It's crazy to think 2001 was twenty years ago, but it was! As we do every year, let's take a moment to look back at what was happening in the metal scene 20 years ago.
Amon Amarth – The Crusher
Angra – Rebirth
Arch Enemy – Wages of Sin
Avenged Sevenfold – Sounding the Seventh Trumpet
Chimaira – Pass Out of Existence
Converge – Jane Doe
Dimmu Borgir – Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
Enslaved – Monumension
Entombed – Morning Star
Envy – All the Footprints You've Ever Left and the Fear Expecting Ahead
Every Time I Die – Last Night in Town
Fantômas – The Director's Cut
Fear Factory – Digimortal
God Forbid – Determination
Godflesh – Hymns
Gojira – Terra Incognita
Gwar – Violence Has Arrived
Iced Earth – Horror Show
Ill Nino – Revolution Revolución
Judas Priest – Demolition
Kittie – Oracle
Machine Head – Supercharger
Megadeth – The World Needs a Hero
Ozzy Osbourne – Down to Earth
Pig Destroyer – Prowler in the Yard
Rage – Welcome to the Other Side
Rammstein – Mutter
Sepultura – Nation
Slipknot – Iowa
Static-X – Machine
System of a Down – Toxicity
Tomahawk – Tomahawk
Tool – Lateralus
Unearth – The Stings of Conscience
Vision of Disorder – From Bliss to Devastation
Arch Enemy – Wages of SinAvenged Sevenfold – Sounding the Seventh TrumpetChimaira – Pass Out of ExistenceConverge – Jane DoeDimmu Borgir – Puritanical Euphoric MisanthropiaEnslaved – MonumensionEntombed – Morning StarEnvy – All the Footprints You've Ever Left and the Fear Expecting AheadEvery Time I Die – Last Night in TownFantômas – The Director's CutFear Factory – DigimortalGod Forbid – DeterminationGodflesh – HymnsGojira – Terra IncognitaGwar – Violence Has ArrivedIced Earth – Horror ShowIll Nino – Revolution RevoluciónJudas Priest – DemolitionKittie – OracleMachine Head – SuperchargerMegadeth – The World Needs a HeroOzzy Osbourne – Down to Earth
Pig Destroyer – Prowler in the Yard
Rage – Welcome to the Other Side
Rammstein – Mutter
Sepultura – Nation
Slipknot – Iowa
Static-X – Machine
System of a Down – Toxicity
Tomahawk – Tomahawk
Tool – Lateralus
Unearth – The Stings of Conscience
Vision of Disorder – From Bliss to Devastation
Chimaira – Pass Out of ExistenceConverge – Jane DoeDimmu Borgir – Puritanical Euphoric MisanthropiaEnslaved – MonumensionEntombed – Morning StarEnvy – All the Footprints You've Ever Left and the Fear Expecting AheadEvery Time I Die – Last Night in TownFantômas – The Director's CutFear Factory – DigimortalGod Forbid – DeterminationGodflesh – HymnsGojira – Terra IncognitaGwar – Violence Has ArrivedIced Earth – Horror ShowIll Nino – Revolution RevoluciónJudas Priest – DemolitionKittie – OracleMachine Head – SuperchargerMegadeth – The World Needs a HeroOzzy Osbourne – Down to Earth
Pig Destroyer – Prowler in the Yard
Rage – Welcome to the Other Side
Rammstein – Mutter
Sepultura – Nation
Slipknot – Iowa
Static-X – Machine
System of a Down – Toxicity
Tomahawk – Tomahawk
Tool – Lateralus
Unearth – The Stings of Conscience
Vision of Disorder – From Bliss to Devastation
Dimmu Borgir – Puritanical Euphoric MisanthropiaEnslaved – MonumensionEntombed – Morning StarEnvy – All the Footprints You've Ever Left and the Fear Expecting AheadEvery Time I Die – Last Night in TownFantômas – The Director's CutFear Factory – DigimortalGod Forbid – DeterminationGodflesh – HymnsGojira – Terra IncognitaGwar – Violence Has ArrivedIced Earth – Horror ShowIll Nino – Revolution RevoluciónJudas Priest – DemolitionKittie – OracleMachine Head – SuperchargerMegadeth – The World Needs a HeroOzzy Osbourne – Down to Earth
Pig Destroyer – Prowler in the Yard
Rage – Welcome to the Other Side
Rammstein – Mutter
Sepultura – Nation
Slipknot – Iowa
Static-X – Machine
System of a Down – Toxicity
Tomahawk – Tomahawk
Tool – Lateralus
Unearth – The Stings of Conscience
Vision of Disorder – From Bliss to Devastation
Entombed – Morning StarEnvy – All the Footprints You've Ever Left and the Fear Expecting AheadEvery Time I Die – Last Night in TownFantômas – The Director's CutFear Factory – DigimortalGod Forbid – DeterminationGodflesh – HymnsGojira – Terra IncognitaGwar – Violence Has ArrivedIced Earth – Horror ShowIll Nino – Revolution RevoluciónJudas Priest – DemolitionKittie – OracleMachine Head – SuperchargerMegadeth – The World Needs a HeroOzzy Osbourne – Down to Earth
Pig Destroyer – Prowler in the Yard
Rage – Welcome to the Other Side
Rammstein – Mutter
Sepultura – Nation
Slipknot – Iowa
Static-X – Machine
System of a Down – Toxicity
Tomahawk – Tomahawk
Tool – Lateralus
Unearth – The Stings of Conscience
Vision of Disorder – From Bliss to Devastation
Every Time I Die – Last Night in TownFantômas – The Director's CutFear Factory – DigimortalGod Forbid – DeterminationGodflesh – HymnsGojira – Terra IncognitaGwar – Violence Has ArrivedIced Earth – Horror ShowIll Nino – Revolution RevoluciónJudas Priest – DemolitionKittie – OracleMachine Head – SuperchargerMegadeth – The World Needs a HeroOzzy Osbourne – Down to Earth
Pig Destroyer – Prowler in the Yard
Rage – Welcome to the Other Side
Rammstein – Mutter
Sepultura – Nation
Slipknot – Iowa
Static-X – Machine
System of a Down – Toxicity
Tomahawk – Tomahawk
Tool – Lateralus
Unearth – The Stings of Conscience
Vision of Disorder – From Bliss to Devastation
Fear Factory – DigimortalGod Forbid – DeterminationGodflesh – HymnsGojira – Terra IncognitaGwar – Violence Has ArrivedIced Earth – Horror ShowIll Nino – Revolution RevoluciónJudas Priest – DemolitionKittie – OracleMachine Head – SuperchargerMegadeth – The World Needs a HeroOzzy Osbourne – Down to Earth
Pig Destroyer – Prowler in the Yard
Rage – Welcome to the Other Side
Rammstein – Mutter
Sepultura – Nation
Slipknot – Iowa
Static-X – Machine
System of a Down – Toxicity
Tomahawk – Tomahawk
Tool – Lateralus
Unearth – The Stings of Conscience
Vision of Disorder – From Bliss to Devastation
Godflesh – HymnsGojira – Terra IncognitaGwar – Violence Has ArrivedIced Earth – Horror ShowIll Nino – Revolution RevoluciónJudas Priest – DemolitionKittie – OracleMachine Head – SuperchargerMegadeth – The World Needs a HeroOzzy Osbourne – Down to Earth
Pig Destroyer – Prowler in the Yard
Rage – Welcome to the Other Side
Rammstein – Mutter
Sepultura – Nation
Slipknot – Iowa
Static-X – Machine
System of a Down – Toxicity
Tomahawk – Tomahawk
Tool – Lateralus
Unearth – The Stings of Conscience
Vision of Disorder – From Bliss to Devastation
Gwar – Violence Has ArrivedIced Earth – Horror ShowIll Nino – Revolution RevoluciónJudas Priest – DemolitionKittie – OracleMachine Head – SuperchargerMegadeth – The World Needs a HeroOzzy Osbourne – Down to Earth
Pig Destroyer – Prowler in the Yard
Rage – Welcome to the Other Side
Rammstein – Mutter
Sepultura – Nation
Slipknot – Iowa
Static-X – Machine
System of a Down – Toxicity
Tomahawk – Tomahawk
Tool – Lateralus
Unearth – The Stings of Conscience
Vision of Disorder – From Bliss to Devastation
Ill Nino – Revolution RevoluciónJudas Priest – DemolitionKittie – OracleMachine Head – SuperchargerMegadeth – The World Needs a HeroOzzy Osbourne – Down to Earth
Pig Destroyer – Prowler in the Yard
Rage – Welcome to the Other Side
Rammstein – Mutter
Sepultura – Nation
Slipknot – Iowa
Static-X – Machine
System of a Down – Toxicity
Tomahawk – Tomahawk
Tool – Lateralus
Unearth – The Stings of Conscience
Vision of Disorder – From Bliss to Devastation
Kittie – OracleMachine Head – SuperchargerMegadeth – The World Needs a HeroOzzy Osbourne – Down to Earth
Pig Destroyer – Prowler in the Yard
Rage – Welcome to the Other Side
Rammstein – Mutter
Sepultura – Nation
Slipknot – Iowa
Static-X – Machine
System of a Down – Toxicity
Tomahawk – Tomahawk
Tool – Lateralus
Unearth – The Stings of Conscience
Vision of Disorder – From Bliss to Devastation
Megadeth – The World Needs a HeroOzzy Osbourne – Down to Earth
Pig Destroyer – Prowler in the Yard
Rage – Welcome to the Other Side
Rammstein – Mutter
Sepultura – Nation
Slipknot – Iowa
Static-X – Machine
System of a Down – Toxicity
Tomahawk – Tomahawk
Tool – Lateralus
Unearth – The Stings of Conscience
Vision of Disorder – From Bliss to Devastation
What albums did you remmeber picking up in 2001?
