Name your Mt. Rushmore of heavy metal bands

[packerzrule]

In no particular order:

Iron Maiden
Megadeth
Judas Priest
Black Sabbath

 

[Old Sweater]

Motörhead
Black Sabbath
Rob Zombie
Pantera

 

[TheGoodMan19]

Scorpions
UFO
Metallica
Rammstein

 

[Chris p Bacon]

Slayer
Megadeath
Pantera
Gojira( still a work in progress).

 

[packerzrule]

Scorpions
UFO
Metallica
Rammstein

Rammstein. Nice

 

[YourFriendGannon]

Black Sabbath
Opeth
Burzum
Nevermore

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

I guess I don't really know very many heavy metal bands

 

[Janus]

Metal has different levels, not sure what level you want, Zeppelin or Sabbath

I'll play though

Black Sabbath
Coal Chamber
Slipknot
Mudvayne

 

[fknhippie]

Metal has different levels, not sure what level you want, Zeppelin or Sabbath

I'll play though

Black Sabbath
Coal Chamber
Slipknot
Mudvayne

@packerzrule

 

[fknhippie]

 

[packerzrule]

Metal has different levels, not sure what level you want, Zeppelin or Sabbath

I'll play though

Black Sabbath
Coal Chamber
Slipknot
Mudvayne

 

[fknhippie]

I'll go with what we considered metal a very long time ago.

Sabbath
Zeppelin
Deep Purple
AC/DC

 

[Sir Robin Of Camelot]

Black Sabbath
Dio
Metallica
Pantera

 

[Janus]

I'll go with what we considered metal a very long time ago.

Sabbath
Zeppelin
Deep Purple
AC/DC

I like that group.
I was a little shy to put Deep Purple in my selection and yet fely the same identification of metal could be placed with Sabbath.
There's a fine line with power chord and heavy metal in my book.
Sabbath had a raw power but Iomi influenced it with numbing electric, same with Deep Purple and Blackmore. I saw both live and that's a part of my feeling. Deep Purple was loud as hell, really friggin loud but Blackmore was smooth unlike when I saw Sabbath they used their music like punching through a wall, Both concerts/ bands were great
Other than songs like "changes " Sabbath was all about power.
When Ozzy left, he continued to remain at the top of his game, with great guitarists, the same with Blackmore and Rainbow, I saw both of them also and unlike Ozzy, Blackmore stayed with that sound more ( although his longevity in it pales to Ozzy )
If I really wanted to separate the music, I would take Sabbath out of my list and replace it with a lesser known but more energetic band, maybe Type O negative,
I thought about KISS, they were heavy metal and as all heavy bands transform they did too.

This is such a fascinating thought process and deliberating on how and just 4 is complex when studying all the music that was laid down in the late 60's and 70's.

Back then the Kinks, Bad Company and one of my favorites The Yardbirds were considered heavy, Jimi Hendrix was about as heavy as ya got too. I think the experimentation with different sounds travelled so fast, musicians couldn't keep up and maybe some of the best was never recorded and passed us by. Individuals performed at higher levels, Beck, Trower Hendrix, maybe they were the pinnacle.

Heavy Metal certainly has it's depth in sounds and influence. I like your list.

 

[Old Sweater]

I'll go with what we considered metal a very long time ago.

Sabbath
Zeppelin
Deep Purple
AC/DC

Ozzy’s Boneyard XM station plays all four a lot. I’m still trying to figure out why they play RUSH lol

 

[fknhippie]

I like that group.
I was a little shy to put Deep Purple in my selection and yet fely the same identification of metal could be placed with Sabbath.
There's a fine line with power chord and heavy metal in my book.
Sabbath had a raw power but Iomi influenced it with numbing electric, same with Deep Purple and Blackmore. I saw both live and that's a part of my feeling. Deep Purple was loud as hell, really friggin loud but Blackmore was smooth unlike when I saw Sabbath they used their music like punching through a wall, Both concerts/ bands were great
Other than songs like "changes " Sabbath was all about power.
When Ozzy left, he continued to remain at the top of his game, with great guitarists, the same with Blackmore and Rainbow, I saw both of them also and unlike Ozzy, Blackmore stayed with that sound more ( although his longevity in it pales to Ozzy )
If I really wanted to separate the music, I would take Sabbath out of my list and replace it with a lesser known but more energetic band, maybe Type O negative,
I thought about KISS, they were heavy metal and as all heavy bands transform they did too.

This is such a fascinating thought process and deliberating on how and just 4 is complex when studying all the music that was laid down in the late 60's and 70's.

Back then the Kinks, Bad Company and one of my favorites The Yardbirds were considered heavy, Jimi Hendrix was about as heavy as ya got too. I think the experimentation with different sounds travelled so fast, musicians couldn't keep up and maybe some of the best was never recorded and passed us by. Individuals performed at higher levels, Beck, Trower Hendrix, maybe they were the pinnacle.

Heavy Metal certainly has it's depth in sounds and influence. I like your list.

I was thinking of adding Cream, Humble Pie, The Who, or Steppenwolf to the list...and the more I thought the more I uncertain I became, so I went with the first bands that came to mind

 

[TheGoodMan19]

I'll go with what we considered metal a very long time ago.

Sabbath
Zeppelin
Deep Purple
AC/DC

"Heavy Metal" is a term like "Film Noir". Everyone has a different definition. I always thought Zeppelin to be a blues band with heavy guitar. Same with Sabbath although the two albums with RJD are metal. AC/DC, like Van Halen and Aerosmith, are more hard rock than metal. But, like I said, it's in the ear of the beholder. I know more what is not Metal. Culture Club is not Heavy Metal. Frankie Goes to Hollywood is not Metal

 

[Janus]

After replying to fknhippie I began to think, what is Heavy Metal is it a rudimentary power from bass or is it a zealous stratosphere of sound from a guitar.
Is Geezer Butler or Toni Iomi the responsible component?
By one or 2 metal hits on the chart, does that establish you as a full metal band?, Ie Foghat.
Is it Marshall or Peavy that makes Metal?

looking back, I have to wonder why The Stones and Beatles never travelled that road, to dip their toes into a sound that was becoming so infatuating to youth,

Is the WHO a metal band?, certainly fielding great individual players,. They lacked that definitive bass in most of their hits but they certainly were loud and aggressive

It's just some things to think about when considering a Metal band that's all.

 

[TheGoodMan19]

After replying to fknhippie I began to think, what is Heavy Metal is it a rudimentary power from bass or is it a zealous stratosphere of sound from a guitar.
Is Geezer Butler or Toni Iomi the responsible component?
By one or 2 metal hits on the chart, does that establish you as a full metal band?, Ie Foghat.
Is it Marshall or Peavy that makes Metal?

looking back, I have to wonder why The Stones and Beatles never travelled that road, to dip their toes into a sound that was becoming so infatuating to youth,

Is the WHO a metal band?, certainly fielding great individual players,. They lacked that definitive bass in most of their hits but they certainly were loud and aggressive

It's just some things to think about when considering a Metal band that's all.

Many think Helter Skelter, Revolution and I Want You (She's So Heavy) as the genesis of HM.

i think the "drum revolution" was essential. Not to take away from Starr, Watts, Avory, but to even be considered metal you need a drummer like Ginger Baker, Keith Moon, Bill Ward etc

The Who doesn't have definitive bass? Happy Jack, Go to the Mirror, Won't Get Fooled Again...

I don't know if y'all are as ancient as me, but we didn't hear the term "Heavy Metal" until the early 80's with Scorpions, Iron Maiden, UFO, Judas Priest, Accept came out or became popular. You might have heard it applied to Motorhead

 

[TheGoodMan19]

You know, that's were the term came from. The movie came out in 1981 and had some metal-ish tunes, Sammy Hagar, Dio's Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult (soundtrack also had Devo and Stevie Nicks). But the title came from the magazine, Heavy Metal. And that was a Sci-Fi magazine. And in 1981, Kerrang came out and that was the Metal Newspaper