The Abbott brothers officially disbanded Pantera in November 2003
Over the years, there were several reunion rumors, and on 2 October 2003 it was made official: Europe announced plans for a new album and world tour. The band then switched back to The Final Countdown line-up, with John Norum as the only lead guitarist. “There was no doubt that…
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The recording sessions for the new material, with Vinnie Colaiuta on drums, began in October 2003
In April and May 2003, the band continued to promote the Hammered album in the States, and on the three dates Phil Campbell had to miss, his mother having died, Todd Youth stood in for him. Between late May and mid-July the band played seven dates at Summer Festivals in…
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During the Dance of Death Tour 2003–04 , which began in September 2003, Iron Maiden played 53 shows across Europe, North America, Latin America and Japan. The band’s performance at Westfalenhalle , in Dortmund, Germany, was recorded and released in August 2005 as a live album and DVD entitled Death…
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The band also appeared in August of that same year at the Wacken Open Air festival. Footage from that show was filmed for a DVD release, which featured former Violent Apathy and Spite member, Tom Fuller.
Korn released the single ” Did My Time ” on July 22, 2003, which was used to promote the film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life but did not appear on its soundtrack due to unspecified legal issues. The single debuted and peaked at number 38 on…
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On April 7, 2003, Wind-Up released “Bring Me to Life” as the album’s lead single. Wind-up president Ed Vetri revealed that when the label had introduced the song to radio, radio programmers rejected it, saying, “A chick and a piano? Are you kidding? On rock radio?” Some program directors would…
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After eleven years apart, faced with an ever-growing demand for a reunion, Judas Priest and Rob Halford announced they would reunite in July 2003, to coincide with the release of the Metalogy box set (despite Halford’s earlier insistence that he “would never do it” ). They did a concert tour…
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Queensrÿche found a replacement for Gray in Mike Stone , who had previously worked on Tate’s solo album. Stone accompanied the band on the Tribe tour as second guitarist to Wilton’s lead, though he never was a full member of the band. In June 2003, Queensrÿche launched a co-headlining tour…
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