The Birthdate of Metal

[Merciless Onslaught]

Does anyone know what that birthdate may be or at least a close approximation. It would be cool to have a day to celebrate it. I would say that somewhere in the mid 70's is when it was born and I attribute alot of that to Judas Priest. Some may argue Black Sabbath but I say Priest and somewhere around 1974-76.

 

[/V\erc]

Deep Purple's Highway Star to me is the first metal song, or Smoke on the Water

Don't know when Machinehead came out

Before or after Sabbath?

 

[Ray_M]

Black Sabbath started it when they were called Earth in 1967/68 or somewhere around there. Some would argue that Jimi Hendrix was the first. He played "metal", but the songs he played were not(imo).



I`m stickin w/Sabbath.

 

[Merciless Onslaught]

Black Sabbath started it when they were called Earth in 1967/68 or somewhere around there. Some would argue that Jimi Hendrix was the first. He played "metal", but the songs he played were not(imo).



I`m stickin w/Sabbath.

I guess we could also say Zeppelin were pioneers of metal too. What I am really trying to get at here is the birthdate of speed metal, which in that case I would say Priest and maybe Sabbath.

 

[The Real Moonchild]

LZ sucks.