MMCXII Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 I like smoking lightning... Impossible to say who was first but i think the attitude that born to be wild brings is the essence of metal. Yeah, and they are not in the Hall of fame? They must be metal then! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-digitation Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Black sabbath - black sabbath This might be the best answer. Lots of music came out before Sabbath that influenced metal but then Sabbath came along and clearly defined it. The first true metal album Exactly right. There were heavy songs predating this, many mentioned above and all legit...all heavy for their time. But Sabbath permanently and irreversibly turned a page and created a sonic template that simply did not exist on that level prior. It was then that heavy metal as a sound was born, which is different than bands dabbling in heavier sounds. Sabbath turned that effort on its ear. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Growing up... I always thought Paperback Writer was 'heavy' but I was 11y.o. in 1966 when it was released. What did I know. My vote goes for Pretty Things Old Man Going. Written '67 and released '68. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New_World_Man Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Summertime Blues is usually the one that gets the credit. However, I would say the guitar riff in Beck's Bolero by Jeff Beck is possibly the first heavy metal guitar riff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Growing up... I always thought Paperback Writer was 'heavy' but I was 11y.o. in 1966 when it was released. What did I know. My vote goes for Pretty Things Old Man Going. Written '67 and released '68. That is metal! :goodone: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
By Tor Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 (edited) EasyThe Beatles . Revolution Edited May 29, 2017 by By Tor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraroc Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 (edited) If subgenres count, then I think that Rainbow's Stargazer is the very first power metal/symphonic metal song. Edited May 29, 2017 by fraroc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 "Helter Skelter!" The Beatles! Signed, MOTLEY CRUE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 If subgenres count, then I think that Rainbow's Stargazer is the very first power metal/symphonic metal song. "Rising" is one of the greatest albums on the Earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILSnwdog Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 In a Gadda da Vida by Iron Butterfly I reckon (1968)That one gets my vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedRush Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 I thought this was interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_music#Origins:_late_1960s_and_early_1970s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 I thought this was interesting: https://en.wikipedia...and_early_1970s yup In terms of sheer volume, especially in live performance, The Who's "bigger-louder-wall-of-Marshalls" approach was seminal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedRush Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 I thought this was interesting: https://en.wikipedia...and_early_1970s I didn't know all of the release dates, but my first thoughts were to Communication Breakdown and Black Sabbath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Paul credits Pete on writing Helter Skelter http://youtu.be/TFE0WF5Nv-E 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas King Posted November 11, 2017 Author Share Posted November 11, 2017 Black sabbath - black sabbath This might be the best answer. Lots of music came out before Sabbath that influenced metal but then Sabbath came along and clearly defined it. The first true metal album Album Master of Reality defines metal much better than their debut. Black Sabbath and The Wizard are only two metal songs on it, but other tunes are just bluesy hard rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 Black sabbath - black sabbath This might be the best answer. Lots of music came out before Sabbath that influenced metal but then Sabbath came along and clearly defined it. The first true metal album Album Master of Reality defines metal much better than their debut. Black Sabbath and The Wizard are only two metal songs on it, but other tunes are just bluesy hard rock. Perhaps, but the doesn't discount Sabbath's debut from being the very first metal in commercial existence, even if it wasn't 100% metal yet. And imo, they were fully metal by Paranoid, which was released mere months later, so it's gonna be 1970 Sabbath anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas King Posted November 11, 2017 Author Share Posted November 11, 2017 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq_KQYVPadQ It's the first HARD ROCK song. Not even close to metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq_KQYVPadQ It's the first HARD ROCK song. Not even close to metal.You don't know what metal is and you don't want to know! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tick Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 The ONLY answer is Black Sabbath!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushman14 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 The ONLY answer is Black Sabbath!!! agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New_World_Man Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Communication Breakdown or maybe Dazed and Confused both by LZ. Take your pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New_World_Man Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 The ONLY answer is Black Sabbath!!! agreed. Uh no. They did put out the first Heavy Metal album but I think there were metal songs before them. See my post above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate2112 Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrVKmTPFYZ8 /thread This is heavier than a lot of shit today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRogers Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 The reason no one takes Heavy Metal seriously is because many of the great classic bands dabbled in metal type songs before it was a genre. Then they moved on to other interesting sounds. Then came the clown show bands playing metal in their silly leather outfits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 This is before anything listed above. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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