1983 in heavy metal music

none November 2024 1983 1983 heavy metal music This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in 1983. Newly formed bands 15em Alcatrazz Alisa Artch Assassin Autograph Bad News Bad Steve Bathory Bon Jovi Bride Carnivore Child'ƨ Play Coroner The Cult Darxon Death (known as Mantas until 1984) The Dogs D'Amour Elixir Excel (known as Chaotic Noise until 1985) Fastway Fifth Angel Forced Entry Gastunk Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve Halloween Heir Apparent Hurricane Impaler Jetboy Kabát King Kobra Korzus Lillian Axe Lion Lizzy Borden L.A. Guns Malhavoc Master Megadeth Melvins Michael W. Smith Mind Over Four Morbid Angel MX My Bloody Valentine Nasty Savage Necronomicon Necrophagia Nothing Sacred Omen Parabellum Poison Possessed Q5 Razor Red Hot Chili Peppers Renegade Rigor Mortis Rogue Male Run-DMC S.O.B. Sacrifice Samhain Santa Shy Stratus Stryper Taramis Testament (known as Legacy until 1986) Tigertailz Titan Force Trixter Vader Vengeance Warrant White Lion Albums & EPs 20em AC/DC – Flick of the Switch Accept – Balls to the Wall Ace Lane – See You In Heaven Acid – Maniac Alcatrazz – No Parole from Rock N' Roll Alice Cooper – DaDa Alien (US) – Cosmic Fantasy (EP) The Angels, aka Angel City – Watch the Red Anvil – Forged in Fire Argus - Argus (EP) Armored Saint – Armored Saint (EP) Ashbury – Endless Skies Atomic Rooster – 'Headline News Axe Witch - The Lord of Flies Barón Rojo – Metalmorfosis Battleaxe – Burn This Town Billy Idol - Rebel Yell Bitch – Be My Slave Bitches Sin – No More Chances (EP) Black Angels – Kickdown Blackfoot – Siogo Black Sabbath – Born Again Blowin Free - Enemy Blue Öyster Cult – The Revölution by Night Bodine – Three Times Running Bow Wow – Holy Expedition - Live Bullet (Ger) – No Mercy Cacumen – Bad Widow Chateaux – Chained and Desperate Cobra – First Strike Coney Hatch – Outta Hand Culprit – Guilty as Charged! Cutty Sark – Hardrock Power (EP) Dark Lord – Dark Lord (EP) Dedringer – Second Arising Def Leppard – Pyromania Demon – The Plague Diamond Head – Canterbury Dio – Holy Diver Dokken – Breaking the Chains (US release) Earthshaker – Earthshaker Easy Action – Easy Action Europe – Europe Exciter – Heavy Metal Maniac Fastway – Fastway Fighter – No Pain No Gain Fist (Can) – In the Red Lita Ford – Out for Blood Girlschool – Play Dirty Gotham City - Black Writs (EP) Grand Prix - Samurai Great White – Out of the Night (EP) Grim Reaper – See You in Hell HSAS – Through the Fire Hanoi Rocks – Back to Mystery City Hawaii – One Nation Underground H-Bomb – Coup de Metal (EP) Headpins – Line of Fire Heavy Load – Stronger Than Evil Heavy Pettin – Lettin' Loose Hellanbach – Now Hear This High Power – High Power Highway Chile – Storybook Heroes Highway Chile – Fever (EP) Helix – No Rest for the Wicked Hellion – Hellion (EP) Holocaust – Live (Hot Curry & Wine) Iron Maiden – Piece of Mind Jade – Teasing Eyes Jag Panzer – Tyrants (EP) Joshua – The Hand Is Quicker Than the Eye (EP) Key West - First Invasion Killer (Swi) – Stronger Than Ever Killer Dwarfs – Killer Dwarfs Kiss – Lick It Up KIX – Cool Kids Krokus – Headhunter Lady Killer – Lady Killer Leather Angel – We Came to Kill (EP) Le Griffe – Fast Bikes (EP) Le Mans – On the Streets Greg Leon Invasion - Greg Leon Invasion Loudness – The Law of Devil's Land Loudness – Live-Loud-Alive: Loudness in Tokyo Magnum – The Eleventh Hour Mama's Boys – Turn It Up Manilla Road – Crystal Logic Manowar – Into Glory Ride Mass (Ger) - Metal Fighter Max Havoc – Max Havoc Max Lynx – Take One McCoy – McCoy (EP) Mercyful Fate – Melissa Metallica – Kill 'Em All Metal Massacre - Metal Massacre III (Compilation, various artists) Metal Massacre - Metal Massacre IV (Compilation, various artists) Mindless Sinner – Master of Evil (EP) Molly Hatchet – No Guts...No Glory Gary Moore – Dirty Fingers Gary Moore – Victims of the Future Gary Moore – Rockin' Every Night – Live in Japan Gary Moore – Live at the Marquee Mötley Crüe – Shout at the Devil Motörhead – Another Perfect Day MSG – Built to Destroy Night Ranger – Midnight Madness Nightwing – Stand Up and Be Counted No Bros – Our Own Way Aldo Nova – Subject Onslaught - What Lies Ahead (Demo) Ostrogoth – Full Moon's Eyes (EP) Overdrive – Metal Attack Oz – Fire in the Brain Ozzy Osbourne – Bark at the Moon Pandemonium – Heavy Metal Soldiers Pantera – Metal Magic Picture – Eternal Dark Pretty Maids – Pretty Maids (EP) Quartz – Against All Odds Queensrÿche – Queensrÿche (EP) Quiet Riot – Metal Health Rage (UK) – Run for the Night Rated X - Rock Blooded Raven – All for One Ratt – Ratt (EP) Riff Raff – Give the Dead Man Some Water Riot – Born in America Ritual – Widow Roadrunner - Teenage Warcry (EP) Rock Goddess – Rock Goddess Rock Goddess – Hell Hath No Fury The Rods – In the Raw The Rods – Live (live) Satan – Court in the Act Satan Jokers – Les Fils du Métal Savage – Loose 'N Lethal Savage Grace – The Dominatress (EP) Savatage – Sirens Saxon – Power & the Glory Shy – Once Bitten... Twice... Silver Mountain – Shakin' Brains Sinner – Fast Decision Six Feet Under (Swe) – Six Feet Under Slayer (S.A. Slayer) – Prepare to Die (EP) Slayer – Show No Mercy Sledgehammer – Blood on Their Hands Sortilège – Sortilège (EP) Sound Barrier – Total Control Spartan Warrior – Steel n' Chains Stampede – Hurricane Town Starfighters – In-Flight Movie Steeler – Steeler Suicidal Tendencies – Suicidal Tendencies Takashi – Kamikaze Killers (EP) Talas – Live Speed on Ice Tank – This Means War Terraplane – I Survive (EP) Thin Lizzy – Thunder and Lightning Thin Lizzy – Life - Live Thor – Unchained (EP) Thunderstick – Feel Like Rock'n'Roll? (EP) Tokyo Blade – Tokyo Blade Torch – Torch Bernie Tormé – Electric Gypsies Trance – Power Infusion Triumph – Never Surrender Twisted Sister – You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll 220 Volt – 220 Volt UFO – Making Contact Vanadium – A Race with the Devil Vandenberg – Heading for a Storm Vardis – The Lion's Share (comp) Vault – No More Escape Victim – Power Hungry Virgin Steele – Guardians of the Flame Virgin Steele – Wait for the Night (EP) Vixen – Made in Hawaii (EP) Warlord – Deliver Us (EP) Warriors – Warriors White Heat – Krakatoa Wild Dogs – Wild Dogs Wildfire – Brute Force and Ignorance Winterkat – Winterkat (EP) Witchfinder General – Friends of Hell Witchfynde – Cloak and Dagger Xcursion – Xcursion (EP) Y&T – Mean Streak Zebra – Zebra Zero Nine – Headline Events Yngwie Malmsteen starts performing in the band Steeler. Also in that band was vocalist Ron Keel (later on Keel) and former W.A.S.P. bassist Rik Fox. The band produced only one album, Steeler. April 11: Metallica fires lead guitarist Dave Mustaine for substance abuse issues,Wiederhorn Jon 41 Years Ago: Dave Mustaine Fired From Metallica https://loudwire.com/dave-mustaine-fired-from-metallica-anniversary/ Loudwire 11 April 2024 replacing him with Exodus guitarist Kirk Hammett; Mustaine subsequently forms the band Megadeth. Kiss ends the use of makeup in their act.Chang Rachel When KISS Wiped Away Their Iconic Face Paint in 1983, Fans 'Hated' the New Look https://www.biography.com/musicians/kiss-band-makeup-reveal Biography.com 6 July 2023 November 19: the single by Quiet Riot "Cum on Feel the Noize" is No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100.Billboard Hot 100 Billboard April 19, 1983 95 47 72 April 17: Mountain bassist, and Cream producer, Felix Pappalardi is shot and killed by his wife Gail Collins Pappalardi.Felix Pappalardi https://www.newspapers.com/article/alabama-journal-felix-pappalardi/160026853/ Alabama Journal UPI April 18, 1983 4 Metallica and Slayer both release their debut albums Kill 'Em All and Show No Mercy. After his song "Runaway" becomes a surprise hit on New York radio station WAPP-FM, Jon Bon Jovi forms the band Bon Jovi. References Heavy Metal Timeline 1982 1984 1983 Category:1980s in heavy metal music Metal