First heavy Metal recording?
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Gretsch6136 wrote: »Black Sabbath's first record is where it all came together. Yes, Led Zeppelin, Steppenwolf, Link Wray and others had rockin' beats and distorted guitars beforehand, but they were missing one vital ingredient.... the flat 5.
The essence of metal is the use of the flat 5 interval in music, also known as the devil's interval. Black Sabbath exploited this to the max. The opening track of their first record hammers this interval into history, forming a template for all subsequent metallers to follow. A more contemporary example is Enter Sandman by Metallica, another song based hugely on flat 5 intervals.
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Mark
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Black Sabbath is what seems to be regarded as the root of modern metal. IIRC, it was referenced as such in the History of Heavy Metal, among other documentaries and books and such. But that doesn't mean that many many other earlier bands and music styles didn't have an influence, just probably didn't have as much of an impact. Some of the early stuff was probably way to risque for the delicate young minds and didn't get much airplay and thus lack of popularity.
However my vote goes to Beethoven-and probably 5th symphony. Yeah I'm pretty sure he was banging his head performing on those 'heavy metal' pianos of old.____________________
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