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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 1971.

Newly formed bands

Albums

January

Day Artist Album
? Uriah Heep Salisbury[1]

March

Day Artist Album
9 Alice Cooper Love It to Death [2]
19 Jethro Tull Aqualung

April

Day Artist Album
? Blue Cheer Oh! Pleasant Hope
5 Flower Travellin' Band Satori
30 Thin Lizzy Thin Lizzy

July

Day Artist Album
? Deep Purple Fireball[3]
30 Budgie Budgie[4]

August

Day Artist Album
2 The Who Who's Next[5]
? Black Sabbath Master of Reality[6]

September

Day Artist Album
21 T. Rex Electric Warrior
? Uriah Heep Look At Yourself[7]

October

Day Artist Album
8 Hawkwind In Search of Space
? UFO Flying[8]

November

Day Artist Album
8 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV[9]
? Alice Cooper Killer [10]
Steppenwolf For Ladies Only
Nazareth Nazareth[11]

Unknown

Disbandments

Births

References

  1. ^ "Salisbury". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
  2. ^ "Alice Cooper official site".
  3. ^ Popoff, Martin (2016). The Deep Purple Family (2nd ed.). Wymer Publishing. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-908724-42-7.
  4. ^ "Budgie". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
  5. ^ "RIAA certifications".
  6. ^ "Great Rock discography". p. 68.
  7. ^ "Look At Yourself". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
  8. ^ "Flying". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
  9. ^ "Led Zeppelin IV". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
  10. ^ "official site".
  11. ^ "Nazareth". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
  12. ^ "Sir Lord Baltimore". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
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