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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1982.
Newly formed bands
- Abattoir
 - Arakain
 - Armored Saint
 - Artillery
 - Avenger
 - Baby Tuckoo
 - BlackLace
 - Brocas Helm
 - Cinderella
 - Cobra
 - Coney Hatch
 - Corrosion of Conformity (not originally a metal band)
 - Crumbsuckers
 - Culprit
 - Death Angel
 - Destruction
 - Dio
 - Dirty Rotten Imbeciles
 - Dr. Mastermind
 - D.A.D.
 - Ezo
 - Fates Warning
 - The Georgia Satellites
 - Godflesh (under the name "Fall of Because" until 1988)
 - Guardian
 - Hazzard
 - Heavens Gate
 - Hell
 - Hellhammer
 - Hellion
 - Helstar
 - Kreator
 - Lȧȧz Rockit
 - Lethal
 - Liege Lord
 - Luzbel
 - Mad Max
 - Madam X
 - Mournblade
 - No Mercy
 - Obsession
 - Onslaught
 - Outrage
 - Philadelphia
 - Post Mortem
 - Roxx Gang
 - Seikima-II
 - Sieges Even
 - Sinner
 - Smack
 - Streets
 - Swans
 - Tankard
 - Terra Rosa
 - TNT
 - Tredegar
 - Tublatanka
 - Steve Vai
 - Voivod
 - W.A.S.P.
 - Warlock
 - Warrior
 - Warriors
 - Watchtower
 - Waysted
 - Wrath
 - X (later known as X Japan)
 - Znowhite
 
Albums & EPs
- Lee Aaron - The Lee Aaron Project
 - Accept - Restless and Wild
 - Acid - Acid
 - Aerosmith - Rock in a Hard Place
 - Alice Cooper - Zipper Catches Skin
 - Americade - American Metal
 - Anvil - Metal on Metal
 - April Wine - Power Play
 - August Redmoon - Fools Are Never Alone (EP)
 - Axewitch - Pray for Metal (EP)
 - The B'zz – Get Up
 - Barón Rojo - Volumen brutal
 - Beast (Ger) - Beast
 - Bengal Tigers - Metal Fetish (EP)
 - Bitch - Damnation Alley (EP)
 - Bitches Sin - Predator
 - Blackfoot - Highway Song Live!
 - Black Sabbath - Live Evil
 - Blue Öyster Cult - Extraterrestrial Live
 - Bodine - Bold as Brass
 - Bow Wow – Asian Volcano
 - Bow Wow – Warning From Stardust
 - Budgie - Deliver Us from Evil
 - Breaker (Can) - In Days of Heavy Metal (EP)
 - Breslau - Volksmusik
 - Cheap Trick - One on One
 - Cintron - Cintron (EP)
 - Cloven Hoof - The Opening Ritual (EP)
 - Coney Hatch - Coney Hatch
 - Demon - The Unexpected Guest
 - Demon Flight - Demon Flight (EP)
 - Diamond Head - Borrowed Time
 - Dietrich - Dietrich (EP)
 - E.F. Band - Deep Cut
 - Fargo - F
 - Fist (UK) - Back with a Vengeance
 - Fortnox - Fortnox
 - Gamma - Gamma 3
 - Gary Moore - Corridors of Power
 - Gaskin - No Way Out
 - Geddes Axe - Escape from New York (EP)
 - Gillan - Magic
 - Girl - Wasted Youth
 - Girlschool - Screaming Blue Murder
 - Glory Bells Band - Dressed in Black
 - Grand Prix – There for None to See
 - Sammy Hagar - Three Lock Box
 - Hanoi Rocks - Oriental Beat
 - Hanoi Rocks - Self Destruction Blues
 - Headpins - Turn It Loud
 - Heavy Load - Death or Glory
 - Heritage - Remorse Code
 - Hughes/Thrall - Hughes/Thrall
 - The Hunt - The Thrill of the Kill
 - Hyksos - Hyksos
 - Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
 - Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
 - Killer (Bel) - Wall of Sound
 - Killer (Swi) - Thriller
 - Kiss - Creatures of the Night
 - Krokus - One Vice at a Time
 - Led Zeppelin - Coda (comp)
 - Legend - Death in the Nursery
 - Legend - Frontline (EP)
 - Loudness - Devil Soldier
 - Mad Max - Mad Max
 - Magnum - Chase the Dragon
 - Mama's Boys - Plug It In
 - Manilla Road - Metal
 - Manowar - Battle Hymns
 - Frank Marino - Juggernaut
 - Mercy – Swedish Metal (EP)
 - Mercyful Fate - Nuns Have No Fun (EP)
 - Messendger - Messendger
 - Metal Massacre - Metal Massacre (Compilation, various artists)
 - Metal Massacre - Metal Massacre II (Compilation, various artists)
 - Michael Schenker Group - Assault Attack
 - More - Blood & Thunder
 - Motörhead - Iron Fist
 - Night Ranger - Dawn Patrol
 - Nightwing – Black Summer
 - No Bros - Ready for the Action
 - Aldo Nova - Aldo Nova
 - Ted Nugent - Nugent
 - Obús - Poderoso como el trueno
 - Ozzy Osbourne - Speak of the Devil (live)
 - Overlord (US) - Broken Toys (EP)
 - Pat Benatar - Get Nervous
 - Picture - Diamond Dreamer
 - Plasmatics - Coup d'Etat
 - Rage (UK) - Nice 'n' Dirty
 - Rainbow - Straight Between the Eyes
 - Rapid Tears - Honestly
 - Raven - Crash Bang Wallop (EP)
 - Raven - Wiped Out
 - Resurrection Band - D.M.Z.
 - Riff Raff - Robot Stud
 - Riot - Restless Breed
 - Riot - Riot Live (EP)
 - The Rods - Wild Dogs
 - Rose Tattoo - Scarred for Life
 - Rush - Signals
 - Samson - Losing My Grip (EP)
 - Samson - Before the Storm
 - Santers - Mayday (EP)
 - Santers - Racing Time
 - Saxon - The Eagle Has Landed (live)
 - Scorpions - Blackout
 - Sharks - Altar Ego
 - Shiva - Firedance
 - Sinner - Wild 'n' Evil
 - Speed Queen - Speed Queen, aka II
 - Split Beaver - When Hell Won't Have You
 - Squadron - First Mission
 - Stampede - Days of Wine and Roses (EP)
 - Stampede - The Official Bootleg (live)
 - Street Fighter - Feel the Noise
 - Stress - Stress
 - Sweet - Identity Crisis
 - Talas - Sink Your Teeth Into That
 - Tank - Filth Hounds of Hades
 - Tank - Power of the Hunter
 - Teeze (CA) - Teeze (EP)
 - 38 Special - Special Forces
 - TNT - TNT
 - Torch - Fire Raiser (EP)
 - Bernie Tormé – Turn Out the Lights
 - Trance - Break Out
 - Trust - Savage
 - Twisted Sister - Ruff Cuts (EP)
 - Twisted Sister - Under the Blade
 - Tygers of Pan Tang - The Cage
 - Tytan - Blind Men and Fools (EP)
 - UFO - Mechanix
 - Uriah Heep - Abominog
 - Vanadium - Metal Rock
 - Vandenberg - Vandenberg
 - Van Halen - Diver Down
 - Vardis - Quo Vardis
 - Vendetta (US) - Vendetta
 - Venom - Black Metal
 - Virgin Steele - Virgin Steele
 - Viva – Dealers of the Night
 - Voie De Fait - Ange ou Démon
 - Voltz - Knight's Fall
 - Warning - Warning II
 - White Heat – White Heat
 - Whitesnake - Saints & Sinners
 - Witchfinder General – Soviet Invasion (EP)
 - Witchfinder General - Death Penalty
 - Y&T - Black Tiger
 - Zero Nine – Blank Verse
 - Zero Nine – Visions, Scenes and Dreams
 
Events
- Iron Maiden's first album with Bruce Dickinson, The Number of the Beast, reaches No.1 in the U.K. music charts.
 - Motörhead's guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke leaves the band and is replaced by ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian Robertson.
 - Judas Priest's single "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" is released. It will go on to become the band's best selling single.
 - Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist Randy Rhoads dies in an airplane accident on March 19.
 - Iron Maiden's drummer Clive Burr is fired from the band because of personal and tour-schedule problems. Nicko McBrain from Trust is hired to replace him.
 - Ace Frehley, Space Ace and lead guitarist of Kiss, leaves the band. Vinnie Vincent takes his place.
 - Queen departs from their hard rock legacy with the ill-received funk/disco album Hot Space.
 - December: Former Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan replaces Ronnie James Dio in Black Sabbath.
 - The band Metallica leaves Los Angeles and relocates to the San Francisco Bay Area.
 
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