1973 in heavy metal music

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1973

Contents

Newly formed bands

Albums

January

Day Artist Album
13 Aerosmith Aerosmith[4]
 ??? Deep Purple Who Do We Think We Are[5]

February

Day Artist Album
25 Alice Cooper Billion Dollar Babies[6]
 ??? Blue Öyster Cult Tyranny and Mutation[7]

March

Day Artist Album
28 Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy[8]

July

Day Artist Album
 ??? The Amboy Dukes Call of the Wild[9]
13 Queen Queen I

August

September

Day Artist Album
 ??? Uriah Heep Sweet Freedom[10]

October

Day Artist Album
 ??? Montrose Montrose[11]

November

Day Artist Album
16 The Kinks Preservation: Acts 1
 ??? Alice Cooper Muscle of Love[12]

December

Day Artist Album
1 Black Sabbath Sabbath Bloody Sabbath[13]

Unknown

Disbandments

Events

References

  1. ^ "Kiss Bio". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4692. Retrieved 2008-04-25. 
  2. ^ "Montrose Bio". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4946. Retrieved 2008-04-25. 
  3. ^ "Y&T Bio". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5887. Retrieved 2008-04-25. 
  4. ^ "Aerosmith". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r167. Retrieved 2008-04-25. 
  5. ^ "Who Do We Think We Are". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r5335. Retrieved 2008-04-25. 
  6. ^ "Billion Dollar Babies". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r4544. Retrieved 2008-04-25. 
  7. ^ "Tyranny and Mutation". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r30965. Retrieved 2008-04-25. 
  8. ^ "Houses of the Holy". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r11464. Retrieved 2008-04-25. 
  9. ^ "Call of the Wild". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r14268. Retrieved 2008-04-25. 
  10. ^ "Sweet Freedom". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r20892. Retrieved 2008-04-25. 
  11. ^ "Montrose". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r13347. Retrieved 2008-04-25. 
  12. ^ "Muscle of Love". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r4545. Retrieved 2008-04-25. 
  13. ^ "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r2002. Retrieved 2008-04-25. 
  14. ^ "Never Turn Your Back on a Friend". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r31821. Retrieved 2008-04-25. 
Preceded by:
1972		 Heavy Metal Timeline
1973		 Followed by:
1974