1998 in heavy metal music
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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1998.
Contents |
[edit] Newly formed bands
- Atreyu
- Betzefer
- Breaking Benjamin
- Chimaira
- Cog
- Freedom Call
- Peccatum
- Rebaelliun
- Rob Zombie
- Týr
- Underoath
- Unearth
- Winds
[edit] Albums
- Arch Enemy - Stigmata
- Atreyu - Visions (EP)
- Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle
- Behemoth - Pandemonic Incantations
- Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth
- Bolt Thrower - Mercenary
- Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding
- Cannibal Corpse - Gallery of Suicide
- Cradle of Filth - Cruelty and the Beast
- Death - The Sound of Perseverance
- Deep Purple - Abandon
- The Dillinger Escape Plan - Under the Running Board
- Dimmu Borgir - Godless Savage Garden
- Edguy - Vain Glory Opera
- Fear Factory - Obsolete
- Freak Kitchen - Freak Kitchen
- Godsmack - "Godsmack"
- HammerFall - Legacy of Kings
- Helloween - Better Than Raw
- Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes
- Iron Maiden - Virtual XI
- KISS - Psycho Circus
- Korn - Follow the Leader
- Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in Em, Opus 1, LIVE!
- Mercenary - First Breath
- Metallica - Garage Inc.
- Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals
- Monster Magnet - Powertrip
- Moonspell - Sin/Pecado
- Motörhead - Snake Bite Love
- Nightwish - Oceanborn
- Nile - Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka
- Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
- Pig Destroyer - Explosions In Ward 6
- Pitchshifter - www.pitchshifter.com
- Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age
- Rhapsody of Fire - Symphony of Enchanted Lands
- Savatage - The Wake of Magellan
- Sepultura - Against
- Skid Row - Forty Seasons: The best...
- Slayer - Diabolus In Musica
- Stratovarius - Visions of Europe (live)
- Stratovarius - Destiny
- System of a Down - System of a Down
- Van Halen - Van Halen III
[edit] Disbandments
[edit] Events
- Aerosmith becomes the first rock band to debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with the single "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
- Mustis joins Dimmu Borgir on keyboards.
- Rob Halford of Judas Priest announces his homosexuality in an MTV interview.
| Preceded by: 1997 |
Heavy Metal Timeline 1998 |
Followed by: 1999 |
