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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1979.
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Strangers in the Night | UFO | Live |
| 15 | Lovedrive | Scorpions | |
| 16 | Accept | Accept | |
| ? | The Def Leppard E.P. | Def Leppard | EP |
| No Mean City | Nazareth |
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | Hell Bent For Leather | Judas Priest | US Release |
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | Van Halen II | Van Halen | |
| 30 | Just a Game | Triumph | |
| ? | Overkill | Motörhead |
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Black Rose: A Rock Legend | Thin Lizzy | |
| ? | Strikes | Blackfoot |
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Saxon | Saxon | |
| 23 | Dynasty | Kiss | |
| ? | Narita | Riot | Japan |
| State of Shock | Ted Nugent |
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Mirrors | Blue Öyster Cult | |
| 22 | Live Killers | Queen | Live |
| ? | Survivors | Samson |
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Highway to Hell | AC/DC | |
| ? | Gamma 1 | Gamma |
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Down to Earth[1] | Rainbow | |
| 22 | In Through the Out Door | Led Zeppelin |
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Head Games | Foreigner | |
| 17 | Unleashed in the East | Judas Priest | Live |
| ? | Street Machine | Sammy Hagar |
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Bomber[2] | Motörhead | |
| ? | Flirtin' with Disaster | Molly Hatchet | |
| Harder ... Faster | April Wine | ||
| Lovehunter | Whitesnake | ||
| Magnum II | Magnum | ||
| Mr. Universe | Gillan |
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Night in the Ruts | Aerosmith | |
| 9 | The Soundhouse Tapes | Iron Maiden | EP |