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This is a timeline documenting the events of [[Heavy Metal music|heavy metal]] in the year [[1976]].
This is a timeline documenting the events of [[Heavy Metal music|heavy metal]] in the year [[1976]].

== Newly formed bands ==
== Newly formed bands ==
* [[Diamond Head (band)|Diamond Head]]<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4082/biography|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|title=Diamond Head Bio|accessdate=2009-05-08}}</ref>
* [[Diamond Head (band)|Diamond Head]]<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4082/biography|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|title=Diamond Head Bio|accessdate=2009-05-08}}</ref>
* [[Iron Maiden]] (by [[Steve Harris (musician)|Steve Harris]])<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4560/biography|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=Allmusic|title=Iron Maiden Bio|accessdate=2008-10-10}}</ref>
* [[Iron Maiden]] (by [[Steve Harris (musician)|Steve Harris]])<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4560/biography|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=Allmusic|title=Iron Maiden Bio|accessdate=2008-10-10}}</ref>
* [[Raven (band)|Raven]]
* [[Running Wild (band)|Running Wild]]
* [[Running Wild (band)|Running Wild]]
* [[Sammy Hagar]]<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4423/biography|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=Allmusic|title=Sammy Hagar Bio|accessdate=2009-05-08}}</ref>
* [[Sammy Hagar]]<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4423/biography|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=Allmusic|title=Sammy Hagar Bio|accessdate=2009-05-08}}</ref>

* [[Raven (band)|Raven]]


== Albums ==
== Albums ==
=== March ===
* [[AC/DC]] - [[High Voltage (1976 album)|High Voltage]]
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
* [[AC/DC]] - ''[[Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap]]''
|-
* [[Aerosmith]] - ''[[Rocks (album)|Rocks]]''
! Day
* [[Alice Cooper]] - ''[[Alice Cooper Goes to Hell]]''
! width="200"| Artist
* [[Black Sabbath]] - ''[[Technical Ecstasy]]''
! width="250"| Album
* [[Black Sabbath]] - ''[[We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll]]''
|-
* [[Blue Öyster Cult]] - ''[[Agents of Fortune]]''
| align="center" rowspan="1"| 15
* [[Judas Priest]] - ''[[Sad Wings of Destiny]]''
| [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]]
* [[The Kinks]] - ''[[Schoolboys in Disgrace]]''
* [[Kiss (band)|KISS]] - ''[[Destroyer (Kiss album)|Destroyer]]''
| ''[[Destroyer (Kiss album)|Destroyer]]''<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r11055|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|title=Destroyer|accessdate=2008-04-25}}</ref>
|-
* [[Kiss (band)|KISS]] - ''[[Rock and Roll Over]]''
| align="center" rowspan="1"| 23
* [[Led Zeppelin]] - ''[[Presence (album)|Presence]]''
| [[Judas Priest]]
* [[Led Zeppelin]] - ''[[The Song Remains the Same (album)|The Song Remains the Same]]''
| ''[[Sad Wings of Destiny]]''<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r10659|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|title=Sad Wings of Destiny|accessdate=2008-04-25}}</ref>
* [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]] - ''[[Virgin Killer]]''
|-
* [[Ted Nugent]] - ''[[Free-for-All (Ted Nugent album)|Free-For-All]]''
| align="center" rowspan="1"| 26
* [[Queen (band)|Queen]] - ''[[A Day at the Races (album)|A Day at the Races]]''
| [[Thin Lizzy]]
* [[Rush (band)|Rush]] - ''[[2112 (album)|2112]]''
| ''[[Jailbreak (album)|Jailbreak]]''<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r20002|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|title=Jailbreak|accessdate=2008-04-25}}</ref>
* [[Rainbow (band)|Rainbow]] - ''[[Rising (Rainbow album)|Rising]]''
|-
* [[Sweet (band)|Sweet]] - ''[[Give Us a Wink]]''
| align="center" rowspan="1"| 31
* [[Thin Lizzy]] - ''[[Jailbreak (album)|Jailbreak]]''
| [[Led Zeppelin]]
* [[Thin Lizzy]] - ''[[Johnny the Fox]]''
| ''[[Presence (album)|Presence]]''<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r11467|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|title=Presence|accessdate=2008-04-25}}</ref>
* [[UFO (band)|UFO]] - ''[[No Heavy Petting]]''
|-
* [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]] - ''[[High and Mighty (album)|High and Mighty]]''
| align="center" rowspan="1"| ???
| [[Sweet (band)|Sweet]]
| ''[[Give Us a Wink]]''<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r19518|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|title=Give Us a Wink|accessdate=2008-04-25}}</ref>
|}

=== April ===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Day
! width="200"| Artist
! width="250"| Album
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"| 1
| [[Rush (band)|Rush]]
| ''[[2112 (album)|2112]]''<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r17123|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|title=2112|accessdate=2008-04-25}}</ref>
|}

=== May ===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Day
! width="200"| Artist
! width="250"| Album
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"| 3
| [[Aerosmith]]
| ''[[Rocks (album)|Rocks]]''<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r171|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|title=Rocks|accessdate=2008-04-25}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"| 14
| [[AC/DC]]
| ''[[High Voltage (1976 album)|High Voltage (international edition)]]''<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r78|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|title=High Voltage|accessdate=2008-04-25}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"| 17
| [[Rainbow (band)|Rainbow]]
| ''[[Rising (Rainbow album)|Rising]]''<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1813154|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|title=Rising|accessdate=2008-04-25}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"| ???
| [[Blue Öyster Cult]]
| ''[[Agents of Fortune]]''<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r2156|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|title=Agents of Fortune|accessdate=2008-04-25}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"| ???
| [[UFO (band)|UFO]]
| ''[[No Heavy Petting]]''<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r51752|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|title=No Heavy Petting|accessdate=2008-04-25}}</ref>
|}

=== June ===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Day
! width="200"| Artist
! width="250"| Album
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"| 25
| [[Alice Cooper]]
| ''[[Alice Cooper Goes to Hell]]''<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r4548|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|title=Alice Cooper Goes to Hell|accessdate=2008-04-25}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"| ???
| [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]]
| ''[[High and Mighty (album)|High and Mighty]]''<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r51830|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|title=High and Mighty|accessdate=2008-04-25}}</ref>
|}

=== September ===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Day
! width="200"| Artist
! width="250"| Album
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"| 20
| [[AC/DC]]
| ''[[Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap|Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (Australian edition)]]''<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r403594|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|title=Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap|accessdate=2008-04-25}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"| 25
| [[Black Sabbath]]
| ''[[Technical Ecstasy]]''<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r2004|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|title=Technical Ecstasy|accessdate=2008-04-25}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"| 28
| [[Led Zeppelin]]
| ''[[The Song Remains the Same (album)|The Song Remains the Same]]''<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r11466|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|title=The Song Remains the Same|accessdate=2008-04-25}}</ref>
|}

=== October ===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Day
! width="200"| Artist
! width="250"| Album
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"| 9
| [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]]
| ''[[Virgin Killer]]''<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r17519|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|title=Virgin Killer|accessdate=2008-04-25}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"| 16
| [[Thin Lizzy]]
| ''[[Johnny the Fox]]''<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r20001|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|title=Johnny the Fox|accessdate=2008-04-25}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"| ???
| [[Ted Nugent]]
| ''[[Free-for-All (Ted Nugent album)|Free-for-All]]''<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r45822|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|title=Free-for-All|accessdate=2008-04-25}}</ref>
|}

=== November ===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Day
! width="200"| Artist
! width="250"| Album
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"| 11
| [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]]
| ''[[Rock and Roll Over]]''<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r11057|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|title=Rock and Roll Over|accessdate=2008-04-25}}</ref>
|}

=== December ===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Day
! width="200"| Artist
! width="250"| Album
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"| 10
| [[Queen (band)|Queen]]
| ''[[A Day at the Races (album)|A Day at the Races]]''<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r2218694|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|title=A Day at the Races|accessdate=2008-04-25}}</ref>
|}



== Disbandments ==
== Disbandments ==
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== Events ==
== Events ==
* Guitarist [["Fast" Eddie Clarke]] joins [[Motörhead]] and [[Larry Wallis]] leaves after a month.
* Guitarist [["Fast" Eddie Clarke]] joins [[Motörhead]] and [[Larry Wallis]] leaves after a month.
* AC/DC's second international album "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" is released in the [[United Kingdom]] on November [[1976|this year]] and would later be released in the [[United States]] in April [[1981]].
* [[Deep Purple]]'s guitarist [[Tommy Bolin]] dies from overdose on December 4 during the ''Private Eyes'' tour, just after his last show on stage.
* [[Deep Purple]]'s guitarist [[Tommy Bolin]] dies from overdose on December 4 during the ''Private Eyes'' tour, just after his last show on stage.


==References==
== References ==
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Revision as of 23:00, 23 April 2012

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1976.

Newly formed bands


Albums

March

Day Artist Album
15 Kiss Destroyer[4]
23 Judas Priest Sad Wings of Destiny[5]
26 Thin Lizzy Jailbreak[6]
31 Led Zeppelin Presence[7]
??? Sweet Give Us a Wink[8]

April

Day Artist Album
1 Rush 2112[9]

May

Day Artist Album
3 Aerosmith Rocks[10]
14 AC/DC High Voltage (international edition)[11]
17 Rainbow Rising[12]
??? Blue Öyster Cult Agents of Fortune[13]
??? UFO No Heavy Petting[14]

June

Day Artist Album
25 Alice Cooper Alice Cooper Goes to Hell[15]
??? Uriah Heep High and Mighty[16]

September

Day Artist Album
20 AC/DC Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (Australian edition)[17]
25 Black Sabbath Technical Ecstasy[18]
28 Led Zeppelin The Song Remains the Same[19]

October

Day Artist Album
9 Scorpions Virgin Killer[20]
16 Thin Lizzy Johnny the Fox[21]
??? Ted Nugent Free-for-All[22]

November

Day Artist Album
11 Kiss Rock and Roll Over[23]

December

Day Artist Album
10 Queen A Day at the Races[24]


Disbandments

Events

References

  1. ^ "Diamond Head Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
  2. ^ "Iron Maiden Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
  3. ^ "Sammy Hagar Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
  4. ^ "Destroyer". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  5. ^ "Sad Wings of Destiny". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  6. ^ "Jailbreak". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  7. ^ "Presence". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  8. ^ "Give Us a Wink". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  9. ^ "2112". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  10. ^ "Rocks". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  11. ^ "High Voltage". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  12. ^ "Rising". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  13. ^ "Agents of Fortune". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  14. ^ "No Heavy Petting". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  15. ^ "Alice Cooper Goes to Hell". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  16. ^ "High and Mighty". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  17. ^ "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  18. ^ "Technical Ecstasy". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  19. ^ "The Song Remains the Same". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  20. ^ "Virgin Killer". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  21. ^ "Johnny the Fox". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  22. ^ "Free-for-All". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  23. ^ "Rock and Roll Over". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  24. ^ "A Day at the Races". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  25. ^ "Sammy Hagar Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
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