Korn released their greatest hits album, Greatest Hits Vol. 1 , on October 5, 2004. The album debuted at number four on Billboard , selling more than 129,000 copies. This album assembles choice tracks from six Korn studio albums released between 1994 and 2003. The first single was a cover…
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An expanded and updated best-of collection, Best Of , was released internationally in October 2004.
In the summer of 2004, Europe went on a festival tour through the European continent. The concert setlists included the old hits, but also introduced the title track from Start from the Dark . The album was released on 22 September 2004, the same day that John Norum became a…
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In the months following their formation, Bring Me the Horizon created a demo album titled Bedroom Sessions . They followed this by releasing their first EP , This Is What the Edge of Your Seat Was Made For , in September 2004 through local UK label Thirty Days of Night…
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The System Has Failed was released in September 2004. Critics heralded it as a return to form; Revolver gave the album a favorable review, calling it “Megadeth’s most vengeful, poignant and musically complex offering since 1992’s Countdown to Extinction “. The album marked a shift toward the band’s earlier sound;…
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and The Great Southern Trendkill went platinum the next month.
In 2004, VH1 approached the four members of the “classic lineup” to appear on their show Bands Reunited . The show was recorded in August 2004 and broadcast in the U.S. in November 2004. Following the broadcast EMI’s American label Capitol re-released the first two Vixen albums, Vixen and Rev…
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The tour ended in August with a sold-out show in Mexico City.
In July 2004, Vulgar Display of Power went double-platinum
In July 2004, Queensrÿche announced its plans to record a follow-up to 1988’s Operation: Mindcrime . To generate fan interest in the upcoming album, the band hit the road in the fall of 2004 with the “An Evening With Queensrÿche” tour. The tour opened with a shortened greatest hits set,…
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