January:
- NAMM (January 14 - 16)
- Nergal Leaves Hospital After Completing Cancer Treatment (January 17th)
- The Big 4 - Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth & Anthrax - announce first-ever Big 4 concert in North America (January 25th)
- Motörhead on Conan! (January 26th)
February:
- Gary Moore passes away at the age of 58 (February 6th)
- Horns Up Rocks celebrates first anniversary (February 11th)
- Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman misses the Australian Soundwave Festival, after contriving an acute infection on his arm (February 13th)
- Pantera celebrates 19th anniversary of 'Vulgar Display Of Power' (February 25th)
- Motörhead New York City takeover (February 28th)
March:
- Metallica celebrates 25th anniversary of 'Master Of Puppets' (March 3rd)
- Former Alice In Chains bassist Mike Starr dead at 44 (March 8th)
- A Perfect Circle Announce US Tour (March 21st)
- Sick Of It All Celebrates Their 25th Anniversary Show in New York City (March 26th)
- Slayer, Rob Zombie and Exodus Announce Hell On Earth Tour (March 28th)
- Cavalera Conspiracy Return with a "Blunt Force Trauma" (March 29th)
- Slayer Recruits Cannibal Corpse Guitarist Pat O'Brien as Temporary Replacement for Jeff Hannemann (March 30th)
- Bassist Jon Miller Leaves DevilDriver (March 30th)
April:
- Manowar's Scott Columbus Dead at 54 (April 4th)
- Amon Amarth # 1 on Billboard (April 12th)
- Revolver Golden Gods Awards (April 20th)
- K.K. Downing Quits Judas Priest (April 20th)
- The Big 4 Concert in Indio, California (April 23rd)
- Down own New York City (April 28th)
- The Big 4 Announce New York City Concert (April 30th)
May:
- An Evening with Amon Amarth (May 5th)
- Down Announce 4th Studio Album (May 19th)
- "Macho Man" Randy Savage Dead at the age of 58 (May 20th)
- Black N Blue Bowl at Webster Hall in New York City (May 21st)
- First Death Anniversary of Slipknot's Paul Gray - Joey Jordison Pays Tribute (May 25th)
- Judas Priest Appears on the Series finale of American Idol (May 25th)
- TV Premiere of the Revolver Golden Gods Awards (May 27th)
June:
- Black Label Society Dominate New York City (June 4th)
- Evan Seinfeld Leaves Biohazard (June 9th)
- Slipknot's Corey Taylor Appears on NY Ink & Pays Tribute to Paul Gray (June 10th)
- Anal Cunt's Seth Putnam Dead at 43 (June 11th)
- Mario Comesanas Dead at the age of 30 (June 13th)
- Slipknot Performs for the First time since the Passing of Paul Gray #2 (June 17th)
- Hatebreed Destroy Everything at Hometown Show at Toad's Place (June 17th)
- Jackass Star Ryan Dunn dead at 34 (June 19th)
- Suffocation Performs Hometown Show At The Crazy Donkey in Long Island, New York (June 26th)
- Behemoth Start Rehearsing (June 28th)
- A Perfect Circle Kicks Off US Tour with a NEW Song called "By and Down" (June 29th)
- Philip Anselmo Turns 43 Years Old (June 30th)
Stay tuned for Part II of our images timeline (July - December 2011)!
