In 1970, Black Sabbath convincingly evoked the true essence of evil with the lumbering, three-chord opening guitar riff to the song “Black Sabbath,” consecrating the first pure heavy-metal ...

While bands like The Who ... debut that solidified what we now recognize as heavy metal. But were they truly the first? This video explores the earliest distorted blues, the proto-metal of ...

Three audience members even passed out. Deep Purple was one of the earliest hard rock/heavy metal bands, and they set the standard for what that meant: LOUD.

and traditional gospel hymns were some of the earliest songs he learned. He once said his favorite album was his record of songs from his mother’s hymn book. Yet Cash praised heavy metal bands ...

several bands and genres typically come to mind — KISS, Twisted Sister and black metal. But it's been a part of heavy music in plenty more, perhaps less-obvious, areas. Some of the earliest ...

While there’s obviously some debate over which is the earliest heavy metal album ... Still, there were other bands that are sometimes thought of as heavy metal who predate that first Sabbath album, ...

Let's be clear — Metallica are generally considered a heavy metal band. After all, they're one of the pioneering bands of the thrash ... t discovered Metallica's earliest stuff, what kind ...

Truthfully, there are some metal bands who wish they could be this heavy. Alex Turner just wanted to be one of The Strokes, but the Arctic Monkeys eventually outgrew their garage rock buzz band ...