1986 in heavy metal music

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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1986.

[edit] Newly formed bands

[edit] Albums

AC/DC - Who Made Who
Alice Cooper - Constrictor
Black Sabbath - Seventh Star
Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
Carnivore - Carnivore
Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
David Lee Roth - Eat 'Em and Smile
Destruction - Eternal Devastation
Dio - Intermission
Europe - The Final Countdown
Fastway - Waiting for the Roar
Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian
Flotsam and Jetsam - Doomsday for the Deceiver
Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
Judas Priest - Turbo
Keel - The Final Frontier
King Diamond - Fatal Portrait
King Kobra - Thrill of a Lifetime
Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
Krokus - Change of Address
Lizzy Borden - Murderous Metal Live Roadshow, Menace To Society
Loudness - Lightning Strikes
Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
Metal Church - The Dark
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Morbid Angel - Abominations of Desolation (Was Recorded in 1986, Released in 1991)
Motörhead - Orgasmatron
Nuclear Assault - Game Over
Onslaught - The Force
Ozzy Osbourne - The Ultimate Sin
Possessed - Beyond the Gates
Queensrÿche - Rage for Order
Quiet Riot - QR III
Ratt - Dancing Undercover
Razor - Malicious Intent
Sadus - D.T.P.
Savatage - Fight for the Rock
Sepultura - Morbid Visions
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Stryper - To Hell with the Devil
Tesla - Mechanical Resonance
Van Halen - 5150
Voivod - Rrröööaaarrr
W.A.S.P. - Inside the Electric Circus
Warlock - True as Steel
Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Trilogy
Zodiac Mindwarp - High Priest Of Love (EP)

[edit] Events

Phil Lynott the frontman of former Thin Lizzy dies at the age of 36 on January 4 for drug related health problems.
Metallica's bassist Cliff Burton dies at 24 on September 27 in a bus accident in Sweden. Jason Newsted from Phoenix band Flotsam and Jetsam is hired after auditions are held.
Metal Hammer Magazine is first published.
Europe, a swedish hard rock band release The Final Countdown album on May 26th. The title track is number one in 26 countries and became a phenomenon in music world. Too bad, guitarist John Norum leaves the band on November. He is replaced by Kee Marcello