Texas Boy

In your opinion what was it?

I'm going with Paranoid by Sabbath.
I don't consider BS debut heavy metal, though tracks The Wizard and Black Sabbath could be.

MicShazam

I'm going with Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath. Sure, much of the album is this blues jam material, but the title track is very much a harbinger of things to come, as far as metal goes. I guess you can look it this in several ways, but I do see that album as the genesis of a genre and a new movement in music.

The Batlord

If it's not Black Sabbath then it's Paranoid, so Sabbath still get the nod.

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Frownland

You could make a case for heavy metal songs predating Sabbath, but if we're talking full albums then they clearly take the prize.

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rubber soul

It depends on what you consider heavy metal. You could argue it was Link Wray and the Ray Men from 1960. Also, Led Zeppelin released their first album in 1969.

I guess it could arguably be Blue Cheer's Vincebus Eruptum from 1968. Their version of Summertime Blues has to be considered Heavy Metal, don't you think?

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Frownland

RE: Blue Cheer. Yes, but it doesn't extend to the whole album.

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Chula Vista

1. Rock - Bill Haley and the Comets. Elvis. Little Richard. Link Wray. Chuck Berry. Jerry Lee Lewis.

2. Hard Rock - Cream. Hendrix. Beck. Zeppelin. Traffic. Mountain. MC5. Grand Funk.

3. Metal - Sabbath. Uriah Heep. Deep Purple.

4. Heavy Metal - Motorhead. Judas Priest. Iron Maiden.

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OccultHawk

I think everyone agrees that metal shorthand for heavy metal and means exactly the same thing.

Listen people, you can dig deep and say Blue Cheer or Iron Butterfly or whatever just don’t. There’s no debate: Sabbath’s debut. That’s it. Anything else is just bull**** trying to be clever.

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The Batlord

If you're gonna throw all that in then The Stooges bear mention. Fun House is a total metal album by those standards, and if all those early 70s metal bands weren't listening to it then they were missing out on hella inspiration even if it wasn't a metal album.

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OccultHawk

Conclusion: Robert Johnson was metal.

Let’s not go there.

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