• Source: 1980 in heavy metal music

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1980.




Newly formed bands


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Agnostic Front
Alkatrazz
Anthem
Balance
Barón Rojo
Battleaxe
Bitch
Black Rose
Blitzkrieg
Bulldozer
Destiny
Die Krupps
Gene Loves Jezebel
Grave Digger
Heaven
Holy Moses
Iron Angel
Joshua
Killer
Kruiz
Lionheart
Litfiba
Living Death
Los Suaves
Maninnya Blade
Manowar
Metal Church
More
Ostrogoth
Ozzy Osbourne (solo career)
Overkill
Pokolgép
Queensrÿche
Riff
The Rods
Rok Mašina
Sacred Rite
Saint
Sound Barrier
Starfighters
Stormwitch
Suicidal Tendencies
Syron Vanes
Tank
Turbo
Vanadium
Vixen
Warlord
Warning
White Sister
Wrathchild




Albums & EPs






Disbandments


Led Zeppelin




Events


Bon Scott, lead singer of AC/DC, dies at 33 on February 19 after a binge of heavy drinking.
October: Iron Maiden comp guitarist Dennis Stratton leaves and is replaced by Adrian Smith.
John Bonham, drummer for Led Zeppelin, dies at 32 on September 25, after a binge of heavy drinking. His death was similar to Bon Scott's, and caused Led Zeppelin to disband.
April: Brian Johnson joins AC/DC replacing Bon Scott as lead singer.
May 18: Peter Criss, drummer of Kiss, leaves the band. Eric Carr takes his place.
Sounds Music Paper Editor Dave Lewis, invents the term New Wave Of British Heavy Metal to accompany an article Geoff Barton wrote on three young British Heavy Metal bands touring together, namely Samson, Iron Maiden and Angelwitch.




References

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