1970 in heavy metal music

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1970.

Newly formed bands

• Bang
• Cactus
• Lucifer's Friend
• Mahogany Rush
• Meat Loaf
• Necromandus
• Night Sun
• Pink Fairies
• Queen
• Suck
• Toad
• Warhorse

Albums

January

Day	Artist	Album
???	The Guess Who	American Woman

February

Day	Artist	Album
13	Black Sabbath	Black Sabbath [1]

June

Day	Artist	Album
???	Alice Cooper	Easy Action[2]
	Deep Purple	In Rock[3]
	Uriah Heep	Very 'eavy... Very 'umble[4]

August

Day	Artist	Album
???	Hawkwind	Hawkwind [5]

September

Day	Artist	Album
18	Black Sabbath	Paranoid [6]
???	Blue Cheer	The Original Human Being

October

Day	Artist	Album
5	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin III [7]
???	UFO	UFO 1

December

Day	Artist	Album
???	Sir Lord Baltimore	Kingdom Come[8]

Unknown

• Asterix (band) - Asterix
• Lucifer's Friend - Lucifer's Friend
• Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf 7

Disbandments

• The Jimi Hendrix Experience

References

1. "Black Sabbath". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
2. "Easy Action". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
3. "Deep Purple in Rock". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
4. "Very 'Eavy... Very 'Umble". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
5. "Paranoid". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
6. "Paranoid". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
7. "Led Zeppelin III". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
8. "Kingdom Come". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-28.