2008_in_heavy_metal

2008 in heavy metal music

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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2008.

Reformed bands

Mikael Åkerfeldt rejoins Bloodbath in late January.
Ola Frenning leaves Soilwork in February.
Hellhammer rejoins with Dimmu Borgir and officially joins Gorgoroth as drummer.
Chris Broderick joins Megadeth in February.
Thomas Gabriel Fischer leaves Celtic Frost in April.
On May 11th, original Rush drummer John Rutsey died in his sleep from an apparent heart attack.

Day	Artist	Album	Notes
1	Woods of Ypres	Woods III: Deepest Roots and Darkest Blues
2	In Mourning	Shrouded Divine
11	Benedictum	Seasons of Tragedy	March 4, 2008
22	Byzantine	Oblivion Beckons
22	The Red Death	Godmakers
23	Ayreon	01011001	January 23, 2008 January 25, 2008 January 28, 2008 January 29, 2008
25	Alestorm	Captain Morgan's Revenge
	Avantasia	The Scarecrow
	Brainstorm	Downburst
28	Bullet for My Valentine	Scream Aim Fire	January 29, 2008
28	Heaven Shall Burn	Iconoclast (Part 1: The Final Resistance)	February 5, 2008

Day	Artist	Album	Notes
4	Iron Maiden	Live After Death	DVD re-release
4	Baptism	Grim Arts of Melancholy
8	Behexen	My Soul For His Glory
13	Norther	N	February 13, 2008 February 22-29, 2008
15	Eluveitie	Slania
18	Dismember	Dismember
19	Ascension of the Watchers	Numinosum
	Genghis Tron	Board Up the House
	Hate Eternal	Fury and Flames
	Sculptured	Embodiment: Collapsing Under the Weight of God
22	Exciter	Thrash Speed Burn
	Nortt	Galgenfrist
	Orden Ogan	Vale
	Rage	Carved in Stone
	Steel Attack	Carpe DiEnd
	Unheilig	Puppenspiel
25	Dark Fortress	Eidolon
26	Death Angel	Killing Season
29	Agalloch	The White	EP
29	Draconian	Turning Season Within

Day	Artist	Album	Notes
4	Nasum	Doombringer
4	Our Last Night	The Ghosts Among Us
7	Meshuggah	obZen
9	Buckethead	From the Coop
10	Bloodbath	Unblessing the Purity
11	Ill Niño	Enigma	March 11, 2008 April 7, 2008
12	Shade Empire	Zero Nexus
18	Black Tide	Light from Above
18	Bury Your Dead	Bury Your Dead
19	The Black Mages	The Black Mages III: Darkness and Starlight
21	Firewind	The Premonition	March 21, 2008 March 25, 2008 April 7, 2008
	Jon Oliva's Pain	Global Warning	March 21, 2008 April 30, 2008
	Korpiklaani	Korven Kuningas
24	Cavalera Conspiracy	Inflikted
24	Dismember	Dismember
25	Mercenary	Architect of Lies
28	Kamelot	Ghost Opera: The Second Coming	Re-issue March 28, 2008 March 31, 2008 April 8, 2008
29	Dream Theater	Greatest Hit (...and 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs)	Best-of compilation March 29, 2008 April 1, 2008
31	Strapping Young Lad	1994-2006 Chaos Years	Best-of compilation

Day	Artist	Album	Notes
4	In Flames	A Sense of Purpose
9	Children of Bodom	Blooddrunk
11	Belphegor	Bondage Goat Zombie	April 11, 2008 April 15, 2008 April 18, 2008
14	Mirrorthrone	Gangrene
15	Arsis	We Are the Nightmare
15	Destroy the Runner	I, Lucifer
23	Kalmah	For the Revolution
25	Warrel Dane	Praises to the War Machine
28	My Dying Bride	An Ode to Woe	Live
29	Testament	The Formation of Damnation
30	Moonsorrow	Tulimyrsky	EP