The End of Heartache was released on May 11, 2004, and was the band’s first commercial success with it peaking at number 21 on the Billboard 200 with 38,000 sales in its first week, and it also peaked at number 39 on the Australian Albums Chart .
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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After taking the end of 2003 off from touring to begin working on an album, the band scheduled time in February 2004 to begin recording.
Demon Hunter returned to the studio to record their second full-length release, Summer of Darkness , with McCaddon contributing, and again with Jesse drumming. Summer of Darkness hit stores on May 4, 2004, and was a modest success, propelling Demon Hunter into the secular scene, with the addition of the…
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Killswitch Engage won top honors for best album at the 2004 Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards .
In late 2004, The End of Heartache was re-released as a special edition album, with a second disc featuring various live performances, a Japanese bonus track, and a re-recorded version of “Irreversal”.
During the early months of 2004, Underoath returned to the studio with Chamberlain as lead vocalist and producer James Paul Wisner. They’re Only Chasing Safety was released on June 15, 2004, and proved to be a more commercial success for the band, going onto outsell the previous three albums combined.…
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In 2004, Paolo Gregoletto joined as the band’s bassist, replacing Brent Young before a tour with Machine Head .
In 2004, Trivium recorded its second album, Ascendancy , in Audiohammer Studios and Morrisound Recording in Florida .
In 2003, Underoath supported the album’s release with their first inclusion on Warped Tour , however their participation in the tour came to an end when Taylor (under controversial conditions) was asked to leave the band. Dudley explained at that time that Taylor could no longer tour with Underoath for…
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