1999 in heavy metal music

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal music in the year 1999.

Newly formed bands

 * 3 Inches of Blood
 * 10 Years
 * A Life Once Lost
 * A Perfect Circle
 * Abaddon
 * Aeon
 * Amenra
 * Anaal Nathrakh
 * Andromeda
 * The Angelic Process
 * Arallu
 * Arthemis
 * The Autumn Offering
 * Avantasia
 * Avenged Sevenfold
 * Becoming the Archetype
 * Battlelore
 * Blaze
 * Beautiful Creatures
 * Before the Dawn
 * Beyond the Bridge
 * Biomechanical
 * Bleeding Through
 * Blindead
 * Blood Stain Child
 * Bloodlined Calligraphy
 * Breaking Benjamin
 * Burning Point
 * Burnt by the Sun
 * Darkspace
 * DragonForce (then DragonHeart)
 * Dragonland
 * Divinity Destroyed
 * Dominia
 * Dream Evil
 * Dreamtale
 * Earshot
 * Enter Shikari
 * Evile
 * Falconer
 * Five Pointe O
 * For My Pain...
 * Forgotten Tomb
 * Grand Magus
 * Halford
 * Hour of Penance
 * Kalmah
 * Killswitch Engage
 * The Kovenant
 * Lamb of God (formed from Burn the Priest)
 * Lifer (then Strangers with Candy)
 * Lumsk
 * Metalium
 * Methods of Mayhem
 * Metsatöll
 * Mors Principium Est
 * MullMuzzler
 * Old Man Gloom
 * Protest the Hero
 * Psycroptic
 * QueenAdreena (then Queen Adreena)
 * Raintime
 * The Red Chord
 * Sargeist
 * Sabaton
 * Seether (as Saron Gas)
 * Shade Empire
 * Shadowkeep
 * Sikth
 * Silent Force
 * Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
 * Sunstorm
 * Tomahawk
 * Toxic Holocaust
 * Trivium
 * Ufomammut
 * Voyager

Reformed bands

 * Armored Saint
 * Destruction (Schmier's comeback)
 * Lost Horizon (reformed as Highlander, name was changed soon after)
 * Pungent Stench
 * Rollins Band
 * Skid Row
 * White Lion

Albums

 * Aborted – The Purity of Perversion
 * Agalloch – Pale Folklore
 * Akercocke – Rape of the Bastard Nazarene
 * Alabama Thunderpussy – River City Revival
 * Alice Cooper – The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper (box set)
 * Alice in Chains – Nothing Safe: Best of the Box (compilation)
 * Alice in Chains – Music Bank (box set)
 * Anal Cunt - It Just Gets Worse
 * American Head Charge – Trepanation
 * Amon Amarth – The Avenger
 * Amorphis – Tuonela (album)
 * Anathema – Judgement
 * Angelcorpse – The Inexorable
 * Anvil – Speed of Sound
 * Arch Enemy – Burning Bridges
 * Atari Teenage Riot – 60 Second Wipe Out
 * Backyard Babies – Total 13
 * Bal-Sagoth – The Power Cosmic
 * Bang Tango – Greatest Tricks
 * Bang Tango – Untied & Live
 * Behemoth – Satanica
 * Biohazard – New World Disorder
 * Black Label Society – Sonic Brew
 * Botch – We Are the Romans
 * Broken Teeth – Broken Teeth
 * Bruce Dickinson – Scream for Me Brazil (live)
 * Buckcherry – Buckcherry (album)
 * Burn the Priest – Burn the Priest
 * Cannibal Corpse – Bloodthirst (album)
 * Chevelle – Point #1
 * Children of Bodom – Hatebreeder
 * Chris Cornell – Euphoria Morning
 * Cinderella – Live at the Key Club
 * Coal Chamber – Chamber Music
 * Control Denied – The Fragile Art of Existence
 * Cradle of Filth – From the Cradle to Enslave (EP)
 * Crazy Town – The Gift of Game
 * The Crown – Hell is Here
 * Dangerous Toys – Vitamins and Crash Helmets Tour – Greatest Hits Live
 * Danzig – Danzig 6:66: Satan's Child
 * Darkthrone – Ravishing Grimness
 * Dark Tranquility – Projector
 * Def Leppard – Euphoria
 * Destruction – The Butcher Strikes Back (demo)
 * Devourment -  Molesting The Decapitated
 * DGeneration – Through The Darkness
 * The Dillinger Escape Plan – Calculating Infinity
 * Dimmu Borgir – Spiritual Black Dimensions
 * Dope – Felons and Revolutionaries
 * Drain STH – Freaks of Nature
 * Dream Theater – Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory
 * Edguy – Theater of Salvation
 * Emperor – IX Equilibrium
 * Evergrey – Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy
 * Eternal Tears of Sorrow – Vilda Mánnu
 * Fall of the Leafe – August Wernicke
 * Filter – Title of Record
 * Finntroll – Midnattens Widunder
 * Gamma Ray – Power Plant
 * Godflesh – Us and Them
 * God Forbid – Reject the Sickness
 * Gilby Clarke – 99 Live
 * Graveworm – As the Angels Reach the Beauty
 * Grip Inc. – Solidify
 * Gwar – We Kill Everything
 * H.I.M. – Razorblade Romance
 * Hate Eternal – Conquering the Throne
 * Hypocrisy – Hypocrisy
 * Immolation – Failures for Gods
 * Immortal – At the Heart of Winter
 * Incubus – Make Yourself
 * In Flames – Colony
 * Integrity – Integrity 2000
 * Jetboy – Lost & Found
 * Kamelot – The Fourth Legacy
 * Katatonia – Tonight's Decision
 * Konkhra – Come Down Cold
 * Korn – Issues
 * Kreator – Endorama
 * Lacrimosa – Elodia
 * Lacuna Coil – In a Reverie
 * L.A. Guns – Greatest Hits and Black Beauties
 * L.A. Guns – Shrinking Violet
 * Lefay – Symphony of the Damned, Re-symphonised (re-recording)
 * Lefay – The Seventh Seal
 * Limp Bizkit – Significant Other
 * Lock Up – Pleasures Pave Sewers
 * Love/Hate – Let's Eat
 * Tony MacAlpine – Master of Paradise
 * Machine Head – The Burning Red
 * Yngwie Malmsteen – Alchemy
 * Marduk – Panzer Division Marduk
 * Marilyn Manson – The Last Tour on Earth (live)
 * Mass Hysteria – Contraddiction
 * Mercyful Fate – 9
 * Megadeth – Risk
 * Metal Church – Masterpeace
 * Metallica – S&M (live)
 * Metalium – Millennium Metal – Chapter One
 * Ministry – Dark Side of the Spoon
 * Mr. Bungle – California
 * Moonspell – The Butterfly Effect
 * Morgion – Solinari
 * Mortician – Chainsaw Dismemberment
 * Mortification – Hammer of God
 * Mötley Crüe – Supersonic and Demonic Relics
 * Motörhead – Everything Louder Than Everyone Else (live)
 * Mushroomhead – M3
 * My Dying Bride – The Light at the End of the World
 * Napalm Death – Words from the Exit Wound
 * Necrophobic – The Third Antichrist
 * Neurosis – Times of Grace
 * New American Shame – New American Shame
 * Nevermore – Dreaming Neon Black
 * Nine Inch Nails – The Fragile
 * Novembers Doom – Of Sculptured Ivy and Stone Flowers
 * Occult – Of Flesh and Blood
 * Oomph! – Plastik
 * Opeth – Still Life
 * Orchid – Chaos Is Me
 * Overkill – Necroshine
 * Pain – Rebirth
 * Pessimist – Blood for the Gods
 * Pentagram – Review Your Choices
 * Pig Destroyer – Pig Destroyer / Gnob (split EP)
 * Pitchshifter – Un-United Kingdom (EP)
 * P.O.D. – The Fundamental Elements of Southtown
 * Poison the Well – The Opposite of December
 * Powerman 5000 – Tonight the Stars Revolt!
 * Pretty Boy Floyd – Porn Stars (album)
 * Primal Fear – Jaws of Death
 * Primus – Antipop
 * Pro-Pain – Act of God
 * Queensrÿche – Q2K
 * Quiet Riot – Alive and Well
 * Rage – Ghosts
 * Rage Against the Machine – The Battle of Los Angeles
 * Rammstein – Live Aus Berlin (live)
 * Ratt – Ratt
 * Reveille – Laced
 * Rotting Christ – Sleep of the Angels
 * Samael – Eternal
 * Satyricon – Rebel Extravaganza
 * Scorpions – Eye II Eye
 * Sebastian Bach – Bring 'Em Bach Alive!
 * Septicflesh – Revolution DNA
 * Serial Joe – Face Down
 * Sevendust – Home
 * Sinergy – Beware the Heavens
 * Six Feet Under – Maximum Violence
 * Skinlab – Disembody: The New Flesh
 * Slaughter – Back to Reality
 * Slipknot –  Slipknot
 * Sodom – Code Red
 * Solefald – Neonism
 * Sonata Arctica – Ecliptica
 * Staind – Dysfunction
 * Static-X – Wisconsin Death Trip
 * Steve Vai – The Ultra Zone
 * Stone Temple Pilots – No. 4
 * Stratovarius – The Chosen Ones (compilation)
 * Suicidal Tendencies – Freedumb
 * Summoning – Stronghold
 * Testament – The Gathering
 * The Black Halos – The Black Halos
 * Therapy? – Suicide Pact – You First
 * Therion – Crowning of Atlantis
 * Throwdown – Beyond Repair
 * Tristania – Beyond the Veil
 * Type O Negative – World Coming Down
 * Underoath – Act of Depression
 * uneXpect – Utopia
 * Vintersorg – Ödemarkens son
 * Virgin Steele – The House of Atreus Act I
 * Vision of Disorder – For the Bleeders
 * Warrant – Greatest & Latest
 * W.A.S.P. – Helldorado
 * White Skull – Tales From The North
 * Will Haven – WHVN
 * Zao – Liberate Te Ex Inferis

Disbandments

 * Death
 * Far (reformed in 2008)
 * Mercyful Fate- on hiatus

Events

 * Drummer Tommy Lee leaves Mötley Crüe.
 * Ex-drummer of Megadeth Gar Samuelson dies at age 41 from liver failure.
 * Singer Blaze Bayley leaves Iron Maiden, while Bruce Dickinson and guitarist Adrian Smith re-join.
 * Kittie bassist Tanya Candler quits. She is later replaced by Talena Atfield.
 * ICS Vortex joins Dimmu Borgir on bass/backing vocals. Drummer Nicholas Barker leaves Cradle of Filth and joins as well.
 * Singer Naoki Hashimoto left Outrage.
 * Mudvayne signs with Epic Records.
 * Poison appear in an episode of Behind the Music.