1977 in heavy metal music

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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1977.

Newly formed bands

• 44 Magnum
• Barnabas
• Black Death
• Death SS
• Dedringer
• Def Leppard
• Discharge
• Divlje Jagode
• Gordi
• Gravestone
• Great White
• Holocaust
• The Hunt
• Kix
• Manilla Road
• Misfits
• Oz
• Quartz
• Rock Goddess
• Samson
• Sarcofagus
• Saxon
• TKO
• Trance
• Trust
• Vatreni Poljubac

Albums

March

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
2	Quiet Riot	Quiet Riot	Japan
8	Foreigner	Foreigner	-
21	Let There Be Rock	AC/DC	Australia

April

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
8	Sin After Sin	Judas Priest	-
???	Off the Record	Sweet	-
29	Lace and Whiskey	Alice Cooper	-

May

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
28	Cat Scratch Fever	Ted Nugent	-
???	Lights Out	UFO	-

June

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
30	Love Gun	Kiss	-

July

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
7	On Stage	Rainbow	Live

August

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
21	Motörhead	Motörhead	-

September

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	A Farewell to Kings	Rush	-
2	Bad Reputation	Thin Lizzy	-

October

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Waitin' for the Night	The Runaways	-
14	Alive II	Kiss	Live + 5 new studio tracks
21	Bat Out of Hell	Meat Loaf	-
28	News of the World	Queen	-
???	The Golden Greats	Sweet	Compilation

November

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
10	Rock City	Riot	-
???	Spectres	Blue Öyster Cult	-

December

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Draw the Line	Aerosmith	-
4	Taken by Force	Scorpions	-

Release date unknown

• Goddo - Goddo
• Ram Jam - Ram Jam
• Quartz - Quartz
• Thor - Keep the Dogs Away

Disbandments

• T. Rex

Events

• Queen release "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions".