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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The self-titled Deftones was released on May 20, 2003.
After finding inspiration through Manson’s girlfriend Dita Von Teese in the swing and burlesque movements of 1920s Berlin , the band recorded The Golden Age of Grotesque , which was released on May 13, 2003, and debuted atop the Billboard 200 album chart, selling over 118,000 copies on its first…
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The band’s debut album, Take This to Your Grave , was released on May 6, 2003.
In May 2003, the band relocated to Chicago , Illinois , to record their debut album Lafcadio with Sean O’Keefe . Asked to re-release the EP by the label, the band re-recorded tracks from Blood and Aphorisms and wrote new songs.
In May 2003, the band released the Jim Wirt-produced Birds of Pray , which reached number 28 on the US album chart, boosted by the unexpected success of the single ” Heaven “, Live’s first U.S. Hot 100 hit single since “The Dolphin’s Cry”.
After four straight years of recording music and touring in support of it, the next couple years were less busy for the band. Originally, the band had planned on starting work on the EP they had agreed upon making as a vehicle to release the controversial “Slow Motion” song kept…
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Rainmaker took the band to New York, where the band played multiple live showcases over a week in early May 2003 for Atlantic Records , Columbia Records and Universal Records.