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2016 in heavy metal music
Overview of the events of 2016 in heavy metal music From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2016.
Bands formed
Bands disbanded
Bands reformed
- Abandon All Ships[24]
- Akercocke[25]
- Battlelore (hiatus from 2011 to 2016)[26]
- Decadence[27]
- Demolition Hammer[28][29]
- Destroy the Runner[30]
- Esprit D'Air[31]
- Evildead[32]
- Massacration[33]
- Massacre[34]
- Nasty Savage[35]
- Nitro[36]
- The Obsessed[37]
- Pestilence[38]
- Power Quest[39]
- Ratt[40][41]
- Scissorfight[42]
- The Union Underground[43]
Events
- On April 28, 2015, Black Sabbath announced that they will embark on their final tour.[44]
- On July 5, 2015, Blackmore's Night and former Deep Purple and Rainbow guitarist Ritchie Blackmore announced that he will briefly return to rock music by performing a few shows in June.[45]
- On January 14, Lacuna Coil announced that guitarist Marco Biazzi has left the band.[46][47][48]
- On February 10, Skeletonwitch announced Adam Clemans as their new vocalist.[49]
- On February 20, Suicidal Tendencies announced Dave Lombardo (formerly of Slayer) as the drummer for their U.S. tour with Megadeth, which took place in February and March.[50] Lombardo will drum for Suicidal Tendencies again on their summer European tour.[51]
- On March 19, Underoath played their first show since disbanding in 2013 at Self Help Festival in California.[52]
- On March 31, Martin Henriksson announced that he has quit Dark Tranquillity due to loss of passion for playing music.[53]
- On April 16 and 23, Guns N' Roses reunited with their original guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan for this year's Coachella.[54][55]
- On April 16, Overkill played a special show in Oberhausen where they played the Feel the Fire and Horrorscope albums in their entirety. The show was professionally filmed and recorded for an upcoming DVD.[56]
- On May 5, Eluveitie announced that they parted ways with drummer Merlin Sutter, vocalist Anna Murphy and guitarist Ivo Henzi.[57]
- On May 20, Megadeth announced that Soilwork drummer Dirk Verbeuren was joining as their touring drummer, filling in for then-drummer Chris Adler. On July 15, however, Verbeuren was announced their full-time drummer, after Adler left the band.[58][59]
- On August 6 and 7, Heavy Montreal took place presented by Evenko, and headliners were Nightwish, Disturbed, Five Finger Death Punch, Volbeat and Candlemass.[60]
- On November 15, 2016, German power metal band Helloween announced tour dubbed "Pumpkins United", celebrating 30 years of Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I and Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II, with former members Michael Kiske and Kai Hansen joining Helloween's Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy line-up. The "Pumpkins United" line-up entered in the studio at the end of the tour and recorded what would end up being their self titled album.[61]
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Deaths
- January 14 – Kevin Lawrence, guitarist of Rapidfire, died from multiple heart attacks at the age of 51.[62]
- January 23 – Jimmy Bain, bassist of Rainbow and Dio, died from lung cancer at the age of 68.[63][64]
- February 21 – Piotr Grudziński, guitarist of Riverside, died from sudden cardiac arrest at the age of 40.[65][66][67]
- March 3 – John Thomas, former guitarist of Budgie, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 63.[68]
- March 3 – Oskar Karlsson, drummer of Gates of Ishtar, died from heart failure at the age of 39.[69]
- March 13 – Nik Green, keyboardist of Blue Murder, died from cancer.[70]
- April 5 – John Byrd, former guitarist of King Conquer, died from substance abuse.[71]
- April 18 – Aleah Liane Stanbridge, vocalist of Trees of Eternity, died from cancer at the age of 39.[72]
- May 21 – Nick Menza, former drummer of Megadeth, died from heart failure at the age of 51.[73]
- May 31 – Brandon Ferrell, former drummer of Municipal Waste, died from undisclosed reasons.[74]
- June 9 – Adam Young, multi-instrumentalist of Sockweb, died after committing suicide by hanging himself at the age of 28.[21][75]
- August 13 – Jerry Clyde Paradis, former drummer of The Gates of Slumber and Sourvein, died from undisclosed reasons.[76]
- August 17 – James Woolley, former keyboardist of Nine Inch Nails, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 49.[77]
- August 21 – Tom Searle, guitarist of Architects, died from cancer at the age of 28.[78]
- August 25 – Norman Killeen, former drummer of Threat Signal, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 38.[79]
- September 10 – Pecu Cinnari, drummer of Tarot, died from a long-term illness at the age of 50.[80]
- September 11 – Leonard Haze, former drummer of Y&T, died from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at the age of 61.[81]
- September 27 – Mike Taylor, former vocalist of Quartz, died from undisclosed reasons.[82]
- September 27 – Brodie Wheeler, former guitarist of King Conquer, died from substance abuse.[83]
- December 5 – Adam Sagan, former drummer of Circle II Circle and Into Eternity, died from blood cancer at the age of 36.[84]
- December 23 – Mick Zane, guitarist of Malice, died from brain cancer.[85]
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