This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1983. Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that emerged as a defined musical style in the 1970s, having its roots in hard rock bands which, between 1969 and 1974,[1] mixed blues and rock to create a hybrid with a thick, heavy, guitar-and-drums-centered sound, characterised by... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Newly formed bands

• Bathory
• The Cult
• Death
• Helloween
• Mayhem
• Megadeth
• Metal Church
• Testament
• Fates Warning
• Savatage
• Stryper

Bathory was a Swedish heavy metal band, and is regarded as one of the forefathers of the black metal and viking metal genres. ... The Cult are an English rock band. ... Death was an influential death metal band from the United States that was founded in 1983 and dissolved in 1999. ... Helloween is a German power/speed metal band founded in the early 1980s by members of the two bands Ironfist and Powerfool. ... Mayhem is an influential black metal band formed in 1983, based in Oslo, Norway. ... Megadeth is an American heavy metal band led by founder, frontman, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Testament (a. ... Fates Warning was formed in 1983 by John Arch, Jim Matheos, Victor Arduini, Joe DiBiase, And Steve Zimmerman in Connecticut, USA. The band directly contributed to the establishment of the Progressive Metal genre, With their early works considered by many as very important works defining the genre itself. ... Savatage is a heavy metal/progressive metal band founded by the brothers Jon and Criss Oliva in 1979. ... Stryper is a Christian metal band from Orange County, California, USA. Formed in 1983, they are considered pioneers in the mainstream popularization of Christian rock music. ...

Albums

• AC/DC - Flick of the Switch
• Alice Cooper - DaDa
• Black Sabbath - Born Again
• Def Leppard - Pyromania
• Dio - Holy Diver
• Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
• KISS - Lick It Up
• Manowar - Into Glory Ride
• Metallica - Kill 'Em All
• Mercyful Fate - Melissa
• Mötley Crüe - Shout At The Devil
• Motörhead - Another Perfect Day
• Slayer - Show No Mercy
• Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At The Moon

AC/DC are a hard rock band which formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 (see 1973 in music) by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. ... Flick of the Switch is an album by Australian band AC/DC, recorded shortly after their European Tour at the beginning of 1983. ... Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948), is a hard rock singer and musician, whose work spans four decades. ... Cover of the first edition of the publication, Dada. ... There are other articles with similar names; see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... Born again is a term used originally and mainly in Christianity, where it is associated with salvation, conversion and spiritual rebirth. ... Def Leppard is an English hard rock/heavy metal band from Sheffield who formed in 1977 at the time of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. ... Pyromania (literally meaning a mania for fire) is the third album by British hard rock band Def Leppard, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). ... Dio is a heavy metal band led by vocalist Ronnie James Dio, who formed it in October 1982 after leaving Black Sabbath. ... Holy Diver was the debut album of Ronnie James Dios new band, Dio (which is a band as a whole, not a solo band) released in May 1983. ... Iron Maiden is an English heavy metal band from East London. ... Piece of Mind is the fourth studio album by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. ... The Kiss by Francesco Hayez, 19th century. ... // Track listing Exciter (Paul Stanley, Vinnie Vincent) - 4:10 Not For The Innocent (Gene Simmons, Vincent) - 4:32 Lick It Up (Stanley, Vincent) - 3:59 Young And Wasted (Simmons, Vincent) - 4:04 Gimme More (Stanley, Vincent) - 3:41 All Hells Breakin Loose (Eric Carr, Stanley, Vincent, Simmons) - 4:34... Manowar is an American heavy metal band from Auburn, New York, which formed in 1980. ... Into Glory Ride is Manowars second heavy metal album. ... This band sux, yo, it is the worstest band eva. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Mercyful Fate is an influential Danish heavy metal group that helped inspire the black metal, thrash metal and prog metal genres. ... In 1983 danish Heavy/Black Metal band Mercyful Fate released their stunning debut Melissa. ... Mötley Crüe (pronounced ) is a popular American rock band from Los Angeles, California. ... Shout at the Devil is the second album by heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, released on September 26, 1983. ... Motörhead are a British heavy metal band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Lemmy Kilmister (real name Ian Kilmister) after his ejection from the iconic space-rock band Hawkwind. ... After guitarist Fast Eddie Clarke left Motörhead on their second US tour, Brian Robbo Robertson (ex- Thin Lizzy) was drafted to complete the tour. ... Slayer is an American thrash metal band, founded in Huntington Park, California, in 1982[1] by Kerry King (guitars), Tom Araya (bass and vocals), Jeff Hanneman (guitars) and Dave Lombardo (drums). ... Show No Mercy is the debut album by the thrash metal band Slayer, which was released in December 1983 through Metal Blade Records. ... Ozzy Osbourne (born John Michael Osbourne, December 3, 1948 in Aston, Birmingham, England) was the lead singer of the pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath, popular solo artist, and reality television star. ... Bark at the Moon is an album by Ozzy Osbourne, released in 1983. ...

Events

• At the end of the year, drummer Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor and guitarist Brian Robertson leave Motörhead. The band is reborn with a new, four-piece line-up (Kilmister/Campbell/Burston/Gill).
• Dave Mustaine, lead guitar player for Metallica, is fired for drug/alcohol abuse, and is replaced by Exodus guitarist Kirk Hammett.
• Mötley Crüe - Shout At The Devil Becomes a huge hit marking one of the turning points into commercialization of Heavy Metal. Often called "The Breakthrough Metal album"
• KISS put away their makeup.