Ive heard that it was either Black Sabbath or Led Zepplin that started metal who was it?
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It wasn't really one band that started metal, it was a bunch of movements and bands over time that were eventually brought together to form what we now call metal. If you meant who came first, they started the same year, however black sabbath was not originally called black sabbath, and originally played heavy blues rock and moved into metal a few years later. Metallica didn't start until well over a decade later.
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Of all time, metallica. Or pantera or sepultra.(Why must they all end in As?) Right now I like Coal Chamber and SOAD. They're not really heavy metal, though. Goth metal and hard rock respectively...
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Wrong, harleyman.  \n\nLed Zeppelin was the first band who was described as "Heavy Metal". They released albums from 1969 to 1982.  One of the most versatile, hard rocking and timeless bands.\n\nVocals - Robert Plant\nGuitar, other strings - Jimmy Page\nDrums - John Bonham (died 1980)\nBass, Keyboard - John Paul Jones
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trent reznor and marilyn manson......he motivated me to start my own band....you can listen to my tracks at this url...\nhttp://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=461655\nI made a remake of NINs 'Only'....i love trent and manson because they speak out against organized religion...
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Iron Maiden - I just love Bruce Dickinson's voice and their lyrics. Steve Harris is the best bass player in the world!
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Metal prevails. in the 80's there were a lot of good punk bands. I'm not too sure now. Some of them were Black Flag, Dead Kennedy's, Circle Jerks check em' out. Punk has always been overshadowed by Metal. Metal in the 80's you had. Judas Priest, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Motley Crue, OZZY...
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Jack Osbourne, a steelworker.\n\nI'll bet you were lookingfor the answer "The Devil", right?
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the most original and all time best metal band has to be Led Zepplin
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Slayer,DRI - Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, best metal would be Metallica.
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Bob Segar then Metallica redid it\n(Turn the page)
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Metallica and any other person or band who plays heavy metal!
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the origins of death metal were in early thrash, metallica slayer etc.. and prior to that NWOBHM acts like diamond head etc.. venom is also  usually affiliated with death metal, even though musically not so, due to their use of pagan and satanist imagery..  eventually bands like sepultura death obituary entombed celtic frost came out which eventually led to more modern "death" like deicide morbid angel cannibal corpse gorguts carcass etc..
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First song ever was "Hit the Lights" and that was on a "Metal Massacre" CD. It was like the demo version though. Then an improved version was put on their eponymous debut "Kill Em' All"\nThe Metal Masscre version was on the demo "No Life Till' Leather"(Their very first CD ever, very rare).
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Leper Messiah was Metallica, not sure about the other 2.
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black sabbath, the first  and best .all branches go back to them.there's way more to them than iron man and war pigs
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Iron Maiden, I do love Metallica up until the Load albums but overall I prefer Iron Maiden
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The Black Sabbath Line up in 1995 for the Album was:\n\nTony Iommi - lead guitar \nTony Martin - Vocals \nNeil Murray - Bass \nCozy Powell - Drums \nGeoff Nicholls - Keyboards \n\nHowever;\n\nIce-T of the band Body Count does a guest vocal on: "The Illusion of Power".  That is the only time in the entire history of the band that someone outside of the band sings on a Black Sabbath album.\n\nAll songs on the "Forbidden Album were by Black Sabbath \nLyrics by Tony Martin \nExcept The Illusion of Power-Lyrics by Tony Martin & Ice-T \n\nThe Forbidden Tour\n\nTony Iommi - Guitars \nTony Martin - Vocals \nNeil Murray - Bass \nCozy Powell - Drums (Cozy left after US Leg of Tour) \nBobby Rondinelli - Drums (Bobby returns for rest of Forbidden Tour) \nGeoff Nicholls - Keyboards