1982 in heavy metal music
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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1982.
[edit] Newly formed bands
- Artillery
- Armored Saint
- Carnivore
- Corrosion of Conformity (not originally a metal band)
- Death Angel
- Destruction
- Dio
- Dirty Rotten Imbeciles
- Exodus
- Kreator
- Napalm Death
- Possessed
- Sodom
- Spinal Tap
- Steve Vai
- Suicidal Tendencies (not originally as a metal band)
- Voivod
- W.A.S.P.
- Warlock
- Warriors
- Watchtower
- X (later known as X Japan)
[edit] Albums
- Lee Aaron - The Lee Aaron Project
- Accept - Restless and Wild
- Aerosmith - Rock in a Hard Place
- Alice Cooper - Zipper Catches Skin
- Anvil - Metal on Metal
- Billy Idol - Billy Idol
- Blackfoot - Highway Song Live
- Black Sabbath - Live Evil
- Budgie - Deliver Us From Evil
- Cloven Hoof - The Opening Ritual (EP)
- Coney Hatch - Coney Hatch
- Demon - The Unexpected Guest
- Diamond Head - Borrowed Time
- Fist - Back With A Vengeance
- Fortnox - Fortnox
- Gamma - Gamma 3
- Gaskin - No Way Out
- Gillan - Magic
- Girl - Wasted Youth
- Girlschool - Screaming Blue Murder
- Hanoi Rocks - Oriental Beat
- Headpins - Turn It Loud
- Heritage - Remorse Code
- Hughes/Thrall - Hughes/Thrall
- Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
- Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
- Kiss - Creatures of the Night
- Krokus - One Vice at a Time
- Led Zeppelin - Coda (contained unreleased recordings before Bonham's death)
- Loudness - Devil Soldier
- Magnum - Chase the Dragon
- Mama's Boys - Plug It In
- Manowar - Battle Hymns
- Frank Marino - Juggernaut
- Mercyful Fate - Nuns Have No Fun
- Gary Moore - Corridors of Power
- More - Blood & Thunder
- Motörhead - Iron Fist
- Night Ranger - Dawn Patrol
- Aldo Nova - Aldo Nova
- Rainbow - Straight Between the Eyes
- Rapid Tears - Honestly
- Raven - Wiped Out
- Riot - Restless Breed
- Riot - Riot Live EP
- The Rods - Wild Dogs
- Rush - Signals
- Sammy Hagar - Three Lock Box
- Samson - Before the Storm
- Santers - Mayday (EP)
- Santers - Racing Time
- Saxon - The Eagle Has Landed
- Scorpions - Blackout
- Shiva - Firedance
- Sound Barrier - Total Control
- Tank - Filth Hounds of Hades
- 38 Special - Special Forces
- Twisted Sister - Under the Blade
- Tygers Of Pan Tang - The Cage
- UFO - Mechanix
- Van Halen - Diver Down
- Vardis - Quo Vardis
- Vendetta - Vendetta
- Venom - Black Metal
- Virgin Steele - Virgin Steele
- Whitesnake - Saints & Sinners
- Witchfinder General - Death Penalty
- Y&T - Black Tiger
[edit] Events
- Iron Maiden's first album with Bruce Dickinson, The Number of the Beast, reaches No.1 in the U.K. music charts.
- Motörhead's Guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke leaves the band and is replaced by ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian Robertson.
- Judas Priest's single You've Got Another Thing Comin' is released. It will go on to become the band's best selling single.
- Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist Randy Rhoads dies in an airplane accident on March 19.
- Late that year Iron Maiden's drummer Clive Burr is fired from Maiden because of personal and tour-schedule problems and Nicko McBrain from Trust is hired to replace him.
- Ace Frehley, Space Ace and lead guitarist of Kiss, leaves the band. Vinnie Vincent takes his place.
- Queen departs from their hard rock legacy with the ill-received funk/disco album Hot Space
- December: Former Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan replaces Ronnie James Dio in Black Sabbath
- The band Metallica leaves Los Angeles and relocates to the San Francisco Bay Area.
| Preceded by: 1981 |
Heavy Metal Timeline 1982 |
Followed by: 1983 |
