1971 in heavy metal music

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1971.

Newly formed bands

• Buffalo
• Captain Beyond
• The Flying Hat Band
• Hard Stuff
• New York Dolls
• Pentagram

Albums

January

Day	Artist	Album
12	Alice Cooper	Love It to Death[1]

February

Day	Artist	Album
???	Uriah Heep	Salisbury[2]

March

Day	Artist	Album
19	Jethro Tull	Aqualung

April

Day	Artist	Album
???	Blue Cheer	Oh! Pleasant Hope

June

Day	Artist	Album
???	Budgie	Budgie[3]

July

Day	Artist	Album
10	Steppenwolf	For Ladies Only
21	Black Sabbath	Master of Reality[4]

August

Day	Artist	Album
14	The Who	Who's Next

September

Day	Artist	Album
15	Deep Purple	Fireball[5]

October

Day	Artist	Album
8	Hawkwind	In Search of Space
???	Uriah Heep	Look At Yourself[6]

November

Day	Artist	Album
8	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin IV[7]
???	Alice Cooper	Killer[8]
???	Nazareth	Nazareth[9]

Unknown

• Sir Lord Baltimore - Sir Lord Baltimore^[10]
• UFO - Flying^[11]

Disbandments

• Blue Cheer (temporarily)
• Iron Butterfly (reform in 1974)
• Sir Lord Baltimore

References

1. "Love It to Death". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
2. "Salisbury". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
3. "Budgie". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
4. "Master of Reality". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
5. "Fireball". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
6. "Look At Yourself". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
7. "Led Zeppelin IV". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
8. "Killer". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
9. "Nazareth". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
10. "Sir Lord Baltimore". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
11. "Flying". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-28.