An attempt is made in this paper to cover the results of the recent experimental investigations on the effects of high pressure on the crystallization of amorphous Fe-17at.% B, Nb-19at.% Si and Pd-20at.% Si alloys. Pressure is shown to raise appreciably the onset temperature of crystallization and change the structural sequence of crystalline phases forming in the alloys. The phases preferentially forming are the DO_e-type Fe_3B, Al5-type Nb_3Si and bct Si-rich phase. The structural characteristics of these transformations are discussed in the light of the knowledge of atomic structure of the amorphous alloys
