I'm glad you dug this thread up, Mondo. Lots of great stuff here, especially Armageddon and Jerusalem. I haven't heard Dark or Germany Oak, so I'll be definitely checking those out next. I'll throw down some of the stuff I've checked out of late:
Gun st/ (1968)
It's a bit of a mess since there are these somewhat out of place splashes of horns. They do go a bit soft more often than you should hear on one of these proto-metal albums, but the riffs are on point and they can get into an almost Iron Maiden-like gallop when they get going. Also, the cover is metal as **** too.
Iron Claw (1970-1975)
They are mentioned by OP, but it's still worth posting a link. These guys are maybe the first band that crawled out of the primordial soup of Black Sabbath worship. This is a compilation of everything they did and it does get a bit proggy later in their careers, but they made some excellent proto-doom for 1970 on tracks like Winter and Skullcrusher.
Bedemon (1973-1986)
Bedemon was an offshoot of Pentagram. They recorded a few songs here and there, but nothing was released until the mid 2000's, much like Iron Claw. The audio quality is rough, even by early 70's proto-metal standards. The first few tracks are from 1973 and 1975, so very much in the proto-metal timeframe. It's just the later tracks on this compilation that are from the very late 70's and mid 80's.
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