of 300,000 people to the emerging sound of heavy metal. Mountain's proto-metal or early heavy metal hit song "Mississippi Queen" from the album Climbing...

such as Coven and Black Widow. The genre is influenced by hard rock, proto-metal, psychedelic rock, progressive rock and blues, as well as commonly incorporating...

February 2016. "Bang". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 December 2012. "U.S. '70s Proto-Metal Power Trio Bang Returns". Blabbermouth.net. 6 January 2014. Retrieved...

This is a list of occult rock bands. Occult rock is a proto-metal style of rock music. Murphy, Tom. "Acid King Played Doom Rock Before It Was Doom Rock"...

"10 proto-metal albums you should definitely own". louder. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2023. Hayes, Craig (15 February 2023). "The Best Proto-Metal...

or rawer sound. Much of the style overlaps with 1960s garage punk, proto-metal, and early heavy, blues-based hard rock. It developed mainly from the...

engineering "10 proto-metal albums you should definitely own". loudersound. August 19, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021. "The 10 Best Proto Metal Albums To...

of All Time". In 2010, Rhapsody called it one of the all-time best "proto-metal" albums. It is the only BÖC album that does not feature a track with...

The Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music says that the Amboy Dukes were a psychedelic rock band that "pioneered a proto-metal and psychedelic combination"...

heavy metal, judging the album "a howling mess." Online music service Rhapsody included Vincebus Eruptum in its list of the "10 Essential Proto-Metal Albums"...

genres can be tenuous, as much of the style overlaps with 1960s punk, proto-metal, and early heavy, blues-based hard rock. The 13th Floor Elevators Alice...

influential in the development of heavy metal. These albums would later be retroactively categorised as proto-metal. Hasil Adkins Vince Taylor The Kingsmen...

Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, a shrieking vocal style, heavily distorted guitars played...

incorporated sounds from 1970s jazz, funk, Afro-Beat, underground rock, and proto-metal. They have been signed to Daptone Records throughout their career. The...

revolution and CBMP formation emerged independently from centers of the Proto-Metal area [in the Middle East] where in the 5th millennium BCE there continued...

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in London in 1968. They are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although their musical style has varied throughout...

sleeve). AllMusic described it as having a "distinctive psych-flavoured proto-metal" sound. Their second album, Gunsight included "cover design + photos"...

soundtrack, including the Byrds' 'Wasn't Born to Follow', Steppenwolf's proto-metal 'Born to be Wild', and Jimi Hendrix's 'If Six Was Nine', helped to set...

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as...

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genres, including folk, country rock, British blues, ska, music hall, proto-metal and the avant-garde. It has since been viewed by some critics as a postmodern...

drums, lead vocals Hayes, Craig (15 February 2023). "The Best Proto-Metal Albums From Metal's Rowdiest Progenitors, Page 2". PopMatters. Retrieved 17 March...

Black Sabbath's debut album, has been called "proto-metal" and noted as having "traces of early heavy metal." Their previous album, Anywhere (1970), included...

Unterberger claims, the album was "basically more of the same prog rock-proto metal". Except the song Confident But Wrong being more mainstream rock sounding...

Pioneers of Heavy Metal". In 2010, Rhapsody (online music service) called their album Past is Prologue one of the best "proto-metal" albums of all time...

promise in the band's sophomore record elevating their 21st century SoCal proto-metal template with tracks like "Disconnected (Out of Touch)", "Waiting" and...

scene and have been referred to as major pioneers of the hard rock, heavy metal, and progressive rock genres. The band have sold over 40 million albums...

they are recognized by metal fans and metal historians as being the band that introduced the "Sign of the horns" to rock, metal and pop culture, as seen...

Knight. AllMusic described the album in terms of hard rock and early "proto-metal", akin to Deep Purple. The group's similarities to Grand Funk Railroad...