1979 in heavy metal music
- 1979 in heavy metal music
This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1979.
Newly formed bands
* Europe
* Gamma (maybe '78)
* Grimm Reaper
* Hanoi Rocks
* Jaguar
* Ozzy Osbourne
* Saint Vitus
* Trouble
* Venom
Albums
* AC/DC - "Highway to Hell"
* Accept - "Accept"
* Aerosmith - "Night in the Ruts"
* Blue Öyster Cult - "Mirrors"
* Gamma - Gamma 1
* Iron Maiden - "The Soundhouse Tapes" (EP)
* Judas Priest - "Hell Bent For Leather"
* Judas Priest - "Unleashed in the East" (live album)
* Led Zeppelin - "In Through the Out Door"
* Motörhead - "On Parole" (unofficial release from sessions recorded in 1975), "Overkill", "Bomber"
* Queen - "Live Killers"
* KISS - "Dynasty"
* Samson - "Survivors"
* Saxon - "Saxon"
* UFO - "Strangers In The Night"
* Van Halen - "Van Halen II"
* Whitesnake - "Lovehunter"
* Scorpions - "Lovedrive"
* Vardis - "100 mph"
Disbandments
*
Events
* Ozzy Osbourne is kicked out of Black Sabbath due to heavy involvement and problems with drugs and alcohol, his place is taken by Ronnie James Dio
* Matthias Jabs joins Scorpions replacing Ulrich Roth as lead guitarist
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