Not claiming **** about the dates

This thread is an awesome chance to add something interesting to my library, thanks!

Love the early "proto" metal sound from the late 60s that was basically pioneered by the hard psych rock bands of the time. Cream, Hendrix, Blue Cheer, also prog rock like King Crimson can't be overlooked especially for their influence on progressive metal. Even the Beatles, Frank Zappa, and hard funk like Funkadelic's early albums and Stand!-era Sly & the Family Stone had some really heavy sounds for the time that'd influence metal to come.