Bullet for My Valentine’s debut album, The Poison , was released on 3 October 2005 in the UK
and in October released their next album, Rapture of the Deep , which was followed by the Rapture of the Deep tour .
Between 1997 and 2005, all the members continued working on their own projects. In 2005, Accept received an invitation from various European promoters for a short summer European Festival tour with Accept’s line-up featuring Hoffmann, Baltes, Dirkschneider, Frank and Schwarzmann. These festivals turned out to be a stunning success, with…
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A second EP, Hand of Blood , was released on 22 August 2005 through Trustkill Records and was only available in the U.S.; the release contained one extra track than the self-titled EP, ” 4 Words (To Choke Upon) “.
A continuation of the songwriting approach adopted on The Eyes of Alice Cooper was again adopted by Cooper for his seventeenth solo studio album Dirty Diamonds , released in 2005. Dirty Diamonds became Cooper’s highest-charting album since 1994’s The Last Temptation at the time. The Dirty Diamonds tour launched in…
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In the spring of 2005, Flotsam and Jetsam returned to the studio to work on their new album. The lyrics were mostly inspired by Eric’s nightmares. This resulted into a concept album entitled Dreams of Death – like track 2 of No Place for Disgrace . The album was released…
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The band played at the Live 8 concert in Park Place ( Barrie , Ontario) in July 2005
In July 2005, the group played a free concert in Edmonton for the Klondike Days festival. In late 2005, Snider appeared on Numbers from the Beast: An All-Star Tribute to Iron Maiden , performing vocals for the Iron Maiden classic ” Wasted Years “. Snider was joined by his contemporaries…
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Megadeth began the Blackmail the Universe world tour in October, enlisting touring bassist James MacDonough of Iced Earth and guitarist Glen Drover of Eidolon and King Diamond . Five days before the first show, Menza was replaced by Shawn Drover , who remained with the band as a regular member.…
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The first album, Mezmerize , was released on May 17, 2005, to favorable reviews by critics. It debuted at No. 1 in the United States, Canada, Australia and all around the world, making it System of a Down’s second No. 1 album. First-week sales exceeded 800,000 copies worldwide.