1979 in heavy metal music

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1979.

Newly formed bands

• 220 Volt
• A II Z
• Atomkraft
• Axe
• Bengal Tigers
• Boss
• Cloven Hoof
• Crimson Glory
• Deep Machine
• Demon
• E.F. Band
• Europe
• Faith No More (as Sharp Young Men)
• Fallout
• Girl
• Grim Reaper
• Hanoi Rocks
• Headpins
• Hollow Ground
• Jaguar
• Kat
• Persian Risk
• Picture
• Satan
• Michael Schenker Group
• Shark Island
• Spinal Tap
• Stormwitch
• Sweet Savage
• Trouble
• TSA
• V8
• Venom
• Vicious Rumors
• Witchfinder General

Albums & EPs

AC/DC - Highway to Hell Accept - Accept Aerosmith - Night in the Ruts April Wine - Harder ... Faster Blackfoot - Strikes Blue Öyster Cult - Mirrors Def Leppard - The Def Leppard E.P. Fargo - Wishing Well Foreigner - Head Games Gamma - Gamma 1 Gillan - Mr. Universe Sammy Hagar - Street Machine Iron Maiden - The Soundhouse Tapes EP Judas Priest - Hell Bent For Leather Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East Kiss - Dynasty Led Zeppelin - In Through the Out Door Legs Diamond - Fire Power Magnum - Magnum II Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush - Tales of the Unexpected Molly Hatchet - Flirtin' with Disaster Motörhead - Overkill

Motörhead - Bomber Motörhead - On Parole (unofficial release from sessions recorded in 1975) Mythra - Death & Destiny EP Nazareth - No Mean City Ted Nugent - State of Shock Praying Mantis - The Soundhouse Tapes Part 2 EP Queen - Live Killers Rainbow - Down to Earth Riot - Narita Samson - Survivors Saxon - Saxon Scorpions - Lovedrive Thin Lizzy - Black Rose: A Rock Legend TKO - Let It Roll Pat Travers - Live! Go for What You Know Triumph - Just A Game Trust - Trust UFO - Strangers In The Night Van Halen - Van Halen II Whitesnake - Lovehunter

Events

• Ozzy Osbourne is kicked out of Black Sabbath due to heavy involvement and problems with drugs and alcohol, his place is taken by Ronnie James Dio

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