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Nightwish embarked on a nine-month world tour, titled Decades: World Tour, featuring a special set for fans, including songs that had not been played in a long time. The tour began on March 9, 2018, and an accompanying 2CD compilation called Decades was released on the same day.
This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2018.
This a tabular display of all years in heavy metal music, to provide an overview and quick navigation to any year.
Metallica wins the first ever Grammy award in the category of Best Metal Performance for the song "One." The infamous Clash of the Titans tour is this year, headlined by bands such as Slayer , Megadeth , Anthrax , Testament , Suicidal Tendencies , and others.
Bands formed. Accept (as Band X); Alice Cooper; Black Sabbath (as Earth); Breakout; Deep Purple; Edgar Broughton Band; Free; Grand Funk Railroad; Humble Pie; Led Zeppelin; Meat Loaf; Nazareth; Rush (as The Projection)
2024 in heavy metal music. Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States. [2] With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock and acid rock, heavy metal bands developed a thick, monumental sound characterized by distorted guitars, extended ...
- Late 1960s, United Kingdom and United States
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2018 Billboard Music Awards. Top Artist: Ed Sheeran • Top Male Artist: Ed Sheeran • Top Female Artist: Taylor Swift • Top Duo/Group: Imagine Dragons • Top New Artist: Khalid • Top Billboard 200 Album: DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar • Top Hot 100 Song: "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber. 2018 ARIA Music Awards.
