2019 in heavy metal music

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2019.

Bands formed

 * BPMD
 * Nemophila

Bands disbanded

 * Black Moth
 * Brain Drill
 * Children of Bodom
 * Continents
 * Dirge
 * Huldre
 * Katedra
 * Nitro
 * Prophets of Rage
 * Slayer
 * Unsane

Bands reformed

 * Agent Steel
 * Alcatrazz
 * Brand New Sin (one-off show)
 * Cadaver
 * Dirty Looks
 * Dismember
 * Katatonia
 * Mercyful Fate
 * Methods of Mayhem
 * Mr. Bungle
 * Rage Against the Machine
 * Sev (one-off show)
 * Sister Sin
 * Sylosis
 * Vio-lence

Events

 * After 51 years together, UFO embarks on their final tour, dubbed "The Last Orders", with founding member Phil Mogg, who plans to retire from the band.
 * After 46 years together, Kiss embarks on yet another farewell tour, dubbed "One Last Kiss: End of the Road World Tour".
 * After 45 years together, Krokus embarks on their farewell tour this year.
 * Slayer is expected to wrap up their farewell tour this year in November.
 * Megadeth launches its first-ever MegaCruise, which is set to take place in the Pacific Ocean from October 13‒19.
 * Accept announces that Martin Motnik is replacing original bassist Peter Baltes, who left the band the previous November.
 * Janet Gardner of Vixen leaves to focus on her solo career. She is replaced by Femme Fatale's Lorraine Lewis.
 * Longtime percussionist Chris Fehn of Slipknot departs from the band. This comes after Fehn filed a lawsuit against the band citing withheld payments.

Deaths

 * January 1 – Shane Bisnett, former bassist of Ice Nine Kills, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 31.
 * January 16 – Brian Velasco, drummer of Razorback, died from suicide by jumping from the balcony of a condominium.
 * January 19 – Ted McKenna, former drummer of Michael Schenker Group and Ian Gillan, died from hemorrhage after hernia surgery at the age of 68.
 * January 25 – Bruce Corbitt, vocalist of Rigor Mortis, died from esophageal cancer at the age of 56.
 * January 28 – Paul Whaley, drummer of Blue Cheer, died from heart failure at the age of 72.
 * March 17 – Bernie Tormé, former guitarist of Ozzy Osbourne and Gillan, died from post-flu complications at the age of 66.
 * March 17 – Yuya Uchida, former percussionist and producer of Flower Travellin' Band, died from pneumonia at the age of 79.
 * April 13 – Paul Raymond, keyboardist and guitarist of UFO and Michael Schenker Group, died from a heart attack at the age of 73.
 * April 26 – Phil McCormack, vocalist of Molly Hatchet, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 58.
 * May 21 – Rosław Szaybo, artist and designer of Judas Priest's logo and early albums' artworks, died from lung cancer at the age of 85.
 * June 8 – Andre Matos, vocalist of Angra, Shaman and Viper, died from a heart attack at the age of 47.
 * June 13 – Nature Ganganbaigal, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist of Tengger Cavalry, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 29.
 * August 4 – Paul Finnie, former bassist of Power Quest, died from a heart attack at the age of 44.
 * August 5 – Lizzie Grey, vocalist and guitarist of Spiders & Snakes and former guitarist of London, died from Lewy Body disease at the age of 60.
 * September 16 – Mick Schauer, former keyboardist of Clutch, died from undisclosed reasons.
 * September 18 – Tony Mills, former vocalist of TNT and Shy, died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 57.
 * September 19 – Larry Wallis, former guitarist of Motörhead, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 70.
 * September 23 – Richard Brunelle, former guitarist of Morbid Angel, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 55.
 * October 2 – Morten Stützer, guitarist and former bassist of Artillery, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 57.
 * October 21 – Peter Hobbs, vocalist and guitarist of Hobbs' Angel of Death, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 58.
 * November 4 – Timi "Grabber" Hansen, former bassist of Mercyful Fate and King Diamond, died from cancer at the age of 61.
 * December 25 – Stephen Kasner, artist and cover artwork designer for metal bands, including Forbidden, Marduk, Rotting Christ, and Sunn O))), died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 49.
 * December 28 – Elijah Nelson, bassist of Black Breath, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 40.