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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1984. 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...
1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Newly formed bands Stratovarius is a Finnish Neoclassical/power metal band, known for its melodic approach to the genre. ...
Annihilator is a heavy metal band which started with the album Alice in Hell, and now has twelve albums (including live albums). ...
Forced Entry was a thrash metal band from Mountlake Terrace, Washington. ...
Iced Earth is an American heavy metal band that combines influences from thrash metal, power metal, progressive metal and NWOBHM. // The central figure of Iced Earth is rhythm guitarist and songwriter Jon Schaffer, who formed the band under the name Purgatory in Indiana in 1984. ...
Sadus is a highly technical thrash metal trio from the United States. ...
Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band that began as a thrash metal group in 1984. ...
Celtic Frost is an early black metal group from Zürich, Switzerland. ...
Albums AC/DC are a hard rock band which formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 (see 1973 in music) by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. ...
74 Jailbreak is a hard rock/blues oriented EP by Australian band AC/DC, composed of earlier unreleased tracks. ...
The Cult are an English rock band. ...
Dreamtime is a studio album by The Cult. ...
Deep Purple are an English hard rock band formed in London, England in 1968 (see 1968 in music). ...
Perfect Strangers is the eleventh studio album by Deep Purple, released in November 1984. ...
Dio is a heavy metal band led by vocalist Ronnie James Dio, who formed it in October 1982 after leaving Black Sabbath. ...
The Last in Line is a Heavy metal album by Dio. ...
Dokken is an American metal band which was formed in 1978. ...
Tooth and Nail is a 1984 album by heavy metal band Dokken. ...
Iron Maiden is an English heavy metal band from East London. ...
Powerslave is a studio album by the heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released in 1984. ...
Judas Priest are a heavy metal band formed in 1968 in the northwest midlands, near Birmingham, England. ...
Defenders of the Faith is a 1984 platinum album of British heavy metal band Judas Priest. ...
KISS is an American heavy metal/hard rock/glam rock band formed in New York City in 1973. ...
Animalize is an album by the American hard rock/heavy metal band KISS. In a continuation of the commercial resurgance begun with Lick It Up, Animalize was certified double platinum. ...
Yngwie Johann Malmsteen (born Lars Johann Yngve Lannerbäck, June 30, 1963) is a Swedish guitarist, composer and bandleader. ...
Rising Force is the debut album released by guitar virtuoso Yngwie J. Malmsteen issued in 1984. ...
Manowar is an American heavy metal band from Auburn, New York, which formed in 1980. ...
Hail To England is Manowars third heavy metal album which was released in 1984. ...
Sign Of The Hammer was released in 1984 by Manowar. ...
This band sux, yo, it is the worstest band eva. ...
For the album by Marshmallow Coast, see Ride the Lightning. ...
Mercyful Fate is an influential Danish heavy metal group that helped inspire the black metal, thrash metal and prog metal genres. ...
Dont Break the Oath is Mercyful Fates second full-length album. ...
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. ...
For the Metallica song see No Remorse (song). ...
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Condition Critical was the follow-up album to Quiet Riots smash hit Metal Health. ...
For the medical procedure, see Lumbar puncture. ...
This Is Spinal Tap was the soundtrack to the film of the same name, released in 1984. ...
Trouble is an American (proto) Doom Metal band noted for their slow (by 80s standards), heavy albums such as their 1984 debut Trouble (later Psalm 9) The Skull (1985) and others. ...
Twisted Sister is an American hard rock/glam metal band from New York City. ...
For other uses, see Stay Hungry (disambiguation). ...
Van Halen is an American hard rock band. ...
1984 is the sixth album by American hard rock band Van Halen. ...
Steven Siro Vai (born June 6, 1960 in Carle Place, New York) is an American virtuoso guitarist, composer, and record producer, notable for having received a Grammy Award (along with nine nominations) and being cited as an influence by many guitarists ever since the 1980s. ...
Flex-Able is an album by Steve Vai. ...
This article is about the band. ...
W.A.S.P. is the debut eponymous album by the band of the same title, released in 1984 (see 1984 in music). ...
Bathory was a Swedish heavy metal band, and is regarded as one of the forefathers of the black metal and viking metal genres. ...
Bathory was the first album by Bathory 1. ...
Voivod is a Canadian thrash metal band formed in 1982, and reportedly the first to describe themselves as cyberpunk. ...
Ratt is an American glam metal band that enjoyed significant commercial success during the 1980s. ...
Celtic Frost is an early black metal group from Zürich, Switzerland. ...
Morbid Tales is the 1984 debut album of death/thrash metal band Celtic Frost. ...
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. ...
The Yellow and Black Attack EP was the first release of the Christian metal band Stryper, out on July 10, 1984. ...
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