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Originally Posted by Wayfarer
ar·che·type
–noun
1. the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype.
Guess it just depends how you look at it. Black Sabbath obviously laid the groundwork for heavy metal, so to me, that would render them "the archetypal metal band".
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Yes but a lot of people don't know about Sabbath's influence and only see the full package- songs, imagery, album covers etc and for that Iron Maiden FIT the accepted image of metal better than Sabbath. For the record I am not dismissing Sabbath. I prefer them (only just though!) to Maiden because of their influence, but metal is a package as much as it is about music.