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1997 in heavy metal music
This is a timeline documenting the events of
heavy metal
in the year 1997.
Newly formed bands
1349
Akercocke
Aletheian
The Amenta
American Head Charge
Amoral
Armageddon
Atargatis
Blackstar
Blood Has Been Shed
Born from Pain
Brougham
Caliban
Carnal Forge
Dagoba
Dark Lunacy
Dark Suns
Deadlock
Diecast
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Dir En Grey
Dolorian
Doomsword
Dope
Droid
Elvenking
Explorers Club
Factory 81
Finntroll
Five Foot Thick
Forefather
Goatwhore
Gorod
Halestorm
Halfcocked
Hardcore Superstar
Hate Eternal
Insomnium
Isis
Karma to Burn
Karnivool
Keelhaul
Liquid Tension Experiment
Lostprophets
Nebula
Nonpoint
Norma Jean
Obscurity
Onesidezero
Origin
Paysage d'Hiver
Persuader
Pig Destroyer
Pleymo
Poison the Well
Primal Fear
Primer 55
Pulse Ultra
(As Headspace)
Rapture
Reveille
Secret Sphere
Serial Joe
Severe Torture
Shuvel
Sick Puppies
Sinergy
Skrape
(As JoJo)
Soil
Soulfly
Sunk Loto
(As Messiah)
Spawn of Possession
Taproot
Three Days Grace
Throwdown
Thurisaz
Tierra Santa
Trust Company
(As 41 Down)
Turisas
Underoath
U.P.O.
Vesania
Vintersorg
Witchery
Reformed bands
The original
Black Sabbath
lineup
Jane's Addiction
(disbanded again later that year)
Ratt
Suicidal Tendencies
Albums
20 Dead Flower Children
âÂÂ
Candy Toy Guns and Television
41 Down
âÂÂ
41 Down
(early version of
Trust Company
under their original name)
Acid King
âÂÂ
Down with the Crown
(EP)
Aerosmith
âÂÂ
Nine Lives
Acumen Nation
âÂÂ
More Human Heart
Alice Cooper
âÂÂ
A Fistful of Alice
(live)
Anvil
âÂÂ
Absolutely No Alternative
Anal Cunt
âÂÂ
I Like It When You Die
Arcturus
âÂÂ
La Masquerade Infernale
Assück
âÂÂ
Misery Index
Belphegor
âÂÂ
Blutsabbath
Blackstar
âÂÂ
Barbed Wire Soul
Blood of Christ âÂÂ
...A Dream to Remember
Body Count
âÂÂ
'
Borknagar
âÂÂ
The Olden Domain
Bruce Dickinson
âÂÂ
Accident of Birth
Brutal Truth
âÂÂ
Sounds of the Animal Kingdom
Burzum
âÂÂ
Dauði Baldrs
Children of Bodom
âÂÂ
Something Wild
(Finland release)
Cinderella
âÂÂ
Once Upon A...
Clawfinger
âÂÂ
Clawfinger
Coal Chamber
âÂÂ
Coal Chamber
Conception
âÂÂ
Flow
Creed
âÂÂ
My Own Prison
The Crown
âÂÂ
Eternal Death
D.A.D.
âÂÂ
Simpatico
Damaged
âÂÂ
Token Remedies Research
Dark Tranquillity
âÂÂ
The Mind's I
Deceased
âÂÂ
Fearless Undead Machines
Deftones
âÂÂ
Around the Fur
Deicide
âÂÂ
Serpents of the Light
Devin Townsend
â '
The Dillinger Escape Plan
âÂÂ
The Dillinger Escape Plan
(EP)
Dimmu Borgir
âÂÂ
Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
Dismember
âÂÂ
Death Metal
Dog Fashion Disco
âÂÂ
Erotic Massage
Dokken
âÂÂ
Shadowlife
Dream Theater
âÂÂ
Falling into Infinity
Ebony Tears
âÂÂ
Tortura Insomniae
Edguy
âÂÂ
Kingdom of Madness
Edge of Sanity
âÂÂ
Infernal
Edge of Sanity âÂÂ
Cryptic
Electric Wizard
âÂÂ
Come My Fanatics...
Emperor
âÂÂ
Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
Enslaved
âÂÂ
Eld
Entombed
âÂÂ
'
Europe
âÂÂ
Definitive Collection
(compilation)
Factory 81
âÂÂ
Crawl Space
(EP)
Faith No More
âÂÂ
Album of the Year
Far
âÂÂ
Soon
(EP)
Fatal Opera
-
The Eleventh Hour
Fates Warning
âÂÂ
A Pleasant Shade of Gray
â '
Freak Kitchen
âÂÂ
Junk Tooth
(EP)
Gamma Ray
âÂÂ
Somewhere Out in Space
The Gathering
âÂÂ
Nighttime Birds
Geezer
âÂÂ
Black Science
Gilby Clarke
âÂÂ
The Hangover (Gilby Clarke album)
Glassjaw
âÂÂ
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
(EP)
Godflesh
âÂÂ
Love and Hate in Dub
(remix)
Godsmack
âÂÂ
All Wound Up...
Gorgoroth
âÂÂ
Under the Sign of Hell
Graveworm
âÂÂ
When Daylight's Gone
Grip Inc.
âÂÂ
Nemesis
Grinspoon
âÂÂ
Guide to Better Living
Grinspoon
âÂÂ
Repeat
(EP)
Guano Apes
âÂÂ
Proud Like a God
Gwar
âÂÂ
Carnival of Chaos
HammerFall
âÂÂ
Glory to the Brave
Handsome
âÂÂ
Handsome
Hatebreed
âÂÂ
Satisfaction Is the Death of Desire
Hed PE
âÂÂ
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Helmet
âÂÂ
Aftertaste
HIM
âÂÂ
Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666
Hoobastank
âÂÂ
Muffins
(EP)
Human Waste Project
âÂÂ
E-lux
Hypocrisy
âÂÂ
The Final Chapter
Iced Earth
âÂÂ
Days of Purgatory
(remix)
Illdisposed
âÂÂ
There's Something Rotten... In the State of Denmark
Immortal
âÂÂ
Blizzard Beasts
In Flames
âÂÂ
Whoracle
Incantation
âÂÂ
The Forsaken Mourning of Angelic Anguish
(EP)
Incantation
âÂÂ
Tribute to the Goat
(live)
Incubus
âÂÂ
Enjoy Incubus
(EP)
Incubus âÂÂ
S.C.I.E.N.C.E.
Integrity
âÂÂ
Seasons in the Size of Days
Iron Savior
âÂÂ
Iron Savior
Jag Panzer
âÂÂ
The Fourth Judgement
Jane's Addiction
âÂÂ
Kettle Whistle
(compilation)
Jimmie's Chicken Shack
âÂÂ
Pushing the Salmanilla Envelope
Judas Priest
âÂÂ
Jugulator
Kamelot
âÂÂ
Dominion
Keep of Kalessin
âÂÂ
Through Times of War
Kiss
âÂÂ
'
Konkhra
âÂÂ
Weed Out the Weak
Krabathor
âÂÂ
Mortal Memories
(EP)
Kreator
âÂÂ
Outcast
Lacrimosa
âÂÂ
Stille
L7
â '
Lostprophets
âÂÂ
Here Cumz Tha Party
(EP)
Life of Agony
âÂÂ
Soul Searching Sun
Limp Bizkit
âÂÂ
Three Dollar Bill, Y'all$
Yngwie Malmsteen
âÂÂ
Facing the Animal
Machine Head
âÂÂ
The More Things Change...
Malevolent Creation
âÂÂ
In Cold Blood
Marilyn Manson
âÂÂ
Remix & Repent
(EP)
Megadeth
âÂÂ
Cryptic Writings
Memento Mori
-
Songs for the Apocalypse, Vol. IV
Metallica
âÂÂ
ReLoad
Molotov
âÂÂ
ÿDónde Jugarán las Niñas?
Morgion
âÂÂ
Among Majestic Ruin
Mötley Crüe
âÂÂ
Generation Swine
Mudvayne
âÂÂ
Kill, I Oughtta
(EP)
Napalm Death
âÂÂ
Inside the Torn Apart
Necrophobic
âÂÂ
Darkside
Nembrionic
âÂÂ
Bloodcult
(EP)
Neuraxis
-
Imagery
Night in Gales
âÂÂ
Towards the Twilight
Nightwish
âÂÂ
Angels Fall First
Nothingface
âÂÂ
Pacifier
No-Big-Silence
âÂÂ
99
No One Is Innocent
âÂÂ
Utopia
Novembers Doom
âÂÂ
For Every Leaf That Falls
(EP)
Obituary
âÂÂ
Back from the Dead
Old Man's Child
âÂÂ
The Pagan Prosperity
On Thorns I Lay
âÂÂ
Orama
Orange Goblin
âÂÂ
Frequencies from Planet Ten
Overkill
âÂÂ
From the Underground and Below
Ozzy Osbourne
âÂÂ
The Ozzman Cometh
Pain
-
Pain
Pain of Salvation
âÂÂ
Entropia
Pantera
âÂÂ
' (live)
Pessimist âÂÂ
Cult of the Initiated
Papa Roach
âÂÂ
Old Friends from Young Years
Pig Destroyer
âÂÂ
Demo
(EP)
Pig Destroyer âÂÂ
Pig Destroyer /
Orchid
(split EP)
Powerman 5000
âÂÂ
Mega!! Kung Fu Radio
Primus
âÂÂ
Brown Album
Queensrÿche
âÂÂ
Hear in the Now Frontier
Rammstein
âÂÂ
Sehnsucht
Razor
âÂÂ
Decibels
Reveille
âÂÂ
Demo
Rhapsody
âÂÂ
Legendary Tales
Rollins Band
âÂÂ
Come In and Burn
Rotting Christ
âÂÂ
A Dead Poem
Roxx Gang
âÂÂ
Love 'Em and Leave 'Em
Saliva
âÂÂ
Saliva
Salmon
âÂÂ
Paco... Drop the Chicken
Savatage
âÂÂ
The Wake of Magellan
Saxon
âÂÂ
Unleash the Beast
Scorpions
â '
Septicflesh
âÂÂ
The Ophidian Wheel
Sevendust
âÂÂ
Sevendust
Shadows Fall
âÂÂ
Somber Eyes to the Sky
Shootyz Groove
âÂÂ
Hipnosis
Six Feet Under
âÂÂ
Warpath
Skinlab
âÂÂ
Bound, Gagged and Blindfolded
Slaughter
âÂÂ
Revolution
Slaves on Dope
âÂÂ
One Good Turn Deserves Another
Slo Burn
âÂÂ
Amusing the Amazing
(EP)
Snot
âÂÂ
Get Some
Sodom
âÂÂ
'Til Death Do Us Unite
Solefald
âÂÂ
The Linear Scaffold
Soundgarden
âÂÂ
A-Sides
Strapping Young Lad
âÂÂ
City
Stratovarius
âÂÂ
Visions
Stratovarius âÂÂ
The Past and Now
(compilation)
Sugar Ray
âÂÂ
Floored
Symphony X
âÂÂ
The Divine Wings of Tragedy
Tad Morose
âÂÂ
A Mended Rhyme
The 3rd and the Mortal
âÂÂ
In This Room
The Newlydeads
âÂÂ
The Newlydeads
Therion
âÂÂ
A'arab Zaraq â Lucid Dreaming
Transport League
âÂÂ
Superevil
Tura Satana
âÂÂ
Relief Through Release
U.D.O.
âÂÂ
Solid
The Union Underground
âÂÂ
The Union Underground
Unleashed
âÂÂ
Warrior
Vader
âÂÂ
Black to the Blind
Vital Remains
âÂÂ
Forever Underground
Warrant
âÂÂ
Warrant Live 86âÂÂ97
(live)
Whitesnake
âÂÂ
Restless Heart
Windir
âÂÂ
Sóknardalr
Within Temptation
âÂÂ
Enter
W.A.S.P.
âÂÂ
Kill Fuck Die
Xero
âÂÂ
Xero
(EP; early version of
Linkin Park
under their original name)
Y&T
âÂÂ
Endangered Species
Zimmers Hole
âÂÂ
Bound by Fire
Disbandments
Acid Bath
Jane's Addiction
(reformed in
2001
)
Memento Mori
OsvajaÃÂi
(reformed in 1999)
Rollins Band
(reformed in
1999
)
Soundgarden
(reformed in
2010
)
Torque
X Japan
(reformed in
2007
)
Events
Mötley Crüe
and former vocalist
Vince Neil
reconcile their differences, and Neil rejoins the band.
Black Sabbath
reunites with the original line-up between
Black Sabbath
and
Never Say Die!
.
Bassist Mooseman leaves
Body Count
and is replaced by Griz. Meanwhile, the late drummer
Beatmaster V
is replaced by O.T.
After a two-year hiatus, vocalist
Mike Muir
and rhythm guitarist
Mike Clark
reform
Suicidal Tendencies
.
Rocky George
and
Robert Trujillo
are replaced by
Dean Pleasants
and Josh Paul on guitar and bass respectively, and future
Bad Religion
drummer
Brooks Wackerman
also joins.
The Mentors
frontman,
El Duce
, is killed when hit by a train.
Former
Slipknot
vocalist,
Anders Colsefni
, is replaced with current lead singer of Slipknot,
Corey Taylor
.
References