Metal Mania!

OK, I'll go with:

Radiohead - The Bends (contemporary rock)
Boston - More than a Feelin' (classic soft rock)
AC/DC - Whole Lotta Rosie (classic metal)

A good question that had me mentally revisiting my headbanging youth.

Nigel

Megadeth - Tornado of Souls (from Rust in Peace)

Uriah Heep - On the rebound.(abominog)
Uriah Heep - too scared to run. (Abominog)
Saxon - Wheels of steel.(wheels of steel)
Judas priest - Grinder.(British steel)
AC/DC - Up to my neck in you.(powerage)

Too many to mention really...
Oh forgot - Black Sabbath - Paranoid

Steve

Deep Purple - The Shield (The Book Of Taliesyn)
Atomic Rooster - Vug (Death Walks Behind You)
Cathedral - Captain Clegg (Caravan Beyond Redemption)
Motorhead - Ace of Spades (Ace of Spades)
Iron Maiden - Run to the Hills (Ed Hunter)
Amon Duul II - Syntelman's March of the Roaring Seventies (Tanz Der Lemminge)

There are a whole lot more of course - Uriah Heep are an excellent band - in my very 'eavy, very 'umble opinion.

ATB Rotf

Tool - 'Parabol/Parobola', from 'Lateralus' (prog metal)
Nine Inch Nails - 'Big Man with a Gun' from 'The Downward Spiral' (industrial metal)

A lot of what I might have called metal thirty years ago, would probably not count now, Thin Lizzy, Led Zeppelin, Rush.

Does anyone remember the 'A2Z of Heavy Metal' in the 'Record Mirror' around 1980?

Who were the first to do HM?

My guess is You've really got me by The Kinks was the first of the genre.

Vincent Crane always claimed that Atomic Rooster were a soul group and when soul progressed to its ultimate goal the groups would sound more like Atomic Rooster. I know Vince had mental health problems and often said strange things, but his Atomic Rooster sure made some very fine records.

ATB Rotf

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My guess is You've really got me by The Kinks was the first of the genre.

Common consensus seems to point this way,it certainly stood out like a sticky out thing when released.

I like all of Led Zep 1V, does that count ? Or does perceived, quality negate relative "metalness" ?


Noyes

Pantera 'Cemetery Gates' - my worst kept secret!

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Originally posted by Noye's Fludde:
I like all of Led Zep 1V, does that count ? Or does perceived, quality negate relative "metalness" ?

Noyes

Anybody who thinks “all of Led Zep 1V” is a track, obviously suffers from poor perception.

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Originally posted by fatcat:

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Originally posted by Noye's Fludde:
I like all of Led Zep 1V, does that count ? Or does perceived, quality negate relative "metalness" ?

Noyes

Anybody who thinks “all of Led Zep 1V” is a track, obviously suffers from poor perception.

In heavy metal music, poorly conceived is half composed.

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Originally posted by ROTF:
There are a whole lot more of course - Uriah Heep are an excellent band - in my very 'eavy, very 'umble opinion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4AgMMWKiT8

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Originally posted by ROTF:
Who were the first to do HM?

Definitely Beethoven

Da da da daa. Da da da daa.

Or Should that be Da da da daa.

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Originally posted by fatcat:

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Originally posted by ROTF:
Who were the first to do HM?

Definitely Beethoven

Da da da daa. Da da da daa.

Or Should that be Da da da daa.

I have always considered Beethoven 5th to be the start of heavy metal too.

I also seem to remember reading that people were so incensed by the use of rhythm over melody that they walked out of the first performance. I am sure others here would know much more on the subject than me.

Maiden are my favourite metal band,

Appetite for destruction may be one of the finest and most METAL albums....


But the most HM track I can think of is Motorhead's Ace of Spades.

Led Zeppelin were the first proper metal band, and Whole Lotta Love is the seminal and best metal track. Before them it was "Underground" music which opens up the whole new vista of your favourite Underground track.
Beethoven has no more to do with it than a caveman beating a hollow log with a stick.

yeah, yeah "Tube Staion at Midnight" etc.

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Originally posted by Stephen Tate:

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Originally posted by ROTF:
There are a whole lot more of course - Uriah Heep are an excellent band - in my very 'eavy, very 'umble opinion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4AgMMWKiT8

What a great clip - thanks.

The first reference to Heavy Metal is often said to be in Steppenwolf's Born to be Wild.

I like smoke and lightning
Heavy metal thunder
Racin' with the wind
And the feelin' that I'm under
Yeah Darlin' go make it happen
Take the world in a love embrace
Fire all of your guns at once
And explode into space

But I'm happy to go along with Ludi Van Beethoven - though I do think he ripped off ELO for the intro to his big hit single - Please click here.

I guess too much HM can make you go deaf though.

ATB Rotf

METALLICA - Blackened (...and justice for all)
- Master of puppets(Master of puppets)
- All nightmare long (Death Magnetic)
TOOL - Yambi (10.000 days)
SLAYER - all of REIGN IN BLOOD
AC/DC - Hells Bells (Back in black)
- Highway to hell (Highway to hell)
Iron Maiden - Revelations (Piece of mind)
Motörhead - Killed by death
Saxon - Crusader
ACCEPT - Balls to the wall
- Restless and wild
AMON AMARTH - all of Twilight of the thundergod
- all of With Odin on our side
COHEED AND CAMBRIA - all songs EVER written
TESTAMENT - Over the wall
ANTHRAX - all of Among the living

rant rant rant....due to two extraordinairy espressos...

LOL

I just fired out an oldie album.
Slade - Slayed? on vinyl.

Might not be heavy metal, but man can this lot rock.
If only Noddy Holder was the lead singer in AC/DC.

Brought back some fond memories as a youth though

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Originally posted by Stephen Tate:
I just fired out an oldie album.
Slade - Slayed? on vinyl.

Might not be heavy metal, but man can this lot rock.
If only Noddy Holder was the lead singer in AC/DC.

Brought back some fond memories as a youth though

The day after I got my O'level results in 1981, I went to Castle Donnington - Monsters of Rock (2nd one I think). AC/DC headlined, but Slade stole the day, they were superb and rocked just as much (more) than anyone else on the line-up that day.

To have been part of 70,000 headbangers singing 'So this is merry Christmas' in drizzle on the 21st August is a cherished memory.

Jamie

I've just got hold of Uriah Heep's new album - Wake the sleeper.

Best album they have done in years in my view.

I found, i put it on 1st time and to me, so so...
Second time round - better.
Third time round - it's taken most played CD rock spot.

These guys are still going strong!

Steve

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I've just got hold of Uriah Heep's new album .... t's taken most played CD rock spot.

Only goes to show You Can't Keep a Good Band Down

ATB Rotf

...Rising by Rainbow

It ab-so-lutely belts along ...they never did anything as good before or after.
...only 6 tracks and apparently most were done "live" in just about one take
"A light in the black" features just about the best drum sound this side of Bonzo! (courtesy of Cozy Powell)