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Overview of the events of 2025 in heavy metal music
This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2025.
On January 15, Exodus parted ways with longtime vocalist Steve "Zetro" Souza for a third time. Former vocalist Rob Dukes would once again be his replacement.[ 20]
On January 30, Sum 41 played the final date of their farewell tour at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto .[ 12]
On March 7, Mastodon parted ways with longtime guitarist and vocalist Brent Hinds .[ 21]
On March 17, Katatonia parted ways with founding guitarist Anders Nyström .[ 22]
On March 22, Lynch Mob played their final show of their year-long farewell tour, titled "The Final Ride".[ 5] [ 23]
On April 19, Savatage played their first show in nearly ten years at the Monsters of Rock festival in São Paulo .[ 24] [ 25]
On April 25, Acid Bath played their first show in 28 years at the Filmore in New Orleans .[ 26]
On April 28, Soundgarden were announced among the 2025 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame .[ 27]
On July 5, Black Sabbath will reunite for one final farewell concert in Birmingham featuring the original lineup of Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward .[ 15]
Following major personnel changes in 2024, Grave frontman Ola Lindgren announced that the band's original members will reunite for select 2025 festival performances, highlighting their first three classic albums — Into the Grave You'll Never See... Soulless [ 28]
After internal tensions that forced the band to cancel all 2024 live dates and go on hiatus, My Dying Bride announced that they are scheduled to return to live performances in 2025. These shows will feature guest vocalist Mikko Kotamäki of Swallow the Sun , temporarily filling in for founding member and vocalist Aaron Stainthorpe .[ 29]
Angra announced that the band will take a touring and recording hiatus after finishing the tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of their fifth album Temple of Shadows [ 1] Peso, drummer of Necrodeath , announced that the band will split up for the second and final time at the end of 2025, following the release of a final album and a farewell tour.[ 6]
Uriah Heep are scheduled to begin a farewell tour, titled The Magician's Farewell, in February, which will last for about two or three years.[ 30] January 2 – Russ North , former vocalist of Cloven Hoof , died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 59.[ 31]
January 3 – Manfred Schütz, founder of SPV GmbH , died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 74.[ 32]
January 5 – Fredrik "Freddie Eugene" Lindgren , former guitarist of Unleashed and Terra Firma , died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 53.[ 33]
January 7 – Ragne Wahlquist, vocalist and guitarist of Heavy Load , died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 69.[ 34]
January 13 – Peter "P. Fluid" Forrest, former vocalist of 24-7 Spyz , was beaten to death at the age of 64.[ 35]
January 15 – Wayne Gerard Fabra, former drummer of Necrophagia , died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 58.[ 36]
January 16 – Cristiano Fusco, former guitarist of Torture Squad , died from bone marrow cancer at the age of 53.[ 37] [ 38]
January 20 – John Sykes , former guitarist of Whitesnake , Thin Lizzy , Tygers of Pan Tang , and Blue Murder , died from cancer at the age of 65.[ 39]
January 27 – Aaron Rossi , former drummer of Ministry and Prong , died from a heart attack at the age of 44.[ 40]
February 5 – Dave Jerden , engineer, producer and mixer of numerous hard rock and metal bands including Alice in Chains , Anthrax , Jane's Addiction and Spinal Tap , died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 75.[ 41] [ 42]
February 11 – Jan-Martin Jensen, founder and organizer of Inferno Metal Festival , died from cancer.[ 43]
February 15 – Pål Mozart Bjørke, former bassist of Madder Mortem , died from undisclosed reasons.[ 44]
February 19 – Karl Cochran, former guitarist of Ace Frehley and Joe Lynn Turner , died in a car accident at the age of 61.[ 45]
February 25 – Coburn Pharr, former vocalist of Annihilator , died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 62.[ 46]
February 26 – Graham "Gra" Scoresby, former drummer of Witchfynde , died in a car accident at the age of 68.[ 47]
March 2 – Sindre Nedland, vocalist and keyboardist of In Vain and former vocalist of Funeral , died from cancer at the age of 40.[ 48]
March 6 – Sergio Cisneros "Kiskilla" Anguita, former keyboardist and accordeonist of Mägo de Oz , died from COPD complications at the age of 58.[ 49]
March 11 – Joe McFadden, music industry executive who worked for EMI and Capitol Records and worked with numerous metal bands including Mötley Crüe , Megadeth , Iron Maiden , Five Finger Death Punch , Papa Roach , and The Hu , died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 77.[ 50]
March 15 – Les Binks , former drummer of Judas Priest , Lionheart and Tytan , died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 73.[ 51]
March 28 – Dirk Schröder, former vocalist of Iron Angel , died from undisclosed reasons.[ 52]
April 12 – Roy Thomas Baker , record producer for several heavy metal artists including Ozzy Osbourne , Mötley Crüe and Alice Cooper , died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 78.[ 53]
April 19 – Ricky Siahaan, guitarist of Seringai , died from heart attack at the age of 48.[ 54]
April 29 – Brian Montana, former guitarist of Possessed , was shot to death by police at the age of 60.[ 55]
May 1 – Igor Molchanov, former drummer of Aria and Master , died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 63.[ 56] Artists with material in production [ edit ]
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