What was the first heavy metal song?

Before the genre term was even coined, these pioneers were already pushing the volume dials to eleven. The sound we now define as "heavy" was much different in the 60's. read more

Very early song that sounds like heavy metal. So these are some heavy metal songs. But as you could songs in 60s don’t really sound much like today’s heavy metal songs. That’s why those songs are pushed back to blues or hard rock. Black Sabbath was credited as a Doom Metal Band. But Deep Purple are credited as a heavy metal band. read more

Mountain's proto-metal or early heavy metal hit song "Mississippi Queen" from the album Climbing! is especially credited with paving the way for heavy metal and was one of the first heavy guitar songs to receive regular play on radio. read more

According to the Etymology section of Wikipedia's entry on "heavy metal," the first reference to "heavy metal" in a music review was applied to the album A Long Time Comin' by the rock group The Electric Flag. read more