This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1997.
Contents |
[edit] Newly formed bands
- Aletheian
- Akercocke
- American Head Charge
- Elvenking
- Finntroll
- Isis
- Pig Destroyer
- Spawn of Possession
- Static-X
- The Dillinger Escape Plan
- uneXpect
[edit] Reformed Bands
- The original Black Sabbath line up
- Ratt
[edit] Albums
- Aerosmith - Nine Lives
- Alice Cooper - A Fistful of Alice
- Black Sabbath - Reunion
- Body Count - Violent Demise: The Last Days
- Bruce Dickinson - Accident of Birth
- Children of Bodom - Something Wild
- Deftones - Around The Fur
- The Dillinger Escape Plan - The Dillinger Escape Plan
- Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
- Dream Theater - Falling into Infinity
- Edguy - Kingdom of Madness
- Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
- Entombed - To Ride Shoot Straight And Speak The Truth
- Europe - Definitive Collection (Compilation Album)
- Freak Kitchen - Junk Tooth EP
- Godflesh - Love and Hate in Dub
- Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion
- HammerFall - Glory to the Brave
- Immortal - Blizzard Beasts
- In Flames - Whoracle
- Judas Priest - Jugulator
- Kiss - Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions
- Kreator - Outcast
- Limp Bizkit Three Dollar Bill Y'all
- Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Facing the Animal
- Machine Head - The More Things Change
- Megadeth - Cryptic Writings
- Metallica - ReLoad
- Mötley Crüe - Generation Swine
- Nightwish - Angels Fall First
- No Big Silence - 99
- Pig Destroyer - Demo
- Pig Destroyer - Pig Destroyer / Orchid (Split EP)
- Queensrÿche - Hear in the Now Frontier
- Rammstein - Sehnsucht
- Razor - Decibels
- Rhapsody of Fire - Legendary Tales
- Shadows Fall - Somber Eyes to the Sky
- Skid Row - Razor Sharp!
- Solefald - The Linear Scaffold
- Strapping Young Lad - City
- Stratovarius - Visions
- Stratovarius - The Past And Now
- The 3rd and the Mortal - In This Room, Streams (EP)
- U.D.O. -Solid
- Whitesnake - Restless Heart
[edit] Disbandments
[edit] Events
- Mötley Crüe and former vocalist Vince Neil reconcile their differences, and Neil rejoins the band.
- Black Sabbath reunites with the original line-up between Black Sabbath and Never Say Die!.
- Bassist Mooseman leaves Body Count and is replaced by Griz. Meanwhile, the late drummer Beatmaster V is replaced by O.T.
| Preceded by: 1996 |
Heavy Metal Timeline 1997 |
Followed by: 1998 |