Firstly, Accept were formed in 1968, predating even Judas Priest, and were the original solidifiers of the German trad metal sound along with their more commercial brethren, the Scorpions. Riot were formed in '75, same year as Maiden and Rainbow, making them a unique sight and early contributor on the US metal scene given their sound, Angel Witch were formed in '77, and are hence among the earliest NWOBHM bands, Running Wild were formed in '76. The only band band you carry a valid point with are Crimson Glory, who took shape in '79. Nice try, but no cigar.
Did you honest to God just put "metal" in quotes to reference them? Are you drunk? You may not care for them, but they're prime movers for 70's metal. And you complain about not including prog pioneers, when that's exactly what Crimson Glory are. There's already Fates Warning, and now Queensrÿche in there as well, both crucial to prog as well. We have the pioneers of stoner and stoner doom themselves, Black Sabbath in there already, we already have a considerable number of pioneering death metal bands inducted, including Death, Atheist, Morbid Angel, Incantation, Possessed, and Immolation, and hopefully still more. As for the bias, sure, this is decided democratically, hence it's a tyranny of the majority, that's an obvious factor that comes with the territory. I've lobbied long and hard for the inclusion of as many innovators as possible, including a great number of extreme metal acts. Posting that ranking site is just a sad appeal to popularity fallacy.
If Crimson Glory, Running Wild, Angel Witch, Accept, and Riot aren't "metal" then Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Dio and Black Sabbath sure as fuck aren't metal either, using that same logic.
