1981 in heavy metal music
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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1981.
[edit] Newly formed bands
- Anthrax
- Beowülf (known as Black Sheep until 1983)
- Dark Angel
- Loudness
- Metallica
- Mötley Crüe
- Pantera
- Queensrÿche
- Slayer
- Steeler
[edit] Albums
- AC/DC - For Those About to Rock We Salute You
- Accept - Breaker
- Alice Cooper - Special Forces
- Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
- Blue Öyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin
- Def Leppard - High 'n' Dry
- Girlschool - Hit and Run
- Hanoi Rocks - Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks
- Helix - White Lace & Black Leather
- Iron Maiden - Killers
- Judas Priest - Point of Entry
- Kiss - Music from "The Elder"
- Kix - Kix
- Krokus - Hardware
- Loudness - Birthday Eve
- Mötley Crüe - Too Fast for Love
- Motörhead - No Sleep 'til Hammersmith (live)
- Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
- Queen - Flash Gordon
- Rush - Moving Pictures
- Sammy Hagar - Standing Hampton
- Samson - Shock Tactics
- Saxon - Denim and Leather
- Thin Lizzy - Renegade
- Van Halen - Fair Warning
- Venom - Welcome to Hell
- Whitesnake - Come an' Get It
- Y&T - Earthshaker
[edit] Events
- April: AC/DC's album "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" is finally released in the United States.
- September: Iron Maiden's lead singer Paul Di'Anno leaves band due to heavy drinking, and is replaced by Bruce Dickinson.
- Eric Carr joins Kiss on drums and makes his songwriting debut with "Under the Rose".
- André Kisser (Disharmonic Fields drummer) was born in February,19.
| Preceded by: 1980 |
Heavy Metal Timeline 1981 |
Followed by: 1982 |
