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Before Black Sabbath hit in 1970, there was already some seriously heavy music out there.
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20 thoughts on “11 Seriously Heavy Songs From Before Metal Existed”
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No Blue Cheer..
You’ve gotta admit that 60s era “Chromagnon” song sounds eerily close to Korn having a birthchild with Marilyn Manson.
a-ha – Manhattan Skyline should be on this list.
John Bonham is so crazy 😳
Steppenwolf should be listed here.
Replace “Cromagnon” with Arthur Brown’s “Fire” and this list would have been perfect.
“I AM THE GOD OF HELL FIRE!” What isn’t more Metal than that lyric?
No “Evil Hearted You” from the Yardbirds? They deserve an honorable mention. The song sounds as evil as the title suggests. Well, until the breakdown in the middle at least.
Led Zeppelin created metal music, change my mind.
You’re saying Led Zeppelin isn’t metal, LED ZEPPELIN IS LEGENDARY THOUGH
Honestly, I’d consider Zeppelin like the first metal band of all time, they just didn’t know what metal was at the time
They say that Black Sabbath is the first real Heavy Metal band !
No doors…i would put in Five to One
Where are The Sonics? The band best placed to be named first punk band ever, they did tracks about everything metal does but in the early 60’s on low-fi recording, even wrecking studios to get a better punkier, raw sound.
hmmm u forgot to include Fire by The crazy world of Arthur Brown and Hocus Pocus by Focus IMO
“11 seriously heavy songs from before metal existed”
Beethoven: Pathetique
I was hoping to see Pink Floyd’s The Nile Song on here
What about 21st Century Schizoid Man by King Crimson
1:31
It just works.
Wrong years on performances. Fail.
that’s cute