Mortis
Minsk
Mutiny Within
Sonic Syndicate
Toxik
The Haunted
Skinless
Paul Di'Anno (ex-Iron Maiden) retired after his 2012 tour.
HammerFall will be on hiatus this year and do not plan to release their next album until 2014.
Lars Ulrich has confirmed that Metallica's Orion Music + More festival will be held again this year.
Ceremonial Oath, who split up in 1995, and Gardenian, who split up in 2004 and hadn't played a show in 12 years, both reunited for this year's edition of The Gothenburg Sound festival, which took place from January 4–5 at Trädgår'n in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Metal Church, who split up twice (in 1994 and 2009), have reunited for a second time at this year's 70000 Tons of Metal in January.
Lamb of God singer Randy Blythe stood trial on February 4 on charges of manslaughter in the death of a fan at a concert in Prague, Czech Republic in 2010. He was acquitted on 5 March 2013 of all charges against him. Drummer Chris Adler said in an interview "Not only were we not able to generate any income, but we ended up having to pay more than half a million dollars in legal fees," the drummer said. "It bankrupted the entire band, no money left for any kind of payroll or anything."
Rush was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, California on April 18.
Liege Lord, who split up in 1989, will reunite at the Keep It True XVI festival, which will take place from April 19–20 at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany. They will be the headliner of the festival.
Cannibal Corpse have celebrated the 25th anniversary of their formation.
Anthrax announced the departure of guitarist Rob Caggiano.
Volbeat announced that "former Anthrax and The Damned Things guitarist Rob Caggiano has officially joined Volbeat." Caggiano served as producer on "Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies" alongside long-time production partner Jacob Hansen, who produced and mixed the band's prior four albums.
Danny Carey (Tool) admitted that he was the band member that had the motorcycle accident, "I cracked four ribs, broke three of them on a motorcycle the other day, so I am kinda laid up at this point. It's making it really painful to play. It's not an easy thing to do," he said.
On 18 February 2013, bassist Daniel Antonsson quit Dark Tranquillity on good terms. Daniel wanted to focus on his own musical projects, play guitar rather than be the bassist in the band, and not wanting to commit to heavy touring of the bands 10th studio album and being a recording engineer/producer in his studio Gothenburg Rock Studios.
Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo was not able to attend the Australian tour due to misgivings over contract negotiations. Jon Dette (ex-Evildead, ex-Testament) had replaced Dave for the remainder of the tour. On May 30, Slayer announced that Dave Lombardo has been officially replaced by Paul Bostaph (ex-Exodus, ex-Testament).
Bison B.C. were dropped by Metal Blade Records, but the band still remains optimistic about the future.
Symphony X drummer Jason Rullo suffered heart failure, but is recovering with cardiac rehab.
Korn announced that a new album will be released featuring Brian "Head" Welch who officially rejoined the band after 8 years of absence.
Tim Lambesis, vocalists for As I Lay Dying and Austrian Death Machine, was arrested after police said he tried to hire an undercover detective to kill his estranged wife. Tim has pleaded not guilty, and was released on bail for 2 million on May 31, 2013.
Mike Portnoy (ex-Dream Theater) leaves Adrenaline Mob due to "scheduling conflicts".
Protest the Hero drummer and original member Moe Carlson left the band after 12 years. Moe stated, "just to let you know, I'm going back to school, [I don't] have any intentions of touring ever again."
Evile guitarist Ol Drake announced his departure from the band citing "becoming more and more detached from the touring/band lifestyle."
In the summer of 2013, Kirk Windstein left New Orleans sludge group, Down.
On December 12, Joey Jordison departed from Slipknot.
January 16 – Claudio Leo, ex-guitarist of gothic metal act Lacuna Coil died of cancer.
March 12 – Clive Burr, ex-drummer of Iron Maiden died of Multiple sclerosis complications.
April 5 - Sławomir "Mortifer" Kusterka, bassist of Hate died in his sleep of Cardiac dysrhythmia.
April 13 - Chi Cheng, bass player for Deftones died of complications following the 2008 car crash he was involved in.
May 2 - Jeff Hanneman, guitar player for Slayer died of liver failure after being hospitalized for some days.
May 18 - Phil Buerstatte, former drummer for White Zombie died from unknown causes.
May 21 - Trevor Bolder, bass player for Uriah Heep from pancreatic cancer.
June 2 - Mick Morris, bass guitarist for Bleeding Through and Eighteen Visions died due to a pre-existing heart condition.
July 19 - Mikhail Gorsheniov, lead singer of Russian horror punk/hard rock band Korol i Shut died of heart failure.
August 10 - Phil Baheux, drummer of Belgian Heavy Metal band Channel Zero died of a heart problems at the age of 45.
August 24 - Joey LaCaze, drummer of sludge metal act Eyehategod.
Metallica released their 3D movie on August 9, 2013. The movie is entitled Metallica: Through the Never and was developed by Picturehouse.
Dream Theater released their movie on November 4, 2013. The movie is entitled Dream Theater: Live at Luna Park and was developed by Eagle Rock Entertainment.
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