From skimming the songs in this article, I'll stick my neck out and say these appear legid for kickstarting metal. I'll poke one boomer wannabe for his two cents.
Do you agree with the author or would you make changes?
@clousemswww.goldminemag.com/music-history/top-20-songs-that-helped-invent-heavy-metalMetal music is originated from tin foil.
You should add Highway Star to the list.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAKCR7kQMTQen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal:_A_Headbanger%27s_JourneyFrom this documentary I viewed between 10-15 years ago.
>Early Metal (1966–1971)
>Cream; Jimi Hendrix; Blue Cheer; Deep Purple; Led Zeppelin; MC5; Mountain; The Stooges; Black Sabbath
Not a lot of people know this but the roots of heavy metal music come from Anatolia ,Turkey
@Oportunist said in #7:
> Not a lot of people know this but the roots of heavy metal music come from Anatolia ,Turkey
I'm a fan of the revival of Turkish Prog Rock. So I guess I'm one the few who knew. Purists might say it is Prog Rock not Metal.
www.turquazz.com/the-story-of-turkish-progressive-rock-spanning-half-a-century/ Classical music also heavily influenced it. Many Eastern European composers (especially Dvořák and Tchaikovsky) had some stuff that sounded pretty metal. "Am I Evil" has a Holst section.
