Bring Me the Horizon’s founding members came from diverse musical backgrounds within metal and rock. Matt Nicholls and Oliver Sykes had a common interest in American metalcore such as Norma Jean and Skycamefalling , and used to attend local hardcore punk shows. They later met Lee Malia , who spoke…
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In March 2004, the band entered the studio to completely re-record the group’s Stay Hungry album for Demolition Records. The band members reported that they were not happy with the original album’s production, so this time they produced it themselves. The re-recording was released under the name Still Hungry and…
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Motörhead performed an invitation-only concert at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden , London on 22 February 2004; at Summer Festivals in South America during May; and in Europe during June, July and August. They had already spent time in the studio, working on Inferno , which was released…
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After Pantera’s disbandment, Darrell and Vinnie formed a new band, Damageplan , with vocalist Pat Lachman and bassist Bob Zilla . Damageplan released their first and only studio album, New Found Power , on February 10, 2004. The album was a commercial success; over 44,000 copies were sold in its…
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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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At the 46th Grammy Awards in February 2004, Evanescence won the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance for “Bring Me to Life” and Best New Artist from five nominations. On May 31, 2004, Fallen ‘ s fourth and final single ” Everybody’s Fool ” was released, and peaked at…
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the tsunami disaster that struck South Asia in 2004
In 2004, Godsmack opened for Metallica ‘s ” Madly in Anger with the World tour “, and headlined the tour along with Dropbox.
Killswitch Engage won top honors for best album at the 2004 Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards .
Anselmo’s comment in a 2004 issue of Metal Hammer magazine, saying that Dimebag would “attack him” verbally and “deserves to be beaten severely”, typified Pantera’s internal conflicts; Anselmo insisted that this comment was tongue-in-cheek , and he was upset that the quote ended up on the cover of the magazine.