This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2008.
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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
- Code Orange
- Ex Deo
- From Fall to Spring
- God Seed
- Hamferð
- Holy Grail
- King of Asgard
- Krypts
- Lustre
- Pallbearer
- Power Trip
- Revolution Renaissance
- Solution .45
- Tears of Tragedy
- 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
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 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
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December
Day | Artist | Album |
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18 | Tankard | Thirst |
References
External links
- About.com: Heavy Metal Archived May 31, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
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