heavy metal

1994
Pantera released their seventh studio album

Pantera released their seventh studio album, titled Far Beyond Driven , on March 22, 1994; it debuted at number one in both United States and Australian album charts.

Motörhead In February and March 1994, Motörhead toured the United States with

In February and March 1994, Motörhead toured the United States with Black Sabbath and Morbid Angel . In April the band resumed their tour of the States until early May, playing an engagement with the Ramones on 14 May at the Estadio Velez in Buenos Aires, attracting a crowd of…
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Black Sabbath released their seventeenth studio album

Under pressure from their record label, the band released their seventeenth studio album, Cross Purposes , on 8 February 1994, under the Black Sabbath name.

Black Sabbath Touring in support

Touring in support of Cross Purposes began in February with Morbid Angel and Motörhead in the US

Alice in Chains Jar of Flies

Columbia Records released Alice in Chains’ second acoustic-based EP, Jar of Flies , on January 25, 1994. Written and recorded in one week, Jar of Flies debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, becoming the first EP—and first Alice in Chains release—to top the charts.

X Japan release of Hide Your Face

Hide , who released his first solo album Hide Your Face in 1994,

Alice in Chains Staley told Rolling Stone about Starr leaving

Starr left the band after the release of Dirt . Staley told Rolling Stone in 1994 about Starr leaving the band, “It was just a difference in priorities. We wanted to continue intense touring and press. Mike was ready to go home.” Years later, Starr claimed that he was fired…
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Deep Purple stayed on for a European summer tour

stayed on for a European summer tour in 1994.

Megadeth Grammy nomination in 1994

and received a Grammy nomination in 1994.

System of a Down left the band

In 1994, after only one live show at the Roxy and one jam session recording, Hakopyan and Laranio left the band.