The Old Metal

Olden metal music had got popular thanks to some old bands like Led Zeppelin,Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath.These bands were really making people bang their heads.People seemed to enjoy listening to their music a lot.Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in 1968, consisting of Jimmy Page (guitar), Robert Plant (vocals, harmonica), John Paul Jones (bass guitar, keyboards, mandolin), and John Bonham (drums). With their heavy, guitar-driven blues-rock sound, Led Zeppelin are regularly cited as one of the progenitors of heavy metal and hard rock. However, the band's individualistic style drew from many sources and transcends any one music genre.The amazing vocal of Robert Plant and the charismatic guitar playing of Jimmy Page seemed to attract people a lot.Led Zeppelin was one of the most popular metal bands in those olden times.
                    Black Sabbath are an English rock band, formed in Birmingham in 1968 by Ozzy Osbourne (lead vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar), Geezer Butler (bass guitar), and Bill Ward (drums). The band has since experienced multiple lineup changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of twenty-two musicians have at one time been members of Black Sabbath. Originally formed as a heavy blues-rock band named Earth, the band began incorporating occult- and horror-inspired lyrics with tuned-down guitars, changing their name to Black Sabbath and achieving multiple platinum records in the 1970s. Despite an association with occult and horror themes, Black Sabbath also composed songs dealing with social and political issues such as drugs and war.


As one of the first and most influential heavy metal bands of all time, Black Sabbath helped define the genre with releases such as quadruple-platinum Paranoid, released in 1970. They were ranked by MTV as the "Greatest Metal Band" of all time,and placed second in VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock" list, behind Led Zeppelin.They have sold over 15 million records in the United States alone.Rolling Stone has posited the band as 'the heavy-metal kings of the '70s'.They have sold more than 100 million records worldwide.