1984 in metal
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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1984.
[edit] Newly formed bands
[edit] Albums
- AC/DC - '74 Jailbreak
- The Cult - Dreamtime
- Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
- Dio - The Last in Line
- Dokken - Tooth And Nail
- Iron Maiden - Powerslave
- Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith
- KISS - Animalize
- Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Rising Force
- Manowar - Hail to England, Sign of the Hammer
- Metallica - Ride The Lightning
- Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath
- Motörhead - No Remorse
- Quiet Riot - Condition Critical
- Savatage - The Dungeons are Calling
- Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap
- Trouble - Psalm 9
- Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry
- Van Halen - 1984
- Steve Vai - Flex-Able
- W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.
- Bathory - Bathory
- Voivod - War and Pain
- Ratt - Out of the Cellar
- Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales
- Stryper - The Yellow and Black Attack
[edit] Events
- Def Leppard's drummer Rick Allen loses his arm in a car accident on December 31.
- Deep Purple Reunite
- Quiet Riot 's Metal Health tops the charts at number 1
| Preceded by: 1983 |
Heavy Metal Timeline 1984 |
Followed by: 1985 |
