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Overview of the events of 2006 in heavy metal music
List of years in heavy metal music
(table )
This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2006.
Newly formed bands [ ]
Reformed bands [ ]
Alcatrazz
Alice in Chains
Atheist
Carnivore
Emperor (for a few shows)
Extreme (for a few shows)
Immortal
Myrkskog (for a one-off show. they are now defunct)
Pitchshifter
Sir Lord Baltimore
Disbandments [ ]
Events [ ]
20 May – Lordi wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 for Finland with the song Hard Rock Hallelujah in Athens , Greece .[2]
Slipknot goes on hiatus until 2008 while members work on their "side projects".
Queen , Judas Priest , Def Leppard , and Kiss are the first bands inducted into the VH1 Rock Honors .
Alice in Chains reunite with the Jar of Flies line-up and singer William DuVall replaces the late Layne Staley .
Body Count releases their first album in nine years, Murder 4 Hire . The album features the band's new line-up: Bendrix (rhythm guitar), Vincent Price (bass), and O.T. (drums).
Slayer releases their tenth studio album, Christ Illusion . The album entered the Billboard 200 at number 5—the band's highest U.S. chart position to date. The single Eyes of the Insane won the Best Metal Performance category at the 49th Grammy Awards.
Extreme reunite for a second time – now with their "classic" original line-up – to do a small three-show reunion tour in New England .
System of a Down goes on a long-term hiatus.
Jesse Pintado of Terrorizer and formerly of Napalm Death passes away.
Opeth drummer Martin Lopez officially and permanently leaves Opeth on May 12, 2006, due to illness and is replaced by Martin Axenrot .
Metalocalypse airs on the Adult Swim network.
Mercenary bassist/vocalist Henrik "Kral" Andersen leaves in March and is replaced by René Pedersen.
Visions of Atlantis keyboardist Miro Holly quits and is replaced by Martin Harb.
Chimaira drummer Andols Herrick rejoins the band (after leaving in 2003), forcing the departure of Kevin Talley .
Tapio Wilska was fired from Finntroll due to personal differences.
Iggor Cavalera leaves Sepultura due to "artistic incompatibility".
Albums released [ ]
January [ ]
Day
Artist
Album
9
DragonForce
Inhuman Rampage
10
Bleeding Through
The Truth
Kayo Dot
Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tongue
20
Edguy
Rocket Ride
24
P.O.D.
Testify
Sworn Enemy
The Beginning of the End
25
Norther
Till Death Unites Us
30
The Devin Townsend Band
Synchestra
Psycroptic
Symbols of Failure
February [ ]
Day
Artist
Album
3
In Flames
Come Clarity
5
Warbringer
One By One, The Wicked Fall (EP)
7
Hank Williams III
Straight to Hell
Akercocke
Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone
Decapitated
Organic Hallucinosis
Himsa
Hail Horror
Mastodon
Call of the Mastodon
14
The Sword
Age of Winters
Bullet for My Valentine
The Poison (USA Release)
15
Amorphis
Eclipse
Ensiferum
Dragonheads (EP)
17
Buckethead
The Elephant Man's Alarm Clock
20
Dismember
The God That Never Was
Raunchy
Death Pop Romance
21
Kataklysm
In the Arms of Devastation
Krisiun
AssassiNation
Wicked Wisdom
Wicked Wisdom
22
Kalmah
The Black Waltz
27
Caliban
The Undying Darkness
Darkthrone
The Cult Is Alive
Sadus
Out For Blood
Witchery
Don't Fear the Reaper
March [ ]
Day
Artist
Album
10
Lordi
The Arockalypse
13
Katatonia
The Great Cold Distance
Sepultura
Dante XXI
18
Machinae Supremacy
Redeemer
21
Cannibal Corpse
Kill
23
Drudkh
Blood in Our Wells
24
Oomph!
GlaubeLiebeTod
28
Atreyu
A Death-Grip on Yesterday
Phobia
Cruel
31
Queensrÿche
Operation: Mindcrime II
Lacuna Coil
Karmacode
Summoning
Oath Bound
April [ ]
May [ ]
June [ ]
Day
Artist
Album
1
Eluveitie
Spirit
Ghoul
Splatterthrash
6
Red
End of Silence
7
Illdisposed
Burn Me Wicked
Rotten Sound
Consume to Contaminate
12
Celestiial
Desolate North
Disarmonia Mundi
Mind Tricks
13
The Acacia Strain
The Dead Walk
Satyricon
Now, Diabolical
Shadows Fall
Fallout from the War (Compilation)
Skinless
Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead
19
Anata
The Conductor's Departure
Carpathian Forest
Fuck You All!!!! Caput tuum in ano est
20
Underoath
Define the Great Line
26
SikTh
Death of a Dead Day
27
Cellador
Enter Deception
Metal Church
A Light in the Dark
Theatre of Tragedy
Storm
July [ ]
August [ ]
Day
Artist
Album
1
Body Count
Murder 4 Hire
7
Antagonist A.D.
These Cities, Our Graves
8
Agalloch
Ashes Against the Grain
All Shall Perish
The Price of Existence
Breaking Benjamin
Phobia
Slayer
Christ Illusion
Unearth
III: In the Eyes of Fire
9
Insomnium
Above the Weeping World
10
Ihsahn
The Adversary
17
Diablo Swing Orchestra
The Butcher's Ballroom
21
Mercenary
The Hours That Remain
22
Deicide
The Stench of Redemption
Gorod
Leading Vision
The Human Abstract
Nocturne
Lamb of God
Sacrament
Misery Signals
Mirrors
Terrorizer
Darker Days Ahead
Unexpect
In a Flesh Aquarium
Walls of Jericho
With Devils Amongst Us All
The Devil Wears Prada
Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord
25
Catamenia
Location: COLD
28
Iron Maiden
A Matter of Life and Death
29
Dream Theater
Score (CD/DVD)
Hatebreed
Supremacy
September [ ]
Day
Artist
Album
1
Blind Guardian
A Twist in the Myth
5
Alice in Chains
The Essential Alice in Chains (Compilation)
Heaven Shall Burn
Deaf to Our Prayers
Vader
Impressions in Blood
11
Mastodon
Blood Mountain
12
Black Label Society
Shot to Hell
Norma Jean
Redeemer
15
Buckethead
Crime Slunk Scene
Napalm Death
Smear Campaign
18
WarCry
La Quinta Esencia
19
Diecast
Internal Revolution
Dry Kill Logic
Of Vengeance and Violence
Light This City
Facing the Thousand
Mushroomhead
Savior Sorrow
Red Sparowes
Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun
Suffocation
Suffocation
22
Amon Amarth
With Oden on Our Side
Týr
Ragnarok
25
Into Eternity
The Scattering of Ashes
Rhapsody of Fire
Triumph or Agony
October [ ]
Day
Artist
Album
3
Bourbon Crow
Highway to Hangovers
Evanescence
The Open Door
Skillet
Comatose
9
My Dying Bride
A Line of Deathless Kings
10
Ahab
The Call of the Wretched Sea
Trivium
The Crusade
11
Solitude Aeturnus
Alone
13
Dream Evil
United
16
Sturmgeist
Über
Sylosis
Casting Shadows (EP)
Textures
Drawing Circles
17
Cradle of Filth
Thornography
It Dies Today
Sirens
18
HammerFall
Threshold
Solefald
Black for Death: An Icelandic Odyssey, Pt. 2
23
Angra
Aurora Consurgens
Krux
II
24
Beto Vázquez Infinity
Flying Towards the New Horizon
Paul Stanley
Live to Win
Skid Row
Revolutions per Minute
25
Europe
Secret Society
30
Borknagar
Origin
The Haunted
The Dead Eye
Melechesh
Emissaries
Kylesa
Time Will Fuse Its Worth
31
God Dethroned
The Toxic Touch
ISIS
In the Absence of Truth
Martyr
Feeding the Abscess
November [ ]
Day
Artist
Album
2
Decadence
3rd Stage of Decay
7
Arsis
United in Regret
13
Outworld
Outworld
14
The Faceless
Akeldama
17
Rammstein
Völkerball (CD/DVD)
Suidakra
Caledonia
21
Killswitch Engage
As Daylight Dies
22
Sentenced
Buried Alive (Live CD)
December [ ]
Day
Artist
Album
1
Oomph!
Delikatessen
6
This Ending
Inside the Machine
20
Blinded Colony
Bedtime Prayers
See also [ ]
References [ ]
Preceded by2005
Heavy Metal Timeline 2006
Succeeded by2007
Timeline of heavy metal and hard rock music
20th century 21st century
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