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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1976.
Newly formed bands
Albums
January
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| ? | Black Sabbath | We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll[2] |
March
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Kiss | Destroyer[3] |
| 26 | Judas Priest | Sad Wings of Destiny[4] |
| Thin Lizzy | Jailbreak[5] | |
| ? | Rush | 2112[6] |
| Nazareth | Close Enough for Rock 'n' Roll | |
| 31 | Led Zeppelin | Presence[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] |
| ? | Uriah Heep | High and Mighty |
| UFO | No Heavy Petting[12] |
June
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | Alice Cooper | Alice Cooper Goes to Hell[13] |
August
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | Boston | Boston[14] |
September
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | AC/DC | Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (Australian edition)[15] |
| 29 | Rush | All the World's a Stage[16] |
October
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | Led Zeppelin | The Song Remains the Same[17] |
| ? | Thin Lizzy | Johnny the Fox[18] |
| Black Sabbath | Technical Ecstasy | |
| Ted Nugent | Free-for-All[19] |
November
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Kiss | Rock and Roll Over[20] |
| 22 | Scorpions | Virgin Killer[21] |
December
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Queen | A Day at the Races[22] |
Release date unknown
Disbandments
- Deep Purple (reformed in 1984)
- Sammy Hagar leaves Montrose to go solo.[23]
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.
References
- ↑ "Diamond Head Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
- ↑ "January LP Guide" (PDF). Music Week. 10 January 1976. p. 20. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ↑ "Destroyer". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ↑ "Sad Wings of Destiny". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ↑ "Jailbreak". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ↑ "Mercury Releases Two," Record World, March 20, 1976, p. 61.
- ↑ "Presence". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ↑ "Rocks". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ↑ "High Voltage". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ↑ Popoff, Martin (2020). Sensitive to Light (second ed.). Wymer Publishing. p. 305. ISBN 978-1-912782-40-6.
- ↑ "Agents of Fortune". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ↑ "No Heavy Petting". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ↑ "Alice Cooper Goes to Hell". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ↑ All time top HM albums
- ↑ "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ↑ "The Song Remains the Same". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ↑ "BPI certifications".
- ↑ "Johnny the Fox". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ↑ "Free-for-All". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ↑ "Rock and Roll Over". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ↑ "Virgin Killer". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ↑ "A Day at the Races". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ↑ "Sammy Hagar Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
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