1970 61 dated entries
What happened
- 02-13 Black Sabbath release their debut An album that opens with rain, a bell and a tritone — the moment heavy metal becomes a separate thing from hard rock.
Genres held to have emerged
- Boogie rock rock
- Celtic rock rock
- Symphonic prog rock
- Zeuhl rock
A genre's date is an approximation historians argue about, unlike the events above it — the same distinction the timeline draws.
Bands formed
Bands that ended
Artists who died