1971 in heavy metal music

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1971.

List of years in heavy metal music (table)
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Bands formed

• Aquelarre
• Buffalo
• Camel
• Captain Beyond
• Cirith Ungol
• Color Humano
• Foghat
• The Flying Hat Band
• GoodThunder
• Hard Stuff
• Jo Jo Gunne
• Manfred Mann's Earth Band
• Molly Hatchet
• New York Dolls
• Pentagram
• Pescado Rabioso
• White Witch

Bands disbanded

• Blue Cheer (reformed in 1974)
• Derek and the Dominos
• Iron Butterfly (reformed in 1974)
• The Stooges

Deaths

• October 29 – Howard Duane Allman, founder and guitarist of The Allman Brothers Band, died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident at the age of 24.

Albums

• Sir Lord Baltimore – Sir Lord Baltimore

January

Day	Artist	Album
	Mountain	Nantucket Sleighride
	Uriah Heep	Salisbury
	ZZ Top	ZZ Top's First Album

February

Day	Artist	Album
19	Yes	The Yes Album
24	Cactus	One Way... or Another

March

Day	Artist	Album
9	Alice Cooper	Love It to Death
19	Jethro Tull	Aqualung
	Humble Pie	Rock On

April

Day	Artist	Album
5	Flower Travellin' Band	Satori
15	Grand Funk Railroad	Survival
30	Thin Lizzy	Thin Lizzy
	Blue Cheer	Oh! Pleasant Hope
	James Gang	Thirds

May

Day	Artist	Album
	Edgar Broughton Band	Edgar Broughton Band

June

Day	Artist	Album
14	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	Tarkus

July

Day	Artist	Album
6	MC5	High Time
30	Budgie	Budgie
	Deep Purple	Fireball

August

Day	Artist	Album
2	The Who	Who's Next
6	Black Sabbath	Master of Reality
25	Blues Creation	Demon & Eleven Children
	Golden Earring	Seven Tears

September

Day	Artist	Album
21	T. Rex	Electric Warrior
	Mountain	Flowers of Evil
	Uriah Heep	Look At Yourself

October

Day	Artist	Album
8	Hawkwind	In Search of Space
18	Cactus	Restrictions
	UFO	UFO 2: Flying

November

Day	Artist	Album
5	Pink Floyd	Meddle
8	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin IV
9	Alice Cooper	Killer
12	Yes	Fragile
	Nazareth	Nazareth
	Van der Graaf Generator	Pawn Hearts
15	Grand Funk Railroad	E Pluribus Funk
19	Mott the Hoople	Brain Capers
	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	Pictures at an Exhibition
	Steppenwolf	For Ladies Only

December

Day	Artist	Album
3	King Crimson	Islands
	ELO	The Electric Light Orchestra