Progressive Metal timeline
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Iron Maiden Release Their Debut Album, "Iron Maiden"
Iron Maiden, released on April 14, 1980, is the debut album by heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It was released by EMI in the UK, reaching number 4 in... Read more
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"Killers" by Iron Maiden Is Released
Killers is the second album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on February 2, 1981 in the UK, and June, 1981 in the US. The album... 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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"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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"Piece of Mind" by Iron Maiden Is Released
Piece of Mind is the fourth studio album by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It was originally released in 1983 (see 1983 in music) on EMI,... Read more
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Voivod release their debut album, War and Pain
War and Pain is the debut album from Canadian thrash metal/progressive metal band Voivod, which was released on August 10, 1984 through Metal Blade... Read more
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"Powerslave" by Iron Maiden Is Released
Powerslave is the fifth studio album by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on September 3, 1984 on EMI in Europe and its sister... Read more
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Queensrÿche release The Warning
The Warning is the first full-length album by Queensrÿche, released on 7 September 1984. The original tracklisting for the album was changed by... Read more
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Fates Warning releases Night on Bröcken
Night on Bröcken is the debut album by Fates Warning, released in September 1984. In 2002, Metal Blade Records released a remastered version of... Read more
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Fates Warning releases The Spectre Within
The Spectre Within is the second studio album by Fates Warning, released in 1985. It was re-released by Metal Blade Records in 2002 with four bonus... Read more
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Voivod release Rrröööaaarrr
Rrröööaaarrr is the second album by Canadian thrash metal/progressive metal band Voivod. It was released in 1986 on Noise Records. Read more
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Queensrÿche release Rage for Order
Rage for Order is the second studio album by heavy metal band Queensrÿche, released in 1986 on EMI America Records. Read more
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"Somewhere in Time" by Iron Maiden Is Released
Somewhere in Time is the sixth studio album by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on 29 June, 1986 on EMI in Europe and its sister... Read more
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Fates Warning releases Awaken the Guardian
Awaken the Guardian is the third album by Fates Warning. It was first released in 1986, and was later re-released as a double album with No Exit in... Read more
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Voivod release Killing Technology
Killing Technology is the third album from Canadian Thrash metal/Progressive metal band Voivod. It was released in 1987 on Noise Records and was... 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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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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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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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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Voivod release Dimension Hatröss
Dimension Hatröss is the fourth album from the Canadian thrash metal/progressive metal band Voivod. It was released on June 29, 1988 on Noise... Read more
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Fates Warning releases Perfect Symmetry
Perfect Symmetry was an album by progressive metal band Fates Warning released in 1989. It was the first album with Mark Zonder on drums. The album... Read more
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Annihilator release Alice in Hell
Alice in Hell is the first album by the Canadian thrash metal band Annihilator, released in 1989. The album was re-released twice: 1998 with 3 demo... Read more
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Coroner release No More Color
No More Color is Coroner's third album. It is the release where they started to truly 'progress', as the songs are still similar to their older,... Read more
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Voivod release Nothingface
Nothingface is the fifth album by Canadian thrash metal/progressive metal band Voivod. It was released by Mechanic/MCA Records on October 13, 1989.... Read more