Who Invented Metal?
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Published 2018-11-22
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00:00 Intro
00:56 Title Card
01:03 Blues
02:24 Surf Rock
03:04 Classic Rock
04:48 Summertime Blues
05:38 Born to be Wild
06:15 In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
06:53 Led Zeppelin
07:37 Black Sabbath
08:39 Creating Subgenres
09:26 Deep Purple
09:48 Other Bands
09:59 Conclusion
All Comments (21)
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How is this even a question ? The machine that cut off Tony Iommi’s fingers created heavy metal.
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Ah yes. My favourite song: Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath from their album Black Sabbath.
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Rock became metal the first time we heard Ozzy sing "What is this, that stands before me?"
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The Who: *Makes one of the heaviest songs in the 60's* Paul McCartney: no.
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It began when the vikings took northen scotland.
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The Beatles’ “she’s so heavy” was certainly influential for the creation of doom metal, especially the outro.
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The Who: makes a heavy song Paul McCartney: and I took that personally...
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"What is the exact point when red becomes orange?" I love that question. This treatment of the subject is awesome. Thanks. I lived through all of this.
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Always wonder why Jimi Hendrix was often forgotten when speaking about metal. He pushed guitar to it's technical limits, play louder and faster than the most, taking the rock blues formula to higher point.
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When Tony iommi played a distorted tritone on the song black Sabbath. Rock music became metal.
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What I take from this is that Black Sabbath are the creators of metal as a genre. The previous artists all created or built on top of the key components that make metal the genre what it is. Black Sabbath perfectly combined all of these components. They created songs that no other artists ever had before and their sound is the only one that sends shivers down my spine everytime I hear it, listening since I was born since my dad loved them and I do too, to this very day.
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Black Sabbath gave it a sound Ronnie James Dio gave it a sign Iron maiden gave it a mascot..
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‘’Tony Iommi is the real father of heavy metal, a constantly evolving genius, a master of riffs and one of the greatest people in the world!’’ Brian May
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If you don't wanna watch the whole video, here's a short summary. Black Sabbath.
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The “Unholy Trinity” (Sabbath, Purple, and Zeppelin) are credited as the inventors of metal, and they all brought different influences to the table. Sabbath was influenced by blues, Purple was heavily influenced by classical, and Zeppelin was influenced by folk and 1950’s rock & roll. All three made their own unique sound, and all three invented the genre we know now as heavy metal.
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John Lennon screaming in exhausted illness in Twist and Shout and the Davies brothers slashing their amps in You Really Got Me are fairly glaring exclusions to my mind.
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Any polyphonic video is a treat. A polyphonic video about metal truly makes my day
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Well Lemmy's voice is so heavy it can be considered metal in itself
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"The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown)" by Fleetwood Mac is another key moment in the early stages.
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Metal was invented in 1670 when sir john metalingus played his lute in a fast and dark matter with growls
