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List of years in heavy metal music (table)
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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1976.

Newly formed bands

Albums

March

Day Artist Album
15 Kiss Destroyer[2]
23 Judas Priest Sad Wings of Destiny[3]
26 Thin Lizzy Jailbreak[4]
31 Led Zeppelin Presence[5]
??? Sweet Give Us a Wink[6]

April

Day Artist Album
1 Rush 2112[7]

May

Day Artist Album
3 Aerosmith Rocks[8]
14 AC/DC High Voltage (international edition)[9]
17 Rainbow Rising[10]
21 Blue Öyster Cult Agents of Fortune[11]
??? UFO No Heavy Petting[12]

June

Day Artist Album
25 Alice Cooper Alice Cooper Goes to Hell[13]
??? Uriah Heep High and Mighty[14]

September

Day Artist Album
20 AC/DC Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (Australian edition)[15]
25 Black Sabbath Technical Ecstasy[16]
28 Led Zeppelin The Song Remains the Same[17]
29 Rush All the World's a Stage[18]

October

Day Artist Album
9 Scorpions Virgin Killer[19]
16 Thin Lizzy Johnny the Fox[20]
??? Ted Nugent Free-for-All[21]

November

Day Artist Album
11 Kiss Rock and Roll Over[22]

December

Day Artist Album
10 Queen A Day at the Races[23]

Disbandments

Events

References

  1. ^ "Diamond Head Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
  2. ^ "Destroyer". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  3. ^ "Sad Wings of Destiny". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  4. ^ "Jailbreak". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  5. ^ "Presence". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  6. ^ "Give Us a Wink". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  7. ^ "2112". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  8. ^ "Rocks". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  9. ^ "High Voltage". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  10. ^ "Rising". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  11. ^ "Agents of Fortune". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  12. ^ "No Heavy Petting". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  13. ^ "Alice Cooper Goes to Hell". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  14. ^ "High and Mighty". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  15. ^ "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  16. ^ "Technical Ecstasy". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  17. ^ "The Song Remains the Same". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  18. ^ "The Song Remains the Same". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  19. ^ "Virgin Killer". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  20. ^ "Johnny the Fox". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  21. ^ "Free-for-All". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  22. ^ "Rock and Roll Over". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  23. ^ "A Day at the Races". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  24. ^ "Sammy Hagar Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
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