1970 in heavy metal music

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1970.

Bands formed

• A Foot in Coldwater
• Aerosmith
• Babe Ruth
• Bakery
• Bang
• Blackfeather
• Blast (Belgium)
• The Doobie Brothers
• Fuzzy Duck
• Heart
• Help
• Il Rovescio della Medaglia
• Irish Coffee
• Kahvas Jute
• Kin Ping Meh
• Load Control (Belgium)
• Lucifer's Friend
• Mahogany Rush
• Murasaki (Japan)
• Necromandus
• Night Sun
• Paladin
• Patto
• Queen
• Rail
• Road
• Speed, Glue & Shinki
• Suck
• T2
• Toad
• Warhorse

Bands disbanded

• Jimi Hendrix Experience
• Vanilla Fudge

Events

• In the November 12, 1970 issue of Rolling Stone magazine, music journalist Mike Saunders coined the term "heavy metal" while reviewing Humble Pie's debut album, As Safe as Yesterday Is.
• Vocalist Klaus Meine and guitarist Michael Schenker, younger brother of Rudolf Schenker, joined Scorpions.

Deaths

• September 18 – James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix died at the age of 27.

Albums

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July

August

September

October

November

December

References