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1972 in heavy metal music 
Summary
This is a timeline documenting the events of Heavy Metal music in the year 1972.
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Newly formed bands edit
- 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 edit
January edit
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| ? | Blue Öyster Cult | Blue Öyster Cult[2] |
February edit
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| ? | Scorpions | Lonesome Crow |
March edit
| Day | Artist | Album |
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| 10 | Thin Lizzy | Shades of a Blue Orphanage |
| 24 | Jerusalem | Jerusalem |
| 30 | Deep Purple | Machine Head[3] |
April edit
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 28 | Wishbone Ash | Argus[4] |
May edit
| Day | Artist | Album |
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| 19 | Uriah Heep | Demons & Wizards[5] |
June edit
| Day | Artist | Album |
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| ? | Alice Cooper | School's Out |
August edit
| Day | Artist | Album |
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| ? | Elf | Elf |
September edit
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Budgie | Squawk |
| 15 | Grand Funk Railroad | Phoenix[6] |
| ? | Black Sabbath | Black Sabbath Vol. 4[7] |
November edit
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | Hawkwind | Doremi Fasol Latido |
| ? | Uriah Heep | The Magician's Birthday[8] |
December edit
| Day | Artist | Album |
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| 15 | Status Quo | Piledriver |
| 22 | Deep Purple | Made in Japan[9] |
Unknown edit
Disbandments edit
- The Jeff Beck Group
- MC5 (reformed in 2003)
- Mountain (reformed in 1973)
- Steppenwolf (reformed in 1974)
Events edit
References edit
- ^ "Twisted Sister Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
- ^ "Blue Öyster Cult". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Machine Head 50 yrs".
- ^ "Argus". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Demons and Wizards". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Phoenix". Allmusic. Retrieved 2006-07-02.
- ^ "Black Sabbath, Vol. 4". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "The Magician's Birthday". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Made in Japan". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.