1982 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 1982.

Newly formed bands[]

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 – 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 Öyster Cult - Extraterrestrial Live
  • Bodine - Bold as Brass
  • Bow Wow – Asian Volcano
  • Bow Wow – 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 – 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)
  • - Death in the Nursery
  • Legend - Frontline (EP)
  • Loudness - Devil Soldier
  • Magnum - Chase the Dragon
  • Mama's Boys - Plug It In
  • Manilla Road - Metal
  • Manowar - Battle Hymns
  • Frank Marino - Juggernaut
  • Mercy – 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 – 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 – 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 – Dealers of the Night
  • Voie De Fait - Ange ou Démon
  • Voltz - Knight's Fall
  • Warning - Warning II
  • White Heat – White Heat
  • Whitesnake - Saints & Sinners
  • Witchfinder General – Soviet Invasion (EP)
  • Witchfinder General - Death Penalty
  • Y&T - Black Tiger
  • Zero Nine – Blank Verse
  • Zero Nine – Visions, Scenes and Dreams

Events[]

  • 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.
Preceded by Heavy Metal Timeline
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