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1997 in heavy metal music
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This is a timeline documenting the events of
heavy metal
in the year 1997.
List of years in heavy metal music
(
table
)
…
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
…
Art
Archaeology
Architecture
Literature
Music
Philosophy
Science
+...
Newly formed bands
edit
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
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
Onesidezero
Origin
Paysage d'Hiver
Persuader
Pig Destroyer
Pleymo
Poison the Well
Primal Fear
Primer 55
Pulse Ultra
Rapture
Secret Sphere
Severe Torture
Shuvel
Sinergy
Skrape
(As JoJo)
Soil
Soulfly
Sunk Loto
(As Messiah)
Spawn of Possession
Taproot
Three Days Grace
Throwdown
Thurisaz
Tierra Santa
Turisas
Underoath
Vesania
Vintersorg
Witchery
Reformed Bands
edit
The original
Black Sabbath
line up
Jane's Addiction
(disbanded again later that year)
Ratt
Suicidal Tendencies
Albums
edit
20 Dead Flower Children
–
Candy Toy Guns and Television
Acid King
–
Down with the Crown
(EP)
Aerosmith
–
Nine Lives
Alice Cooper
–
A Fistful of Alice
(live)
Anvil
-
Absolutely No Alternative
Anal Cunt
-
I Like It When You Die
Arcturus
–
La Masquerade Infernale
Assück
-
Misery Index
Belphegor
–
Blutsabbath
Blackstar
-
Barbed Wire Soul
Blood of Christ -
...A Dream to Remember
Body Count
–
Violent Demise: The Last Days
Borknagar
–
The Olden Domain
Bruce Dickinson
–
Accident of Birth
Brutal Truth
-
Sounds of the Animal Kingdom
Children of Bodom
–
Something Wild
(Finland release)
Cinderella
–
Once Upon A...
Clawfinger
–
Clawfinger
Coal Chamber
–
Coal Chamber
Conception
–
Flow
Creed
–
My Own Prison
The Crown
-
Eternal Death
D.A.D.
–
Simpatico
Damaged
-
Token Remedies Research
Dark Tranquillity
–
The Mind's I
Deceased
-
Fearless Undead Machines
Deftones
–
Around the Fur
Deicide
–
Serpents of the Light
Devin Townsend
–
Ocean Machine: Biomech
The Dillinger Escape Plan
–
The Dillinger Escape Plan
(EP)
Dimmu Borgir
–
Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
Dismember
-
Death Metal
Dokken
–
Shadowlife
Dream Theater
–
Falling into Infinity
Ebony Tears
–
Tortura Insomniae
Edguy
–
Kingdom of Madness
Edge of Sanity
-
Infernal
Edge of Sanity -
Cryptic
Electric Wizard
–
Come My Fanatics...
[1]
Emperor
–
Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
Enslaved
-
Eld
Entombed
–
To Ride Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth
Europe
–
Definitive Collection
(compilation)
Faith No More
–
Album of the Year
Fates Warning
–
A Pleasant Shade of Gray
Freak Kitchen
–
Junk Tooth
(EP)
Gamma Ray
–
Somewhere Out in Space
The Gathering
-
Nighttime Birds
Geezer
–
Black Science
Gilby Clarke
–
The Hangover (Gilby Clarke album)
Godflesh
–
Love and Hate in Dub
(remix)
Godsmack
-
All Wound Up...
Gorgoroth
-
Under the Sign of Hell
Graveworm
–
When Daylight's Gone
Grip Inc.
–
Nemesis
Grinspoon
-
Guide to Better Living
Grinspoon
-
Repeat
(EP)
Gwar
–
Carnival of Chaos
HammerFall
–
Glory to the Brave
Handsome
-
Handsome
Hatebreed
–
Satisfaction Is the Death of Desire
Hed PE
–
(həd)
pe
Helmet
–
Aftertaste
HIM
–
Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666
Hypocrisy
–
The Final Chapter
Iced Earth
–
Days of Purgatory
(remix)
Illdisposed
–
There's Something Rotten... In the State of Denmark
Immortal
–
Blizzard Beasts
In Flames
–
Whoracle
Incantation
-
The Forsaken Mourning of Angelic Anguish
(EP)
Incantation
–
Tribute to the Goat
(live)
Incubus
–
Enjoy Incubus
(EP)
Incubus –
S.C.I.E.N.C.E.
Integrity
–
Seasons in the Size of Days
Iron Savior
–
Iron Savior
Jag Panzer
–
The Fourth Judgement
Jane's Addiction
–
Kettle Whistle
(compilation)
Judas Priest
–
Jugulator
Kamelot
–
Dominion
Kiss
–
Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions
Konkhra
-
Weed Out the Weak
Krabathor
-
Mortal Memories
(EP)
Kreator
–
Outcast
Lacrimosa
–
Stille
L7
–
The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum
Limp Bizkit
–
Three Dollar Bill, Y'all$
Yngwie Malmsteen
–
Facing the Animal
Machine Head
–
The More Things Change...
Malevolent Creation
-
In Cold Blood
Marilyn Manson
–
Remix & Repent
(EP)
Megadeth
–
Cryptic Writings
Memento Mori
–
Songs for the Apocalypse, Vol. 4
Metallica
–
ReLoad
Morgion
-
Among Majestic Ruin
Mötley Crüe
–
Generation Swine
Mudvayne
–
Kill, I Oughtta
(EP)
Napalm Death
-
Inside the Torn Apart
Necrophobic
-
Darkside
Nembrionic
-
Bloodcult
(EP)
Neuraxis
-
Imagery
Night in Gales
-
Towards the Twilight
Nightwish
–
Angels Fall First
Nothingface
–
Pacifier
No-Big-Silence
–
99
Novembers Doom
-
For Every Leaf That Falls
(EP)
Obituary
-
Back from the Dead
Old Man's Child
–
The Pagan Prosperity
On Thorns I Lay
-
Orama
Orange Goblin
–
Frequencies from Planet Ten
Overkill
–
From the Underground and Below
Ozzy Osbourne
–
The Ozzman Cometh
Pain
-
Pain
Pain of Salvation
-
Entropia
Pantera
–
Official Live: 101 Proof
(live)
Pessimist -
Cult of the Initiated
Pig Destroyer
–
Demo
(EP)
Pig Destroyer –
Pig Destroyer /
Orchid
(split EP)
Primus
–
Brown Album
Queensrÿche
–
Hear in the Now Frontier
Rammstein
–
Sehnsucht
Razor
–
Decibels
Rhapsody
–
Legendary Tales
Rollins Band
–
Come In and Burn
Rotting Christ
–
A Dead Poem
Roxx Gang
–
Love 'Em and Leave 'Em
Savatage
–
The Wake of Magellan
Saxon
–
Unleash the Beast
Scorpions
–
Deadly Sting: The Mercury Years
Septicflesh
-
The Ophidian Wheel
Sevendust
–
Sevendust
Shadows Fall
–
Somber Eyes to the Sky
Six Feet Under
-
Warpath
Skinlab
–
Bound, Gagged and Blindfolded
Slaughter
–
Revolution
Slaves on Dope
–
One Good Turn Deserves Another
Snot
–
Get Some
Sodom
–
'Til Death Do Us Unite
Solefald
–
The Linear Scaffold
Soundgarden
–
A-Sides
Strapping Young Lad
–
City
Stratovarius
–
Visions
Stratovarius –
The Past and Now
(compilation)
Symphony X
–
The Divine Wings of Tragedy
Tad Morose
–
A Mended Rhyme
The 3rd and the Mortal
–
In This Room
The Newlydeads
–
The Newlydeads
Therion
-
A'arab Zaraq – Lucid Dreaming
U.D.O.
–
Solid
Unleashed
-
Warrior
Vader
–
Black to the Blind
Vital Remains
–
Forever Underground
Warrant
–
Warrant Live 86–97
(live)
Whitesnake
–
Restless Heart
Within Temptation
–
Enter
W.A.S.P.
–
Kill Fuck Die
Y&T
–
Endangered Species
Zimmers Hole
-
Bound by Fire
Disbandments
edit
Acid Bath
Jane's Addiction
(reformed in
2001
)
Rollins Band
(reformed in
1999
)
Soundgarden
(reformed in
2010
)
X Japan
(reformed in
2007
)
Events
edit
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
edit
^
"Electric Wizard – "Come My Fanatics"
".
Rise Above Records
. Archived from the original on 6 March 2001
. Retrieved
6 June
2017
.
Preceded by
1996
Heavy Metal Timeline
1997
Succeeded by
1998