1978 in heavy metal music
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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1978.
Newly formed bands[edit]
- Ángeles del Infierno
- Amebix
- Anvil[1]
- Blind Illusion
- Bodine
- E.F. Band
- Earthshaker
- Electric Sun
- Exciter
- Fist
- Fortune
- Gamma
- Gillan
- Girlschool
- Grand Prix
- Leño
- London
- Yngwie Malmsteen
- Mama's Boys
- Messiah Prophet
- New England
- The Next Band
- Nightwing
- Pagan Altar
- Pendragon
- Plasmatics
- Savage
- Survivor
- Trespass
- Tygers of Pan Tang
- Vanexa
- Venom
- Whitesnake
- Wild Horses
- Wrathchild America
Albums[edit]
January[edit]
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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? | Double Live Gonzo! | Ted Nugent | Live |
February[edit]
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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10 | Stained Class | Judas Priest | |
Van Halen | Van Halen | ||
17 | Impeckable | Budgie | |
Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush – Live | Mahogany Rush | Live |
April[edit]
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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14 | Long Live Rock 'n' Roll[2] | Rainbow | |
28 | Powerage[3] | AC/DC |
June[edit]
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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2 | Live and Dangerous | Thin Lizzy | Live |
Snakebite | Whitesnake | EP[4] | |
20 | Double Vision | Foreigner | |
? | Obsession | UFO | |
Struck Down | Yesterday and Today |
August[edit]
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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15 | Don't Look Back[5] | Boston | |
Tokyo Tapes | Scorpions | Live | |
? | Kingdom of Madness | Magnum |
September[edit]
October[edit]
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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13 | If You Want Blood You've Got It | AC/DC | Live |
24 | Hemispheres | Rush | [7] |
19 | Trouble | Whitesnake | Debut |
30 | Pain Killer | Krokus |
November[edit]
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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3 | Killing Machine | Judas Priest | UK |
10 | Jazz | Queen | |
? | Rose Tattoo | Rose Tattoo |
December[edit]
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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2 | Quiet Riot II | Quiet Riot | Japan |
? | From the Inside | Alice Cooper |
Release date unknown[edit]
Disbandments[edit]
Events[edit]
- Def Leppard's drummer Rick Allen joins at 15 as a permanent member.
- The Who's Keith Moon dies of a drug overdose at 32.
References[edit]
- ^ "Anvil Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (2016). The Deep Purple Family (2nd ed.). Wymer Publishing. p. 234. ISBN 978-1-908724-42-7.
- ^ "Certification for the UK".
- ^ Popoff, Martin (2016). The Deep Purple Family, vol 1 (2nd ed.). Wymer Publishing. p. 237. ISBN 978-1-908724-42-7.
- ^ "RIAA certifications". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "RIAA".
- ^ "Hemispheres".