1970 in heavy metal music
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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1970.
Newly formed bands
- A Foot in Coldwater
- Aerosmith
- Babe Ruth
- Bakery
- Bang
- Blackfeather
- Fuzzy Duck
- Heart
- Help
- Il Rovescio della Medaglia
- Irish Coffee
- Kahvas Jute
- Kin Ping Meh
- Lucifer's Friend
- Mahogany Rush
- Necromandus
- Night Sun
- Paladin
- Patto
- Pink Fairies
- Queen
- Rail
- Road
- Speed, Glue & Shinki
- Suck
- T2
- Toad
- Warhorse
Albums
January
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| ??? | The Guess Who | American Woman |
February
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Black Sabbath | Black Sabbath[1] |
March
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Mountain | Climbing! |
May
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | King Crimson | In the Wake of Poseidon |
June
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Deep Purple | Deep Purple in Rock[2] |
| 19 | Uriah Heep | Very 'eavy... Very 'umble[3] |
August
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Hawkwind | Hawkwind[4] |
September
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | Black Sabbath | Paranoid[5] |
| ??? | Blue Cheer | The Original Human Being |
October
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin III[6] |
| ??? | UFO | UFO 1 |
November
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| ??? | Lucifer's Friend | Lucifer's Friend |
| Steppenwolf | Steppenwolf 7 |
December
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| ??? | Sir Lord Baltimore | Kingdom Come[7] |
Disbandments
References
- ^ "Black Sabbath". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
- ^ "Deep Purple in Rock". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
- ^ "Very 'Eavy... Very 'Umble". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
- ^ "Paranoid". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
- ^ "Paranoid". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
- ^ "Led Zeppelin III". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
- ^ "Kingdom Come". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-28.