1982 in heavy metal music

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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1982.

[edit] Newly formed bands

• Carnivore
• Death Angel
• Destruction
• Dio
• Exodus
• Kreator
• Napalm Death
• Possessed
• Sodom
• Suicidal Tendencies (not originally as a metal band)
• Voivod
• W.A.S.P.

[edit] Albums

• Aerosmith - Rock in a Hard Place
• Alice Cooper - Zipper Catches Skin
• Black Sabbath - Live Evil
• Gamma - Gamma 3
• Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
• Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
• KISS - Creatures of the Night
• Led Zeppelin - Coda (album) (contained unreleased recordings before Bonham's death)
• Manowar - Battle Hymns
• Motörhead - Iron Fist
• Quiet Riot - Metal Health
• Rush - Signals
• Scorpions - Blackout
• Twisted Sister - Under the Blade
• Van Halen - Diver Down
• Whitesnake - Saints & Sinners
• Y&T - Black Tiger

[edit] Events

• Iron Maiden's lead singer Paul Di'Anno leaves band due to heavy drinking, and is replaced by Bruce Dickinson. Iron Maiden's first album with Bruce Dickinson, The Number of the Beast, becomes 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 guitarist Brian Robertson.
• 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 by Twisted Sister, and Mötley Crüe
• Judas Priest's single You've Got Another Thing Comin' becomes the first heavy metal single to break into the Billboard U.S. Top 20 Singles.
• Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist Randy Rhoads dies in an airplane accident on March 19.
• Late that year Iron Maiden's drummer Clive Burr is fired from Maiden due to problems with alcohol and too heavy tour schedules and Nicko 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 took his place.

Preceded by: 1981

Heavy Metal Timeline 1982

Followed by: 1983