QUESTION OF THE WEEK: CARMINE APPICE SAYS THAT METALLICA IS THE FIRST TRUE HEAVY METAL BAND, “BEFORE ALL THAT, IT WAS HARD ROCK” (*VARIATION ON THE ROGER DALTREY COMMENT)

n a new interview with Poland’s MetalSide, legendary rock drummer Carmine Appice believes that Metallica was the first true heavy metal band.

He said (as per blabbermouth.net), “I consider heavy metal starting with Metallica. Before all that, it was hard rock. The crunchy guitars, the buzztone guitar and the double bass following guitar, that’s what started heavy metal. Everything else before that — Mötley Crüe and Van Halen, Blue Murder — everything’s hard rock. Heavy hard rock. But metal comes from the guitar for me.”

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  1. In my humble opinion, I once again disagree with this statement, just as I did with Roger Daltrey‘s claim, that it was The Who, that invented the genre.

    Metallica maybe one of the premier bands to have started thrash metal, which is a sub-sect of heavy metal, but they did not invent heavy metal. I once again, digress to Rattlehead that states it was Judas Priest. One can also claim that Priest had a hand in inventing thrash. Has Appice ever listened to Exciter, which was from 1978?

    Finally, of course, Metallica always credit the influence of Black Sabbath and Deep Purple, as big influences upon their sound.

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