Heavy Metal timeline
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Testament Releases "The Legacy"
Testament's first album, The Legacy, was released in 1987 on Megaforce Records. Testament received instant fame within thrash circles and were... Read more
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Guns N' Roses release Appetite for Destruction
Appetite for Destruction is the debut studio album by American rock band Guns N' Roses, released in July 1987 on Geffen Records. It was... Read more
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Def Leppard release Hysteria
Hysteria is the fourth studio album by the English Heavy Metal band Def Leppard. It was released on August 3, 1987 through Mercury Records. It is... Read more
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Twisted Sister release Love Is for Suckers
Love Is for Suckers is the fifth album by the heavy metal band Twisted Sister. According to the Live At Wacken DVD, the material was originally... Read more
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Aerosmith releases Permanent Vacation
Permanent Vacation is the ninth studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released in 1987. The album marks a turning point in the band's... Read more
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Motörhead release Rock 'n' Roll
Rock 'N' Roll is the eighth album by the British band Motörhead and the first appearance of their four-piece line up of Lemmy, Phil "Philthy... Read more
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Alice Cooper releases Raise Your Fist and Yell
Raise Your Fist and Yell is a 1987 concept album by rock musician Alice Cooper. It features the track "Prince of Darkness", which is featured very... Read more
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Rush release Hold Your Fire
Hold Your Fire is the 12th studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released in the fall of 1987. The album was recorded at The Manor Studio in... Read more
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Kiss releases Crazy Nights
Crazy Nights is the 14th album by American hard rock band Kiss. It was the fourth Kiss album in a row to achieve platinum status. The album peaked... Read more
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Savatage release Hall of the Mountain King
Hall of the Mountain King is an album by the progressive metal group Savatage, released in 1987 under the direction of Paul O'Neill. It is their... Read more
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Red Hot Chili Peppers release The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
The Uplift Mofo Party Plan is the third studio album by American alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on September 29, 1987 on... Read more
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Kreator release Terrible Certainty
Terrible Certainty is the third studio album by thrash metal band Kreator released in 1987 through Noise Records. It was released on cd, cassette,... Read more
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Exodus release Pleasures of the Flesh
Pleasures of the Flesh is the second album by American thrash metal band Exodus, released in 1987. This is the first Exodus album to feature Steve... Read more
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Sepultura release Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is the second studio album by Brazilian thrash metal band Sepultura, released in 1987 through Cogumelo Records. It is the first album... Read more
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Cacophony Releases "Speed Metal Symphony"
Speed Metal Symphony is the debut album of Neo-classical metal band Cacophony released in 1987 (see 1987 in music) on Shrapnel Records. Read more
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Venom release Calm Before the Storm
Calm Before the Storm is the fifth album by Venom. The original title of the album would have been "Deadline", but the title was changed when... Read more
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Candlemass release Nightfall
Nightfall is the second album by Swedish doom metal band Candlemass, released in 1987. It was the first album to feature Messiah Marcolin on... Read more
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Kreator release Out of the Dark... Into the Light
Out of the Dark ... Into the Light is Kreator's second EP released in 1988. The live tracks were recorded at Dynamo Club, Eindhoven, Netherlands,... Read more
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Yngwie Malmsteen Releases "Odyssey"
Odyssey is an album by guitarist Yngwie J. Malmsteen released in March 1988, With Joe Lynn Turner on lead vocals, with the three instrumentals... Read more
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Fates Warning releases No Exit
No Exit is the fourth album by the progressive metal group Fates Warning, released in 1988. Lyrically, No Exit proved a radical departure from... Read more
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"Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" by Iron Maiden Is Released
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son is a concept album by heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released in 1988 as the band's seventh studio album on EMI in... Read more
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Scorpions release Savage Amusement
Savage Amusement is the tenth studio album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions, released in 1988. It peaked at #5 in the USA where it became... Read more
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Queensrÿche release Operation: Mindcrime
Operation: Mindcrime is a concept album by American progressive metal band Queensrÿche. Released on May 3, 1988, it is the band's third full-length... Read more
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Living Colour release Vivid
Vivid is Living Colour's debut album, which was released on May 3, 1988. The band was discovered by Mick Jagger while playing a show at punk club... Read more
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Testament Releases The New Order
The New Order is the second album by the thrash metal group Testament, released on May 10, 1988. It is the album that broke Testament into the... Read more