1970 in heavy metal music

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List of years in heavy metal music (table)

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

Newly formed bands[]

Albums[]

January[]

Day Artist Album
??? The Guess Who American Woman

February[]

Day Artist Album
13 Black Sabbath Black Sabbath[1]

March[]

Day Artist Album
7 Mountain Climbing!

May[]

Day Artist Album
15 King Crimson In the Wake of Poseidon

June[]

Day Artist Album
??? Alice Cooper Easy Action[2]
5 Deep Purple Deep Purple in Rock[3]
19 Uriah Heep Very 'eavy... Very 'umble[4]

August[]

Day Artist Album
14 Hawkwind Hawkwind[5]

September[]

Day Artist Album
18 Black Sabbath Paranoid[6]
??? Blue Cheer The Original Human Being

October[]

Day Artist Album
5 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin III[7]
??? UFO UFO 1

November[]

Day Artist Album
??? Lucifer's Friend Lucifer's Friend
Steppenwolf Steppenwolf 7

December[]

Day Artist Album
??? Sir Lord Baltimore Kingdom Come[8]

Unknown[]

  • Asterix - Asterix

Disbandments[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Black Sabbath". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
  2. ^ "Easy Action". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
  3. ^ "Deep Purple in Rock". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
  4. ^ "Very 'Eavy... Very 'Umble". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
  5. ^ "Paranoid". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
  6. ^ "Paranoid". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
  7. ^ "Led Zeppelin III". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
  8. ^ "Kingdom Come". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
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