1985 in heavy metal music

none June 2025 1985 1985 heavy metal music This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1985. Newly formed bands Acid Reign Aftermath Agathocles Alvacast Aria Attitude Adjustment Atrocity Banshee Blood Feast Britny Fox Candlemass Carcass Chakal China Cry Wolf Dare David Lee Roth Defiance Deliverance Diamond Rexx Doom Dream Theater (under the name "Majesty") Drivin N Cryin Executer Exhorder Extreme Extreme Noise Terror Exumer Faster Pussycat Fate Forbidden Fu Manchu Goatlord Gore Guns N' Roses Holocausto Hunter Jane's Addiction Juggernaut King Diamond L7 Loudblast Love/Hate Macabre Meanstreak Mekong Delta Morgoth Mortal Sin Mr. Bungle Mutilator Neurosis Osmi Putnik Pentagram Chile Poltergeist Radiohead Rata Blanca Sabbat Sacred Oath Sacred Reich Sadistik Exekution Sanctuary Sarcófago Satanic Slaughter Screaming Trees Sea Hags Shadow Gallery Shotgun Messiah Skin Yard Stone Stormtroopers of Death Tarot (under the name "Purgatory" until record deal) Thee Hypnotics Tora Tora Tormentor Toxik Tuff Vio-lence Viper White Tiger White Zombie Whitecross Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction Albums & EPs 20em* Lee Aaron - Call of the Wild Abattoir - Vicious Attack AC/DC - Fly on the Wall Accept - Metal Heart Acid – Engine Beast ADX - Exécution Aerosmith - Done with Mirrors Agent Steel - Skeptics Apocalypse Agent Steel - Mad Locust Rising (EP) Alcatrazz - Disturbing the Peace Alien Force - Hell And High Water Angel Witch - Screamin' 'n' Bleedin' Anthem - Anthem Anthem - Ready to Ride (EP) Anthrax - Armed and Dangerous (EP) Anthrax - Spreading the Disease Anvil - Backwaxed (comp) April Wine - Walking Through Fire Aria - Mania Velichia Armed Force - Heavy Artillery Armored Saint - Delirious Nomad Artillery - Fear of Tomorrow Assassin (PA) - License to Kill Astaroth - The Long Loud Silence (EP) Atlain - G.O.E. Atomkraft - Future Warriors Attack - Return of the Evil Attacker - Battle at Helm's Deep Autograph - That's the Stuff Avalanche (MO) - Pray for the Sinner Avenger (UK) - Killer Elite Avenger (Ger) - Depraved to Black (EP) Avenger (Ger) - Prayers of Steel Axewitch - Hooked on High Heels Axis (OH) - Slightly Tilted Axtion – Look Out For The Night Bad Lizard – Power of Destruction Bad Steve - Killing the Night Barón Rojo - En un lugar de la marcha Battle Axe - We're on the Attack Bathory - The Return...... Barren Cross - Believe (EP) Beast (Ger) - Like Living In A Cage Black Angels – Broken Spell Black Angels – Black and White Black Hole - Land of Mistery Black Knight - Master of Disaster (EP) BlackLace - Get It While It's Hot Blackmayne - Blackmayne Black 'n Blue - Without Love Black Rose – Nightmare (EP) Black Sheep - Trouble in the Streets Black Tears - The Slave Blaspheme – Désir de Vampyr Blessed Death - Kill or Be Killed Blind Fury - Out of Reach Blind Vengeance – Blind Vengeance Blitzkrieg (UK) - A Time of Changes Blitzkrieg (US) - Ready for Action (EP) Bloodlust - Guilty as Sin Bloody Climax - Back to the Wall Bloody Mary - Bloody Mary Blue Öyster Cult - Club Ninja Bon Jovi - 7800° Fahrenheit Phillips William Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music 2009 Greenwood Press 9780313348006 43,49,50 Brainfever – Face to Face Breaker - Dead Rider Breathless - Breathless Bulldozer - The Day of Wrath Buster Brown – Sign of Victory Cacumen - Longing for You (EP) Carnivore - Carnivore Castle Blak - Babes In Toyland Celtic Frost - Emperor's Return (EP) Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion Chastain - Mystery of Illusion Chateaux - Highly Strung Chrome Molly - You Can't Have It All...or Can You? Cities - Annihilation Absolute (EP) Cobra (UK) – Warriors of the Dead Coney Hatch - Friction Convict - Go Ahead... Make My Day! Corrosion of Conformity - Animosity Crack Jaw - Nightout Crisis - Kick It Out Crossfire - Second Attack Crystal Knight - Crystal Knight Crying Steel - Crying Steel (EP) The Cult - Love Cutty Sark - Heroes Dagger – Not Afraid of the Night Damien - Face the Danger Dark Angel - We Have Arrived Dark Lord – State of Rock (EP) Dark Wizard - Reign of Evil Darxon - Tokyo (EP) Ded Engine - Ded Engine Demon - British Standard Approved Demon - Heart of Our Time Der Kaiser – La Griffe de L'Empire Destiny - Beyond All Sense Destruction - Infernal Overkill Destructor - Maximum Destruction Devil Childe - Devil Childe Dio - Sacred Heart Dirty Looks – Dirty Looks Divine Rite - First Rite Dokken - Under Lock and Key Drysill - Welcome to the Show Dungeon - Fortress of Rock Earthshaker - Passion E.F. Band - One Night Stand Mark Edwards - Code of Honor (EP) Electric Sun - Beyond the Astral Skies Elysian - Blinded by Sound Emerald - Down Town Excalibur (UK) – The Bitter End (EP) Exciter – Feel the Knife (EP) Exciter - Long Live the Loud Exodus - Bonded by Blood Fact - Without Warning Fate - Fate Faithful Breath - Skol Faith No More - We Care a Lot Fastway - Waiting for the Roar Fates Warning - The Spectre Within Fierce Heart - Fierce Heart Fisc - Break Out Fist (Can) - Danger Zone Flames (Gre) - Made in Hell Flatbacker - Accident Foreplay - First Licks Fortress - Fortress Fortune (band) - Fortune Robin George - Dangerous Music Girlschool - Running Wild Glacier - Glacier (EP) Grave Digger - Witch Hunter Gravestone – Back to Attack Grim Reaper - Fear No Evil Guitar Pete's Axe Attack – Dead Soldier's Revenge Halloween - Don't Metal with Evil Hallows Eve - Tales of Terror Hammer - Contract with Hell Hammerschmitt - Hammerschmitt Hammers Rule - After the Bomb (EP) Hatrik - The Beast Hanover Fist - Hanover Fist Hanover Fist - Hungry Eyes Joe Hasselvander - Lady Killer Haven - Haven (EP) Hawaii - The Natives Are Restless Headhunter (Swi) - Headhunter Headpins - Head over Heels Headstone - Excalibur Heavy Pettin – Rock Ain't Dead Helix - Long Way to Heaven Helloïse - Cosmogony Helloween - Helloween (EP) Helloween - Walls of Jericho Herazz - Yet to Come High Tension - Warrior Highway Chile - Rockarama Hirax - Raging Violence Holland - Little Monsters Hurricane - Take what you want Horizon - Master of the Game Hunter (Ger) - Sign of the Hunter Hunter (US) - Hunter Icon - Night of the Crime Impaler - Rise of the Mutants (EP) Iron Angel - Hellish Crossfire Iron Cross - Warhead Iron Maiden - Live After Death Jack Starr's Burning Starr - Rock the American Way Jade – If You're Man Enough Jag Wire - Made in Heaven Joshua - Surrender Karrier - Way Beyond the Night Keel - The Right to Rock Keen Hue – Ogre King Kerber - Ratne igre Kick Axe - Welcome to the Club Killers (Fra) - Fils de la Haine King Kobra - Ready to Strike Kiss - Asylum Kix - Midnite Dynamite Knightmare II - Death Do Us Part (EP) Kreator - Endless Pain Lȧȧz Rockit - No Stranger to Danger L.A. - L.A. L.A. Guns - Collector's Edition No. 1 (EP) Labyrinth - So Wild Leatherwolf - Leatherwolf, aka Endangered Species Leviticus - The Strob¿ngest Power Liege Lord - Freedom's Rise Living Death - Metal Revolution Living Death - Watch Out! (EP) Lions Breed - Damn the Night Lizzy Borden - Love You to Pieces London - Non-Stop Rock Loudness - Thunder in the East Luzbel - Metal Caído Del Cielo (EP)https://www.spirit-of-metal.com/es/album/Metal_Caido_del_Cielo/249076 EP album 'Metal Caído Del Cielo' by heavy-metal band LUZBEL, pioneer of Mexican Heavy Metal 1985 April 29, 2026 Lynx - Caught in the Trap M-80 - Maniac's Revenge Mace (WA) - Process of Elimination Mad Butcher - Metal Lightning Attack Mad Max - Stormchild Magnum - On a Storyteller's Night Maineeaxe - Going for Gold Maineeaxe - The Hour of Thunder (EP) Malice - In the Beginning... Mama's Boys - Power and Passion Maniac - Maniac Manilla Road - Open the Gates Martyr - For the Universe Mass (MA) - New Birth Maxx Warrior - Maxx Warrior (EP) Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good! Mercy - Witchburner Metal Massacre - Metal Massacre VI (Compilation, various artists) Midnight Darkness - Holding the Night Mistreater - Mistreater Gary Moore - Run for Cover Morsüre – Acceleration Process Mötley Crüe - Theatre of Pain Mournblade - Time's Running Out Mox Nix - Mox Nix Nasty Savage - Nasty Savage Nation (Ger) - Ride On Nightmare – Power of the Universe Nightwing – A Night of Mystery - Alive! Alive! (live) Ninja - The Warriors of Rock Obús - Pega con fuerza Odin - Don't Take No... For an Answer (EP) Omega - The Prophet Omen - Warning of Danger Overdose - Tight Action Overdose - To the Top Overkill - Feel the Fire Overkill (CA) - Triumph of the Will Onslaught - Power from Hell Ostrogoth - Too Hot Pandemonium - Hole in the Sky Paganini - Weapon of Love Pantera - I Am the Night Paradoxx - Plan of Attak (EP) Pentagram - Pentagram, aka Relentless Phantom Lord - Phantom Lord Phasslayne - Cut It Up Philadelphia - Search and Destroy Possessed - Seven Churches Precious Metal - Right Here, Right Now Prophacy - Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare Prophet - Prophet Rail - III Railway - Railway II Ran – Burning Ratt - Invasion of Your Privacy Raven - Stay Hard Razor - Executioner's Song Razor - Evil Invaders Restless (Ger) - We Rock the Nation Kelle Rhoads - Cheap Talkin' Romance (EP) Rogue Male - First Visit Romeo - Rocks (EP) Rosy Vista - You Better Believe It (EP) David Lee Roth - Crazy from the Heat (EP) Rough Cutt - Rough Cutt Ruffians - Ruffians (EP) Runestaff – Runestaff Running Wild - Branded and Exiled Rush - Power Windows Sabre (Ger) - Keepers of the Sword Sabre (Can) - On the Prowl Sacred Few - Beyond the Iron Walls Sacred Rite - The Ritual Sacrifice (Swi) - On the Altar of Rock Sacrilege – Behind the Realms of Madness Sadwings - Lonely Hero Saigon - One Must Die Saints' Anger – Danger Metal Saint Vitus - Hallow's Victim Satanic Rites - Which Way the Wind Blows Savage - Hyperactive Savage Grace - Master of Disguise Savatage – The Dungeons Are Calling (EP) Savatage – Power of the Night Saxon - Innocence Is No Excuse Scarlet - Phantasm Scavenger - Battlefields Scorpions - World Wide Live Seduce - Seduce Seducer - Caught in the Act Shere Khan - Quite Enough for Love Sinner - Touch of Sin Silver Mountain - Universe Slauter Xstroyes - Winter Kill Slaven - Slave To The Heart (EP) Slayer - Hell Awaits Sodom - In the Sign of Evil (EP) Spectre (CA) - Lady of the Night Spellbound - Rockin' Reckless Stainless Steel (Ger) - Stainless Steel Stators - ...Never Too Late Steel Angel – ...And the Angels Were Made of Steel Steeler (Ger) - Rulin' the Earth Steel Vengeance - Call Off the Dogs Stormtrooper (US) - Armies of the Night (EP) S.O.D. - Speak English or Die Stormwind (Ger) - Taken by Storm Stormwitch - Tales of Terror Stranger - The Bell Stryker (FL) - Stryker Stryper - Soldiers Under Command Sweethard - Sweethard Sweet Pain - Sweet Pain Sweet Savage (US) – Sweet Savage (EP) Sye - Turn on the Fire Talon - Never Look Back Terraplane – Black and White Thor - Only the Strong Thor - Live in Detroit (live) Thrasher - Burning at the Speed of Light Titanic - Then There Was Rock Tokyo Blade - Black Hearts & Jaded Spades Tobruk (UK) - Wild on the Run Touchdown - Tricks of a Trade Trance – Victory Trilogy (Aus) - Life on Earth Tröjan - Chasing the Storm Trouble - The Skull Trouble (Swe) - Warrior Twisted Sister - Come Out and Play 220 Volt - Mind over Muscle Tygers of Pan Tang - The Wreck-Age Tyran' Pace - Long Live Metal Tyrant (Ger) - Fight for Your Life Tyrant (US) - Legions of the Dead Tysondog - Shoot to Kill (EP) Tytan - Rough Justice Tzar (Can) – Players of the Game UFO - Misdemeanor Universe - Universe Vampyr - Cry Out for Metal Vanadium - On Streets of Danger (live) Vandenberg - Alibi Vectom - Speed Revolution Venom - Possessed Vicious Rumors - Soldiers of the Night Victim (CA) - DMN Victory - Victory Virgin Steele - Noble Savage Vitriol - The Beginning Vow Wow - Cyclone Vulcain - La dame de fer (EP) Vulcain - Desperados Vyper - Afraid of the Dark (EP) W.A.S.P. - The Last Command Wallop - Metallic Alps Warchylde - Murder by Decibels Warfare - Metal Anarchy Warlock - Hellbound Warrant - First Strike (EP) Warrant - The Enforcer Warrior - Fighting for the Earth Watchtower - Energetic Disassembly Waysted - The Good the Bad the Waysted White Heat – Runnin' for Life White Lion - Fight to Survive Wild Cat - Love Attack Winged Messenger - Guardians of Eternity Witch (OH) - Salem's Rise Wizard - Marlin, Grog, Madman & The Bomb World War III (PA) – World War III Wrathchild (UK) - Trash Queens (comp) Xxaron - The Legacy Y&T - Open Fire (live) Y&T - Down for the Count Yngwie Malmsteen - Marching Out Zero Nine – White Lines Zoetrope - Amnesty Znowhite - Kick 'Em When They're Down EP Disbandments Wild Strawberries (reformed in 1987) Mercyful Fate (reformed in 1992) Van Halen (Roth quits band) Events Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid cofounds the Black Rock Coalition, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the creative freedom and works of black musicians interested in playing rock music. Twisted Sister's Dee Snider testifies at The Parents Music Resource Center Senate hearings on rock censorship at Washington, D.C., on September 19, 1985. David Lee Roth releases his solo debut (EP) Crazy from the Heat in January 1985. With it comes the announcement he has permanently left Van Halen. Black Sabbath reunites at Live Aid with Ozzy Osbourne. Led Zeppelin reunites at Live Aid with Phil Collins replacing deceased drummer John Bonham. Kam Lee leaves Death and Chuck Schuldiner becomes the vocalist. Uriah Heep's former lead singer, David Byron dies on February 28, due to alcohol complications. Welcome to Venice compilation is released, featuring Suicidal Tendencies, Beowulf, and others, showing the growing crossover trend among the Venice Beach hardcore and metal scenes. References Heavy Metal Timeline 1984 1986 1985 Category:1980s in heavy metal music Metal