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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1972.
Newly formed bands
- Baumstam
- Beck, Bogert & Appice
- Bleak House
- Cirith Ungol
- Geordie (featuring Brian Johnson on vocals)
- The Handsome Beasts
- Heavy Metal Kids (featuring Gary Holton on vocals)
- Jerusalem
- Magnum
- Mother's Finest
- Petra
- Poobah
- Pop Mašina
- Progresiv TM
- Resurrection Band
- Tempest
- The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
- Styx
- The Tubes
- Twisted Sister[1]
- Urchin
- Van Halen
- West, Bruce and Laing
Albums
January
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| ? | Blue Öyster Cult | Blue Öyster Cult[2] |
March
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Thin Lizzy | Shades of a Blue Orphanage |
| 24 | Jerusalem | Jerusalem |
| ? | Deep Purple | Machine Head[3] |
April
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 28 | Wishbone Ash | Argus[4] |
May
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Uriah Heep | Demons & Wizards[5] |
June
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| ? | Alice Cooper | School's Out |
September
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Budgie | Squawk |
| ? | Black Sabbath | Black Sabbath Vol. 4[6] |
| Grand Funk Railroad | Phoenix[7] |
November
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| ? | Hawkwind | Doremi Fasol Latido |
| Uriah Heep | The Magician's Birthday[8] |
December
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| ? | Deep Purple | Made in Japan[9] |
| 15 | Status Quo | Piledriver |
Unknown
Disbandments
- The Jeff Beck Group
- MC5 (reformed in 2003)
- Mountain (reformed in 1973)
- Steppenwolf (reformed in 1974)
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.
- ↑ "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.
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