On October 22, 2004, Sony BMG terminated their contract with Alice in Chains
The band started writing for their seventh studio album as early as October 2004
In June 2004, Type O Negative signed to the Steamhammer imprint of SPV Records .
In February 2004, Dave Grohl of Nirvana and the Foo Fighters released a tribute album that paid homage to his metal roots. Entitled Probot , the disc featured various vocalists, including Eric Wagner, who sang on the track “My Tortured Soul”. In the album’s liner notes, Grohl wrote that buying…
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Shortly after Sub-Basement , Hasselvander split with Liebling, who soon recruited guitarist Kelly Carmichael, bassist Adam Heinzmann, and drummer Mike Smail, all members of the doom metal band Internal Void . This totally new lineup recorded Show ‘Em How in 2004, an album that featured seven rerecorded 1970s-era Pentagram songs…
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In 2004, Cantrell formed the band Cardboard Vampyres along with The Cult guitarist Billy Duffy , Mötley Crüe vocalist and Ratt guitarist John Corabi , The Cult bassist Chris Wyse and drummer Josh Howser.
the tsunami disaster that struck South Asia in 2004
The album was officially released in 2004 as The 1996 DEP Sessions , with Holland’s drums re-recorded by session drummer Jimmy Copley .
The band remained on hiatus until the summer of 2004 when they returned to headline Ozzfest 2004 and 2005.
In April 2003, the band released the resulting album, Viva Emptiness .