25-12-2013, 21:00
Steppenwolf's single Born to be Wild has the term "heavy metal thunder" in it! Some critics believe this was the song that ignited the heavy metal genre!
Lord Larehip Wrote:That was the birth of metal as a genre. Heavy metal was already going on although it wasn't being called that yet. Mountain's "Mississippi Queen" came out that same year and it was certainly something close to metal.
What set Sabbath apart was simply this: all the Satanic trappings. That's it. Musically, they were no more innovative than any other loud band of that time--less so, really, than most. It was that Satanic angle that did it. Satan got Sabbath attention the way makeup did for Kiss.
The ultimate connection is between a performer and its' audience!