This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1984.
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- With the release of Van Halen's 1984, Iron Maiden's Powerslave, Judas Priest's Defenders of the Faith, Scorpions' Love at First Sting, Accept's Balls to the Wall, Twisted Sister's Stay Hungry, Dokken's Tooth And Nail, Ratt's Out of the Cellar, and W.A.S.P.'s self-titled debut, heavy metal and hard rock both go mainstream, and 1984 becomes one of the biggest years for metal and hard rock artists in terms of album sales.
- Def Leppard's drummer Rick Allen loses his left arm in a car accident on December 31.
- Deep Purple Reunite.
- Quiet Riot 's Metal Health tops the charts at number 1, On November 26, 1983. Which starts the 80's L.A. glam metal scene.
- Death and Morbid Angel form thus creating what will become death metal
- Hanoi Rocks drummer Razzle is killed in an automobile accident on December 9. The driver of the car is Vince Neil of Mötley Crüe. Vince later spends time in jail for vehicular manslaughter.
- The debut albums of both Saint Vitus (Saint Vitus) and Trouble (Psalm 9) are released, which some say are the first doom metal records to be released.
