Who Invented Heavy Metal? (Metal Documentary)

Today we're exploring the roots of heavy metal. Was it Black Sabbath, Deep Purple or Led Zeppelin that invented it? or perhaps Blue Cheer? Or was it really created by the wave of bands that rebranded the genre in the late seventies? With Judas Priest, Scorpions, Kiss and Motorhead? That's the subject of todays video. Enjoy this short history lesson in heavy metal.

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WHO INVENTED HEAVY METAL? 1964-1978

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:25 The Definition
1:00 The Sixties
2:12 1967
3:18 1968
7:50 1969
9:04 1970
12:16 The Early Seventies
12:38 Heavy Metal Revolution
14:42 My thoughts

Featuring bands such as: Blue Cheer, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, The Kinks, Black Widow, Sir Lord Baltimore, Lucifer's Friend, MC5, Iron Butterfly, Steppenwolf, The Beatles, Vanilla Fudge, Kiss, Rainbow, Alice Cooper, Van Halen, AC/DC & Motorhead.

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[LongLiveRockAnRoll]

Sabbath brought heaviness into music more than anyone before, zeppelin brought a feeling of epicness and purple brought speed and virtuosity. Judas priest did a great job of combining a lot of that to finalise the style of traditional metal.

[Kongorlobo]

I agree. Priest did much more than inventing a stereotypical look. They had a deep musical impact. They combined pretty much all the different early metal sounds of 70s hard rock bands (Sabbath's darkness and heaviness, Purple's palm-muted riffage and high pitched screams, Zeppelin's dramatism, Queen's epic sound and neoclassical touch, Thin Lizzy's twin lead guitars...) and codified another one that finally came to be the prototypical metal sound in the 80s and beyond. In fact, some of their most influential albums (Sas Wings of Destiny, Stained Class) were released before they started to wear leather outfits. Their 70s work was, in some ways, way ahead of its time.

[nosferatu]

A lot of people mention bands like Deep Purple or the Yardbirds or Cream but they just fundamentally lack the darkness that Sabbath brought. Their whole epic scariness is metal.

[ericlaus]

Whoever it is, I think we can all agree: Tony Iommi is an amazing guitarist.

[carlolaison]

Deep Purple dont get nearly enough love for what they did. They made so many great songs other than 035

[Danimal]

You forgot Pink Floyd's "The Nile Song" and "Ibiza Bar" both for 1969. They were CRUSHINGLY heavy. Also Spooky Tooth's "Waiting for the Wind", "Evil Woman", and Better By You, Better Than Me, all from 1969. Also, Writing On The Wall's "The Power Of The Picts" album from 1969. For 1970 and 1971, one NEEDS to include Sir Lord Baltimore's first two BRUTALLY heavy albums. Also for the early 1970's, we have bands like: Budgie, Pentagram, Bedemon (criminally underrated), Crow, Dust, Flower Travellin' Band, Trapeze, Blue Oyster Cult, Nazareth, Warhorse, and many others.

[KardboardKenny]

the machine that ate Iommi's finger.

[antondzajajurca]

As much I would like to say either Steppenwolf, The Kinks, Deep Purple or Led Zeppelin, there can only be Black Sabbath. It is pure essence of heavy metal.

[iurihabib]

Black Sabbath was the first band that we could label 100% as heavy metal. They gave a format to the genre sound. Later Judas Priest gave a visual shape to it.

[freeman]

Black Sabbath invented metal. In Sabbath's first two LP's you can hear the template of metal being forged. Bands that came after such as Motörhead, Judas Priest and Iron Maiden were the ones to build from the foundation that Black Sabbath laid.

[melle]

What I love about your video's is that your audio fragments are (relatively) long. It really helps to convey what a song sounds like, which in turn helps to place it within the narrative of your story. Tusen takk for fantasiske videoer!

[Aqua.man]

Blue Cheer, Sabbath, Zeppelin, High Tide, Deep Purple. Are all good choices when it comes to the origin of Heavy Metal.

[MartyWilson]

Black Sabbath layed the foundation to heavy metal but Judas Priest defined it

[Leo_ofRedKeep]

"You Really Got Me" by the Kinks does not only feature distorted power chords, it also builds up tension through a crescendo. This focus on achieving a powerful effect through purely musical means is typical of Heavy Metal and a departure of the song format in which music is just accompaniment to a voice.

[lefterisraptopoulos]

Sabbath put the HEAVY and Priest the METAL.

[stretchwith]

Thank you for including Helter Skelter

[jaysherman]

I would love to see a video just dedicated to that 1970-1975 period when hard rock, heavy metal, and progressive started to diverge. So much good music came out of those few years

[NelsonMontana]

As the sound of rock progressed, the sound became more aggressive. But it was Sabbath who used the power of volume to create a vibe along with dark lyrics, sludge tempos and speed riffs. Sabbath for the win.

[retrolu]

That's why I love Judas priest, they are the best in the Heavy Metal

[kenclarkii]

Judas Priest. Sabbath made it heavy, Priest made it metal. Priest even dabbled in prog rock on sad wings of destiny.