Honestly I think it was probably a series of bands who really started true metal. You could defenitely credit black sabbath or AC/DC for it and you'd be right more then less to do so. I know that some bands like the kinks started the real hard rock leading into more metal but there defenitely wasn't one distonct band who led the overal hard rock/ metal movement.

Maybe it was Johann Sebastian Bach who invented a basis of "metal".... Toccata and Fugue in D minor. It's heavy. It's awesome. He just used an organ instead of a guitar. If you think about it, Metal is more closely related to classical music than any other modern genre of music (scales, skips, arpeggios, technical passages, etc.). It's tough to say though where metal really came from.

I think...
Anger.. Frustration... drugs.. alcohol.. and rage created metal. But ya know thats just an opinion.

Black Sabbath.

To put it simply, they were the first to play heavy metal. That's it.

The classical music point is interesting though. It sure can have lots of that stuff at times too.

Too hard to know... but i vote Black Sabbath.

That's eazy, of course Black Sabbath.

King Crimson, with 20th Century Schizoid Man...

The band called MC5 released their first album "Kick Out the Jams" in 1968. Check out this song for example:
http://grooveshark.com/#/artist/Mc5/405442
The whole album is very good by the way.
Apparently, that was before Black Sabbath (which can't be called inventors - see next band), before Led Zeppelin, and King Crimson. I'm not saying that MC5 invented metal, but they did come before those mentioned the most.

I would say MC5 are proto punk... seriously, I said King Crimson because that riff is pretty much heavy for 1969, but overall, in terms of philosophy and attitude, it must be Black Sabbath.

...Satan.... *sips wine*

Written by [user id=111774] on 25.06.2011 at 02:31

...Satan.... *sips wine*

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Fuck Ghaal

Black Sabbath

Written by Daniell on 24.06.2011 at 21:26

The band called MC5 released their first album "Kick Out the Jams" in 1968. Check out this song for example:
http://grooveshark.com/#/artist/Mc5/405442
The whole album is very good by the way.
Apparently, that was before Black Sabbath (which can't be called inventors - see next band), before Led Zeppelin, and King Crimson. I'm not saying that MC5 invented metal, but they did come before those mentioned the most.

In 1967 Blue Cheer released "Summertime Blues". It was both earlier and heavier than MC5

Do you all really think that just 1 band created metal? You get ideas from influences.

Let's not forget In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly... 1968...

I'm sure we could find some The Beatles songs that are heavy enough to be called proto-metal

Cream is quite proto-Sabbath at times even

Now, yes, Cream, Yardbirds, Jeff Beck, heavy blues, Jimi Hendrix Experience... where do we draw the line?

Written by Daniell on 27.06.2011 at 13:38

I'm sure we could find some The Beatles songs that are heavy enough to be called proto-metal

Yeah, it's called Helter Skelter. John Lennon actually considers Ticket to Ride to be the first metal song though.

Written by [user id=111774] on 28.06.2011 at 00:35

Written by Daniell on 27.06.2011 at 13:38

I'm sure we could find some The Beatles songs that are heavy enough to be called proto-metal

Yeah, it's called Helter Skelter. John Lennon actually considers Ticket to Ride to be the first metal song though.

I think you meant "considered"?

Written by Merchant of Doom on 28.06.2011 at 11:35

Written by [user id=111774] on 28.06.2011 at 00:35

Written by Daniell on 27.06.2011 at 13:38

I'm sure we could find some The Beatles songs that are heavy enough to be called proto-metal

Yeah, it's called Helter Skelter. John Lennon actually considers Ticket to Ride to be the first metal song though.

I think you meant "considered"?

Heck, yes, unless he is got a direct line to him, up there...

*studying evolution of Metal* umm its Iron Maiden!!!

Well, at least we know who named it:

Covens Witchcraft Destroys Minds & Reaps Souls album lyrics were probably also a influence.

So who's the first metal band that used HIGH GAIN DISTORTED GUITARS?

Written by [user id=101272] on 02.07.2011 at 04:17

Well, at least we know who named it:

And they didn't
The term was already used in a magazine and a book as well before Steppenwolf sung about it and when they did it did not refer to the music at all

Sabbath was the first metal band, but they have not invented it. Probably the hard rock scene at that time was responsible for it.

Probably the defining moment in heavy metal was when Tony Iommi cut the tips of his fingers off in the sheet metal cutter. This led to him using heavier strings and down tuning his guitar, thus creating the "heavy" chords.
I wonder where the machine is now?

In my opinion, i would say Venom or Motorhead, sure bands like Black Sabbath, Diamond Head, or Iron Maiden were pioneers in the NWOBHM, but i dont think they created metal, none of them were just heavy enough, but Venom and Motorhead take the cake for the first metal bands, in my opinion.