1972 in heavy metal music
This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1972.
Newly formed bands
- Cirith Ungol
- Geordie (featuring Brian Johnson on vocals)
- The Handsome Beasts
- Heavy Metal Kids (featuring Gary Holton on vocals)
- Jerusalem
- Magnum
- The Tubes
- Twisted Sister[1]
- Urchin
- Van Halen
Albums
January
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| ??? | Blue Öyster Cult | Blue Öyster Cult[2] |
March
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Thin Lizzy | Shades of a Blue Orphanage |
| 10 | Deep Purple | Machine Head[3] |
April
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 28 | Wishbone Ash | Argus[4] |
May
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| ??? | Uriah Heep | Demons & Wizards[5] |
June
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| ??? | Alice Cooper | School's Out[6] |
| ??? | The Kinks | Everybody's in Show-Biz |
September
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | Black Sabbath | Black Sabbath Vol. 4[7] |
| ??? | Grand Funk Railroad | Phoenix[8] |
November
| Day | Artist Status Quo | Album Piledriver |
|---|---|---|
| ??? | Hawkwind | Doremi Fasol Latido |
| Uriah Heep | The Magician's Birthday[9] |
December
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| ??? | Deep Purple | Made in Japan[10] |
Unknown
Disbandments
Events
References
- ↑ "Twisted Sister Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
- ↑ "Blue Öyster Cult". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ↑ "Machine Head". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ↑ "Argus". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ↑ "Demons and Wizards". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ↑ "School's Out". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ↑ "Black Sabbath, Vol. 4". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ↑ "Phoenix". Allmusic. Retrieved 2006-07-02.
- ↑ "The Magician's Birthday". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ↑ "Made in Japan". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ↑ "Squawk". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
| Preceded by 1971 |
Heavy Metal Timeline 1972 |
Succeeded by 1973 |
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