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Originally Posted by RocknRolla
Judas Priest as founder of metal? i don't think so. Black Sabbath did. Tony Lommi Sabbaths lead guitarist lost one of his fingers working at a plant, and he made a fake one and when played on the guitar as he strummed the chords is made a deeper darker sound. that was the birth of heavy metal.
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I think Black Sabbath undoubtedly gave birth to the heavy metal movement and laid down its foundations such as image and sound etc but the fact that they were like most bands of their day, originally a blues rock outfit really goes against what heavy metal would become, for this reason Judas Priest could be seen as the first true heavy metal band because of the complete lack of blues influence and their double lead guitar etc.