1979 in heavy metal music
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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1979.
Newly formed bands[edit]
- 220 Volt
- A II Z
- Atomkraft
- Axe
- Boss
- Chorny Kofe
- Cloven Hoof
- Crimson Glory
- Deep Machine
- Demon
- Dokken
- Europe
- Exodus
- The Exploited
- Faith No More (as Sharp Young Men)
- Fallout
- Fishbone
- Girl
- Grim Reaper
- Hanoi Rocks
- Headpins
- Hollow Ground
- Icon
- Jaguar
- The Joe Perry Project
- Kat
- Killer
- Killing Joke
- Loverboy
- Nightmare
- Night Ranger
- Persian Risk
- Picture
- Pomaranča
- Saint Vitus
- Salem
- Satan
- Savatage
- Michael Schenker Group
- Shark Island
- Sheriff
- Spinal Tap
- Sweet Savage
- Tokyo Blade
- Trouble
- TSA
- T.T. Quick
- V8
- Vicious Rumors
- Witchfinder General
Albums & EPs[edit]
January[edit]
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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16 | Accept | Accept | Debut |
? | Strangers in the Night | UFO | Live |
The Def Leppard E.P. | Def Leppard | Debut EP | |
No Mean City | Nazareth |
February[edit]
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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? | Lovedrive | Scorpions | Germany |
28 | Hell Bent For Leather | Judas Priest | US Release |
March[edit]
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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23 | Van Halen II | Van Halen | |
30 | Just a Game | Triumph | |
? | Overkill | Motörhead |
April[edit]
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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13 | Black Rose: A Rock Legend | Thin Lizzy | |
? | Strikes | Blackfoot |
May[edit]
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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21 | Saxon | Saxon | Debut |
23 | Dynasty | Kiss | |
? | Narita | Riot | Japan |
State of Shock | Ted Nugent |
June[edit]
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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19 | Mirrors | Blue Öyster Cult | |
22 | Live Killers | Queen | Live |
? | Survivors | Samson |
July[edit]
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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27 | Highway to Hell | AC/DC | |
? | Gamma 1 | Gamma |
August[edit]
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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3 | Down to Earth | Rainbow | [1] |
22 | In Through the Out Door | Led Zeppelin |
September[edit]
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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11 | Head Games | Foreigner | |
17 | Unleashed in the East | Judas Priest | Live |
? | Street Machine | Sammy Hagar |
October[edit]
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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1 | Lovehunter | Whitesnake | |
12 | Bomber | Motörhead | [2] |
Mr. Universe | Gillan | ||
? | Flirtin' with Disaster | Molly Hatchet | |
Harder ... Faster | April Wine | ||
Magnum II | Magnum |
November[edit]
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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1 | Night in the Ruts | Aerosmith | |
9 | The Soundhouse Tapes | Iron Maiden | EP |
Events[edit]
- Ozzy Osbourne is kicked out of Black Sabbath due to his ongoing problems with drugs and alcohol. His place is taken by Ronnie James Dio
References[edit]
- ^ Popoff, Martin (2016). The Deep Purple Family (2nd ed.). Wymer Publishing. p. 259. ISBN 978-1-908724-42-7.
- ^ "Bomber certification".