On May 30, Slayer announced that Dave Lombardo has been officially replaced by Paul Bostaph (ex- Exodus, ex- Testament). Jon Dette (ex- Evildead, ex- Testament) had replaced Dave for the remainder of the tour. Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo was not able to attend the Australian tour due to misgivings over contract negotiations.Daniel wanted to focus on his own musical projects, play guitar rather than be the bassist in the band, and not wanting to commit to heavy touring of the band's 10th studio album and being a recording engineer/producer in his studio Gothenburg Rock Studios. On 18 February 2013, bassist Daniel Antonsson quit Dark Tranquillity on good terms.

Danny Carey ( Tool) admitted that he was the band member that had the motorcycle accident, 'I cracked four ribs, broke three of them on a motorcycle the other day, so I am kinda laid up at this point.

Volbeat announced that 'former Anthrax and The Damned Things guitarist Rob Caggiano has officially joined Volbeat.' Caggiano served as producer on ' Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies' alongside long-time production partner Jacob Hansen, who produced and mixed the band's prior four albums.

Anthrax announced the departure of guitarist Rob Caggiano.

Cannibal Corpse celebrated the 25th anniversary of their formation.Liege Lord, who split up in 1989, reunited at the Keep It True XVI festival, which took place from April 19–20 at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany.Rush was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, California on April 18.'It bankrupted the entire band, no money left for any kind of payroll or anything.' Drummer Chris Adler said in an interview 'Not only were we not able to generate any income, but we ended up having to pay more than half a million dollars in legal fees,' the drummer said. He was acquitted on 5 March 2013 of all charges against him. Lamb of God singer Randy Blythe stood trial on February 4 on charges of manslaughter in the death of a fan at a concert in Prague, Czech Republic in 2010.Metal Church, who split up twice (in 19), reunited for a second time at this year's 70000 Tons of Metal in January.Ceremonial Oath, who split up in 1995, and Gardenian, who split up in 2004 and had not played a show in 12 years, both reunited for this year's edition of The Gothenburg Sound festival, which took place from January 4–5 at Trädgår'n in Gothenburg, Sweden.Lars Ulrich confirmed that Metallica's Orion Music + More festival will be held again this year.HammerFall went on hiatus this year and did not release their next album until 2014.Paul Di'Anno (ex- Iron Maiden) retired after his 2012 tour.This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2013. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.

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