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1982 in heavy metal music
This is a timeline documenting the events of
heavy metal
in the year 1982.
Newly formed bands
Abattoir
Arakain
Armored Saint
Artillery
Avenger
Baby Tuckoo
BlackLace
Brocas Helm
Cinderella
Cobra
Coney Hatch
Corrosion of Conformity
(not originally a metal band)
Crumbsuckers
Culprit
Death Angel
Destruction
Dio
Dirty Rotten Imbeciles
Dr. Mastermind
D.A.D.
Ezo
Fates Warning
The Georgia Satellites
Godflesh
(under the name "Fall of Because" until 1988)
Griva
Guardian
Hazzard
Heavens Gate
Hell
Hellhammer
Hellion
Helstar
Ice-T
Kreator
Lççz Rockit
Lethal
Liege Lord
Luzbel
Mad Max
Madam X
Mournblade
No Mercy
Obsession
Onslaught
Outrage
Philadelphia
Post Mortem
Roxx Gang
Seikima-II
Sieges Even
Sinner
Smack
Streets
Swans
Tankard
Terra Rosa
TNT
Tredegar
Tublatanka
Steve Vai
Voivod
W.A.S.P.
Warfare
Warlock
Warrior
Warriors
Watchtower
Waysted
Wrath
X
(later known as X Japan)
Znowhite
Albums & EPs
Lee Aaron
-
The Lee Aaron Project
Accept
-
Restless and Wild
Acid -
Acid
Aerosmith
-
Rock in a Hard Place
Alice Cooper
-
Zipper Catches Skin
Americade -
American Metal
Anvil
-
Metal on Metal
April Wine
-
Power Play
August Redmoon -
Fools Are Never Alone
(EP)
Axewitch
-
Pray for Metal
(EP)
The B'zz
âÂÂ
Get Up
Barón Rojo
-
Volumen brutal
Beast (Ger) -
Beast
Bengal Tigers -
Metal Fetish
(EP)
Bitch
-
Damnation Alley
(EP)
Bitches Sin -
Predator
Blackfoot
-
Highway Song Live!
Black Sabbath
-
Live Evil
Blue ÃÂyster Cult
-
Extraterrestrial Live
Bodine
-
Bold as Brass
Bow Wow
âÂÂ
Asian Volcano
Bow Wow
âÂÂ
Warning From Stardust
Budgie
-
Deliver Us from Evil
Breaker (Can) -
In Days of Heavy Metal
(EP)
Breslau -
Volksmusik
Cheap Trick
-
One on One
Cintron -
Cintron
(EP)
Cloven Hoof
-
The Opening Ritual
(EP)
Coney Hatch
-
Coney Hatch
Demon
-
The Unexpected Guest
Demon Flight -
Demon Flight
(EP)
Diamond Head
-
Borrowed Time
Dietrich -
Dietrich
(EP)
E.F. Band
-
Deep Cut
Fargo -
F
Fist (UK)
-
Back with a Vengeance
Fortnox -
Fortnox
Gamma
-
Gamma 3
Gary Moore
-
Corridors of Power
Gaskin -
No Way Out
Geddes Axe -
Escape from New York
(EP)
Gillan
-
Magic
Girl
-
Wasted Youth
Girlschool
-
Screaming Blue Murder
Glory Bells Band -
Dressed in Black
Grand Prix
âÂÂ
There for None to See
Sammy Hagar
-
Three Lock Box
Hanoi Rocks
-
Oriental Beat
Hanoi Rocks
-
Self Destruction Blues
Headpins
-
Turn It Loud
Heavy Load
-
Death or Glory
Heritage -
Remorse Code
Hughes/Thrall
-
Hughes/Thrall
The Hunt
-
The Thrill of the Kill
Hyksos -
Hyksos
Iron Maiden
-
The Number of the Beast
Judas Priest
-
Screaming for Vengeance
Killer (Bel)
-
Wall of Sound
Killer (Swi)
-
Thriller
Kiss
-
Creatures of the Night
Krokus
-
One Vice at a Time
Led Zeppelin
-
Coda
(comp)
Legend
-
Death in the Nursery
Legend -
Frontline
(EP)
Loudness
-
Devil Soldier
Mad Max
-
Mad Max
Magnum
-
Chase the Dragon
Mama's Boys
-
Plug It In
Manilla Road
-
Metal
Manowar
-
Battle Hymns
Frank Marino
-
Juggernaut
Mercy âÂÂ
Swedish Metal
(EP)
Mercyful Fate
-
Nuns Have No Fun
(EP)
Messendger -
Messendger
Metal Massacre
-
Metal Massacre
(Compilation, various artists)
Metal Massacre
-
Metal Massacre II
(Compilation, various artists)
Michael Schenker Group
-
Assault Attack
More
-
Blood & Thunder
Motörhead
-
Iron Fist
Night Ranger
-
Dawn Patrol
Nightwing
âÂÂ
Black Summer
No Bros -
Ready for the Action
Aldo Nova
-
Aldo Nova
Ted Nugent
-
Nugent
Obús
-
Poderoso como el trueno
Ozzy Osbourne
-
Speak of the Devil
(live)
Overlord (US) -
Broken Toys
(EP)
Pat Benatar
-
Get Nervous
Picture
-
Diamond Dreamer
Plasmatics
-
Coup d'Etat
Rage (UK) -
Nice 'n' Dirty
Rainbow
-
Straight Between the Eyes
Rapid Tears -
Honestly
Raven
-
Crash Bang Wallop
(EP)
Raven -
Wiped Out
Resurrection Band
-
D.M.Z.
Riff Raff -
Robot Stud
Riot
-
Restless Breed
Riot -
Riot Live
(EP)
The Rods
-
Wild Dogs
Rose Tattoo
-
Scarred for Life
Rush
-
Signals
Samson
-
Losing My Grip
(EP)
Samson -
Before the Storm
Santers -
Mayday
(EP)
Santers -
Racing Time
Saxon
-
The Eagle Has Landed
(live)
Scorpions
-
Blackout
Sharks
-
Altar Ego
Shiva -
Firedance
Sinner
-
Wild 'n' Evil
Speed Queen -
Speed Queen
, aka
II
Split Beaver -
When Hell Won't Have You
Squadron -
First Mission
Stampede
-
Days of Wine and Roses
(EP)
Stampede -
The Official Bootleg
(live)
Street Fighter -
Feel the Noise
Stress
-
Stress
Sweet
-
Identity Crisis
Talas
-
Sink Your Teeth Into That
Tank
-
Filth Hounds of Hades
Tank -
Power of the Hunter
Teeze (CA) -
Teeze
(EP)
38 Special
-
Special Forces
TNT
-
TNT
Torch -
Fire Raiser
(EP)
Bernie Tormé
âÂÂ
Turn Out the Lights
Trance
-
Break Out
Trust
-
Savage
Twisted Sister
-
Ruff Cuts
(EP)
Twisted Sister -
Under the Blade
Tygers of Pan Tang
-
The Cage
Tytan
-
Blind Men and Fools
(EP)
UFO
-
Mechanix
Uriah Heep
-
Abominog
Vanadium
-
Metal Rock
Vandenberg
-
Vandenberg
Van Halen
-
Diver Down
Vardis
-
Quo Vardis
Vendetta (US) -
Vendetta
Venom
-
Black Metal
Virgin Steele
-
Virgin Steele
Viva âÂÂ
Dealers of the Night
Voie De Fait -
Ange ou Démon
Voltz -
Knight's Fall
Warning
-
Warning II
White Heat âÂÂ
White Heat
Whitesnake
-
Saints & Sinners
Witchfinder General
âÂÂ
Soviet Invasion
(EP)
Witchfinder General
-
Death Penalty
Y&T
-
Black Tiger
Zero Nine âÂÂ
Blank Verse
Zero Nine âÂÂ
Visions, Scenes and Dreams
Disbandments
Rok Maà ¡ina
Events
Uriah Heep
re-forms with
Mick Box
as bandleader.
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.
Iron Maiden
's drummer
Clive Burr
is fired from the band because of personal and tour-schedule problems.
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
.
References