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This is a timeline documenting the events of
heavy metal
in the year
1985
.
Contents
1
Newly formed bands
2
Albums
3
Disbandments
4
Events
Newly formed bands
Blind Guardian
Candlemass
Carcass
DBC (Dead Brain Cells)
David Lee Roth
Dream Theater (under the name "Majesty")
Exhorder
Extreme
Guns N' Roses
King Diamond
Macabre
Sanctuary
Tarot(under the name "Purgatory" until record deal)
White Zombie
Albums
Accept
-
Metal Heart
AC/DC
-
Fly on the Wall
Aerosmith
-
Done With Mirrors
Agent Steel
-
Skeptics Apocalypse
,
Mad Locust Rising
Anthrax
-
Armed and Dangerous
,
Spreading the Disease
Armored Saint
-
Delirious Nomad
Artillery
-
Fear of Tomorrow
Black Tears
-
The Slave
Bon Jovi
-
7800°Fahrenheit
Celtic Frost
-
Emperor's Return
,
To Mega Therion
The Cult
-
Love
D.R.I.
-
Dealing With It
David Lee Roth
-
Crazy from the Heat
Destruction
-
Infernal Overkill
Dio
-
Sacred Heart
Dokken
-
Under Lock And Key
Exodus
-
Bonded by Blood
Fates Warning
-
The Spectre Within
Grim Reaper
-
Fear No Evil
Helix
-
Long Way To Heaven
Helloween
-
Helloween
(EP),
Walls Of Jericho
Iron Maiden
-
Live After Death
Keel
-
The Right To Rock
King Kobra
-
Ready to Strike
KISS
-
Asylum
Kix
-
Midnite Dynamite
Kreator
-
Endless Pain
Lizzy Borden
-
Love You To Pieces
Loudness
-
Thunder in the East
Megadeth
-
Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!
Mötley Crüe
-
Theater of Pain
Overkill
-
Feel The Fire
Onslaught
-
Power from Hell
Pantera
-
I Am The Night
Possessed
-
Seven Churches
Ratt
-
Invasion of Your Privacy
Razor
-
Executioner's Song
,
Evil Invaders
Rough Cutt
-
Rough Cutt
Savatage
-
Power of the Night
Scorpions
-
Worldwide Live
Slayer
-
Hell Awaits
Stryper
-
Soldiers Under Command
Trouble
-
The Skull
Twisted Sister
-
Come Out and Play
W.A.S.P.
-
The Last Command
Warlock
-
Hellbound
White Lion
-
Fight to Survive
Watchtower
-
Energetic Disassembly
Y&T
-
Open Fire
,
Down for the Count
Yngwie J. Malmsteen
-
Marching Out
Disbandments
Mercyful Fate
Events
Living Colour
guitarist
Vernon Reid
cofounds the
Black Rock Coalition
, a
non-profit organization
dedicated to promoting the creative freedom and works of black musicians interested in playing rock music.
Twisted Sister
's
Dee Snider
testifies at The
P.M.R.C.
Senate hearings on rock censorship at Washington D.C. on September 19, 1985
David Lee Roth
releases his solo debut (ep) Crazy From The Heat in January 1985, with it comes the announcement he has permanently left
Van Halen
.
Led Zeppelin
reunites at
Live Aid
with Phil Collins replacing deceased drummer
John Bonham
.
Kam Lee
leaves
Death
and
Chuck Schuldiner
becomes the vocalist.
Uriah Heep
's former lead singer,
David Byron
dies on February 28th, due to alcohol complications.
Preceded by:
1984
Heavy Metal Timeline
1985
Followed by:
1986
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