Heavy Metal timeline
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Ozzy Osbourne Releases "Diary of a Madman"
Diary of a Madman is an album by Ozzy Osbourne. It was recorded from the 9th of Feb to the 23 of March 1981 inclusively - the end of winter in the... Read more
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Mötley Crüe release Too Fast for Love
Too Fast For Love is the debut record of American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe; 900 copies were released in November 1981 on the band's Leathür... Read more
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Kiss releases Music from "The Elder"
Music from "The Elder" is a 1981 concept album released by the American hard rock band Kiss. It was an attempt on the part of the group to... Read more
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Venom release Welcome to Hell
Welcome to Hell is the December 1981 debut album by the English heavy metal band Venom. The sound of the album was very noisy and rough, perhaps in... Read more
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Deep Purple release Live in London
Live in London is a live album from Deep Purple. It was recorded on 22 May 1974 at Gaumont State in Kilburn by the BBC for radio broadcast, but was... Read more
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Queensrÿche release their self-titled EP
Queensrÿche is an EP by the American progressive metal band Queensrÿche, released in 1982 and again one year later. It was originally released... Read more
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Metallica plays their first show
Metallica played its first live show on March 14, 1982, at Radio City in Anaheim, California with newly recruited bassist Ron McGovney. Read more
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Scorpions release Blackout
Blackout is the eighth studio album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions, released in 1982. After losing his voice during the writing of the... Read more
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"The Number of the Beast" by Iron Maiden Is Released
The Number of the Beast is the third studio album by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. The album was released on March 29, 1982 through EMI.... Read more
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Blue Öyster Cult releases Extraterrestrial Live
Extraterrestrial Live is a Blue Öyster Cult live album released in 1982. It documents their 1981 tour in support of Fire of Unknown Origin. Midway... Read more
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Van Halen Releases "Diver Down"
Diver Down is the fifth album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1982. According to Van Halen's official website, it spent 65 weeks... Read more
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Motörhead release Iron Fist
Iron Fist is the fifth album by the British band Motörhead. Released on 17 April 1982, it peaked at #6 on the UK album charts. It was preceded by... Read more
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Rainbow release Straight Between the Eyes
Straight Between the Eyes is the sixth studio album by Rainbow, released in 1982. A remastered CD reissue, with packaging duplicating the original... Read more
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Metallica releases its first original song "Hit the Lights"
In early 1982, Metallica recorded its first original song "Hit the Lights" for the Metal Massacre I compilation. Hetfield played bass on the song... Read more
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Judas Priest release Screaming for Vengeance
Screaming for Vengeance is the eighth studio album by British heavy metal band Judas Priest. It was recorded at Ibiza Sound Studios, Ibiza, Spain... Read more
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Neil Turbin joins Anthrax
Neil Turbin is a vocalist best known for being the original lead singer for American band Anthrax (from September 1982 to August 1984). Turbin's... Read more
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Aerosmith releases Rock in a Hard Place
Rock in a Hard Place is the seventh studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith and was released in 1982. This is the only Aerosmith album to... Read more
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Alice Cooper releases Zipper Catches Skin
Zipper Catches Skin is an album by Alice Cooper, released in 1982. Produced by Cooper and his bassist at the time, Erik Scott, Zipper Catches... Read more
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Rush release Signals
Signals is the ninth studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released September 9, 1982. Signals was the follow-up to the successful Moving... Read more
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Neil Turbin performs with Anthrax at Great Gildersleeves
Neil Turbin is a vocalist best known for being the original lead singer for American band Anthrax (from September 1982 to August 1984). Turbin's... Read more
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Twisted Sister release Under the Blade
Under the Blade is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Twisted Sister, released on Secret Records on September 18, 1982. (U.S.... Read more
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Accept releases Restless and Wild
Restless and Wild is the fourth album by the German heavy metal band Accept, released in 1982 in Continental Europe and in 1983 in the US and UK.... Read more
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Kiss releases Creatures of the Night
Creatures of the Night is a 1982 album from U.S. hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss. It is the band's 10th studio album and the last for Casablanca... Read more
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Venom release Black Metal
Black Metal is the second album by the English band Venom. It was released in November 1982 and is considered a major influence on the thrash... Read more
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Chuck Schuldiner forms his first band Mantas
Schuldiner formed Death as Mantas in 1983 when he was 16 years old. Original members were Schuldiner (guitar), Rick Rozz (guitar) and Kam Lee... Read more