2003 in heavy metal music
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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2003.
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
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
- Godhead - Evolver
- 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
- 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
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
| Preceded by | Heavy Metal Timeline 2003 |
Succeeded by 2004 |
