This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2019.
Bands formed
- BPMD
- Left to Suffer
- Nemophila
- Sanguisugabogg
- Vexed
- Zulu
Bands disbanded
- Black Moth
- Brain Drill
- Children of Bodom
- Continents
- Dirge
- Huldre
- Katedra
- Nitro
- Prophets of Rage
- Slayer
- Unsane
Bands reformed
- Agent Steel
- Alcatrazz
- Brand New Sin (one-off show)
- Cadaver
- Dirty Looks
- Dismember
- Katatonia
- Mercyful Fate
- Methods of Mayhem
- Mr. Bungle
- Rage Against the Machine
- Sev (one-off show)
- Sister Sin
- Sylosis
- Vio-lence
Events
- After 51 years together, UFO embarks on their final tour, dubbed "The Last Orders", with founding member Phil Mogg, who plans to retire from the band.
- After 46 years together, Kiss embarks on yet another farewell tour, dubbed "One Last Kiss: End of the Road World Tour".
- After 45 years together, Krokus embarks on their farewell tour this year.
- Slayer is expected to wrap up their farewell tour this year in November.
- Megadeth launches its first-ever MegaCruise, which is set to take place in the Pacific Ocean from October 13‒19.
- Accept announces that Martin Motnik is replacing original bassist Peter Baltes, who left the band the previous November.
- Janet Gardner of Vixen leaves to focus on her solo career. She is replaced by Femme Fatale's Lorraine Lewis.
- Longtime percussionist Chris Fehn of Slipknot departs from the band. This comes after Fehn filed a lawsuit against the band citing withheld payments.
Deaths
- January 1 – Shane Bisnett, former bassist of Ice Nine Kills, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 31.
- January 16 – Brian Velasco, drummer of Razorback, died from suicide by jumping from the balcony of a condominium.
- January 19 – Ted McKenna, former drummer of Michael Schenker Group and Ian Gillan, died from hemorrhage after hernia surgery at the age of 68.
- January 25 – Bruce Corbitt, vocalist of Rigor Mortis, died from esophageal cancer at the age of 56.
- January 28 – Paul Whaley, drummer of Blue Cheer, died from heart failure at the age of 72.
- March 17 – Bernie Tormé, former guitarist of Ozzy Osbourne and Gillan, died from post-flu complications at the age of 66.
- March 17 – Yuya Uchida, former percussionist and producer of Flower Travellin' Band, died from pneumonia at the age of 79.
- April 13 – Paul Raymond, keyboardist and guitarist of UFO and Michael Schenker Group, died from a heart attack at the age of 73.
- April 26 – Phil McCormack, vocalist of Molly Hatchet, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 58.
- May 21 – Rosław Szaybo, artist and designer of Judas Priest's logo and early albums' artworks, died from lung cancer at the age of 85.
- June 8 – Andre Matos, vocalist of Angra, Shaman and Viper, died from a heart attack at the age of 47.
- June 13 – Nature Ganganbaigal, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist of Tengger Cavalry, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 29.
- August 4 – Paul Finnie, former bassist of Power Quest, died from a heart attack at the age of 44.
- August 5 – Lizzie Grey, vocalist and guitarist of Spiders & Snakes and former guitarist of London, died from Lewy Body disease at the age of 60.
- September 16 – Mick Schauer, former keyboardist of Clutch, died from undisclosed reasons.
- September 18 – Tony Mills, former vocalist of TNT and Shy, died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 57.
- September 19 – Larry Wallis, former guitarist of Motörhead, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 70.
- September 23 – Richard Brunelle, former guitarist of Morbid Angel, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 55.
- October 2 – Morten Stützer, guitarist and former bassist of Artillery, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 57.
- October 21 – Peter Hobbs, vocalist and guitarist of Hobbs' Angel of Death, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 58.
- November 4 – Timi "Grabber" Hansen, former bassist of Mercyful Fate and King Diamond, died from cancer at the age of 61.
- December 25 – Stephen Kasner, artist and cover artwork designer for metal bands, including Forbidden, Marduk, Rotting Christ, and Sunn O))), died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 49.
- December 28 – Elijah Nelson, bassist of Black Breath, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 40.
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