2004

List of Albums and Events in 2004.

Albums

 * 3 Inches of Blood - Advance & Vanquish
 * A Perfect Circle - eMOTIVe
 * The Acacia Strain - 3750
 * Aerosmith - Honkin' On Bobo
 * Anthrax - Music of Mass Destruction
 * Anthrax - The Greater of Two Evils
 * Arch Enemy - Dead Eyes See No Future
 * Atreyu - The Curse
 * Behemoth - Demigod
 * Black Label Society - Hangover Music Vol. VI
 * Black Sabbath - Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath (1970 - 1978)
 * Bloodbath - Nightmares Made Flesh
 * Buckethead - Population Override
 * Cannibal Corpse - The Wretched Spawn
 * Cradle of Filth - Nymphetamine
 * Damageplan - New Found Power
 * Def Leppard - Best of Def Leppard
 * Dio - Master of the Moon
 * Dragonforce - Sonic Firestorm
 * Drowning Pool - Desensitized
 * Europe - Start from the Dark
 * Europe - Rock the Night: The Very Best of Europe
 * Exodus - Tempo of the Damned
 * Fear Factory - Archetype
 * Finntroll - Nattfodd
 * Finntroll - Trollhammaren
 * Gene Simmons - Asshole
 * God Forbid - Gone Forever
 * Godsmack - The Other Side
 * Guns 'N Roses - Greatest Hits: Guns 'N Roses
 * Helmet - Unsung: The Best of Helmet
 * HIM - And Love Said No: The Greatest Hits 1997--2004
 * Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden
 * Iced Earth - The Blessed and the Damned
 * In Flames - Soundtrack to Your Escape
 * Incubus - A Crow Left of the Murder...
 * Joe Satriani - Is There Love in Space?
 * Joe Satriani - G3: Rockin' in the Free World
 * Judas Priest - Metalogy
 * Killswitch Engage - The End of Heartache
 * Korn - Greatest Hits, Volume 1
 * Lamb of God - Ashes of the Wake
 * Linkin Park - Collision Course
 * Lordi - The Monsterican Dream
 * Machine Head - Through the Ashes of Empires
 * Marilyn Manson - Lest We Forget: The Best of...
 * Mastodon - Leviathan
 * Mayhem - Chimera
 * Megadeth - The System Has Failed
 * Motorhead - Inferno
 * Napalm Death - Leaders Not Followers: Part 2
 * Necrophagist - Epitaph
 * Nightwish - Once
 * Nirvana - With The Lights Out
 * Otep - House of Secrets
 * Papa Roach - Getting Away With Murder
 * Pearl Jam - Live at Benaroya Hall
 * Queens of the Stone Age - Stone Age Complications
 * Queensryche - The Art of Live
 * Rammstein - Reise, Reise
 * Rush - Feedback
 * Salvia - Survival of the Sickest
 * Saxon - Lionheart
 * Scorpions - Unbreakable
 * Sevendust - Southside Double-Wide: Acoustic Live
 * Shadows Fall - The War Within
 * Slipknot - Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
 * Soil - Redefine
 * Soilwork - The Early Chapters
 * Sonata Arctica - Reckoning Night
 * Sonata Arctica - Don't Say a Word
 * Soulfly - Prophecy
 * Static-X - Beneath, Between, Beyond
 * Suffocation - Souls to Deny
 * Sybreed - Slave Design
 * UFO - You Are Here
 * Van Halen - The Best of Both Worlds
 * Velvet Revolver - Contraband
 * W.A.S.P. - The Neon God: Part 1--The Rise
 * Within Temptation - The Silent Force

Newly Formed Bands

 * Abacabb
 * Alestorm
 * Alter Bridge
 * Architects
 * Black Tide
 * Bring Me The Horizon
 * Cancer Bats
 * Enforcer
 * Evile
 * Job For A Cowboy

Events

 * Dimebag Darrell of Pantera & Damageplan Murdered.
 * Damageplan Split Up after the Death of Guitarist Dimebag Darrell
 * Creed Split Up
 * Cadaver Split Up
 * Megadeth Reform.
 * Motley Crue Reform
 * Extreme Reform
 * Steve Smyth leaves Testament
 * Brian Welch leaves Korn
 * Maniac leaves Mayhem
 * Brian Hoffman leaves Deicide
 * Jack Owen leaves Cannibal Corpse
 * Eric Hoffman leaves Deicide
 * Mike Smith leaves Limp Bizkit
 * Clint Lowery leaves Sevendust
 * Jason Jones joins Drowning Pool
 * Joey Vera joins Anthrax
 * Terry Balsamo joins Evanescence
 * Glen Drover joins Megadeth
 * Jack Owen joins Deicide
 * Dave Suzuki joins Deicide
 * James MacDonough joins Megadeth
 * Shawn Drover joins Megadeth
 * Jimmie Lee Sloas joins Megadeth
 * Attila Csihar rejoins Mayhem
 * Chris Poland rejoins Megadeth
 * Wes Borland rejoins Limp Bizkit
 * Sammy Hagar rejoins Van Halen
 * Greg Christian rejoins Testament
 * Velvet Revolver release Debut
 * Damageplan release Debut