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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1973.
Day | Artist | Album |
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5 | Aerosmith | Aerosmith [3] |
12 | Deep Purple | Who Do We Think We Are [4] |
Day | Artist | Album |
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7 | Iggy and the Stooges | Raw Power |
27 | Alice Copper | Billion Dollar Babies |
Flower Travellin' Band | Make Up | |
Blue Öyster Cult | Tyranny and Mutation [5] | |
Camel | Camel |
Day | Artist | Album |
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1 | Pink Floyd | The Dark Side of the Moon |
23 | King Crimson | Larks' Tongues in Aspic |
28 | Led Zeppelin | Houses of the Holy [6] |
Day | Artist | Album |
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Uriah Heep | Uriah Heep Live |
Day | Artist | Album |
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11 | Hawkwind | Space Ritual |
Wishbone Ash | Wishbone Four | |
18 | Yes | Yessongs |
Nazareth | Razamanaz | |
Edgar Broughton Band | Oora |
Day | Artist | Album |
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Bang | Music | |
Budgie | Never Turn Your Back On a Friend [7] |
Day | Artist | Album |
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13 | Jethro Tull | A Passion Play |
Queen | Queen I | |
Grand Funk Railroad | We're an American Band | |
Day | Artist | Album |
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13 | Lynyrd Skynyrd | (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) [8] |
Buffalo | Volcanic Rock | |
Golden Earring | Moontan |
Day | Artist | Album |
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3 | Uriah Heep | Sweet Freedom [9] |
21 | Thin Lizzy | Vagabonds of the Western World |
James Gang | Bang | |
The Amboy Dukes | Call of the Wild [10] |
Day | Artist | Album |
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17 | Montrose | Montrose [11] |
26 | The Who | Quadrophenia |
Day | Artist | Album |
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9 | Nazareth | Loud 'n' Proud |
16 | The Kinks | Preservation: Act 1 |
20 | Alice Cooper | Muscle of Love [12] |
Black Sabbath | Sabbath Bloody Sabbath | |
Lucifer's Friend | I'm Just a Rock 'n' Roll Singer |
Day | Artist | Album |
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7 | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Brain Salad Surgery |
Yes | Tales from Topographic Oceans |
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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1974.
This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1975.
This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1977.
This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1978.
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