1976 in heavy metal music
This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1976.
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Newly formed bands
Albums
January
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| ? | Black Sabbath | We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll[2] |
March
May
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Aerosmith | Rocks[9] |
| 14 | AC/DC | High Voltage (international edition)[10] |
| 17 | Rainbow | Rising[11] |
| 21 | Blue Öyster Cult | Agents of Fortune[12] |
| ? | Uriah Heep | High and Mighty |
| UFO | No Heavy Petting[13] |
June
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | Alice Cooper | Alice Cooper Goes to Hell[14] |
September
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | AC/DC | Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (Australian edition)[16] |
| 29 | Rush | All the World's a Stage[17] |
October
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | Led Zeppelin | The Song Remains the Same[18] |
| ? | Thin Lizzy | Johnny the Fox[19] |
| Black Sabbath | Technical Ecstasy | |
| Ted Nugent | Free-for-All[20] |
November
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Kiss | Rock and Roll Over[21] |
| 22 | Scorpions | Virgin Killer[22] |
December
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Queen | A Day at the Races[23] |
Release date unknown
Disbandments
- Deep Purple (reformed in 1984)
- Sammy Hagar leaves Montrose to go solo.[24]
Events
- Guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke joins Motörhead and Larry Wallis leaves after a month.
- Deep Purple's guitarist Tommy Bolin dies from an overdose on December 4 during the Private Eyes tour, just after his last show on stage.
References
- "Diamond Head Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
- "January LP Guide" (PDF). Music Week. 10 January 1976. p. 20. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- "Destroyer". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "Sad Wings of Destiny". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "Jailbreak". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "Presence". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "Mercury Releases Two," Record World, March 20, 1976, p. 61.
- "Give Us a Wink". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "Rocks". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "High Voltage". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- Popoff, Martin (2020). Sensitive to Light (second ed.). Wymer Publishing. p. 305. ISBN 978-1-912782-40-6.
- "Agents of Fortune". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "No Heavy Petting". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "Alice Cooper Goes to Hell". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- All time top HM albums
- "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "The Song Remains the Same". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "BPI certifications".
- "Johnny the Fox". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "Free-for-All". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "Rock and Roll Over". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "Virgin Killer". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "A Day at the Races". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "Sammy Hagar Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
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