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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Adema’s second album, Unstable , was released by Arista in August 2003. It was produced by Howard Benson , whose credits also include producing albums with P.O.D. , Hoobastank , Cold and most famously, for his work with post hardcore band Saosin .
In August 2003, drummer Stefan Finauer left the band to go to university. He was replaced by Fabian Fab Füß.
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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Twisted Sister, this time including Mark Mendoza, reunited again for the Sweden Rock Festival in June 2003.
Evanescence performed on radio shows and on the festival circuit for weeks in early 2003. They embarked on their first headlining tour from April to May in the US. In June 2003, they had to cancel shows in Germany due to Moody reportedly falling ill. That month, Evanescence accepted an…
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In June 2003, Metallica’s eighth studio album, St. Anger , debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, and drew mixed reactions from critics. Ulrich’s “steely” sounding snare drum and the absence of guitar solos received particular criticism. Kevin Forest Moreau of Shakingthrough.net said, “the guitars stumble in a monotone…
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