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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1979.
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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16 | Accept | Accept | Debut |
? | Strangers in the Night | UFO | Live |
The Def Leppard E.P. | Def Leppard | Debut EP | |
No Mean City | Nazareth |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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? | Lovedrive | Scorpions | Germany |
28 | Hell Bent For Leather | Judas Priest | US Release |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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23 | Van Halen II | Van Halen | |
30 | Just a Game | Triumph | |
? | Overkill | Motörhead |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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13 | Black Rose: A Rock Legend | Thin Lizzy | |
? | Strikes | Blackfoot |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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21 | Saxon | Saxon | Debut |
23 | Dynasty | Kiss | |
? | Narita | Riot | Japan |
State of Shock | Ted Nugent |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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19 | Mirrors | Blue Öyster Cult | |
22 | Live Killers | Queen | Live |
? | Survivors | Samson |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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27 | Highway to Hell | AC/DC | |
? | Gamma 1 | Gamma |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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3 | Down to Earth | Rainbow | [1] |
22 | In Through the Out Door | Led Zeppelin |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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11 | Head Games | Foreigner | |
17 | Unleashed in the East | Judas Priest | Live |
? | Street Machine | Sammy Hagar |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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1 | Lovehunter | Whitesnake | |
12 | Bomber | Motörhead | [2] |
Mr. Universe | Gillan | ||
? | Flirtin' with Disaster | Molly Hatchet | |
Harder ... Faster | April Wine | ||
Magnum II | Magnum |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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1 | Night in the Ruts | Aerosmith | |
9 | The Soundhouse Tapes | Iron Maiden | EP |