1981 in heavy metal music

none 1981 1981 heavy metal musicThis is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1981. Newly formed bands 25em Anthrax Beowülf Black 'n Blue Chateaux Dark Angel Easy Action Icon Jag Panzer Jaguar Kat Kerber Kick Axe Killer Dwarfs King's X (as Sneak Preview) Leatherwolf Leviticus London Loudness Mercyful Fate Metallica Mötley Crüe Mourning Noise Napalm Death Oz Pagan Altar Pantera Pretty Maids Queensrÿche Ratt Rock Goddess Rough Cutt Running Wild Saber Tiger Sacred Rite Saint Savage Grace Savatage Show-Ya Skitzo Slayer Sodom Sortilège Sound Barrier Spider Stampede Steeler Stormwitch Suicidal Tendencies Tesla Tobruk Turbo Tytan United V8 Vandenberg Vicious Rumors Virgin Steele Vixen Vulcain White Wolf White Sister Wild Dogs Wrathchild America Albums & EPs 20em AC/DC – For Those About to Rock We Salute You Accept – Breaker The Angels, aka Angel City – Night Attack Anvil – Hard 'n' Heavy April Wine – The Nature of the Beast August Redmoon – Fools Are Never Alone (EP) Barón Rojo – Larga vida al Rock and Roll Black Angels – Hell Machine Blackfoot – Marauder Black Sabbath – Mob Rules Blue Öyster Cult – Fire of Unknown Origin Bow Wow – Hard Dog Budgie – Nightflight Bullet (Ger) – Execution Bodine – Bodine Graham Bonnet – Line-Up Chinatown - Play it to Death (live) Cirith Ungol – Frost and Fire Clientelle – Destination Unknown Alice Cooper – Special Forces Danger (Bel) - Danger Dark Star – Dark Star Dedringer – Direct Line Def Leppard – High 'n' Dry Demon – Night of the Demon Doc Holliday – Doc Holliday Doc Holliday – Doc Holliday Rides Again Dokken – Breakin' the Chains (Europe release) E.F. Band – Last Laugh Is on You Electric Sun – Fire Wind Fargo – Frontpage Lover Fist (Can) – Fleet Street, aka Thunder in Rock United The Friday Rock Show - From BBC Radio 1 – (Compilation, various artists) Gaskin – End of the World Gillan – Future Shock Gillan – Double Trouble Girlschool – Hit and Run Sammy Hagar – Standing Hampton The Handsome Beasts – Beastiality Hanoi Rocks – Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks Heavy Metal (soundtrack, various artists) Heavy Load – Metal Conquest (EP) Helix – White Lace & Black Leather Holocaust – The Nightcomers Iron Maiden – Killers Iron Maiden – Maiden Japan (live EP) Joan Jett – Bad Reputation Judas Priest – Point of Entry Killer – Ladykiller Kiss – Music from "The Elder" KIX – Kix Krokus – Hardware Legend – Legend Lips (Anvil) – Hard 'n' Heavy Loosely Tight – Fightin' Society Loudness – The Birthday Eve Frank Marino – The Power of Rock'n'Roll Mass (Ger) - Swiss Connection Molly Hatchet – Take No Prisoners More – Warhead Mother's Finest – Iron Age Mötley Crüe – Too Fast for Love Motörhead – No Sleep 'til Hammersmith (Live) Motörhead & Girlschool – St. Valentine’s Day Massacre (EP) Nightwing – Something in the Air No Bros – Heavy Metal Party Ted Nugent – Intensities in 10 Cities (live) Obús – Prepárate Ocean – Ocean Ozzy Osbourne – Diary of a Madman Overdrive (Swe) – Reflexions (EP) Picture – Picture Picture – Heavy Metal Ears Pat Benatar – Precious Time Plasmatics – Beyond the Valley of 1984 Plasmatics – Metal Priestess (EP) Praying Mantis – Time Tells No Lies Rage (UK) – Out of Control Rainbow – Difficult to Cure Raven – Rock Until You Drop Revolver – First Shot Riot – Fire Down Under The Rods – The Rods Rose Tattoo – Assault & Battery Rush – Moving Pictures Rush – Exit...Stage Left (Live) Samson – Shock Tactics Santers – Shot Down in Flames Saracen – Heroes, Saints & Fools Saxon – Denim and Leather Michael Schenker Group – MSG 707 – The Second Album Billy Squier – Don't Say No Starfighters – Starfighters Taipan – Taipan (EP) Thin Lizzy – Renegade 38 Special – Wild-Eyed Southern Boys Triumph – Allied Forces Trust – Marche Ou Crève Tygers of Pan Tang – Spellbound Tygers of Pan Tang – Crazy Nights UFO – The Wild, the Willing and the Innocent Van Halen – Fair Warning Vardis – The World's Insane Venom – Welcome to Hell Vic Vergat – Down to the Bone Viva – What the Hell Is Going On Warning – Warning Wild Horses – Stand Your Ground Whitesnake – Come an' Get It Wishbone Ash - Number the Brave Y&T – Earthshaker Events September: Iron Maiden's lead singer Paul Di'Anno leaves the band due to his heavy drinking, and is replaced by Bruce Dickinson.DiVita Joe 2023-10-04 How Did Iron Maiden Find Bruce Dickinson To Replace Paul Di'Anno? https://loudwire.com/how-iron-maiden-found-bruce-dickinson-replace-paul-dianno/ 2023-11-06 Loudwire en November: AC/DC's album For Those About to Rock We Salute You is released.AC/DC - For Those About to Rock We Salute You Album Reviews, Songs & More AllMusic https://www.allmusic.com/album/for-those-about-to-rock-we-salute-you-mw0000188895 2023-11-06 en Heavy Metal Timeline 1980 1982 1981 References Category:1980s in heavy metal music Heavy Metal