YngwieMalmsteen...

June 06, 2012 at 6:29pm

I disagree. Mandrake Root by Deep Purple should be #1. Deep Purple were the first heavy metal band. Led Zeppelin were just hard rock. Gradually over time, especially with Deep Purple's "In Rock" record, released in 1970 the exact same year as Black Sabbath's debut album, Deep Purple steamrolled over most of Black Sabbath's Ozzy era records and anything by Led Zeppelin for that matter.

guitarladd

September 19, 2011 at 11:15pm

Dazed and Confused got much heavier when Robert Plant pretty much threw out most of Jake Holmes lyrics and came up with his own. "Lots of people talking, few of them know that the soul of a woman was created below" I don't know about all women, but my wife? When you marry a girl and for years you love her and you're faithful to her and she certainly seems to love you and you have no reason to think that she's unfaithful to you and then you find out that all along she's been performing oral sex on other guys, lots of other guys, while you're at work....well, her soul certainly wasn't created in Heaven.
"Lots of people knew, but me they wouldn't tell
'Cause the soul of my woman was forged in the fires of hell"

guitarladd

September 19, 2011 at 10:20pm

I'll have to listen to Spirit's Taurus, did Led Zep rip these guys off too? Certainly Jake Holmes version should be somewhere on this list. And Mississippi Queen, super heavy! Was that Ringo that said "Blisters on my fingers" I always thought that sounded like John. A couple of years ago I was jamming with my then 8 year old great niece. I was playing some heavy chords to a beat she was pounding out on the drums and after we had been playing for awhile she yelled "I've got blisters on my fingers!" She'd never heard Helter Skelter, she just had blisters on her fingers. I cracked up! Too much!

iDrone

September 18, 2011 at 12:29pm

One word: Mountain.

Leslie West? Mississippi Queen? Amazing tone generated by a single P90 saturated with Sunn?

Everyone has opinions, but Mountain should've been on here for a fact.

LedZeppelinKing...

May 29, 2011 at 11:16pm

It's a shame a single band credited as the creator of the metal. People should study a little history. Or clean the ears. Because the true fathers of heavy metal are Cream, The Jim Hendrix Experience, Blue Cheer, Sir Lord Baltimore and Led Zeppelin. Black Sabbath is just a product of the bands mentioned be shameful to think that the metal would exist without these bands.

spelunkticus

May 29, 2011 at 10:03pm

The Jacula song should be removed from this list. The distorted guitars were clearly added much later. No one was able to get Celtic Frost-type distortion like that in the late 60s. You guys should have done a bit more research on this one.

penguin777

May 29, 2011 at 7:17pm

I totally agree Led Zep's dazed and confused should be #1. But Jake Holmes version should be in the top 50 as well. If it wasn't for the Jake Holmes version there would be NO Zeppelin version. Just like if Spirit have not have done Taurus, there would be no "Stairway" as we know it.

jbass78

May 29, 2011 at 12:08pm

Now that the list has been completely revealed- is there just a text only list that might be easily printable available on the site?