Who Invented Metal?

[@MetalDetroit]

How is this even a question ? The machine that cut off Tony Iommi’s fingers created heavy metal.

[@GerstBladeworks]

Lol I was just watching a video from loudwire that had steel Panthers guitarist telling a satirical story about that

[@theyoyoyo7833]

Technically this is a pun haha

[@MetalDetroit]

KJER ERRT What do you mean it was his wife ?

[@MetalDetroit]

KJER ERRT Oh don’t be an idiot. That never happened.

[@stevewoodyt]

Dude just went as far back as he thought he could get away with. I’m seven minutes in and it’s almost all punk influences. I believe punk that no one really heard, unlike the bands in this video, is really what led to metal music. Motörhead is a punk band. Punk rock gave us Slayer. Slayer... the most metal band ever.

[@cosmicdib4823]

Ah yes. My favourite song: Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath from their album Black Sabbath.

[@YouTubeandI]

My favorite song: Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden from their album Iron Maiden

[@lilprynt6819]

My fav. Song :lil pump from lil pump from album lil pump Oh wait 🤪

[@theleviathan3902]

My favorite song: Angelwitch by Angelwitch on the album Angelwitch

[@rdjb9650]

My favourite song: I Should Be So Lucky by Kylie Minogue from her album Kylie. Damn, wrong thread.

[@dssvlogz4444]

I like motorhead by Motörhead on the album motorhead

[@DarkFire515]

Rock became metal the first time we heard Ozzy sing "What is this, that stands before me?"

[@seabasszamarripa8252]

Cen Blackwell yep, that was the turning point

[@dxnielastbury8767]

No

[@mpcc2022]

Not at all, do your homework.

[@glenkepic3208]

yep, I was there as a kid. Saw the Kinks on TV, had The Yardbirds singles, Cream albums and LZ I. None of this was as dark as Black Sabbath.

[@timreding4364]

Black Sabbath - without a doubt. I lived through and loved it all!!

[@bigwilly1850]

The Who: makes a heavy song Paul McCartney: and I took that personally...

[@managerialelitetoaster3456]

It began when the vikings took northen scotland.

[@Art_Vark_and_Rock]

Tom Pow ...brutal...

[@98izzark69]

"We come from the land of the ice and snow..."

[@zsaz4453]

True DD

[@okayokaynowkids7673]

Dam , this guy is ain't joking

[@jonathanswavely7259]

Swedish Pagans begins playing in the distance

[@PlanetRockJesus]

"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.

[@theccarbiter]

Nah I like to think of it more like this All metal is rock but not all rock is metal

[@jamespelletier1054]

@@theccarbiter I agree but the video was talking about the origin of metal and that’s where the analogy makes sense because it’s difficult/near impossible exactly where metal began, like how it’s near impossible to find exactly where orange becomes red

[@tonya4157]

That exact point is actually neither color. It's black. As in, Black Sabbath. That's when metal began. The Who were loud. Zeppelin and Deep Purple were heavy. Jimi had his own category. Sabbath is metal.

[@Ballin4Vengeance]

@@theccarbiter wdym Chuck Berry is clearly proto-doom-speed

[@devlintaylor9520]

Yep, black sabbath thinks of themselves as hard rock. Metal has screamy unintelligible vocals, which is def not black sabbath

[@drocardoso3213]

The Beatles’ “she’s so heavy” was certainly influential for the creation of doom metal, especially the outro.

[@iost5459]

Yup. Anyone who thinks the beatles never touched metal needs to hear that song.

[@mr80s81]

Helter skelter was the very start of it

[@ksasidhar2980]

Helter skelter actually

[@lyndoncmp5751]

@@ksasidhar2980 Nope. Led Zeppelin were playing Dazed and Confused and Communication Breakdown live to the public before the Beatles recorded Helter Skelter. Zeppelin first played those songs to the public September 7th 1968. And The Yardbirds with Jimmy Page did Stroll On in 1966, and Page, Beck and John Paul Jones did Becks Belero also in 1966.

[@yumyums2694]

Hettler sckelter

[@s1nner_]

The Who: **Makes one of the heaviest songs in the 60's** Paul McCartney: *no.*

[@thebrazilianatlantis165]

"Helter Skelter" is great. The correct answer is Deep Purple. Everyone had to sing like Gillan later (not Ozzy, not McCartney, not...) because that was the sound. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXXZqaibnttpbKs

[@hatujemeletsplayeryheskyce6460]

The Nile Song easily takes this title

[@KevinPullins]

I see what your thinking..but sabbath influence was 5 to 7 years after Paul whom influenced George's power chords post Hard days night but mid Help era. Yes the real dark sound started with those trying to go dark after the beatles..like sabbath but inventing and bringing into mainstream are two diff things

[@EndriwDJ]

blue cheer: no

[@tacocat7822]

Paul McCartney you better get the Helter Skelter out of here

[@andreleaog]

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.

[@larrymagee8758]

+I'm sure many, if not every heavy metal guitarist claims Hendrix as an influence. So where is he in all this? Surely he heard those blues guitarist you mentioned. This deserves a rethinking, a reevaluation, a revision, and a rewrite. Give jimi his due.

[@iHateVolvo]

The sloppy intro to Hey Joe from the Lulu Show (BBC sessions) is an excellent example of this

[@juungakagi4262]

he wasn't that good, he is alright. I really don't see the hype for him.

[@kidus9069]

@@juungakagi4262 Nothin against u man but you got the right to ur opinion but have u really given him a chance or listened to one of his albums? Check out Little wing, voodoo child slight return, castles made of sand, or red house if u ever got the time

[@juungakagi4262]

@@kidus9069 I already did bro, his chords are beautiful but they aren't all that good. his singing is like 6 out 10. he was great for his time but he is not the best of all time in my opinion.

[@johnr7279]

‘’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

[@ThePhalseProfit]

Exactly

[@johnr7279]

@Ice Man Blackmore happens to be my favorite guitarist ever but...he did not invent heavy metal and I bet even he would acknowledge this.

[@johnr7279]

@Ice Man I don't think Tony Iommi would be offended anyway. Yes, many of the songs from the In Rock album have those similar heavy riff sounds.

[@jamesovenden3833]

Then Brian May went on to invent thrash metal

[@coyrex1480]

@@jamesovenden3833 fucking excuse me?

[@codymccormick7317]

When Tony iommi played a distorted tritone on the song black Sabbath. Rock music became metal.

[@danielkeller8910]

Cody McCormick Jimi Hendrix was playing distorted tri tones way before Black Sabbath

[@NorrlandsDjup]

@@danielkeller8910 But it (subjectively) didn't become metal until Sabbath did it.

[@codymccormick7317]

Yeah and Jimi definitely bordered on metal all the time. He was so extreme, but I think the way Sabbath did it was definitely the point when it became metal. The riffs, the darkness of the lyrical content, I definitely think that was the fork in the road when metal became a thing.

[@jollyjakelovell4787]

Sabbath IS NOT Metal, they were a loud psychedelic hippie jam band. Metal Began with MOTORHEAD.

[@Volzotran]

I agree

[@jonathanmckinley5115]

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.

[@johnjohnson3709]

I still love Black Sabbath. It’s their sound that gets me!

[@scambammer6102]

the reason why it's sabbath is that was the first band that everyone immediately called heavy metal. "Heavy metal" is a phrase more than a style of music. If lawrence welk was called "heavy metal" then it would be him.

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodsm4708]

Any polyphonic video is a treat. A polyphonic video about metal truly makes my day

[@jessekellerthecollectingne5058]

Hell yeah, as soon as I saw the title I instantly clicked the link

[@fishseagull8504]

My satisfaction is immeasurable my day is excellent Oops wrong channel

[@CHlEFFIN]

Jeremy Hayes indeed

[@finismalorum9746]

Except he forgets Deep Purple. One of the most influential bands ever. Period.

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodsm4708]

Doedsjarl He did mention deep purple. Actually watch the video before commenting next time

[@internetm8]

If you don't wanna watch the whole video, here's a short summary. Black Sabbath.

[@sonofradium4835]

We know.

[@m_z_a_w_c4471]

Bout what I expected

[@yeboi9158]

Yes

[@ajaxrodriguez8956]

Reddit Gold!

[@juandelakrus1807]

Only when Ronnie James Dio entered the band. Ronnie James Dio is the only ambassador of "Metal" music.

[@metafis2490]

lots of proto-metal...but Sabbath moved from blues to minor and harmonic minor keys...that is when true metal was born..imo. NIB, Iron man, War pigs, Children of the grave..just a few examples.

[@rocknroll_jezus9233]

Alot of their stuff was still bluesy. It wasnt until Judas Priest I think that that Blues element was discarded

[@1985cactus]

@@rocknroll_jezus9233 Priest is way more bluesy than Sabbath.

[@JohannesWiberg]

@@1985cactus Not at all. I wouldn't consider Sabbath especially bluesy, but Priest was faster, had double guitars, and the operatic tenor vocals. LZ brought the show, the riffing, the distortion and the tenor singing. BS brought the minor scale, the dark lyrics/image and the downtuning. Deep Purple brought the very important classical influences (especially in soloing), the screaming, and the speed (Speed King and Highway Star are faster than anything by BS or LZ). But putting all the puzzle pieces together, getting rid of the last remnants of the blues, and adding a second guitar, that was Judas Priest. The other NWOBHM and 80s metal bands followed in their footsteps.

[@1985cactus]

@@JohannesWiberg But Priest's solos and just guitar sound overall, sounded way more electric blues oriented than Sabbath's slow doomy downtuned sludge that sounded nothing like bluesy at all. Agree with the rest. I guess JP did bring all the elements that make me hate 99% of heavy metal music.

[@JohannesWiberg]

@@1985cactus It different from song to song, I'd say, especially Sabbath experimented a lot with guitar tone. Sweet Leaf certainly doesn't sound bluesy, but Paranoid is not too far from, both the tone and the riff. The second, faster part of Iron Man is close to blues rock á la Cream. Oh and I agree when it comes to JP. Historically important, but I don't like it at all. While the double guitars can certainly be used for good, the rest of it spawned everything from Iron Maiden to Motley Crue, and I don't care for any of it. I'm back in the game when Soundgarden came around. :D

[@davidnissim589]

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.

[@n3nt2nd464]

"The Unholy Trinity" sickest title you could ever give to the OGs

[@tg-sneaky-ninja478]

@@n3nt2nd464 yes

[@eziospaghettiauditore8369]

And none of those guys would have been possible if Paul McCartney had not made Helter Skelter

[@islipperyfellow6487]

@@eziospaghettiauditore8369 Not true. The yardbirds were already doing some pretty heavy stuff in 66-67. The two biggest influences for metal were the blues and distortion, also known as Jimi hendrix. Led Zeppelin basically is the perfect combination of rock and its parent genre, the blues. Add distortion to it and you get Sabbath which basically is heavy metal. Helter Skelter didn't do a whole lot to push the concept. Many bands were trying to make songs that rocked harder than any song released before. The Who were trying to top themselves and the beatles were trying to top them. But all this probably led to creation of hard rock, not metal. The origins of heavy metal can be summed up in the following manner : The blues Jimi hendrix The Unholy Trinity : Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath

[@islipperyfellow6487]

@@GladeSwope Nope. Pink Floyd's a pretty shit band. No one cares if a group is experimental or not, if that experimenting leads to shit music.

[@lachievanb]

Helter Skelter was definitely a predecessor to metal. One of my favourite Beatle song, with its screaming lyrics and heavy distortion. In addition it also has a violent and infamous legacy due to its association with the Manson murders. Definitely a heavy tune that left a mark on history

[@alexscheuerman8899]

I really cant stand the beatles. Someone said Beatles created metal before Sabbath and i wanted to disagree but i gave them the benefit of the doubt. I hate to say it but helter skelter is metal as fuck

[@scambammer6102]

@@alexscheuerman8899 It isn't because nobody called it that at the time. "Metal" is a word. Metal music didn't exist until somebody called it that.

[@princemjbp695]

Well Lemmy's voice is so heavy it can be considered metal in itself

[@tylerkasuboski3366]

Even Lemmy himself would disagree. He hated it when people referred to Motorhead as "heavy metal". They were more like Chuck Berry meets Hawkwind meets The Damned on a month long speed bender and at volume 11.

[@michaelczesnozki1671]

He invented Thrash Metal. Hence why Metallica thanks them and British Punk for creating them.

[@Kezukov]

@Cory Britton jeez, did his warts freak you out bro?

[@BegetterVIIEVEN]

@Cory Britton Ok

[@NoctumusTV]

True. Whenever he spoke, and whatever he said, that was the sound of heavy metal :)

[@iwontgiveyoumyinformation8895]

Helter Skelter seems much heavier to me than Summertime Blues, since McCartney really leaned into the sing-shouting that seems like a core element of the genre.

[@ajhhc]

I love the sound and energy of HS, but for me it's more like hard rock or something like that. It has the sound, but not the feeling. After all, musically it's not that complex, it has a pretty basic structure.

[@nickn2794]

Please listen to Who Are the Brain Police by Frank Zappa, 1966, and pay particular attention from min 1:25, that is the first proto metal song. Not Helter Skelter, that was late.

[@MarbleThumbs]

The chorus of I Want You (She's So Heavy) is another great example.

[@stevekimmel4682]

Yes.

[@Ampher03]

Summertime Blues has drums that are metal as fuck

[@jerryhensley6255]

Black Sabbath gave it a sound Ronnie James Dio gave it a sign Iron maiden gave it a mascot..

[@jaceacekalgoorlie]

Manowar gave it a punchline

[@trevorpritchard1349]

The Kinks you really got me, released in 1964, they sliced up the speaker cones to get the distortion sound

[@vtoregov]

Absolutely, The Kinks deserved to be mentioned rather than the who

[@ernietarling5829]

I agree Trevor. 1964, and followed by their ' All Day and all of the Night.' They were rough but melodic, and still sound exciting.

[@Mark_Ocain]

They're oft credited with creating the first heavy metal song..I tend to agree. Also, Jimmy Hendrix 's music was once described as "sounding like heavy metal falling from the sky". The way he shredded surely influenced most every metal guitarist along their journey.

[@richardjhgraham]

@KJER ERRT No, mono is fine. It's Dubly you're thinking of.

[@blackmore4]

@@Mark_Ocain The Kinks and Hendrix, no question.

[@Head318Hunter]

I believe metal was officially born with the first Black Sabbath album. Black Sabbath, N.I.B. Wasp/Behind the Wall of Sleep, Warning

[@Vikernes-f9u]

look at who invented metal on KZbin

[@dxnielastbury8767]

I disagree because their music isnt metal

[@dxnielastbury8767]

@Heroin Bob it isnt, its hard rock pure and simple, it doesnt have the drive in the drums that metal does and if you dont believe me, even the band dont thing their metal.

[@dxnielastbury8767]

@GhostShip influence is not the same as the real thing, led zepplin werent heavy metal

[@lordspaghettitron2732]

UwU dan dude, its very easy to tell that Black Sabbath is different from Led Zeppelin, much heavier. Black sabbath uses heavy, slow riffing (ie Black Sabbath off of their debut), whereas Led zeppelin, has light hearted rock riffs. if eletric wizard, dopesmoker, and sleep are metal, you can not say black sabbath isnt

[@Sirarchibald227]

Ahh the Beatles my favorite metal band

[@axelsureda6054]

They were no metal band but versatile as fuck, if you want, go check songs like "I want you (she's so heavy)" "Revolution" "The End"

[@GandalfGreyhame]

They aren't a metal band and he never said they are lol. They do however have multiple songs that can be credited as an influence to the birth of metal

[@ユジン0]

Your a wanker dude for that.lol

[@lyndoncmp5751]

@@GandalfGreyhame Jimmy Page did it before The Beatles.

[@arpitdas4263]

Helter Skelter unironically birthed punk, metal, nu and all heavy music

[@bfish89ryuhayabusa]

"The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown)" by Fleetwood Mac is another key moment in the early stages.

[@eacy7deacy]

Judas Priest has an awesome cover of the song.

[@iSkully99]

In the same category, spooky tooths spooky two album was also quite influential. Better by you, better than me was also covered by judas priest

[@bismuthcrystal9658]

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.

[@vicky8867]

I forgot about Lennon's rendition of Twist and Shout. Good point👉👍.

[@blackmore4]

@@vicky8867 True enough but I think as far as vocals go that McCartney's vocal on 'I'm Down' is even more metal.

[@vicky8867]

@@blackmore4 hmm... I've never heard of it I'll have to check it out.

[@vicky8867]

@@blackmore4 just listened and yes both songs have that metal music like scream 😲 that could have influenced the heavy metal sound.

[@iSkully99]

If we are talking about screaming then screaming jay hawkins deserves to be mentioned too.

[@TheModernHermeticist]

Bach invented metal.

[@troyevitt2437]

Bach invented Yngwie.

[@kazuhiramiller7013]

no shit though

[@MoonatikYT]

Exactly, he just didn't have electric guitars or distortion.

[@markschattefor6997]

Don't underestimate Beethoven, he created the most recognisable riff in rock history. But Ritchie Blackmore played it backwards in Smoke on the water.

[@the92project]

Beethoven more than Bach imo

[@TheMorgalion]

Black Sabbath nailed the true sound of Heavy Metal!

[@Vikernes-f9u]

look at who invented metal on KZbin

[@scambammer6102]

@@Vikernes-f9u I already know I was there. It was sabbath NOT because of the sound, but because they were the first band that everyone called heavy metal. Nobody called the Kinks or the Who or the Stones or the Beatles or Steppenwolf or any of the others metal until AFTER sabbath. That is when the term "heavy metal" became connected to a type of music.

[@Jaozedong-q5h]

Black Sabbath weren't called metal until the late '70s, what are you on about? Iommi claimed that they played heavy rock, Ozzy called their music "stoner blues rock". The first heavy metal band was Sir Lord Baltimore.@@scambammer6102

[@Ourfamilyaccount1]

My boyfriend mentioned that he felt that Hendrix should have got at least a mention because he was incredible.

[@Qwerty-ks8dn]

This clip focuses more on blues and other such nonsense.

[@grasseletricboogaloo5069]

Helter skelter came out in 1968 but they had 9 or 10 albums before helter skelter before there album with helter skelter and back in the U.S.S.R before there was howlin wolf mostly know for smokestack lightin which came out in 1958 and after that in 1966 he made sitting on top of the world which is now most know by its cover by cream aka Eric Clapton , ginger baker and jack bruce , Bo diddly I’m a man came out in 1958 . Jimi Hendrix Are you experienced came out in 1967 which has fire , purple haze , I don’t live today and highway Chile and in the SAME year he made the bold as live album which had Spanish castle magic , she’s so fine and castles made of sand. CREAM in 1966 had their first album fresh cream with N.S.U , Toad and I feel free which are all bangers . The kinks 1964 the kinks album included beautiful Delilah , you really got me , all day all of night and Louie Louie . 1964 the yardbirds who had artist like Eric Clapton , Jimmy page and Jeff beck all of which are legendary. Helter skelter did influence metal with it’s gain driven sound and futuristic screams but without the previous artist and many others helter skelter wouldn’t even exist :)

[@ranielalmaria6612]

Agreed. Jimi Hendrix was an important person in the evolution of Heavy Metal.

[@CHARIForganization]

Who invented metal...? What a question... Was not a someone from the Near East, in the Fertile Crescent, around 6th millennium BC?

[@teameclair4211]

lmao

[@fxvxrx5921]

nevermind, it was nature.

[@bernardok]

it could have been discovered by a chinese dude but is unknown to us for years..

[@aaronm2410]

That sponsorship segue was a masterpiece. 10/10

[@postpunk80]

Skillshare invented Heavy Metal

[@scottmiceli7121]

pocahoetrans asshole

[@russellzauner]

Online Lessons that Don't Suck. But Skillshare is a joke - it's a company created to give other companies validity in their employee training requirements by abstracting the actual responsibility of filling the requirements through semi-plausible web portals that are maintained by armies of middleware developers who code like mad but those skills will never transfer as every tool is not only unique but frequently randomly assembled out abandoned open source projects.

[@aleksr2329]

Dumbass

[@ThatOneGuy7550]

lmao who knows maybe a metal band taught themselves through skillshare haha

[@RMillerAD]

haha

[@1400IntruderVS]

Pink Floyd is often overlooked when discussing the evolution of Heavy Metal sounds. 1967 "Interstellar Overdrive", crosses genre between psychedelic and bombastic blues. In 1969 Pink Floyd released "The Nile Song", on the album "More", a musical piece that is easily more Heavy Metal than psychedelic. Heavy Metal is as influenced by Jazz and Baroque era music as it is American Blues, and I would argue early Psychedelic music were experiments that constructed melodic works by combining these genres... Heavy Metal does this with a bit more angst.

[@thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051]

The Nile Song sounds more like Punk which is ironic considering that for a time, Pink Floyd were the enemy of Punk.

[@jpdemer5]

Deep Purple "in Rock" was the first album I ever bought. I had no idea what I was in for.

[@eljonny659]

One of my favourite albums. Personally Machine Head is my favourite.

[@davidnissim589]

jsmarty Machine Head rocks, but In Rock, for me, is the definitive Deep Purple album.

[@simeonseah417]

Perfect return, Perfect Strangers!

[@Fontsman]

Sabbath launched the first fully evolved debut which defined the genre. Their choral structures down tuning and lyrics established the template. They are Heavy Metal and that's all there is to it. Zeppelin's music was amplified blues, not metal.

[@larrymagee8758]

Yes, but Page's heavy contribution to the the way he played those blues is as important as Clapton's (Cream) and most importantly JIMI FUCKING HENDRIX!!! See my other post on this.

[@Fontsman]

@@larrymagee8758 Hendrix was heavy blues psychedelic and jazz. Nothing whatsoever to do with metal. Page had nothing to do with metal either, it was all rooted in blues. Some of Bonham's drumming was maybe an influence, but even then. Sabbath laid it out in it's complete form and that's all there is to it.

[@Alberto-ny7kf]

true, metal isn't just being loud or heavy, black sabbath sounded not like heavy rock, or amplified blues, they sounded like metal.

[@Fontsman]

@wayward_wyn I am aware of Blue Cheer. They were an excellent and powerful band. But Sabbath were the complete template. There was a darkness about their music unlike anything else at that point too.

[@danneeson7056]

No "bluesman " ever sounded like Led Zeppelin. When LZ's first album came out, no one F.M. listening hipster had heard anything like it, and then when they hit A.M. radio with Whole Lotta Love in 1969 kids like me were blown away. Then the next thing you hear from the F.M. listening hipsters in 1970 is the name Black Sabbath and I was intrigued by the name alone , not having heard their music at that time. Little did we know(except for music press reading hipsters) that music media had just coined a new term to describe this heavy distorted acid rock. A review of American group Sir Lord Baltimore's first album, 1970s Kingdom Come , labeled their sound as "heavy metal". This is the first time the term heavy metal is used to describe a groups sound. Listen to that record and you will see why. By the end of Black Sabbaths first American tour the press started labeling them as heavy metal. As for being the first to have that sound we now call heavy metal, Black Sabbath is the winner. Check out the early Iron Claw (Scottish band 1970) recordings to see how much they loved early Black Sabbath. The music press by 1974/75 often had the big three of Heavy Metal on the cover, Led Zeppelin ,Deep Purple and Black Sabbath.

[@Calilou52]

I dont care what anyone says, metal would not be the dark, gloomy heaviness it is today without sabbath. They set the tone for what a metal band should be

[@EphemeralTao]

That dark, gloomy heaviness predated Sabbath, though. It very much originated in the psychedelic "wall of sound" techniques of the mid-late '60s.

[@edwardking7140]

Chicken Wang deep purple

[@JusCuz410]

Blue Cheer

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

All of these bands played major parts in metal. But people you will never know about played parts in it as well. Musical genres don't just grow on trees, they have taken many millennia to become what they are today. Music history predates even written history. Black Sabbath (although I agree they are a major, if not the most major, turning point), would never have existed without the blues, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Chuck Berry, J.S. Bach, and all of their influences combined.

[@Vikernes-f9u]

@@EphemeralTao look at who invented metal on KZbin

[@ss.fx3626]

Metal was invented in 1670 when sir john metalingus played his lute in a fast and dark matter with growls

[@averagehum4n]

Real

[@Kruegerisgod]

21st Century Schizoid Man by King Crimson deserves at least a mention

[@cl8804]

Starless, kid.

[@Kruegerisgod]

@@cl8804 No dude. Starless was released in 1974. Sabbath was fully established by then. Would make no sense to mention it

[@mikekoenig6467]

Black Sabbaths debut was BEFORE King Crimson

[@Kruegerisgod]

@@mikekoenig6467 King Crimson came out before

[@mikekoenig6467]

Nooooo. Black Sabbath came in 1968. And technically were playing their debut in 67 before the album came out

[@johnnysweatshop150]

ah yes, the black eyed peas.

[@turdferguson9190]

Ah, I see you are a man of culture as well...

[@tungtobak]

Andy Milonakis invented metal

[@brandonhamele2334]

Almost forgot that they came up in this vid about metal. lol

[@nikiyerbamate]

@aidan's angels it was a joke

[@bwgti]

aidan's angels - you can’t have it both ways Aidan.

[@lance4842]

*I GOT BLISTERS ON MAH FINGERS*

[@exodusexodus7608]

Ringo Star!!!!

[@nevillebowden4948]

I have long thought that Helterskelter was the first Punk song. Its post release history/connections add to it.

[@Uvevwevwevwe]

@@nevillebowden4948 Punk is an idea, not a sound. It's lyrics are rather meaningless (I love the song anyway), but it's not punk. The sound is more reminiscent of hardcore, which to be honest is pretty much punk without the political/social commentary

[@tiffanypetersen789]

Who Invented metal? JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH!!!!!!!

[@piijay14]

Bach had nothing to do with metal.

[@8064goldenstar]

@@piijay14 dude he made sweet leaf first, and then black sabbath recreated it

[@billy6220]

I would argue for Wagner as well.

[@tiffanypetersen789]

@@billy6220 Well, if we're putting together a list of metal's "founding fathers," then we should also include Stravinsky.☺

[@piijay14]

You folks are delusional. This video doesn't even mention anything about Bach or any European classical artist. Metal comes from exactly where the video say's it's from. Sorry to disappoint y'all!

[@nanaimosquash8055]

Link Wray-Rumble. 1958. Some radio stations banned it due to concerns that it could incite violence.

[@Vikernes-f9u]

look at who invented metal on KZbin

[@Grachtnakk]

I'd say Helter Skelter is heavier than Summertime Blues.

[@Grachtnakk]

@@ironhammer8935 The covered version is what I was talking about.

[@gabrielteruel4720]

I think it's pretty close if you listen to the full version, but it's true that its vocals and lyrics tone it down a lot.

[@elgatonegro1703]

It might be a push, but if blue cheer wins it’s because the disjunction of a cover and it’s ‘heavier’ version. May be a moot point anyway as the steppenwolf dude is apparently adamant that he invent the genre via his lyric

[@brandonhamele2334]

Yeah, honestly, Helter Skelter has always been where I really heard a lot of the elements start to come together. That song's vocals are a lot more metal-like than most of the other songs listed here, imo.

[@NosnXD]

The first time I heard that song you could've told it was straight out of the 90s. This ecstatic singing and chaotic instrumental is something I didn't find in any of the other early "metal" songs which makes it feel more like the classic punk attitude. I love that rawness and it's the main reason why I lost my interest in metal after a relatively short time. Just feels... too calculated from time to time

[@TS-qq7vr]

1968 was an important year and Voodoo Child is totally left out. It crammed so many heavy metal roots into a few minutes.

[@m.b.82]

I'd say Voodoo Child is about as heavy as psychedelic blues rock can ever get but its not metal.

[@bassinblue]

@@m.b.82 lol just because it's not metal doesn't mean it wasn't the roots of metal. Like saying chuck berry is not rock n roll because we have ACDC, Led Zeppelin to look at.

[@m.b.82]

@@bassinblue i disagree. Chuck berry was most definitely rock and roll. Hendrix was definitely not metal.

[@MCJosiah]

@@m.b.82 But Hendrix's was still a major stepping stone into the development of Metal. Jimi Hendrix's helped to pioneer & popularize a super heavy style of feedback distortion & fast heavy style of blues guitar playing with it. Many early pioneers where heavy Hendrix fans that where heavily influenced by Hendrix. Tony Immoi was a major Jimi Hendrix's fan & student that even own & used a left handed white Stratocaster just like Jimi during the recording of there first album in the fall of 1969. What happened was haft way though recording the album Tony's Stratocaster broke so he had to switch to his backup guitar which was a red Gibson SG. So even if Jimi Hendrix isn't consider Metal, his music definitely had a massive impact on the creation of Metal as many early Metal artist & pioneer's where major fans & students of Jimi Hendrix's & incorporated alot of elements from Jimi's style of Heavy Blues Rock into there styles.

[@m.b.82]

@@MCJosiah Good post. Thanks for the lesson.

[@diggersouth]

Brian May and Queen on all their earliest albums had created a sound for metal and speed metal that no one else had. If you don't know Queen - Son and Daughter, Ogre Battle, Stone Cold Crazy, Death on Two Legs, White Man, Sheer Heart Attack. One from each of the first 6 albums. The list goes on. They created many genres of music. Worth a listen.

[@nandohoyer]

Yes

[@TK-oj2ml]

well, the Queen I album was out there in 73 we are talking about the late 60s here, so yeah

[@saifonlawrence2044]

I agree..Brian May playing monster riffs.

[@Some0neSomewhere]

Was just thinking about Motorhead....how sad is it that Lemmy, Phil, Würzel and Eddie are all gone. :(

[@metalmanalishi]

When we lost Fast Eddie - all the kings were dead . Hail Motorhead ! Long live the kings !

[@kiimawittu_]

Motörhead was inverted in 1975 and there was metal albums already

[@992ras]

Motörhead called there music Rock & Roll I.e By Lemme who started Motörhead. Metal fans as well as punk fans loved Motörhead.

[@jessecoc6247]

28 december 2015... a very silent day at our house😪 R.I.P. LEMMY, ROCK IN POWER

[@jessecoc6247]

I only got a few years to see the last ones, i fucking missed maiden this year but im trying to see as much of them as possible

[@harrycook9041]

I would say that 21st Century Schizoid Man by King Crimson is another early contender

[@yotam6x7]

Larks tongues in aspic pt1 also fits that bill

[@brandonhamele2334]

True, that song is just straight metal, but I guess that was '69?

[@danielalv7840]

I was about to mention that and was waiting him to mentioned in the video

[@swanclipper]

in-a-gadda-da-vida (the full version, not the shitty radio cut at 3 minutes) is higher on my list than King Crimson and it was before too.

[@outshimed]

I was just about to mention Crimson if nobody else did. I've been getting into them recently and some of their early stuff is straight up sinister psych metal, way ahead of its time.

[@cookiesailor8744]

tony iommi honorable mentioned: butler ward osbourne

[@Vikernes-f9u]

look at who invented metal on KZbin

[@davidnissim589]

Butler should be up there with Iommi since he wrote the dark lyrics that are associated with metal.

[@Indigo_404]

Classical music from the 1910s and earlier played a huge role in metal as well. Black Sabbath wrote their first song because they played Holst’s Mars on the bass, and then modified it a bit. Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring was a huge influence as well.

[@SceneComparisons]

before Black Sabbath, Helter Skelter was the heaviest song, no doubt

[@umpygoodness2369]

but it's true that HS is more PUNK and Noise than "METAL". it's NOT just about distortion.

[@doscwolny2221]

@@umpygoodness2369 But it is about song attitude.For example,motorhead

[@skranglefantene]

Helter Skelter is heavier than Oceans Inside me by Stone Garden? Kinda disagree... kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWnGn4ZmbK2SacU

[@smj6491]

led zeppelin 1, nuff said

[@nothingreally6680]

Are you deaf?

[@JudgeLazar]

Black Sabbath is the only correct answer. There's no one single thing that makes something "metal". It's a combination of factors and Sabbath has them all. Riffs, lyrical content, energy, atmosphere, controversy and probably many more.

[@bagofnickels7225]

Judge Lazar exactly

[@EmoPineapple]

But... Helter Skelter...

[@EmoPineapple]

Nocturn Vaka and? Metal isn’t supposed to be satanic

[@xiconp1993]

@Nocturn Vaka metal doesn't have to be satanic or dark.

[@IAmKillEveryone]

Pentagram goes back just as early as Black Sabbath and they were playing proto-black metal.

[@PkmariO64]

I recently got “Deep Purple in Rock” on cassette and the whole album is a banger.

[@TealScarab]

Definitely, Speed King, Blood Sucker, Child In time, and living wreck are amazing songs.

[@victimology7761]

Wait. On Cassette?

[@davidosorio9427]

Victimology is there an issue?

[@markuse3472]

@@davidosorio9427 Yes: CD's and streaming sound better.

[@brygadasfm]

DP is one of the most underestimated/forgotten bands in America. If one wanted to sum up a theory about what the present metal is, he'd say that it's a mixture of the Black Sabbath and Deep Purple sounds

[@rosieHolliday5887]

Esther 'Jinx' Dawson's vocals on the album Witchcraft are amazing. The first woman of metal! Thank you for making this video. Sabbath, Deep Purple....you're taking me back to my childhood of metal gigs, snakebite, Newcastle Brown ale, leather jackets & throwing up in the gutter after a hard night's headbanging! The best times

[@jisblap]

I was always told 2 possible songs “started” metal. One was The Beatles - Helter Skelter and the other was The Troggs - Wild Thing. I felt Helter Skelter was “heavier” then Wild Thing was, so in this case I’d go with Helter Skelter. Even McCartney said at the time he wanted to make the hardest raunchiest song ever.

[@Swordshreader]

That was the quickest 11 minutes 38 seconds of my life

[@MellowOutMoogy]

no doubt, it actually made me reply to a video.

[@Big_Klem]

That’s what she said. Lol

[@505-g6t]

Understandable considering the video is 11:37 long

[@Vorse_Raider]

"Hey! You forgot [name of rock band that no metal band has ever cited as an influence], what about them?" - this comment section.

[@squitosneeze]

Black Sabbath cited king crimson as an influence

[@stevenattanasso2003]

"Time Has Come Today" // Chambers Brothers // 1966

[@karlkuttup]

@@stevenattanasso2003 THATS MORE ACID ROCK CROSS PUNK ROCK BEFORE PUNK

[@stevenattanasso2003]

@@karlkuttup For 1966 ( I was 11 years young ) it was about as close to heavy metal as You could get ..... IMO , of course ...... But I see Your point with the acid rock reference .....

[@Terribleathletes]

"People are mentioning bands I don't know because they don't get played on FM radio!" - this comment

[@Aepus]

The only thing I think to be missing from this is a mention of Link Wray's "Rumble". It still hits the spot today. Otherwise a great summary!

[@M.J44]

I consider Helter Skelter the first metal song, but the one that really put the definition in the genre was definitely Black Sabbath.

[@M.J44]

@John Cornell Communication Breakdown & Dazed And Confused came out in 1969, while Helter Skelter was 1968.

[@thebrazilianatlantis165]

"the one that really put the definition in the genre was" Deep Purple In Rock

[@themangoman9315]

I would say it's more punk but it definitely has metal in it

[@kitsune630]

It has elements of metal but I definitely wouldnt call it metal

[@will420high4]

Sacrilege! I would consider Helter Skelter proto-metal, no such thing as metal before sabbath

[@DjJtown]

I have no doubts that we all agree that Sabbath released the first ALL metal album and there's no doubt that American blues is the foundation and a major influence of the most iconic time in rock music; the 60's. Now if we're talking about the moment that the first crack was introduced that would spread into the heavy metal genre and spawn over a dozen sub-genre's (the Most of any music), it would have to be Wild Thing by The Troggs. Before that song, you'd have to listen to dirty, muddy, heart wrenching blues to come close. No, it's That song that was the proto-seed where Heavy Metal started to explode from. There's my two cents...now I'm going back to listening to DIO.

[@Username-wc4zy]

I love how today when we hear this distortion in blues it sound normal to us because of how much we’ve heard it around in other music. But when people in the 60s heard distortion thought it to be incredibly heavy, just shows how we’ve grown

[@JohnDoe-jq4re]

Bench Boi Truuuuueee!

[@georgeterrill7279]

If you want to look at the Who's influence on Hard Rock and the Metal, look at Live at Leeds and their live work. They take many of their more standard 60s songs and turned the volume to 11. John Entwistle's basslines add a much greater depth and heaviness to the sound, as well as Pete Townshend's use of stacked amps to give greater volume and variation in tones meant he could get incredible distortion out of his SG. The Who live in their prime were hard rock gods.

[@SaatvikDube]

21st century schizoid man was a big inspiration to metal

[@marius9372]

Sabbath' s Iron Man basically is a massive ripp-off of that song. Anyway, King Crimson did an amazing job with that apocalyptic sax and guitar riff... Man, one of the heaviest things ever recorded.

[@brygadasfm]

It also genuinely continues with the later songs like Lark Tongues In Aspic

[@tylerelizondo6028]

Actually way more so. Why isn’t that actually mentioned?!?!

[@tylerelizondo6028]

King Crimson actually had an influence, with lyrics and actual heavy music. I seriously find it amusing that people ignore them consistently!!!

[@aponcy]

Completely agree! King Crimson easily was a precursor to metal.

[@readingforwisdom7037]

Missed a key record...The Kinks' 1964 You Really Got Me. Before The Who and Cream, here was the way forward to Metal through Dave Davies' fuzz heavy uber-riff

[@mrpsychodeliasmith]

Exactly

[@pavelm.gonzalez8608]

They were the prequel of all Hard Rock Bands and consequently of all Punk and Metal bands!!!

[@MrMmnngghh]

Bugger! Just composed a comment saying the exact same thing (plus the inclusion of "All Day And All Of The Night"), then read yours!

[@bubbleheadft]

Tony Iommi. Next question.

[@dannybarcenas1729]

The Master of Metallurgy

[@laurentiuborza3937]

Its Tommi, mate. At least spell his name right

[@bubbleheadft]

@@laurentiuborza3937 uuhh...no it's not....

[@thetennesseewalker4025]

Most noted writer in Sabbath is Geezer Butler. So does rhat m ake him the creator

[@bubbleheadft]

@@thetennesseewalker4025 Geezer wrote the lyrics and some of the music, but Tony developed the sound.

[@LezbeOswald]

i've been a metalhead my whole life, being raised on a mix of the 00s nu metal of my childhood and the 80s heavy metal of my dad's teenage years, and while i knew that Black Sabbath was the "first" heavy metal band, i never bothered to trace how we got from blues and rock to metal, let alone where the term "heavy metal" even came from. great video man! :) edit: comments have informed my Jimi Hendrix should've been mentioned, and based on my knowledge of Hendrix...yeah he probably should've been mentioned.

[@jrd690]

helter skelter was the first real heavy song, ahead of its time.

[@maxk8425]

Thank you!

[@camiloaaron3993]

NO

[@crazyburkey3677]

In a godda davida, wasn't bad either

[@krysmrug6478]

True

[@Digitaliziation]

Agreed

[@siri0te]

Good analysis, I think Black Sabbath was the first band that made that dark, heavy music! They separated the style from psichodelic like cream or iron butterfly!

[@jollyjakelovell4787]

Sabbath IS NOT Metal, they were a loud psychedelic hippie jam band. Metal Began with MOTORHEAD.

[@schalart]

@@jollyjakelovell4787 close look up Hawkwind

[@umpygoodness2369]

HOWEVER, no one knows that Sabbath went DARK / DOOMY / HEAVIER after Geezer heard King Crimson cover Holst's infamous devil's tritone of "Mars: Bringer Of wars". THAT was the moment BS was born, after wanting to be CREAM until Geezer heard KC. Even KC's NAME means satan!!!

[@ArthaxtaDaVince777]

@@jollyjakelovell4787 You're so stupid, if Sabbath is just hippie Jam, then Motorhead is a pop band. Suck on this kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2GmY6WQmq-pkNE This shit is pure evil.

[@Kylersinjin]

Tony Iommi when he accidentally cut his fingertips off

[@vegasspaceprogram6623]

Yes. Down tuning and simple riffs

[@buerger3]

The gods made heavy metal and they saw that it was good. They tought to play it louder than hell and we promised that we would. When losers say it's over with, we know that it's a lie. The gods made heavy metal, and it will never gonna die!

[@unclebruncle]

You've left out Rainbow, Ritchie Blackmore's band. One of the best 70's metal bands. Also you gotta talk about Voodoo Child by Jimi Hendrix. Holy shit that's a heavy song.

[@benhogg5488]

unclebruncle fucking word my friend, unbelievable how often him and that band is under-mentioned when it comes to stuff like this.

[@unclebruncle]

@Eternal Rambler wasnçt metal but Voodoo Child is a damn heavy song bud

[@thee.jaypodcast7135]

@@unclebruncle Exactly, Voodoo Child and Manic Depression aren't metal but considering that the narrator spent half the vid talking about "heavy" rock songs, Voodoo Child and Manic Depression are both heavier than just about all of them, hell even Purple Haze is heavier than many of the songs provided before the video mentioned Sabbath.

[@juandelakrus1807]

@@EngineeringTechnikcom Sabbath only became heavy when Ronnie James Dio entered the band. Rainbow is the first heavy band before Sabbath. Ronnie James Dio is the only ambassador of "Metal" music.

[@juandelakrus1807]

@@EngineeringTechnikcom I don't talk shit. I'm serious because I got a good ear. do you?? I don't hate Sabbath because of Ozzy, but they aren't heavy. They are pure acid rock. That's not heavy metal yet. DIO created one in Rainbow. Listen to Stargazer if you're still not convinced. And he came to Sabbath. And that's where Iommi poured his full potential with heavy riffs from Heaven and Hell. Rainbow and Sabbath-DIO line up is the pioneer of Metal. And it's all about Ronnie James Dio. He is Neil Armstrong of Jazz music. The ambassador of metal. I don't talk shit. So, go educate yourself more.

[@OdensRaven]

Did anyone else notice how smooth the segway for the add was? 😂🤘

[@danceswithcritters]

I'm a dinosaur and I would say Black Sabbath is the true genesis of Metal . They took hard rock to another level .

[@thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051]

Could The Rolling Stones also technically count as an influence on Metal? I mean, wouldn't songs like Sympathy for The Devil and Gimme Shelter warrant an influence on Metal?

[@1pcfred]

MC5 would like to know your location

[@dxnielastbury8767]

They werent metal though, they may have influenced metal artists but they dont play metal, the true original metal artists would technically be mötorhead as phill taylor was the originator of heavy metal drumming

[@ninaj6051]

@@thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051 Yeah, and Paint it Black, too. But, they said they hated the (then emerging) Metal genre, and that their music was something completely different. lol

[@kenotbgood1968]

The Kinks 1964 You really got me!

[@Paolo8772]

The inventor of Heavy Metal music is Toni Iommi with the title track to Black Sabbath's 1st album Black Sabbath released on Friday Feb. 13th 1970, exactly one week before my birth. It didn't use tritone chords but it did use the interval of a tritone from its tonic root. It's in G minor, so the tonic root is the of the OG version of the song Black Sabbath is in G and the tritone to it is a D Flat, and that chord relationship had never before been used as the frontal chord progression for a piece of music in the genre of rock (or any genre near it) until then. It was inspired by Gustav Holst's Mars: Planet of War from The Planets. Mars also inspired The Emperor Theme from The Empire Strikes Back written by John Williams in 1979and Am I Evil by Diamondhead in 1980. Did I get anything wrong? As always: Thanks for posting!

[@MrMmnngghh]

"You Really Got Me" by The Kinks is a true influence on both punk and metal. The central riff is proto - punk, the lead line on the middle eight is proto - metal. "All Day And All Of The Night" by the same band probably deserves citing too.

[@scambammer6102]

it's credited as the first heavily distorted guitar, before satisfaction and my generation. The davies bros fight about whose idea it was lol.

[@renapeppers20]

Man this is literally one of the best videos you've ever made. Thank you bro.

[@alandalaku719]

Although MANY rock musicians/bands wrote some heavy songs I would really have to list Black Sabbath as the first heavy metal band.

[@stratluvr]

7 and 7 Is" by LOVE is probably the first thrash metal song but Talk Talk by the Music Machine was also an example of early metal ,:The Kinks 'You Really Got Me" was the first heavy metal song

[@MrTinTinTinny]

It really _really_ depends on what you consider to be "Heavy Metal" There was a time where Blue Oyster Cult was the most popular metal band.

[@chrisa1125]

They were never a metal band.

[@yamiimax]

chrisa1125 well black sabbath toured with them so...

[@Tamerlane666RLSV]

@@chrisa1125 They sure were classified as such whether you and I agree or not.

[@MrTinTinTinny]

Like I said, it depends on what year you're talking about. During the 1970's (long before bands like Mushroomhead) BOC was considered Metal. Back then, there weren't as many wacky sub-genres of music; back when you could call a spade a spade.

[@greezil]

@@yamiimax Black Sabbath also toured with Yes and Gentle Giant, but they are certainly not metal bands.

[@boskodelic8907]

"Eric Claptons' band Cream" Come on man, if you had to pick one guy, it was definitely Jack Bruces' band, not Claptons'

[@brandonhamele2334]

Yeah, true, but Clapton is generally more recognizable a name than Bruce, so I understand why he'd say that.

[@TheSlydeathman]

And it was actually Ginger Baker who recruited Clapton and Bruce (again) so it's Baker's band

[@MoonlightRitual]

Ginger Baker dude.

[@boskodelic8907]

@@TheSlydeathman ​ Goat Hammer True, but Bruce wrote most of the songs, I was referring to that

[@luisv963]

I'd say Gingers band.

[@1chauka1]

R.I.P this classic line up of motorhead.

[@hubertsumlin9697]

i'm quite impressed you credited Pat Hare. He did play with a very heavy tone and not many people think of him anymore.

[@MrMissy1964]

I always felt Albert King sounded very metal and if Buddy Holly had been a lot less cheerful and efervescent he might have got a mention for fast and hard.

[@daveshearer1961]

Not a big deal, but I'm a bit surprised that there was no mention of The MC5 as a seminal influence on the genre.

[@vicky8867]

I was too. Kick Out The Jams has been mention by heavy metal artist alot.

[@georgeprice7922]

MC5 is considered one of the forefathers of Punk Rock.

[@leoweber3629]

The doors were also a big influence I believe, break on through had screaming vocals, and a low, simple backing track.

[@1m2a3t4t5]

2002 Dodge Ram 2500 Doors are proto-punk not metal

[@hmsljj]

Wait, why isn't the JImi Hendrix Experience mentioned? "Purple Haze" and "Foxy Lady" came out in 1967 a full year before Iron Butterfly or Steppenwolf. Same with Cream and ""Sunshine of Your Love"" which was released November '67. How could these songs not be considered primary metal origin music? Strange since both groups are very well know.

[@thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051]

@Conshe Tumare When it comes to lyrics, could The Rolling Stones technically count as an influencer of Doom Metal?

[@georgeprice7922]

Henry, cream was mentioned.... tales of brave Ulysses.

[@Unlitedsoul]

@Conshe Tumare You do realize that metal isn't always about doom and gloom, right? Have you ever read the lyrics to Sweet Leaf, the Wizard (which is actually the song following Black Sabath on their debut album), Planet Caravan? Perhaps it's you that needs to learn their shit, considering the damned term "heavy metal" was coined by Rolling Stone magazine in describing Jimi Hendrix's performance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. "This rendition of Purple Haze sounded like heavy metal falling from the sky." Let's also not entirely ignore the fact that, when asked, many of the early metal pioneers point directly to... Jimi Hendrix's Voodoo Child, the Beatles' Helter Skelter, Cream's White Room, and the Who's Boris the Spider. But I'm sure your sanctimonious self knows more about it than they do, right? "Black Sabath invented metal, period." And yet Tony Iommi doesn't take credit for it, even when such credit is presented to him. Iommi seems to believe that the Beatles invented heavy metal, and he merely took influence from that and expanded upon it. Black Sabbath may very well have been the first full scale metal band, but they did NOT invent it.

[@yanxiqpoof7368]

He is black. Metal no like black.

[@piijay14]

Hendrix has alot more to do with metal than Bach does.

[@vonblucher8586]

Dude your video was very helpful. I got help from it for a presentation for prep class. I talked for 30 mins and nobody stopped me. I could make a very fluent presentation because of this video. Thank you for that.

[@iAkis4]

A cinema across the street from the band's rehearsal room was showing the 1963 horror film Black Sabbath starring Boris Karloff and directed by Mario Bava. While watching people line up to see the film, Butler noted that it was "strange that people spend so much money to see scary movies". Following that, Osbourne and Butler wrote the lyrics for a song called "Black Sabbath", which was inspired by the work of horror and adventure-story writer Dennis Wheatley, along with a vision that Butler had of a black silhouetted figure standing at the foot of his bed. Making use of the musical tritone, also known as "the Devil's Interval",the song's ominous sound and dark lyrics pushed the band in a darker direction, a stark contrast to the popular music of the late 1960s, which was dominated by flower power, folk music, and hippie culture. Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford has called the track "probably the most evil song ever written". Inspired by the new sound, the band changed their name to Black Sabbath in August 1969, and made the decision to focus on writing similar material, in an attempt to create the musical equivalent of horror films.

[@umpygoodness2369]

no one knows that Sabbath went DARK / DOOMY / HEAVIER after Geezer heard King Crimson cover Holst's infamous devil's interval / tritone of "Mars: Bringer Of wars". THAT was the moment BS was born, after wanting to be CREAM until Geezer heard KC. Even KC's NAME means satan!!! KC were HUGE in 1969, and broke up months later! OOF!

[@robertdawson8522]

You gotta give a nod to Jimi Hendrix.His stage presence was like no other.Listen to Purple Haze or Foxey Lady real loud and check out how he assaults the senses

[@peterjosephpalmer9971]

Why is it about to take this video eleven minutes to say Black Sabbath

[@ClaptonsWig]

Peter Joseph Palmer because without the bands and songs before it Black Sabbath wouldn’t be who they were. The genre was blossoming and Sabbath took the ideas before them and made it their own. This wasn’t like Dylan going from Folk Rock to Electric, Sabbath needed the foundation and they had it courtesy of these bands. Remove the acts and Sabbath would probably have remained a pure Hard rock band and New Wave of British Metal at best and not Heavy Metal as we know it today.

[@ggabe2865]

Because black Sabbath didn't invent metal. There were previous artists who allayed the ground work, also the video is made chronologically.

[@fredobulsara295]

Guys, it was irony.

[@KhayJayArt]

STOP being a nerd

[@epbmetal7399]

Because for a good metalhead any other information is valuable and granted (except for that reference to the black eye piece of shit).

[@anthonyk.slater9933]

1967 VANILLA FUDGE!! They made covers their own....and were heavy as anything that was before it!

[@Vikernes-f9u]

Look at Who invented satanic rite rock

[@MultiCappie]

Helter Skelter was waaaaaaaaayyyyyyy heavier than Blue Cheer.

[@georgiosdoumas2446]

Go listen to "Doctor" by Blue Cheer, a song released in 1968 (but created in 1967 kzbin.info/www/bejne/moTHpaJ9itKjq7s ) , and tell me if it was heavier than helter skelter.

[@loudmind68]

No bitch

Helter Skelter doesn't sound so heavy to me as it does Summertime Blues by Blue Cheer

[@429supercj]

The Beatles are lame bullshit, every shitty song! Also they're bubblegum pop crap not even rock.

[@namedeplume2022]

@@429supercj Nope. The Beatles made rock what it is today, or at least what it was until Clearchannel decided to snuff it out.

[@kylelowe5347]

I think Blue Oyster Cult diserved a mention here. Many of their songs, not just The Reaper, went on to be staples in the genre and were covered by artists like Metallica, who sited them as a main source of inspiration.

[@SBJitney]

It was my understanding, Sandy Perlman coined the term "Heavy Metal" to describe BOC's music. If that's the case, wouldn't that make BOC the 1st metal band?

[@fhqwhgads1670]

@@SBJitney Their first album was released in 1972, so I'm going to say no

[@SBJitney]

@@fhqwhgads1670 My thinking is if your the first person to describe your music with a certain term, wouldn't that make you the first? Sure you had Sabbath and Zeppelin before them, but their music isn't quite the same as theirs and I as far as I know they were the first to call their music Heavy Metal.

[@fhqwhgads1670]

@@SBJitney That's one way to classify it that seems legit to me. I would suggest that they are NOT the first to play heavy metal music... but there is really no agreement on what is and is not Heavy Metal... (see the above arguments on Black Sabbath, who IMHO were DEFINITELY a metal band from the off). There are SO many offshoots of the genre and there were so many influences that came together to form (Metal, acid, punk, hardcore, Hard rock, screamo, whatever the fuck Loudness was, Christian Metal, Baby Metal, Death metal, speed metal, funk metal, etc. etc. etc)

[@umbra9705]

Black Sabbath made metal. The long hair, distorted guitar, dark lyrics.

[@uncleal7635]

Hair had nothing to do with it

[@ECMalcolm]

@@uncleal7635 It's more a joke, but plenty of metal bands do have the long hair. Especially in the early metal. Hell, there's technically even a genre for it, hair metal.

[@toddvandell85]

@Umbra Don't entirely disagree with you, Black Sabbath were one of the first. Steppenwolf, Deep Purple, and Led Zeppelin I would argue started the hard rock/heavy metal genre. I do think Sabbath and Judas Priest both truly defined metal, however. Deep Purple were the loudest band in the world for a long time, even though they don't claim to be Heavy Metal, nor do Led Zep.

[@themetalorian2268]

I thought Earth did.

[@jamiewesson898]

black widow came before sabbath imo sabbath were the first to bring metal to the mainstream

[@Chritin]

Something that should definitely be remembered for its place in early Metal is King Crimsons “21st Century Schizoid Man.”

[@Fiddling_while_Rome_burns]

You missed the Kinks, You really got me, (1964) as the earliest candidate for a metal song.

[@someguy2135]

I agree. I expected to see it here. Especially since Polyphonic channel did cover this song on its video about guitar distortion.

[@Gnarwolf]

Mephistopheles no...that would be the earliest form of punk ...sorry bud

[@TheFlameBladeWielder]

distorted but nowhere near metal

[@th3airraidsir3n5]

Mephistopheles earliest candidate for punk to be honest

[@50ShadesOfEndo]

Mephistopheles Nah

[@JosephGabriel]

Uriah Heep was definitely a contender. I saw them in 1969. They opened for 3 Dog Night and blew the roof off the Chicago Amphitheater!

[@guguigugu]

deep purple's highway star is a lot more metal than child in time

[@georgiosdoumas2446]

Yep, wrong choice of songs there! And also Uriah Heep "Bird of Pray" is an important song of 1970.

[@rizzo_grt]

I think that the whole of In Rock is very metal, and Child in Time was mentioned for the vocals alone since it started the trend of high screams in metal music. Speed King, Bloodsucker and Hard Lovin' Man all come to mind as more typically "metal" but the influence of Child in Time is undeniable.

[@bendykirby4828]

Legit had to do a double take when I heard that galloping riff. Thought I was listening to Iron Maiden or something.

[@timgoff3023]

Back in the 60s, as a teenager, I was very much caught up into rock music, guitar rock I suppose it is now called. 67 and 68 were the years of rock paradise as far as I was concerned. There was psychedelic rock, blues rock, and a few other types that I just had to listen to over and over. Cream of course, the stones, Jimi Hendrix, Santana, big brother, and on and on and on. But there was one group and one song that I loved the sound of, that was separate from the rest. Blue Cheer- Summertime Blues. It was called hard rock at the time, but, in the progression of rock music I realized it was two or three stops down the line. When I heard the term "metal rock, I thought, "oh yeah, Blue Cheer"! And to me I have always thought of that being the start of Heavy Metal music. These thoughts are just personal and not meant to disagree with anyone else's.

[@samthehikingman9484]

You could argue Jimi Hendrix with "Voodoo child slight return" was the first metalish.. song... But Tony Iomi with his missing fingertips and the rest of Black Sabbath started the metal sound and song structure we know today.

[@Vikernes-f9u]

look at who invented metal on KZbin

[@Unlitedsoul]

The phrase "Heavy Metal" was actually coined by a Rolling Stone writer who described Jimi's playing Purple Haze at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 as "sounding like heavy metal falling from the sky". This concert was also the first time he played Voodoo Child before an audience, and had yet to record it. The article is also where the influence for Steppenwolf's line "heavy metal thunder" came from. But even before Jimi recorded Voodoo Child in 1968, Helter Skelter and King Crimson's 21st Century Schizoid Man were released earlier that year, the Who had a song out called Boris the Spider (released in 1966) which many actually point to as the first death metal song. Of course, much of Cream's earliest stuff is very metallic. I would agree, though, that the first band to really put together the full metal sound and hold that as their primary style was undoubtedly Black Sabbath. Others may have dabbled, experimented, and influenced... but Black Sabbath were the guys who truly crafted it.

[@DarthLore00]

Weird that Hendrix wasn't at least mentioned...

[@_gorezone_]

True

[@yittmashups]

I don't think so. He had the distortion and solos that metal came to love, but the actual sound of what he was playing was blues music that became rock. It was the step before metal. Doesn't mean he didn't have a part in the evolution, but how far back should we go in terms of 'first metal'? That's just a bit too far, imo. edit: far* not fat lol

[@NigelGrab]

Budgie were also a HUGE metal heavyweight, with their debut in 1970 but being active BEFORE Sabbath. Bands like Metallica and Iron Maiden cite them as one of their biggest influences and every rock or metal fan needs to hear their work from 70-75.

[@zykovii1868]

That's why I say this video is worthless.

[@cheshirecynic4524]

The video also neglected to mention Uriah Heep, who started playing heavy music in '67, and put out the album "...Very 'Eavy ...Very 'Umble" right around the same time the first Sabbath album came out. Their fantastic lyrics were the epitome of early heavy metal. If "Gypsy" isn't heavy metal, I don't know what is.

[@zykovii1868]

@@cheshirecynic4524 This is done by someone who prob doesn't listen to metal. Given that so many uber pop bands were listed, as if popularity is the litmus for creation.

[@cheshirecynic4524]

@@zykovii1868 ^Real talk. Pretty obvious, considering he didn't even bother to define what makes something "metal" in the first place. Sure, for the most part, it's fairly subjective, but there are basic tenets developed during this period by a slew of unmentioned bands that are still influencing metal musicians today. The Led Zeppelin mention was an especially big slap in the face, considering they didn't even write the songs that made them famous, anyway.

[@anthonylangley8717]

I thought you would say something about Gustav Holst’s “Mars: Bringer of War,” which was WAY ahead of its time and Black Sabbath acknowledged inspired their sound.