1983 in heavy metal music

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in 1983.

Newly formed bands

Alcatrazz
Atrocity
Autograph
Bathory
Bon Jovi
Death
Excel (known as Chaotic Noise until 1985)
Fastway
Fates Warning
Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve
Helloween
Keel
Living Colour
Lizzy Borden
Master
Mayhem
Megadeth
Morbid Angel
Onslaught
Poison
Possessed
Rigor Mortis
Sabbat
Sacrifice
Stryper
Testament (known as Legacy until 1986)
Tokyo Blade
Vader
White Lion

Albums & EPs

AC/DC – Flick of the Switch
Accept – Restless and Wild
Acid – Maniac
Alcatrazz – No Parole from Rock N' Roll
Alice Cooper – DaDa
Alien – Cosmic Fantasy EP
Anvil – Forged in Fire
Armored Saint – Armored Saint EP
Baron Rojo – Metalmorfosis
Battleaxe – Burn This Town
Bitch – Be My Slave
Blackfoot – Siogo
Black Sabbath – Born Again
Blue Öyster Cult – The Revölution by Night
Bodine – Three Times Running
Chateaux – Chained and Desperate
Coney Hatch – Outta Hand
Culprit – Guilty As Charged
Cutty Sark – Hardrock Power EP
Dedringer – Second Arising
Def Leppard – Pyromania
Demon – The Plague
Diamond Head – Canterbury
Dio – Holy Diver
Dokken – Breaking the Chains
Earthshaker – Earthshaker
Europe – Europe
Exciter – Heavy Metal Maniac
Fastway – Fastway
Fist (Can) – In the Red
Lita Ford – Out for Blood
Girlschool – Play Dirty
Great White – Out of the Night
Grim Reaper – See You In Hell
HSAS – Through the Fire
Hanoi Rocks – Back to Mystery City
Hawaii – One Nation Underground
H-Bomb – Coup de Metal EP
Headpins – Line of Fire
Heavy Load – Stronger Than Evil
Hellanbach – Now Hear This
High Power – High Power
Highway Chile – Storybook Heroes; Fever EP
Helix – No Rest for the Wicked
Hellion – Hellion EP
Holocaust – Live (Hot Curry & Wine)
Iron Maiden – Piece of Mind
Jag Panzer – Tyrants EP
Joshua – The Hand is Quicker than the Eye EP
Killer Dwarfs – Killer Dwarfs
KISS – Lick It Up
Kix – Cool Kids
Krokus – Headhunter
Lady Killer – Lady Killer
Leather Angel – We Came To Kill EP
Le Griffe – Fast Bikes EP
Le Mans – On the Streets
Loudness – The Law of Devil's Land
Loudness – Live-Loud-Alive: Loudness in Tokyo
Magnum – The Eleventh Hour
Mama's Boys – Turn It Up
Manilla Road – Crystal Logic
Manowar – Into Glory Ride
Mindless Sinner – Master of Evil EP
Max Havoc – Max Havoc
Mercyful Fate – Melissa
Metallica – Kill 'Em All
Molly Hatchet – No Guts...No Glory
Gary Moore – Dirty Fingers
Gary Moore – Victims of the Future

Gary Moore – Rockin' Every Night – Live in Japan
Gary Moore – Live at the Marquee
Mötley Crüe – Shout at the Devil
Motörhead – Another Perfect Day
MSG – Built to Destroy
Night Ranger – Midnight Madness
No Bros – Our Own Way
Aldo Nova – Subject
Ostrogoth – Full Moon's Eyes EP
Overdrive – Metal Attack
Oz – Fire in the Brain
Ozzy Osbourne – Bark at the Moon
Pandemonium – Heavy Metal Soldiers
Pantera – Metal Magic
Picture – Eternal Dark
Pretty Maids – Pretty Maids EP
Quartz – Against All Odds
Queensrÿche – Queensrÿche EP
Quiet Riot – Metal Health
Rage (UK) – Run for the Night
Ratt – Ratt EP
Riff Raff – Give the Dead Man Some Water
Riot – Born In America
Rock Goddess – Rock Goddess; Hell Hath No Fury
The Rods – In The Raw; Live
Satan – Court in the Act
Satan Jokers – Les Fils du Métal
Savage – Loose 'N Lethal
Savage Grace – The Dominatress EP
Savatage – Sirens
Saxon – Power & the Glory
Shy – Once Bitten... Twice...
Silver Mountain – Shakin' Brains
Sinner – Fast Decision
Six Feet Under (Swe) – Six Feet Under
Slayer – Prepare to Die EP
Slayer – Show No Mercy
Sledgehammer – Blood On Their Hands
Sortilège – Sortilège EP
Sound Barrier – Total Control
Spartan Warrior – Steel n' Chains
Stampede – Hurricane Town
Starfighters – In-Flight Movie
Steeler – Steeler
Suicidal Tendencies – Suicidal Tendencies
Takashi – Kamikaze Killers EP
Talas – Live Speed On Ice
Thin Lizzy – Thunder and Lightning
Tokyo Blade – Tokyo Blade
Torch – Torch
Trance – Power Infusion
Triumph – Never Surrender
Twisted Sister – You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll
220 Volt – 220 Volt
UFO – Making Contact
Vanadium – A Race with the Devil
Vandenberg – Heading for a Storm
Vardis – The Lion's Share
Victim – Power Hungry
Virgin Steele – Guardians of the Flame; Wait for the Night EP
Vixen – Made In Hawaii EP
Warlord – Deliver Us EP
Warriors – Warriors
Wild Dogs – Wild Dogs
Wildfire – Brute Force and Ignorance
Witchfinder General – Friends of Hell
Xcursion – Xcursion EP
Y&T – Mean Streak
Zebra – Zebra

Events

Yngwie Malmsteen started performing in the band Steeler. Also in that band was vocalist Ron Keel (later on Keel) and former W.A.S.P. bassist Rik Fox. The band produced only one album, Steeler.
Dave Mustaine, lead guitarist for Metallica, is fired for drug/alcohol abuse, and is replaced by Exodus guitarist Kirk Hammett, after which he formed the L.A. thrash metal band Megadeth.
KISS ended the use of makeup in their act.
November 19: the single by Quiet Riot "Cum on Feel the Noize" is No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100.
April 17: Mountain bassist, and Cream producer, Felix Pappalardi was shot and killed by his wife Gail Collins Pappalardi.
Metallica and Slayer releases their Debuts : Kill Em´All and Show No Mercy.

References

Preceded by 1982	Heavy Metal Timeline 1983	Succeeded by 1984

Timeline of heavy metal and hard rock music

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