1980 in heavy metal music
- 1980 in heavy metal music
This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1980.
Newly formed bands
* Grave Digger
* Manowar
* Mercyful Fate
* Michael Schenker Group
* Overkill
* Phoenix Rising
* Rough Cutt
* Sound Barrier
* Zodiac Mindwarp
Albums
* AC/DC - "Back in Black"
* Accept - "I'm a Rebel"
* Alice Cooper - "Flush the Fashion"
* Angel Witch - "Angel Witch"
* Black Sabbath - "Heaven and Hell"
* Blue Öyster Cult - "Cultösaurus Erectus"
* Def Leppard - "On Through the Night"
* Diamond Head - "Lightning to the Nations"
* Gamma - "Gamma 2"
* Gillan - "Glory Road"
* Girlschool - "Demolition"
* Iron Maiden - "Iron Maiden"
* Judas Priest - "British Steel"
* Kiss - "Unmasked"
* Krokus - "Metal Rendez-vous"
* Motörhead - "Ace of Spades"
* Ozzy Osbourne - "Blizzard of Ozz"
* Queen - "The Game"
* Rush - "Permanent Waves"
* Samson - "Head On"
* Saxon - "Wheels of Steel"
* Saxon - "Strong Arm of the Law"
* Scorpions - "Animal Magnetism"
* Thin Lizzy - "Chinatown"
* Tygers Of Pan Tang - Wild Cat
* UFO - "No Place to Run"
* Van Halen - "Women and Children First"
* Whitesnake - "Ready An' Willing"
Disbandments
*Led Zeppelin
Events
* Bon Scott, lead singer of AC/DC, dies at 33 on February 19 after a binge of heavy drinking.
* August : Iron Maiden comp guitarist Dennis Stratton leaves and is replaced by Adrian Smith
* John Bonham, drummer for Led Zeppelin, dies at 32 on September 25, after a binge of heavy drinking. His death was similar to Bon Scott's, and caused Led Zeppelin to disband.
*April 1: Brian Johnson joins AC/DC replacing Bon Scott as lead singer.
* Peter Criss, drummer of Kiss, leaves the band. Eric Carr takes his place.
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