1976 in heavy metal music

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1976.

1976 in music
By location
By genre
By topic
  • List of albums released
List of years in heavy metal music (table)

Newly formed bands

Albums

March
Day Artist Album
15 Kiss Destroyer[2]
23 Judas Priest Sad Wings of Destiny[3]
26 Thin Lizzy Jailbreak[4]
31 Led Zeppelin Presence[5]
??? Sweet Give Us a Wink[6]

April
Day Artist Album
1 Rush 2112[7]

May
Day Artist Album
3 Aerosmith Rocks[8]
14 AC/DC High Voltage (international edition)[9]
17 Rainbow Rising[10]
21 Blue Öyster Cult Agents of Fortune[11]
??? UFO No Heavy Petting[12]

June
Day Artist Album
25 Alice Cooper Alice Cooper Goes to Hell[13]
??? Uriah Heep High and Mighty[14]

September
Day Artist Album
20 AC/DC Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (Australian edition)[15]
25 Black Sabbath Technical Ecstasy[16]
28 Led Zeppelin The Song Remains the Same[17]
29 Rush All the World's a Stage[18]

October
Day Artist Album
9 Scorpions Virgin Killer[19]
16 Thin Lizzy Johnny the Fox[20]
??? Ted Nugent Free-for-All[21]

November
Day Artist Album
11 Kiss Rock and Roll Over[22]

December
Day Artist Album
10 Queen A Day at the Races[23]

Release date unknown

Disbandments

Events
  • Guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke joins Motörhead and Larry Wallis leaves after a month.
  • Deep Purple's guitarist Tommy Bolin dies from an overdose on December 4 during the Private Eyes tour, just after his last show on stage.
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References
  1. "Diamond Head Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
  2. "Destroyer". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  3. "Sad Wings of Destiny". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  4. "Jailbreak". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  5. "Presence". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  6. "Give Us a Wink". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  7. "2112". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  8. "Rocks". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  9. "High Voltage". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  10. "Rising". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  11. "Agents of Fortune". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  12. "No Heavy Petting". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  13. "Alice Cooper Goes to Hell". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  14. "High and Mighty". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  15. "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  16. "Technical Ecstasy". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  17. "The Song Remains the Same". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  18. "The Song Remains the Same". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  19. "Virgin Killer". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  20. "Johnny the Fox". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  21. "Free-for-All". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  22. "Rock and Roll Over". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  23. "A Day at the Races". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  24. "Sammy Hagar Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
Preceded by
1975		 Heavy Metal Timeline
1976		 Succeeded by
1977
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