1984 in heavy metal music

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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1984.

Newly formed bands

Agent Steel
Annihilator
Atheist
Blind Guardian (under the name "Lucifer's Heritage" until 1988)
Candlemass
Celtic Frost
Death
Eudoxis
King Kobra
Living Colour
Nepal
Nuclear Assault
Primus
Rage (under the name "Avenger" until 1986)
Razor
Sadus
Sepultura
Soundgarden
Stratovarius
The Cult
Tony MacAlpine
Uncle Slam (known as The Brood until 1987)
Warrant
Whiplash
Yngwie Malmsteen

Reformed bands

Deep Purple

Albums & EPs

Lee Aaron - Metal Queen
AC/DC - '74 Jailbreak (EP)
Alcatrazz - Live Sentence (live)
The Angels - Two Minute Warning
Anthrax - Fistful of Metal
Armed Forces - Let There Be Metal (EP)
Armored Saint - March of the Saint
Avenger (UK) - Blood Sports
Axe Victims - Another Victim
Axewitch - Visions of the Past
Barón Rojo - Barón al rojo vivo (live)
Bathory - Bathory
Battleaxe - Power from the Universe
Black Death - Black Death
Black Lace - Unlaced
Black 'n Blue - Black 'n Blue
Black Rose - Boys Will Be Boys
Black Rose - Black Rose (EP)
Bloody Six - In the Name of Blood
Bon Jovi - Bon Jovi
Brocas Helm - Into Battle
Cacumen - Down to Hell
Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales
Chariot - The Warrior
Chateaux - Fire Power
Childhood's End - Childhood's End (EP)
Cirith Ungol - King of the Dead
Cloven Hoof - Cloven Hoof
Crisis - Armed to the Teeth (EP)
Crossfire - See You in Hell
Crown - Red Zone
Crown - All That Rock & Roll Music
The Cult - Dreamtime
Cutty Sark - Die Tonight
Dark Age (US) - Dark Age (EP)
Dark Heart - Shadows of the Night
Demon - Wonderland (EP)
Demon Eyes - Rites of Chaos
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
Destruction - Sentence of Death (EP)
Di'Anno - Di'Anno
Dio - The Last in Line
Dokken - Tooth and Nail
Elessar - Defy the King (EP)
Earthshaker - Fugitive
Earthshaker - Midnight Flight
Eric Steel - Eric Steel
Europe - Wings of Tomorrow
Evil - Evil's Message (EP)
Exciter - Violence & Force
Faithful Breath - Gold 'n' Glory
Fastway - All Fired Up
Fates Warning - Night on Bröcken
Flatbacker - Minagoroshi
Lita Ford - Dancin' on the Edge
Rhett Forrester - Gone with the Wind
Gilgamesj - Take One (EP)
Glory Bells - Century Rendezvous
Gotham City - The Unknown
Grave Digger - Heavy Metal Breakdown
Graven Image - People in Hell Want Ice Water (EP)
Great White - Great White
Griffin - Flight of the Griffin
Grim Reaper - See You in Hell
Sammy Hagar - VOA
Hammerhead - Heart Made of Steel (EP)
Hammers Rule - Show No Mercy
Hanoi Rocks - All Those Waisted Years (live)
Hanoi Rocks - Two Steps from the Move
Hawaii - Loud, Wild and Heavy
H-Bomb - Attaque
Helix - Walkin' the Razor's Edge
Hellanbach - The Big H
Hellhammer - Apocalyptic Raids (EP)
Hellion (NY) - Dangerous Maneuvers
Helstar - Burning Star
Hexx - No Escape
Highway Chile - For the Wild and Lonely (EP)
Holocaust - No Man's Land
Icon - Icon
Incubus (UK) - To the Devil a Daughter
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction
Jaguar - This Time
Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith
Keel - Lay Down the Law
Kick Axe - Vices
Killer (Swi) - Stronger Than Ever
Killer (Bel) - Shock Waves
KISS - Animalize
Krokus - The Blitz
Lȧȧz Rockit - City's Gonna Burn
Leatherwolf - Leatherwolf (EP)
Le Griffe - Breaking Strain (EP)
Legs Diamond - Out on Bail
Limelight - Ashes to Ashes, aka Limelight (1980)
Living Death - Vengeance of Hell
Lizzy Borden - Give 'Em the Axe (EP)
Loudness - Disillusion
Madam X - We Reserve the Right
Mad Max - Rollin' Thunder
Madison - Diamond Mistress
Maineeaxe - Shout It Out
Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force
Mama's Boys - Mama's Boys
Manowar - Hail to England
Manowar - Sign of the Hammer
Medieval Steel - Medieval Steel (EP)
Mercy - Mercy
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
Metal Church - Metal Church
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Millennium - Millennium
Gary Moore - We Want Moore! (live)
Motörhead - No Remorse (compilation)
MSG - Rock Will Never Die (live)
Nemesis - The Day of Retribution (EP)
Obsession - Marshall Law EP
Obús - El que más
Omen - Battle Cry
Ostrogoth - Ecstasy and Danger
Overdrive - Swords and Axes
Overkill - Overkill (EP)
Oz - III Warning
Pantera - Projects in the Jungle
Picture - Traitor
Pretty Maids - Red Hot and Heavy
Proud - Fire Breaks the Dawn
Q5 - Steel the Light
Queen - The Works
Queensrÿche - The Warning
Quiet Riot - Condition Critical
Rail - Rail (EP)
Railway - Railway
Rapid Tears - Cry for Mercy (EP)
Ratt - Out of the Cellar
Raven - Live at the Inferno (live)
Razor - Armed & Dangerous (EP)
Reckless - Heart of Steel
The Rods - Let Them Eat Metal
Rose Tattoo - Southern Stars
Ruffkut - Fight for the Right (EP)
Running Wild - Gates to Purgatory
Rush - Grace Under Pressure
Ruthless - Metal Without Mercy (EP)
S.A.D.O. - Shout!
Sacred Rite - Sacred Rite
Saint Vitus - Saint Vitus
Satan Jokers - Trop Fou Pour Toi
Samson - Don't Get Mad, Get Even
Savatage - The Dungeons Are Calling (EP)
Saxon - Crusader
Scorpions - Love at First Sting
Shok Paris - Go for the Throat
Silver Mountain - Universe
Sinister Angel - Sinister Angel (EP)
Sinner - Danger Zone
Six Feet Under (Swe) - Eruption
Slayer - Haunting the Chapel (EP)
Sortilège - Métamorphose
Sound Barrier - Born to Rock (EP)
Spartan Warrior - Spartan Warrior
Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap
Splitcrow - Rockstorm
Jack Starr - Out of the Darkness
Steeler (Ger) - Steeler
Steeltower - Night of the Dog
Stone Fury - Burns Like a Star
Stormwitch - Walpurgis Night
Stryper - The Yellow and Black Attack
Stygian Shore - Stygian Shore (EP)
Taist of Iron - Resurrection
Tank - Honour & Blood
Third Stage Alert - Third Stage Alert (EP)
Thrust - Fist Held High
TKO - In Your Face
TNT - Knights of the New Thunder
Tokyo Blade - Night of the Blade
Tokyo Blade - Midnight Rendezvous (EP)
Torch - Electrikiss
Trauma - Scratch and Scream
Triumph - Thunder Seven
Trouble - Psalm 9
Trouble - Assassin (EP)
Trust - Man's Trap
T.T. Quick - TT Quick (EP)
Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry
220 Volt - Powergames
Tyran' Pace - Eye to Eye
Tyrant (Ger) - Mean Machine
Tyrant (Aus) - Never Too Loud (EP)
Tysondog - Beware of the Dog
Tyton - Castle Donington
Upper Echelon - Surface Tension (EP)
Steve Vai - Flex-Able
Valhalla (US) - Valhalla (EP)
Vanadium - Game Over
Van Halen - 1984
Vengeance (Hol) - Vengeance
Venom - At War with Satan
Viva - Apocalypse
Voivod - War and Pain
Vow Wow - Beat of Metal Motion
Vulcain - Rock'n'Roll Secours
Warhead (Bel) - Speedway
Warlord - And the Cannons of Destruction Have Begun...
Warning - Metamorphose
Warriors - Warriors
W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.
Warlock - Burning the Witches
Waysted - Waysted (EP)
Whitesnake - Slide It In
Wild Dogs - Man's Best Friend
Wildfire - Summer Lightning
Witch - The Hex Is On (EP)
Witch Cross - Fit for Fight
Witchfynde - Lords of Sin
Witchkiller - Day of the Saxons (EP)
Wizz - Crazy Games
Wolf - Edge of the World
Wendy O. Williams - WOW
Wrathchild (UK) - Stakk Attakk
Wyzard - Knights of Metal (EP)
Xcursion - Ready to Roll
Y&T - In Rock We Trust
Zebra - No Tellin' Lies
Znowhite - All Hail to Thee (EP)

Events

Def Leppard's drummer Rick Allen loses his left arm in a car accident on December 31.
Deep Purple reunite.
Hanoi Rocks drummer Razzle is killed in an automobile accident in early December. The driver of the car is Vince Neil of Mötley Crüe.
The debut albums of both Saint Vitus (Saint Vitus) and Trouble (Psalm 9) are released.

Preceded by 1983	Heavy Metal Timeline 1984	Succeeded by 1985

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