Who invented heavy metal music

Who Really Invented Heavy Metal? Joe DiVita Published: February 13, Back To Top. May 14, at am. Kevin says:.

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Advertise With Us. Great Recordings T. All rights reserved. Open Culture was founded by Dan Colman. Open Culture openculture. In fact to leave out The Who which is a band that started before any mentioned in the article when Pete Townshend pretty much invented the power chord is another serious omission.

Oh well, cool article anyway. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Search uDiscover Music. Filgud March 27, at pm. Alan March 29, at am. Yeah, Grand Funk Railroad… Very under-rated. Great band, especially the early stuff. Stormseeker March 29, at am. Gel Mann March 28, at am. Pheet April 7, at pm.

Eric May 2, at am. GuiPoZa July 14, at pm. One aspect this movement added to the heavy metal arsenal, was the use of fast-picked guitars.

Then, after these foundations were laid, it was the later s rock groups, many from the UK, that then started really building the demented, accursed path towards metal. Yet there was a band of this era who made an even heavier song than what those bands produced.

It was when acts like Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath came along that heavy metal could lay claim to having whole bands preaching the sound of Satan. And it was one band in particular who can probably really lay claim to inventing the genre, if any individual band can. With their witchcraft and Satanism infused lyrics and tritone chords, it was then that heavy metal was well and truly born.

The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in and widely regarded as the most influential acts of the rock era. The 's was particularly revolutionary era in terms of popular music, as it saw the formation and evolution of rock. The 's saw a time of change, reflected in cultural changes that were happening while still holding on to the societal norms of the past. The 's saw the rise of disco, which became one of the biggest genres of the decade, especially in the mid-to-late 70s.