1982 in heavy metal music
# 1982 in heavy metal music

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1982.

## Newly formed bands

* Abattoir
* Arakain
* Armored Saint
* Artillery
* Avenger
* Baby Tuckoo
* BlackLace
* Brocas Helm
* Cinderella
* Cobra
* Coney Hatch
* Corrosion of Conformity (not originally a metal band)
* Crumbsuckers
* Culprit
* Death Angel
* Destruction
* Dio
* Dirty Rotten Imbeciles
* Dr. Mastermind
* D.A.D.
* Ezo
* Fates Warning
* The Georgia Satellites
* Godflesh (under the name "Fall of Because" until 1988)
* Guardian
* Hazzard
* Heavens Gate
* Hell
* Hellhammer
* Hellion
* Helstar
* Kreator
* Lȧȧz Rockit
* Lethal
* Liege Lord
* Luzbel
* Mad Max
* Madam X
* Mournblade
* No Mercy
* Obsession
* Onslaught
* Outrage
* Philadelphia
* Post Mortem
* Roxx Gang
* Seikima-II
* Sieges Even
* Sinner
* Smack
* Streets
* Swans
* Tankard
* Terra Rosa
* TNT
* Tredegar
* Tublatanka
* Steve Vai
* Voivod
* W.A.S.P.
* Warlock
* Warrior
* Warriors
* Watchtower
* Waysted
* Wrath
* X (later known as X Japan)
* Znowhite

## Albums & EPs

* Lee Aaron - The Lee Aaron Project
* Accept - Restless and Wild
* Acid - Acid
* Aerosmith - Rock in a Hard Place
* Alice Cooper - Zipper Catches Skin
* Americade - American Metal
* Anvil - Metal on Metal
* April Wine - Power Play
* August Redmoon - Fools Are Never Alone (EP)
* Axewitch - Pray for Metal (EP)
* The B'zz – Get Up
* Barón Rojo - Volumen brutal
* Beast (Ger) - Beast
* Bengal Tigers - Metal Fetish (EP)
* Bitch - Damnation Alley (EP)
* Bitches Sin - Predator
* Blackfoot - Highway Song Live!
* Black Sabbath - Live Evil
* Blue Öyster Cult - Extraterrestrial Live
* Bodine - Bold as Brass
* Bow Wow – Asian Volcano
* Bow Wow – Warning From Stardust
* Budgie - Deliver Us from Evil
* Breaker (Can) - In Days of Heavy Metal (EP)
* Breslau - Volksmusik
* Cheap Trick - One on One
* Cintron - Cintron (EP)
* Cloven Hoof - The Opening Ritual (EP)
* Coney Hatch - Coney Hatch
* Demon - The Unexpected Guest
* Demon Flight - Demon Flight (EP)
* Diamond Head - Borrowed Time
* Dietrich - Dietrich (EP)
* E.F. Band - Deep Cut
* Fargo - F
* Fist (UK) - Back with a Vengeance
* Fortnox - Fortnox
* Gamma - Gamma 3
* Gary Moore - Corridors of Power
* Gaskin - No Way Out
* Geddes Axe - Escape from New York (EP)
* Gillan - Magic
* Girl - Wasted Youth
* Girlschool - Screaming Blue Murder
* Glory Bells Band - Dressed in Black
* Grand Prix – There for None to See
* Sammy Hagar - Three Lock Box
* Hanoi Rocks - Oriental Beat
* Hanoi Rocks - Self Destruction Blues
* Headpins - Turn It Loud
* Heavy Load - Death or Glory
* Heritage - Remorse Code
* Hughes/Thrall - Hughes/Thrall
* The Hunt - The Thrill of the Kill
* Hyksos - Hyksos
* Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
* Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
* Killer (Bel) - Wall of Sound
* Killer (Swi) - Thriller
* Kiss - Creatures of the Night
* Krokus - One Vice at a Time
* Led Zeppelin - Coda (comp)
* Legend - Death in the Nursery
* Legend - Frontline (EP)
* Loudness - Devil Soldier
* Mad Max - Mad Max
* Magnum - Chase the Dragon
* Mama's Boys - Plug It In
* Manilla Road - Metal
* Manowar - Battle Hymns
* Frank Marino - Juggernaut
* Mercy – Swedish Metal (EP)
* Mercyful Fate - Nuns Have No Fun (EP)
* Messendger - Messendger
* Metal Massacre - Metal Massacre (Compilation, various artists)
* Metal Massacre - Metal Massacre II (Compilation, various artists)
* Michael Schenker Group - Assault Attack
* More - Blood & Thunder
* Motörhead - Iron Fist
* Night Ranger - Dawn Patrol
* Nightwing – Black Summer
* No Bros - Ready for the Action
* Aldo Nova - Aldo Nova
* Ted Nugent - Nugent
* Obús - Poderoso como el trueno
* Ozzy Osbourne - Speak of the Devil (live)
* Overlord (US) - Broken Toys (EP)
* Pat Benatar - Get Nervous
* Picture - Diamond Dreamer
* Plasmatics - Coup d'Etat
* Rage (UK) - Nice 'n' Dirty
* Rainbow - Straight Between the Eyes
* Rapid Tears - Honestly
* Raven - Crash Bang Wallop (EP)
* Raven - Wiped Out
* Resurrection Band - D.M.Z.
* Riff Raff - Robot Stud
* Riot - Restless Breed
* Riot - Riot Live (EP)
* The Rods - Wild Dogs
* Rose Tattoo - Scarred for Life
* Rush - Signals
* Samson - Losing My Grip (EP)
* Samson - Before the Storm
* Santers - Mayday (EP)
* Santers - Racing Time
* Saxon - The Eagle Has Landed (live)
* Scorpions - Blackout
* Sharks - Altar Ego
* Shiva - Firedance
* Sinner - Wild 'n' Evil
* Speed Queen - Speed Queen, aka II
* Split Beaver - When Hell Won't Have You
* Squadron - First Mission
* Stampede - Days of Wine and Roses (EP)
* Stampede - The Official Bootleg (live)
* Street Fighter - Feel the Noise
* Stress - Stress
* Sweet - Identity Crisis
* Talas - Sink Your Teeth Into That
* Tank - Filth Hounds of Hades
* Tank - Power of the Hunter
* Teeze (CA) - Teeze (EP)
* 38 Special - Special Forces
* TNT - TNT
* Torch - Fire Raiser (EP)
* Bernie Tormé – Turn Out the Lights
* Trance - Break Out
* Trust - Savage
* Twisted Sister - Ruff Cuts (EP)
* Twisted Sister - Under the Blade
* Tygers of Pan Tang - The Cage
* Tytan - Blind Men and Fools (EP)
* UFO - Mechanix
* Uriah Heep - Abominog
* Vanadium - Metal Rock
* Vandenberg - Vandenberg
* Van Halen - Diver Down
* Vardis - Quo Vardis
* Vendetta (US) - Vendetta
* Venom - Black Metal
* Virgin Steele - Virgin Steele
* Viva – Dealers of the Night
* Voie De Fait - Ange ou Démon
* Voltz - Knight's Fall
* Warning - Warning II
* White Heat – White Heat
* Whitesnake - Saints & Sinners
* Witchfinder General – Soviet Invasion (EP)
* Witchfinder General - Death Penalty
* Y&T - Black Tiger
* Zero Nine – Blank Verse
* Zero Nine – Visions, Scenes and Dreams

## Events

* Iron Maiden's first album with Bruce Dickinson, The Number of the Beast, reaches No.1 in the U.K. music charts.
* Motörhead's guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke leaves the band and is replaced by ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian Robertson.
* Judas Priest's single "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" is released. It will go on to become the band's best selling single.
* Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist Randy Rhoads dies in an airplane accident on March 19.
* Iron Maiden's drummer Clive Burr is fired from the band because of personal and tour-schedule problems. Nicko McBrain from Trust is hired to replace him.
* Ace Frehley, Space Ace and lead guitarist of Kiss, leaves the band. Vinnie Vincent takes his place.
* Queen departs from their hard rock legacy with the ill-received funk/disco album Hot Space.
* December: Former Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan replaces Ronnie James Dio in Black Sabbath.
* The band Metallica leaves Los Angeles and relocates to the San Francisco Bay Area.

| Preceded by1981 | Heavy Metal Timeline 1982 | Succeeded by1983 |
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