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

Newly formed bands edit

Day	Artist	Album
?	Uriah Heep	Salisbury^[1]

Day	Artist	Album
9	Alice Cooper	Love It to Death ^[2]
19	Jethro Tull	Aqualung

Day	Artist	Album
?	Deep Purple	Fireball^[3]
30	Budgie	Budgie^[4]

Day	Artist	Album
21	T. Rex	Electric Warrior
?	Uriah Heep	Look At Yourself^[8]

Day	Artist	Album
8	Hawkwind	In Search of Space
?	UFO	Flying^[9]

^ "Salisbury". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
^ "Alice Cooper official site".
^ Popoff, Martin (2016). The Deep Purple Family (2nd ed.). Wymer Publishing. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-908724-42-7.
^ "Budgie". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
^ "RIAA certifications".
^ "Great Rock discography". p. 68.
^ "悪魔と11人の子供達 - ブルース・クリエイションのアルバム". Apple Music (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-24.
^ "Look At Yourself". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
^ "Flying". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
^ "Led Zeppelin IV". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
^ "official site".
^ "Nazareth". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
^ "Sir Lord Baltimore". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-28.

Preceded by 1970	Heavy Metal Timeline 1971	Succeeded by 1972