1974 in heavy metal music

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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1974.

Newly formed bands

Day	Artist	Album
15	Deep Purple	Burn[2]
18	Kiss	KISS[3]

Day	Artist	Album
???	Blue Öyster Cult	Secret Treaties[7]
???	Sweet	Sweet Fanny Adams[8]

Day	Artist	Album
???	Budgie	In for the Kill[9]
???	UFO	Phenomenon[10]

Day	Artist	Album
26	Bad Company	Bad Company[11]
???	Uriah Heep	Wonderworld[12]

Day	Artist	Album
6	Judas Priest	Rocka Rolla[13]

Day	Artist	Album
22	Kiss	Hotter Than Hell[14]

Day	Artist	Album
10	Deep Purple	Stormbringer[19]

The drummer John Rutsey of Rush is let go due to health issues and Neil Peart joins as a permanent member.[21]

Preceded by 1973	Heavy Metal Timeline 1974	Succeeded by 1975

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Timeline of heavy metal and hard rock music
Heavy metal music before 1970
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