The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time – Rolling Stone
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 14, 2023
Devil horns up! From Sabbath to Scorpions to Slipknot, from the Sunset Strip to Scandinavia
Thousands of years after the Bronze and Iron Ages, the true Metal Age dawned half a century ago. In 1970, Black Sabbath convincingly evoked the true essence of evil with the lumbering, three-chord opening guitar riff to the song “Black Sabbath,” consecrating the first pure heavy-metal crusher, and the ripples have been spreading virulently ever since. Judas Priest tuned into Sabbath’s darkly jagged melodies to create their own intricate, law-breaking . . .
