metal

2000
Pantera canceled their planned tour

In November, the band canceled their planned tour after Anselmo broke his ribs after falling during his eighth annual House of Shock event.

Megadeth signed with Sanctuary Records

In November, Megadeth signed with Sanctuary Records .

Guano Apes released their second studio album

In November 2000, Guano Apes released their second studio album, Don’t Give Me Names , on BMG and GUN/Supersonic Records . The songs ” Big in Japan “, “No Speech”, “Living in a Lie”, and “Dödel Up” were issued as singles. “Big in Japan” (an Alphaville cover ) and “No…
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Godsmack album released on October 31

The album was released on October 31 , 2000.

Rage Against the Machine De la Rocha announced departure

On October 18, 2000, De la Rocha announced that he had left the band. He said, “I feel that it is now necessary to leave Rage because our decision-making process has completely failed. It is no longer meeting the aspirations of all four of us collectively as a band, and…
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Deftones Re-released White Pony

The album was originally released as an 11-track edition beginning with “Feiticeira” and ending with “Pink Maggit”, and featuring gray cover art. A limited-edition print of 50,000 black-and-red jewel case versions of White Pony was released at the same time with a bonus twelfth track titled “The Boy’s Republic”. Later,…
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Adema signed to Arista Records

Before Adema, lead vocalist Mark Chavez, half-brother of Korn ‘s lead vocalist, Jonathan Davis , played guitar for B.P.D. (Big, Powerful, and Dangerous), guitarist Tim Fluckey formerly played with Juice along with bassist Dave DeRoo , who previously played with Sexart along with Orgy guitarist Ryan Shuck and Jonathan Davis,…
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Megadeth returned to the studio

The band returned to the studio in October to finish its next album, The World Needs a Hero , which was near completion when Megadeth joined the Maximum Rock tour six months earlier.

Napalm Death Enemy of the Music Business

The band acrimoniously departed from Earache Records following Words from the Exit Wound and later, on 25 September 2000, released Enemy of the Music Business on the record label Dream Catcher. The album demonstrated the band’s anger with the music industry and Earache in particular, whilst also incorporating a greater…
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Rage Against the Machine performance at MTV Video Music Awards

On September 7, 2000, the band performed ” Testify ” at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards . After the Best Rock Video award was given to Limp Bizkit , Commerford climbed onto the scaffolding of the set. He and his bodyguard were sentenced to a night in jail and…
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