1976 in heavy metal music

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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1976.

List of years in heavy metal music (table)
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Bands formed

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Bands disbanded

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Events

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Deaths

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Albums

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January

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Day Artist Album
30 Bad Company Run with the Pack
Black Sabbath We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll[2]
Golden Earring To the Hilt
Grand Funk Railroad Born to Die

February

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Day Artist Album
2 Lynyrd Skynyrd Gimme Back My Bullets
7 James Gang Jesse Come Home
13 Genesis A Trick of the Tail
16 Sweet Give Us a Wink

March

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Day Artist Album
15 Kiss Destroyer[3]
26 Judas Priest Sad Wings of Destiny[4]
Thin Lizzy Jailbreak[5]
31 Led Zeppelin Presence[6]
Buffalo Mother's Choice
Nazareth Close Enough for Rock 'n' Roll
Rush 2112[7]
Wishbone Ash Locked In

April

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Day Artist Album
15 Van der Graaf Generator Still Life
23 Jethro Tull Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!
Ramones Ramones
Budgie If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules
Camel Moonmadness
Day Artist Album
3 Aerosmith Rocks[8]
14 AC/DC High Voltage (international version)[9]
17 Rainbow Rising[10]
21 Blue Öyster Cult Agents of Fortune[11]
UFO No Heavy Petting[12]
Uriah Heep High and Mighty

June

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Day Artist Album
25 Alice Cooper Alice Cooper Goes to Hell[13]

August

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Day Artist Album
9 Grand Funk Railroad Good Singin', Good Playin'
25 Boston Boston[14]
27 Hawkwind Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music
Taste Tickle Your Fancy

September

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Day Artist Album
20 AC/DC Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap[15]
29 Rush All the World's a Stage
Montrose Jump on It
Ted Nugent Free-for-All[16]

October

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Day Artist Album
22 Led Zeppelin The Song Remains the Same[17]
Black Sabbath Technical Ecstasy
Thin Lizzy Johnny the Fox[18]
Styx Crystal Ball
Van der Graaf Generator World Record
Wishbone Ash New England

November

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Day Artist Album
11 Kiss Rock and Roll Over[19]
22 Scorpions Virgin Killer[20]
Deep Purple Made in Europe (live album)
Nazareth Play 'n' the Game

December

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Day Artist Album
10 Queen A Day at the Races[21]
17 Genesis Wind & Wuthering
Bow Wow 吼えろ! バウワウ (Hoero! Bow Wow)

References

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  1. ^ "Diamond Head Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
  2. ^ "January LP Guide" (PDF). Music Week. 10 January 1976. p. 20. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Destroyer". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  4. ^ "Sad Wings of Destiny". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  5. ^ "Jailbreak". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  6. ^ "Presence". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  7. ^ "Mercury Releases Two," Record World, March 20, 1976, p. 61.
  8. ^ "Rocks". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  9. ^ "High Voltage". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  10. ^ Popoff, Martin (2020). Sensitive to Light (second ed.). Wymer Publishing. p. 305. ISBN 978-1-912782-40-6.
  11. ^ "Agents of Fortune". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  12. ^ "No Heavy Petting". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  13. ^ "Alice Cooper Goes to Hell". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  14. ^ All time top HM albums
  15. ^ "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  16. ^ "Free-for-All". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  17. ^ "BPI certifications".
  18. ^ "Johnny the Fox". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  19. ^ "Rock and Roll Over". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  20. ^ "Virgin Killer". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  21. ^ "A Day at the Races". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
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