- 1982 in heavy metal music
This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year
1982 .Newly formed bands
* Artillery
*Armored Saint
* Carnivore
*Corrosion of Conformity (not originally a metal band)
*Death Angel
* Destruction
*Dio
*Dirty Rotten Imbeciles
* Exodus
*Kreator
*Napalm Death
* Possessed
* Sodom
*Spinal Tap
*Steve Vai
*Suicidal Tendencies (not originally as a metal band)
* Voivod
* W.A.S.P.
* Warlock
* Warriors
*Watchtower Albums
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Accept - "Restless and Wild "
*Aerosmith - "Rock in a Hard Place "
*Alice Cooper - "Zipper Catches Skin "
*Billy Idol - "Billy Idol"
*Black Sabbath - "Live Evil "
* Diamond Head - "Borrowed Time "
* Gamma - "Gamma 3 "
*Girlschool - "Screaming Blue Murder"
*Hanoi Rocks - "Oriental Beat "
*Iron Maiden - "The Number of the Beast"
* Jaguar - "Power Games"
*Judas Priest - "Screaming for Vengeance "
* Kiss - "Creatures of the Night "
* Krokus - "One Vice at a Time "
*Led Zeppelin - "Coda (album) "(contained unreleased recordings before Bonham's death)
* Loudness - "Devil Soldier "
*Manowar - "Battle Hymns"
*Mercyful Fate - "Nuns Have No Fun"
*Motörhead - "Iron Fist"
* Rush - "Signals"
*Sammy Hagar - "Three Lock Box "
* Samson - "Before The Storm "
* Scorpions - "Blackout"
*Sound Barrier - "Total Control"
*Twisted Sister - "Under the Blade "
*Van Halen - "Diver Down "
* Venom - "Black Metal"
*Whitesnake - "Saints & Sinners"
* Witchfinder General - "Death Penalty"
*Y&T - "Black Tiger"Events
* Iron Maiden's first album with Bruce Dickinson, "The Number of the Beast", becomes one of the first heavy metal album to reach No.1 in the U.K. music charts.
*Motörhead 's guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke leaves the band and is replaced by ex-Thin Lizzy guitaristBrian Robertson .
* (not released till 1983)Quiet Riot 's "Metal Health " becomes the first heavy metal album to reach No.1 in the Billboard United States music charts and is followed by albums byVan Halen andMötley Crüe
*Judas Priest 's singleYou've Got Another Thing Comin' becomes the first heavy metal single to break into the Billboard U.S. Top 20 Singles.
*Ozzy Osbourne 's guitaristRandy Rhoads dies in an airplane accident onMarch 19 .
* Late that year Iron Maiden's drummerClive Burr is fired from Maiden due to problems with alcohol and too heavy tour schedules andNicko McBrain from Trust is hired to replace him. Maiden had now their most legendary line-up.
*Ace Frehley , Space Ace and lead guitarist of Kiss, leaves the band.Vinnie Vincent takes his place.
* Queen departs from their hard rock legacy with the ill-received funk/disco albumHot Space
* FormerDeep Purple vocalistIan Gillan replacesRonnie James Dio inBlack Sabbath
* The bandMetallica moves toSan Francisco and thus making "resistance" to theGlam Metal scene in L.A. and forming Bay Area Thrash Metal Scene
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