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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1990.
Contents 1 Newly formed bands 2 Albums 3 Disbandments 4 Events // Newly formed bands Anathema At the Gates Body Count (by rapper Ice T) Cathedral Converge (band) Dark Tranquility (then Septic Broiler) Deftones The Devin Townsend Band Fear Factory In Flames Infectious Grooves Krisiun Kyuss Lamb of God (not yet known as LOG but known as Burn the Priest) Lost Horizon (then known as Highlander) My Dying Bride Opeth Osvajači Satyricon Tool Type O Negative Albums 24-7 Spyz - Gumbo Millennium AC/DC - The Razors Edge Alice in Chains - Facelift Aggressor- Indestructible (Demo) Annihilator - Never, Neverland Anthrax - Persistence of Time Bathory - Hammerheart Believer - Sanity Obscure Black Sabbath - Tyr Blind Guardian - Tales from the Twilight World Blue Cheer - Highlights & Lowlives Bruce Dickinson - Tattooed Millionaire Cannibal Corpse - Eaten Back to Life Celtic Frost - Vanity/Nemesis Danzig - Danzig II: Lucifuge Death - Spiritual Healing Death Angel - Act III Deicide - Deicide Dio - Lock up the Wolves Entombed - Left Hand Path Extreme - Pornograffitti Exodus - Impact is Imminent Forbidden - Twisted into Form Firehouse - Firehouse Iced Earth - Iced Earth Iron Maiden - No Prayer for the Dying Judas Priest - Painkiller Kreator - Coma of Souls Living Colour - Time's Up Tony MacAlpine - Eyes Of The World Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Eclipse Megadeth - Rust In Peace Monster Magnet - Monster Magnet Obituary - Cause Of Death Paradise Lost (band) - Lost Paradise Pantera - Cowboys from Hell Poison - Flesh & Blood Primus - Frizzle Fry Queensrÿche - Empire Ratt - Detonator Reverend - World Won't Miss You Sadus - Swallowed in Black Sanctuary - Into The Mirror Black Saxon - Solid Ball of Rock Scorpions - Crazy World Slaughter - Stick It to Ya Slaughter - Stick It Live Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss Steve Vai - Passion and Warfare Stone - Colours Stryper - Against the Law Suicidal Tendencies - Lights...Camera...Revolution! Tesla - Five Man Acoustical Jam Testament - Souls of Black Tourniquet - Stop the Bleeding Trixter - Trixter Trouble - Trouble U.D.O. -Faceless World Warrant - Cherry Pie Winger - In the Heart of the Young Disbandments atrophy Quiet Riot Events Adrian Smith, Iron Maiden's lead guitarist leaves the band because of musical differences. Janick Gers is hired to replace him. The infamous Clash of the Titans tour is this year, headlined by bands such as Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax, Testament, Suicidal Tendencies, and others. Extreme release their second album Pornograffitti. The album peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200 album chart and sold very well, due to the success of its single "More Than Words", which reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart a year later. Judas Priest was involved in a multimillion dollar lawsuit involving two Nevada teenager suicides allegedly caused by the song "Better by you Better than me". The band won the case. Faith No More's The Real Thing, carried by the single "Epic", also cracks the Billboard Top 10. Marty Friedman joins Megadeth replacing Jeff Young on guitar. Possessed frontman, Jeff Becerra is paralyzed from the waist down after being shot in a mugging on his way home from work. Preceded by: 1989 Heavy Metal Timeline 1990 Followed by: 1991
