2008 in heavy metal music

none January 2016 June 2012 2008 2008 heavy metal music This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2008. Bands formed A Sound of Thunder A Storm of Light Aeon Zen Allegaeon Amaranthe Arkaea Austrian Death Machine Betraying the Martyrs Bölzer Bombus Cain's Offering Chickenfoot Christian Mistress City of Fire Clown Core Code Orange Ex Deo From Fall to Spring God Seed Hamferð Heldmaschine Holy Grail Imagine Dragons King of Asgard Krypts Lustre Pallbearer Power Trip Revolution Renaissance Solution .45 The Empire Shall Fall Triptykon Uneven Structure Reformed bands At the Gates (for a few shows) Carcass (for touring) Einherjer (for touring) Exhorder (for a few tours and some new material) Forbidden (for a few shows) Krokus Living Sacrifice Spineshank Disbandments Alabama Thunderpussy Beneath the Sky Byzantine Celtic Frost Dead to Fall Demigod The Duskfall Flactorophia (sole member died) From Autumn to Ashes Himsa Knorkator Ministry Sieges Even Sikth Still Remains The Red Death The Agony Scene Remove the Veil Vomitorial Corpulence Events Twiggy Ramirez rejoins Marilyn Manson in early January. Mikael Åkerfeldt rejoins Bloodbath in late January. Ola Frenning leaves Soilwork in February. Chris Broderick joins Megadeth in February. Timo Tolkki leaves Stratovarius after some internal troubles in March. Thomas Gabriel Fischer leaves Celtic Frost in April. Singer Lisa Middelhauve leaves Xandria in April. On April 19, during a gothic rock and culture celebration, the Factory nightclub fire in Quito kills 19 and injures at least 24. On May 11, original Rush drummer John Rutsey died in his sleep from an apparent heart attack. Blasphemer leaves Mayhem in May. Mike Kimball leaves Dying Fetus in May. On July 27, former White Spirit and Tank drummer Graeme Crallan died after a fall in a London street. Wes Borland joins Marilyn Manson's lineup in mid-August. D.R.I. guitarist Spike Cassidy makes a full recovery from cancer. Snot reforms with ex-Divine Heresy vocalist Tommy Vext. Michael Nicklasson leaves Dark Tranquillity in August. Jeff Singer leaves Paradise Lost in August. Christian "Witchhunter" Dudek, ex-drummer of Sodom, dies of liver failure on September 7. Christian Älvestam leaves Scar Symmetry in September. Peter Wichers rejoins Soilwork in September. Tormentor rejoins Gorgoroth in September, as does Pest in December. Denny Axelsson, vocalist of Blinded Colony, leaves the band. Former Marilyn Manson bassist Gidget Gein dies of a heroin overdose. Josh Freese plans to depart from Nine Inch Nails by the end of 2008. John Kempainen leaves The Black Dahlia Murder in December. Job For A Cowboy founding member and guitarist Ravi Bhadriraju leaves the band in late 2008. Al Glassman leaves Despised Icon to join Job For A Cowboy. Gaahl (ex-Gorgoroth) reveals his homosexuality. Albums released January Day Artist Album 2 In Mourning Shrouded Divine 8 For the Fallen Dreams Changes 11 Benedictum Seasons of Tragedy 22 Byzantine Oblivion Beckons The Red Death Godmakers With Blood Comes Cleansing Horror 25 Alestorm Captain Morgan's Revenge Avantasia The Scarecrow Ayreon 01011001 Brainstorm Downburst 28 Bullet for My Valentine Scream Aim Fire Heaven Shall Burn Iconoclast 29 Decrepit Birth Diminishing Between Worlds Protest the Hero Fortress February Day Artist Album 4 Baptism Grim Arts of Melancholy Hate Morphosis Iron Maiden Live After Deathhttp://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=84401 Iron Maiden: Live After Death DVD details announced 2008-06-02 2007-11-08 Blabbermouth.net https://web.archive.org/web/20080314121546/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=84401 March 14, 2008 dead mdy-all Sworn Enemy Maniacal 5 Black Tusk Passage Through Purgatoryhttps://music.apple.com/ca/album/passage-through-purgatory/422679254 Passage Through Purgatory - Album by Black Tusk - Apple Music Apple Music August 26, 2026 Brain Drill Apocalyptic Feasting Salt the Wound Carnal Repercussions Warbringer War Without EndWinds of Plague Announce New Album Title Doug Gibson (aka deathbringer) http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=31056 https://web.archive.org/web/20110606065015/http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=31056 June 6, 2011 live 2009-03-14 mdy Winds of Plague Decimate the Weakhttp://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=86779 Warbringer: New song posted online June 3, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080612034042/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=86779 June 12, 2008 dead mdy-all 8 Behexen My Soul for His Glory 12 Texas Hippie Coalition Pride of Texashttp://www.allmusic.com/album/pride-of-texas-mw0001780810 Pride of Texas - Texas Hippie Coalition | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic AllMusic 13 Norther Nhttp://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=87003 Norther: New album details revealed 2008-06-02 2007-12-19 Blabbermouth.net https://web.archive.org/web/20080421205015/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=87003 April 21, 2008 dead mdy-all 15 Eluveitie Slaniahttp://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=87211 Eluveitie: New album details revealed 2008-06-02 2007-12-23 Blabbermouth.net https://web.archive.org/web/20080423091744/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=87211 April 23, 2008 dead mdy-all 18 Hellhammer Demon Entrailshttp://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=87999 Hellhammer: Demon Entrails details revealed 2008-06-02 2008-01-08 Blabbermouth.net https://web.archive.org/web/20080617153156/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=87999 June 17, 2008 dead mdy-all To-Mera Delusionshttp://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=87999 Keyboardist Hugo Sheppard explains decision to leave To-Mera 2008-06-03 2007-12-07 Blabbermouth.net https://web.archive.org/web/20080617153156/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=87999 June 17, 2008 dead mdy-all 19 Ascension of the Watchers Numinosumhttp://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=86596 Fear Factory singer's Ascension of the Watchers: Debut album details revealed 2008-06-03 2007-12-11 Blabbermouth.net https://web.archive.org/web/20080422015426/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=86596 April 22, 2008 dead mdy-all Dead to Fall Are You Serious?June 2008 Genghis Tron Board Up the Househttp://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=86596 Genghis Tron: Another preview track posted online 2008-06-03 2007-12-08 Blabbermouth.net https://web.archive.org/web/20080422015426/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=86596 April 22, 2008 dead mdy-all Hate Eternal Fury & Flameshttp://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=86142 Hate Eternal: New album details revealed 2008-06-03 2007-12-04 Blabbermouth.net https://web.archive.org/web/20080422014117/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=86142 April 22, 2008 dead mdy-all Sculptured Embodiment: Collapsing Under the Weight of Godhttp://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=84202 Sculptured: New album details revealed 2008-06-03 2007-11-05 Blabbermouth.net https://web.archive.org/web/20080612034015/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=84202 June 12, 2008 dead mdy-all Virgin Black Requiem – Fortissimo 22 Exciter Thrash Speed Burnhttp://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=83260 Exciter: Thrash Speed Burn pushed back to february 2008-06-03 2007-11-22 Blabbermouth.net https://web.archive.org/web/20080612034010/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=83260 June 12, 2008 dead mdy-all MetaliumIncubus - Chapter Seven Nortt Galgenfrist Steel Attack Carpe DiEndhttp://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=88660 Steel Attack: New album title announced 2008-06-03 2008-01-17 Blabbermouth.net https://web.archive.org/web/20080612034052/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=88660 June 12, 2008 dead mdy-all Stormwarrior Heading Northehttp://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=88320 Stormwarrior: New album details revealed 2008-06-03 2008-01-12 Blabbermouth.net https://web.archive.org/web/20080612034047/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=88320 June 12, 2008 dead mdy-all Rage Carved in Stonehttp://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=85771 Rage: Carved in Stone release date announced 2008-06-03 2007-11-29 Blabbermouth.net https://web.archive.org/web/20080612034027/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=85771 June 12, 2008 dead mdy-all Unheilig Puppenspiel 25 Architects and Dead Swans Spilt (EP)Dark Fortress Eidolonhttp://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=87138 Dark Fortress to release Eidolon in february 2008-06-03 2007-12-21 Blabbermouth.net https://web.archive.org/web/20080423034344/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=87138 April 23, 2008 dead mdy-all Dark Suns Grave Human Genuinehttp://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=87582 https://archive.today/20120910004455/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=87582 dead 2012-09-10 Dark Suns To Release 'Grave Human Genuine' Next Month 2008-01-02 blabbermouth.com 2009-01-04 26 Death Angel Killing Season MyChildren MyBride Unbreakable myGRAIN Signs of Existence 29 Agalloch The White Draconian Turning Season Within March Day Artist Album 2 Nine Inch Nails Ghosts I–IV 3 Azaghal Omega 4 Nasum Doombringer Our Last Night The Ghosts Among Us 7 Boris Smile Meshuggah obZen 8 Scarlet Sins Scarlet Sins 9 Buckethead From the Coop 10 Bloodbath Unblessing the Purity 11 Zimmer's Hole When You Were Shouting at the Devil... 12 Shade Empire Zero Nexus 18 Black Tide Light from Above Bury Your Dead Bury Your Dead 19 The Black Mages The Black Mages III: Darkness and Starlight Hypocrisy Catch 22 (V2.0.08) (Re-release) 20 Cataract Cataract 21 Firewind The Premonition Jon Oliva's Pain Global Warning Korpiklaani Korven Kuningas 24 Cavalera Conspiracy Inflikted 25 Mercenary Architect of Lies 28 Illdisposed The Prestige Kamelot Ghost Opera: The Second Coming 29 Dream Theater Greatest Hit (...and 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs) 31 Strapping Young Lad 1994–2006 Chaos Years April Day Artist Album 1 Dismember Dismemberhttp://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=89460 Dismember: New album artwork unveiled 2008-06-02 2008-01-28 Blabbermouth.net https://web.archive.org/web/20080422012008/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=89460 April 22, 2008 dead mdy-all Origin Antithesis Sevendust Chapter VII: Hope & Sorrow Septic Flesh Communion The Sword Gods of the Earth Theory of a Deadman Scars & Souvenirs 4 In Flames A Sense of Purpose 7 Children of Bodom Blooddrunk 8 P.O.D. When Angels & Serpents Dance 14 Mirrorthrone Gangrene 15 Arsis We Are the Nightmare Belphegor Bondage Goat Zombie Destroy the Runner I, Lucifer The Ghost Inside Fury and the Fallen Ones Embrace the End Ley Lines Thine Eyes Bleed Thine Eyes Bleed 18 Tiamat Amanethes 21 Grave Dominion VIII 22 Dominici O3: A Trilogy, Part Three Story of the Year The Black Swan Whitesnake Good to be BadLong Suffering, Rehumanize, Corpse Under Construction, Eternal Mystery4-Way Noise Explosion 23 Kalmah For the Revolution 25 Def Leppard Songs from the Sparkle Lounge Warrel Dane Praises to the War Machine 28 Deicide Till Death Do Us Part My Dying Bride An Ode to Woe 29 Sea of Treachery At Daggers Drawn Testament The Formation of Damnation 30 Moonsorrow Tulimyrsky May Day Artist Album 5Nine Inch NailsThe SlipScott KellyThe WakeTexturesSilhouetteshttp://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=95039 Textures: New album delayed 2008-06-03 2008-04-16 Blabbermouth.net https://web.archive.org/web/20080612034102/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=95039 June 12, 2008 dead mdy-all 6 Kayo Dot Blue Lambency Downward Revocation Empire of the Obscene Russian Circles Station 13 Abysmal Dawn Programmed To Consume Aletheian Dying Vine Emmure The Respect Issue Mourning Beloveth A Disease for the Ages 14 Diablo Icaros 16 Moonspell Night Eternal 23 Cryptopsy The Unspoken Kinghttp://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=95090 Cryptopsy: The Unspoken King track listing revealed 2008-06-19 2008-04-17 Blabbermouth.net https://web.archive.org/web/20080420221305/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=95090 April 20, 2008 dead mdy-all Kataklysm Prevail 26 Ihsahn angL Shai Hulud Misanthropy Pure 30 Communic Payment of Existence Hollenthon Opus Magnum Opeth Watershedhttp://www.opeth.com/index.php/discography/show/tpl/watershed Opeth, Watershed 2008-06-12 opeth.com https://web.archive.org/web/20080828025355/http://www.opeth.com/index.php/discography/show/tpl/watershed August 28, 2008 dead mdy-all Pyramaze Immortal Sabaton The Art of War June Day Artist Album 2 Bloodbath The Wacken Carnage Disturbed Indestructible Satyricon My Skin Is Cold 9 Gama Bomb Citizen Brain Unleashed Hammer Battalion Venom Hell 10 Inhale Exhale I Swear... Nachtmystium Assassins: Black Meddle, Part 1 11 Ari Koivunen Becoming 13 Grand Magus Iron Will Judas Priest Nostradamus 16 Cult of Luna Eternal Kingdom Exit Ten Remember the Day 17 Mötley Crüe Saints of Los Angeles 20 Scar Symmetry Holographic Universe 24 Aborted Strychnine.213 Beneath the Sky The Day the Music Died Carnifex The Diseased and the Poisoned 27 Equilibrium Sagas 29 Khold Hundre År Gammal 30 Raunchy Wasteland Discotheque July Day Artist Album 1 Lamb of God Walk with Me in Hell 7 Blaze Bayley The Man Who Would Not Die Stone Gods Silver Spoons & Broken Bones 8 Cannibal Corpse Centuries of Torment: The First 20 Years Whitechapel This Is Exile 14 Daylight Dies Lost to the Living 18 Chrome Division Booze, Broads and Beelzebub Fear My Thoughts Isolation 21 Krisiun Southern Storm 22 Misery Signals Controller Neuraxis The Thin Line Between Nine Inch Nails The Slip War of Ages Arise and Conquer 25 Argoz (MX) Argoz (EP)https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=C7fvg8ELRE0 Eponymous EP album by guitarrist OSCAR ARGOZ from Guadalajara, México Spirit Of Metal via YouTube April 28, 2026 27 Chelsea Grin Chelsea Grin (EP) 29 Soulfly Conquer Dr. Acula Below Me August Day Artist Album 5 Norma Jean The Anti Mother 12 Extreme Saudades de Rock 19 The Acacia Strain Continent The Human Abstract Midheaven Machinae Supremacy Overworld The Showdown Back Breaker Staind The Illusion of Progress 20 DragonForce Ultra Beatdown Slipknot All Hope Is Gone 22 Oomph! Monster 25 Into Eternity The Incurable Tragedy 26 Motörhead Motörizer 29 Angband Rising from Apadana Destruction D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N. Haggard Tales of Ithiria 25 Acid Drinkers Verses of Steel September Day Artist Album 1 The Berzerker The Reawakening Volbeat Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood Welicoruss WinterMoon Symphony 2 Blessed by a Broken Heart Pedal to the Metal 5 All Shall Perish Awaken the Dreamers Iced Earth The Crucible of Man 9 Brian "Head" Welch Save Me From Myself 12 Metallica Death Magnetic 16 All That Remains Overcome Andromeda The Immunity Zone Avenged Sevenfold Live in the LBC & Diamonds in the Rough Intronaut Prehistoricisms Obituary Left to Die 17 Amon Amarth Twilight of the Thunder God Swallow the Sun Plague of Butterflies The Haunted Versus 19 Evergrey Torn Falchion Chronicles of the Dead Sonic Syndicate Love and Other Disasters 22 Omnium Gatherum The Redshift 23 Metal Church This Present Wasteland 24 Battlelore The Last Alliance 26 Holy Moses Agony of Death Psycroptic Ob(Servant) 29 Bring Me the Horizon Suicide Season Enslaved Vertebrae Dagoba Face The Colossus 30 Bleeding Through Declaration Dream Theater Chaos in Motion 2007–2008 In This Moment The Dream Jeff Loomis Zero Order Phase Megadeth Anthology: Set the World Afire Misery Index Traitors Suspyre When Time Fades... Trivium Shogun October Day Artist Album 6 Bloodbath The Fathomless Mastery 7 tesla Forever More 13 Gojira The Way of All Flesh 14 Haste the Day Dreamer Unearth The March Winterfylleth The Ghost of Heritage Yngwie Malmsteen Perpetual Flame 17 Zonaria The Cancer Empire 20 The Amenta n0n Darkthrone Dark Thrones and Black Flags 21 Disciple Southern Hospitality See You Next Tuesday Intervals 22 Thyrfing Hels vite AC/DC Black Ice 23 Lordi Deadache 24 Darkane Demonic Art Catamenia VIII - The Time Unchained Sylosis Conclusion of an Age 25 Cradle of Filth Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder 28 Beneath the Massacre Dystopia Exodus Let There Be Blood November Day Artist Album 3 Satyricon The Age of Nero Turisas A Finnish Summer With Turisas 10 The Red Shore Unconsecrated 11 Attack Attack! Someday Came Suddenly Behemoth Ezkaton Dance Club Massacre Circle of Death Dir En Grey Uroboros The Faceless Planetary Duality Light This City Stormchaser Six Feet Under Death Rituals Sympathy Anagogic Tyranny Pig Destroyer Natasha (EP) 14 Edguy Tinnitus Sanctus Elvenking Two Tragedy Poets (...and a Caravan of Weird Figures)Hortus AnimaeFuneral Nation / 10 Years Of Hortus Animaehttp://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=109773 https://archive.today/20120909215919/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=109773 dead 2012-09-09 Hortus Animae: 'Funeral Nation' Box Set Now Available 2008-11-27 blabbermouth.com 2009-01-05 17 Cynic Traced in Air 18 Mononc' Serge & Anonymus Musique Barbare Mudvayne The New Game 24 Arch Enemy Tyrants of the Rising Sun 25 Becoming the Archetype Dichotomy December Day Artist Album 18 Tankard Thirst References 2 External links About.com: Heavy Metal https://web.archive.org/web/20140531091811/http://heavymetal.about.com/ May 31, 2014 Heavy Metal Timeline 2007 2009 2008 Category:2000s in heavy metal music Metal