False Joe
Who cares.
You know who else were innovators?
Mayhem. I mean they like played music, and their lead singer shot himself.
Mayhem. I mean they like played music, and their lead singer shot himself.
You know who else were innovators?
Mayhem. I mean they like played music, and their lead singer shot himself.
That was a stupid post.
Repulsion kicks ass
them and Siege were pretty much the beginning of grindcore
With regards to the female vocals thing, do you mean female vocals in the opera-backing way? Because Bitch, Hellion, and Warlock all predate Celtic Frost and are female-fronted.
I still stand by this post. and Gut are definitely worth a mention.
As far as I recall, most people were under the impression that Celtic Frost were the first metal band with any sort of female vocals.
I haven't listened to any of those bands, so could you give some details on what might distinguish them from each other in terms of their use of female vocals? From my brief glance at Wikipedia, it looks like Bitch were the first to do it. Did any of them do the kind of operatic-style vocals that Celtic Frost experimented with?
EDIT: And Watchtower needs mention as the first progressive metal band.
EDIT #2: Judas Priest was not NWOBHM, and saying that their innovation was that they "Created a raw and fast guitar tone previously unheard in metal" does them a disservice. Traditional/speed/power metal, for one thing, was basically entirely their baby. Just look at the number of bands from the early 80's [that were once] named Tyrant.
Yeah, there definitely need to be some prog entries on the list. I was under the impression that Fates Warning and Queensryche more or less "created" prog metal though.
I'd say Dream Theater also needs a mention for diversifying prog metal, adding a wider variety of instrumentation to it, and basically being the most directly influential band in prog metal as it exists today.
Also, I don't see how the phrase I used is a disservice to them. The raw/fast guitar tone is pretty much the entire link to speed and power metal as far as I can see. I should probably mention that they helped create those genres though.
hold on a minute: fates warning were not fucking iron maiden worship in 1985. iron maiden influenced, yes, but jesus.
If any of you want something added, please come up with a nice, concisely-written entry like the ones already in the list, and I can stick it in tomorrow.