1970 in heavy metal music

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1970.

Contents

Newly formed bands

Albums

January

Day Artist Album
 ??? The Guess Who American Woman

February

Day Artist Album
13 Black Sabbath Black Sabbath [2]

June

Day Artist Album
 ??? Alice Cooper Easy Action[3]
Deep Purple In Rock[4]
Uriah Heep Very 'eavy... Very 'umble[5]

August

Day Artist Album
 ??? Hawkwind Hawkwind [6]

September

Day Artist Album
18 Black Sabbath Paranoid [7]
 ??? Blue Cheer The Original Human Being

October

Day Artist Album
5 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin III [8]
 ??? UFO UFO 1

December

Day Artist Album
 ??? Sir Lord Baltimore Kingdom Come[9]

Unknown

Disbandments

Events

References

  1. ^ "Aerosmith Bio". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p3508. Retrieved 2008-03-10. 
  2. ^ "Black Sabbath". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1998. Retrieved 2008-03-10. 
  3. ^ "Easy Action". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r4540. Retrieved 2008-03-10. 
  4. ^ "Deep Purple in Rock". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r187662. Retrieved 2008-03-27. 
  5. ^ "Very 'Eavy... Very 'Umble". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r275386. Retrieved 2008-03-27. 
  6. ^ "Paranoid". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1999. Retrieved 2008-03-10. 
  7. ^ "Paranoid". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1999. Retrieved 2008-03-10. 
  8. ^ "Led Zeppelin III". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r11457. Retrieved 2008-03-27. 
  9. ^ "Kingdom Come". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r67996. Retrieved 2008-03-28. 
Preceded by:
1969		 Heavy Metal Timeline
1970		 Followed by:
1971