Groove Metal timeline

  • Machine Head are formed

    Machine Head were formed in 1992 in Oakland, California by vocalist/guitarist Robert Flynn and bassist Adam Duce. Flynn had recently parted ways... Read more

  • Sepultura release Chaos A.D.

    Chaos A.D. (Chaos Anno Domini) is the fifth studio album by Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura, released in late 1993 through Roadrunner Records.... Read more

  • Napalm Death release Fear, Emptiness, Despair

    Fear, Emptiness, Despair is the fifth album by British grindcore band Napalm Death, released in 1994. Originally titled Under Rule, this record is... Read more

  • Machine Head release Burn My Eyes

    Burn My Eyes is the debut album by American heavy metal band Machine Head. The album's themes generally tie into the social disorder and... Read more

  • Forbidden releases Distortion

    Distortion is the third album from San Francisco, California thrash metal band, Forbidden. It comes five years after their second, Twisted into... Read more

  • Kreator release Cause for Conflict

    Cause for Conflict is the seventh studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator released in 1995. It is their seventh one, on which they... Read more

  • Napalm Death release Diatribes

    Diatribes is the sixth album by Napalm Death, originally released in 1996 on Earache Records. This album was their final UK album chart entry,... Read more

  • Overkill releases The Killing Kind

    The Killing Kind is the eighth studio album released by thrash metal band Overkill in 1996. It was the first album to feature new guitarists Joe... Read more

  • Sepultura release Roots

    Roots is the sixth studio album by Brazilian metal band Sepultura. It was released in March 12, 1996 by Roadrunner Records, and was the band's last... Read more

  • Sepultura release The Roots of Sepultura

    The Roots of Sepultura is a double-disc album by Sepultura, released in November 1996. It was a collection of unreleased tracks, b-sides, alternate... Read more

  • Forbidden releases Green

    Green (1997) is the fourth album by Forbidden. The CD has actually 14 tracks, tracks 11-13 being blank tracks, while track 14 has a hidden track... Read more

  • Sepultura release Blood-Rooted

    Blood-Rooted is an album by Sepultura, released on June 3, 1997. It was a collection of unreleased tracks, b-sides, remixes, and live recordings.... Read more

  • Kreator release Outcast

    Outcast is the eighth studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator. It was released by G.U.N. Records in 1997. This album featured more gothic... Read more

  • Overkill releases From the Underground and Below

    From the Underground and Below is the ninth studio album by the thrash metal band Overkill released in 1997 by CMC International. Two cover songs... Read more

  • Judas Priest release Jugulator

    Jugulator is the 13th studio album by British heavy metal band Judas Priest. It was released in Japan on October 16, 1997 and the rest of the world... Read more

  • Sepultura release Against

    Against is the seventh studio album by Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura, released in 1998 through Roadrunner Records. It is the band's first... Read more

  • Overkill releases Necroshine

    Necroshine is the tenth full-length album released by the thrash metal band Overkill in early 1999, on CMC International records. It is the... Read more

  • Overkill releases Coverkill

    Coverkill is a cover album released by thrash metal band Overkill in 1999. The album consists of cover songs by artists that influenced the band,... Read more

  • Sepultura release Nation

    Nation is the eighth studio album by Brazilian thrash metal band Sepultura, released in 2001 through Roadrunner Records. Nation features guest... Read more

  • Judas Priest release Demolition

    Demolition is British heavy metal band Judas Priest's fourteenth studio album, and the first in the decade of the 2000s. It is the second and final... Read more

  • Sepultura release Under a Pale Grey Sky

    Under a Pale Grey Sky is a live album by Sepultura, released September 24, 2002 through Roadrunner Records. The album was recorded in the Brixton... Read more

  • Sepultura release Roorback

    Roorback is the ninth studio album by Brazilian thrash metal band Sepultura, released in 2003. It is their first release through SPV Records. The... Read more

  • Dimebag Darrell dies

    On December 8, 2004, Abbott was shot onstage while performing with Damageplan at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio. The gunman was Nathan Gale,... Read more

  • Sepultura release Dante XXI

    Dante XXI is the tenth studio album by Brazilian thrash metal band Sepultura, released in 2006 through SPV Records. It is a concept album based on... Read more

  • Sepultura release The Best of Sepultura

    The Best of Sepultura is a compilation album from Roadrunner Records, featuring a best of collection of Sepultura's music with the label. Although... Read more