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List of years in heavy metal music (table)
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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1970.

Newly formed bands

Albums

January

Day Artist Album
??? The Guess Who American Woman

February

Day Artist Album
13 Black Sabbath Black Sabbath[1]

March

Day Artist Album
7 Mountain Climbing!

May

Day Artist Album
15 King Crimson In the Wake of Poseidon

June

Day Artist Album
5 Deep Purple Deep Purple in Rock[2]
19 Uriah Heep Very 'eavy... Very 'umble[3]

August

Day Artist Album
14 Hawkwind Hawkwind[4]

September

Day Artist Album
18 Black Sabbath Paranoid[5]
??? Blue Cheer The Original Human Being

October

Day Artist Album
5 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin III[6]
??? UFO UFO 1

November

Day Artist Album
??? Lucifer's Friend Lucifer's Friend
Steppenwolf Steppenwolf 7

December

Day Artist Album
??? Sir Lord Baltimore Kingdom Come[7]

Disbandments

References

  1. ^ "Black Sabbath". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
  2. ^ "Deep Purple in Rock". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
  3. ^ "Very 'Eavy... Very 'Umble". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
  4. ^ "Paranoid". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
  5. ^ "Paranoid". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
  6. ^ "Led Zeppelin III". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
  7. ^ "Kingdom Come". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
Preceded by1969 Heavy Metal Timeline 1970 Succeeded by1971
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