so who/what DID “invent” metal anyway? comment below!

I did childcare for A.A. meetings from 1982 to 2009. One Sunday morning in 1993 I was at the Pan Pacific Park meeting room quad (grassy patch outside) waiting for kids and their parents to arrive and I saw a guy in a blue track suit standing, slouching, looking to the south. "That dude looks like Ozzy!" I thought. "That is Ozzie", I thought. The kids arrived, we went to the playground on the other side of the building. Later that year I stood behind David Bowie in the coffee line, same meeting. When he had filled his cup and turned around we made eye contact and I said "thanks for everything" and he smiled and nodded.

I’m not sure any one band created metal but Sabbath most certainly put it on the map

From now on, I'm calling it 'Iron Bloke'.

The north and midlands of England are to blame for a disproportionate amount of grit in rock. It's the soundtrack to their lot in life, as an outlet for their rage, and ultimate kindness. Best people on earth (no I'm not from there).

They were on Top of the Pops in 1978 as well. They used to have all sorts of people on, even Judas Priest and Motorhead.

Great outfit today, as it goes perfectly with the album in question.

Going to check out Power of Zeus today. Appreciate this album getting the Abby treatment!

The boring answer is nobody invented metal. Many people contributed to its development over a period of time, same with every other genre or art form.

In my experience "at that time" this WAS the heavy metal album that changed music. I was so inspired I used Electric Funeral for an English multi media project. I took photos of headstone at sunset and played Sabbath. After the show the audiance was absolutely silent and so was the teacher. I still consider that as a success. Some students never looked at me the same way afterwards. Another success.

There is actually a band named "Gang Green" they were part of the '80's hardcore scene in Boston....and one of the fastest band of the era.... The song "Paranoid" had a big influence on the hardcore scene that would develop in the very late '70's and into the '80's.....

Abbie you make me fall in love with music all over again. Thanks for all you do! I hope I'm not remiss in saying after 5 days of watching your channel I have such a parasocial crush on you. :)

Electric Funeral is mind blowing!!! I was born in the 90's where heavy/doom metal was very commom yet this song hits just as the same, so dark and industrial and diabolical...again, those dudes are time travellers hahah people were dancing Disco and Sabbath was doing THIS!

I’ll have to check out Power Of Zeus’s someday. Not sure where heavy metal began. But it became obvious with Black Sabbath’s debut. “Oh noooooooooooooooo!”

I am a Brummie and a Black Sabbath fanatic. I would say they created a heavier sound that grew to a distinction of newer originality that no one did achieve something like it before besides others who are involved in an earlier sound of the genre like Blue Cheer with their first two albums, yet they sound like blues type/psychedelic with lots of distortion/fuzz. Some people think Zeppelin did it earlier and Deep Purple, but Sabbath were one of the first bands to develop darker and unapologetic sounds, which was a new thing at the time. Awesome video Abby and your channel is inspiring and well documented. I've been a new subscriber for a few weeks and was blown away with your awesome dedication and passion for your videos. Also, I do recommend Geezer Butler's brilliant biography from his early beginnings to his time with Sabbath and he details a lot of great stuff.

I played this album to death in my teens. Still do today! They really cemented their image (and guitar tone) with songs like Iron Man and Paranoid but there are great 'deep cuts' like Hand Of Doom, Fairies Wear Boots. The album is front to back killer material. My favorite Sabbath album along with Masters.

"Back then," I was listening to bands like Chickenshack and The Groundhogs. My relatives and friends in Birmingham (UK) hooked me up with Black Sabbath. "War Pigs" is a definite slam on "the military/industrial complex." Thanks, Abigail.

"Sabbath just took us by the hand and led us to the monolith." FOOK YEAH!

"Planet Caravan" is a timeless, beautiful track, my favorite song by Black Sabbath, though not their most typical. "War Pigs" is as timeless in its own right, tragically, though the song is a masterpiece.

I actually listened to the first four Black Sabbath albums for the first time this month for Halloween

Ha ha you are the best. Black Sabbath is one of my top 4 favorite bands! Mondays are now my favorite day!

"Old Man Going" by The Pretty Things is from 1968 and sounds very proto-metal

I am ready. I AM so ready. It won't even take me one second to decide, brothers and sisters.

Tony's fingertip severing accident was a driver of their power chord dominated sound. Less need for more intricate chords. He adapted through time though and added chord intricacies as well. Added: The Groundhogs actually inspired a lot of groups.

I think you seriously underestimate Deep Purple Abigail, "In Rock" and "Machine Head" are early 70's hard rock masterpieces, easily the match of their famous contemporaries. They simply cannot be dismissed and must be investigated when exploring this genre of rock.

a favorite comment i made years age about black sabbath was "Who knew there were that many bass lines?"

Good show, I really enjoyed this one 🤟

I just thought you would film it and here you are! Love Paranoid!

Great review loved the insight on the heavy metal , great job . This still one of my favorites!

Yet another entertaining review, looking forward to the next one!. Thank you.🦂

Black Sabbath was a fine tuned machine during the first album and this one. They cut their teeth in Hamburg in the same clubs the Beatles played in. Same as the Beatles, they played 8 hour sets, 6 days a week. This is one of the main reasons they took so little time to record. They had it all down already, pretty much, and were masters at creating together.

Just an FYI, Django Reinhardt also had a crippled fretting hand. It was disfigured in a fire.

Someone I knew from that time period, said he never really heard the term "Heavy Metal" until late 1970's and early 80's.

Sounds like Warner Bros was "Paranoid," not Black Sabbath. Great deep dive Abby! Always. 🤘☮

I would say that Blue Cheer Album "Vincebus Eruptum" in 1968 was the first Heavy Metal album.The Second album was "Iron Butterfly "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" in 1968. They were both from California and they both had an effect on the Metal Gene in the 1970's and 1980's Wiki on the influence of Iron Butterfly Their music has found a significant impact on the international rock scenes, influencing numerous acts such as Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Rush, Alice Cooper, Mountain, Uriah Heep, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots and Queens of the Stone Age.

Power of Zeus rocks. I found a re-press of that thing in the early 2000s. Lots of interesting records came out on Rare Earth label. Pretty Things SF Sorrow and UFO's debut were released on Rare Earth in the US for example. Thanks for another great Vinyl Monday.

Enjoyed this review.

I like your Ozzy impression.

Excellent video Young Lady. And i never been much of a Black Sabbath listener. Good job.

In depth and detailed, as always.

GREAT Vinyl Monday, Abby! I can’t believe this was made in 30 hours! Dayum. ‘War Pigs’ is such a beast- the live version from Paris 1970 is a massive banger. Thanks for doing what you do! Dignan in Bellingham

Great video as always!

Abby, your chanell is one of the best, if not the best music chanell on youtube. You are amazing!

Thank you abigal for turning me on to a new band ive never heard of from my fav era of music... Power of zues...🤘😈🍀

Another nicely put together outfit! And bangs work for you !!!

🌠🐻 oooh ABBY BEAR ! Good one !!!

Great job Abby. I’m very old and bought this album with cash I should have used to buy my school lunches with. There’s no obvious single winner of the “ Who Invented Heavy Metal” award in my opinion. You could even make a case for Cream, Hendrix or Zep in terms of riffs and high volume but certainly Sabbaff had the “ sound / tonality” we all recognise as typical of the genre. Stay safe, stay happy, stay you. Best wishes from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

sir lord baltmore and dust , both deserve a mention here

Hand of doom is such a great song .

I wonder how much different Black Sabbath would have been if Iommi didn't spend time in Jethro Tull. Iommi said that he learned a lot from being with them, because Ian Anderson was so demanding.

Paranoid is special as it is so many things: Sabbath's best album, Sabbath's signature album, and Sabbath's most successful album. And they hit a commercial peak without dumbing down anything about their style, message or attitude. These things rarely intersect. Truly a charmed work. I maintain that if Sabbath didn't actually "invent" heavy metal, they were the first band to consistently produce heavy metal. Unlike their peers like Led Zeppelin, they never really play the blues. They took the tools that Cream used and created a unique style of heavy rock that didn't refer directly back to the blues. It's a couple of steps removed. Other bands did this occasionally but Sabbath made a career of it.

First time I heard Black Sabbath the song, There was nothing like it then or now.

Tony losing the tips of his fingers in 1965 in a pressing plant. That’s the start of heavy metal ! Lol. And having to make plastic tips on his fingers to play the guitar. Plus slacking the strings easier to play. Gave him a unique sound no one else had ! I wonder if he sued the plant for negligence and they said to him - “ sorry mate we did you a favour “ ! Lol

Cool to see im not the only younger person in to that era of music. Always found the very early years of heavy metal to be the most interesting and sabbath is my all time favorite band. If you havent heard it id reccomend Skullcrusher by Iron claw 1970. Very sabbathy, very cool cheers

one of my favorite all time albums for sure.

Great content!! Would love for you to do Vol 4.

If you haven't seen the live version of War Pigs in Paris from 1970 that one everyone should check out. Its better than the album version, and is early Sabbath.

I just happened to stumble on this video, so glad I did! This was great! War Pigs is one of my favorite songs of all time. Pink Floyd's "Time" is my top song though!

Abbie is so cool ❤

The Uriah Heep album with their songs Gypsy and Real Turned On was issued in June 1970, many months after Black Sabbath.

I love the B-side!

MC5 - "Looking At You" (original single version; A-Square Records). It's metal. There's no other word that fits as well to describe it.That song is ARSON.

The phrase, heavy metal, in terms of music was applied to Hendrix. It my have been in a review of his Star Spangled Banner and Machine Gun where the metaphorical metal of bombs and bullet is overt. Worth verifying.

Tony's fingers played a major role in creating the sound. Since he could not use his two middle fingers as effectively as his first and fourth fingers due to his accident, he started playing what we now call 'power chords'. He also tuned down to slack the strings a bit - again because of his damaged fingers. Finally, he played LOUD because he wanted to create a wall of sound to compensate for his playing style. He felt that his sound was too thin, so he increased distortion and volume. So, I would argue that Tony Iommi contributed the most towards the heavy metal sound.

Ok, now this is freaky: as I sit here watching the end of your video where you reveal next week’s album, I just happen to have it sitting in my lap, preparing to enter it into my Discogs account (I picked up this vintage copy recently that a label on the outer bag identifies as a “censored” version, but playing the start of the second song I discovered it’s actually uncensored, which I consider an unexpected bonus.)

Besides Black Sabbath, there were other artists from that time who were also early practitioners of Heavy Metal such as Deep Purple (Mk. II era), Uriah Heep, Sir Lord Baltimore, Randy Holden (ex-Blue Cheer guitarist), Lucifer's Friend, Wicked Lady, Iron Claw, Budgie, Pentagram, Flower Travellin' Band, Bang, Dust and others! You can debate all you want but Black Sabbath was definitely the first TRUE Metal band in terms of sound and imagery. They are the textbook definition of what a Heavy Metal band is! I used to be in a 70s Heavy Rock/Metal/NWOBHM phase from the age of 15 to 19 so I was absolutely OBSESSED with this era of heavy music. My music taste has gotten A LOT more diverse since then but I still love this era of Rock and Metal very much! My Metal journey wouldn't have started if it weren't for Sabbath.

I bought this album when I was in North Carolina back in 1972. What an eye opener! If Geezer could have his way, he’d retitle Paranoid to Depression! He even said that in an interview once! In that same interview Ozzy said “Ummm yahm ooh ah!”😉 “We spent a whole day making our first album, our second one even took longer” sounds very Spinal Tap! Fab video Abigail! ❤❤❤

Love the 60's vibes! ☮️

you should do twin fantasy!! ik its not that old only like 12 years old, but its great and imo it has had a huge influence on 2010's underground indie rock

Love Planet Caravan...Black Sabbath was a band that was wayyy better than I thought.

Blue cheer, the beatles, Pink floyd and Iron butterfly all had metal songs that were definitely precursors to black sabbath.

Love when you do heavy albums, and especially Sabbath! For really spooky tunes for the season, Type O Negative is essential listening(yes, I know its not in the VM wheelhouse), but you've turned me on to some great bands, so here's my go to. BOO!

BRAVO !!!

Yes. Invented in Birmingham, England. To be exact Aston. Which is about 2 hours away from me.

One thing though you have to listen to their first album Black Sabbath I first heard it on its release it blew me away.

that mc5 video is gonna be awesome

I think the cover works better for Paranoid. If you're suffering from extreme (possibly drug-induced) paranoia, that's the kind of guy you'd expect to jump out of the bushes at you in the middle of the night. I own an oscillator. It belonged to my dad so I have a sentimental attachment to it. It makes the quiet bloopy noises on Planet Caravan (which for a long time I though was a flute). Ozzy's voice on the beginning of Iron Man was actually filtered through a ring modulator (same as Tony's guitar solo on Paranoid). And that's my nerd-out for the day. I'll show myself out.

The first metal band debate’s sorta trivial, mostly because before Sabbath,”louder” was indicative of projection but not quite the ending sound. Loudness did give us the happy byproduct of organic distortion but the desire to add more distortion also made it possible to not have to be loud in order to sound “loud”. It definitely set apart the folkier bands from the more rock bands. With that said, while Sabbath is known for being the first to popularize what became known as metal, even Ozzy said Motörhead edges them out by about 3-6 months. Charles Mingus deserves a little more mention being an early catalyst to metal’s foundation w/ the baseline to “Haitian Fight Song”

Just found you .amazing content

The mighty BLACK SABBATH ALWAYS 🤘

Just discovered your channel and great video! One of my favorite proto-metal bands that I recommend you give a listen to is Andromeda. They only released one album which was self-titled in 1969. Their song "Return To Sanity" opens with a riff that's very similar to the riff that plays throughout Sabbath's self-titled track. Sabbath actually opened for Andromeda in early 1970. Lead singer/guitarist John Du Cann is probably one of the greatest guitarist you've never heard of. After the disbanding of Andromeda, John joined Atomic Rooster. Atomic Rooster member Vincent Crane was also the organist for Arthur Brown. I also recommend checking out John Du Cann's bands prior to Andromeda, The Attack and The Five Day Week Straw People. They're more psych than metal, but still really good and I cannot recommend them enough! Other proto-metal bands I'll recommend are Wicked Lady (who recorded a number of songs from 1969-1972 but remained unreleased until the 90s), Iron Claw (who recorded a number of songs from 1970-1974 but remained unreleased until 2009), Bedemon (who recorded a number of songs from 1973-1974 but remained unreleased until 2005), and Pinnacle (who released one album called "Assassin" in 1974).

I really love your sarcastic commentary. I lose it all the time.

I've lost count of the amount of metal bands that appeared on Top of the Pops over the years. Don't forget Purple Haze from 1967.

I find it absolutely unbelievable that 3 of the greatest songs of all time are all on the same album. War Pigs, Iron Man, and Paranoid.

You’ve earned real respect in this review. I mean you know what you’re talking about! War Pigs is the best song Sabbath ever did and that is saying a lot!

I agree . Rat Salad is Moby Dick . But Moby Dick is Cream's Jam called Toad. Also I think Black Sabbath invented Doom Metal but Judas Priest and Iron Maiden added all the bells and whistles that we recognize as metal today

The actual term HeavyMetal came from the book naked lunch by William H Burroughs in 1959

I think this was the start of metal, something very different at the time, yet still stands it’s ground today ☠️ Only saw them live once, but what a concert that was, the penultimate show at the O2 👍

"War Pigs, Electric Funeral, Rat Salad, and Fairies wear boots" are my most favorites, mainly because of the drumming and long instrumentation of the songs.

I think the term "Heavy Metal" was first used by someone reviewing an early Hendrix gig. They said something along the lines of, his guitar sounded like heavy metal falling from the sky.

Just when I thought you couldn't top yourself with outfits, you kick it up another notch. 🤣

I tend to agree that Born to be Wild by Steppenwolf was the 1st Bonafide metal song it even has the phrase "heavy metal thunder" in the lyrics.

It was a New York music critic back in the day, writing in his collumn about what he thought after seeing Led Zeppelin live, it sounded like heavy metal falling from the sky! And the term heavy metal was born.

Even Pink Floyd (yes I know... PINK FLOYD) had "The Nile Song" 3 months before Black Sabbaths Black Sabbath Definitely not "heavy metal" but definitely part of the rising wave😉

My Favorite band and music period i live for sabbath sadly i was born in 1990 and never got enough money in time to see 13 last album tour. 🤟🏽 long live sabbath "WE SOLD OUR SOUL FOR ROCK & ROLL"

You made my day with Power of Zeus. THANK YOU !

Rhino recently reissued the Quadraphonic mix of Paranoid on a BluRay Audio disc. I bought a copy, and it spun me around backwards to hear the songs in a four channel separation. What was the very first Heavy Metal song? For me, it's Rumble by Link Wray from 1958. It was supposedly recorded in one take in a bomb shelter. Wray cut slits in his amplifier's speakers with a pocket knife to distort his guitar tones. The bomb shelter's acoustics added some echo to the songs slow heavy riffing.

Yes. I was there.

1:58 Great Ozzy impression by Abbie 😂

The who "invented" heavy metal question is always fun to me. You find these bands you've never heard of making stuff as heavy as Sabbath and sometimes even before Sabbath. Of course Sabbath is probably the answer to the question for a full album, but I like to think the song 'Futilist's Lament' by High Tide from 1969 is the first metal song. They sound like Sabbath with a mix of Doors which sounds weird, but makes a lot of sense once you hear it