1971 Metal & Hard Rock Albums

Browse 5 metal and hard rock albums released in 1971, with detailed artist pages, track lists, Spotify players and English liner notes.

1971 Albums

ARTISTUFO
/ Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Classic Rock

UFO's second album, issued by Beacon in 1971, is a self-produced space-rock record built around the long "Star Storm" and "Flying".

/ Heavy Metal, Doom Metal

Master of Reality is Black Sabbath’s third album, and the record that fixes heaviness not as simple volume but as low-slung resonance, deliberate space, and…

/ Hard Rock, Classic Rock

Fireball finds Deep Purple’s Mark II lineup building on the fierce hard-rock language established on In Rock while testing speed, blues, folk-like quiet, and…

/ Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Classic Rock

Led Zeppelin IV is the band's fourth album and its signature work, joining hard rock, blues and British folk on a grand scale.

/ Hard Rock, Classic Rock

Thin Lizzy is the debut made by the trio of Phil Lynott, Eric Bell, and Brian Downey before the band reached the twin-guitar attack and fast-moving hard rock…