Judas Priest should be on this list. Halford invented the front man, Priest led the dual lead guitar attack, invented Speed Metal on Stained Class. Slayer should be inbetween Death and Metallica
The list was mostly fine, but Judas Priest deserved to be included. Their music in the 70’s was so ahead of its time, and they inspired a lot of sub genres such as Thrash, Speed and even Power Metal to an extent. I’d also add Accept to this sort of list, they’re maybe not as popular as Priest or Maiden, but they had such a unique sound, and they were one of the first Speed Metal bands.
Not including Judas Priest should be a crime. Judas Priest are literally the blueprint of Metal more so than Black Sabbath who did far more to influence Doom and Stoner music than all of Metal overall. Priest invented the dual guitar attack that most Metal band use today. The screaming fast guitar solos and louder than hell sound and vocals all contibute to Judas Priest. It was the dual guitar attack that influenced Slayers sound. Judas Priest are literally the quintessential Metal band. Period.
Saying slipknot and putting mushroomhead up is crazy, also Korn legit pioneered nu-metal in 94, with their self titled album and it started with the infamous scream of “ARE YOU READDDYYY”
KOЯN literally invented the hole genre of nu metal. I love early Slipknot stuff(first 4 albums), but I’d mention KORN as the most influential Nu metal band
1: thank you for the genuine LOL moment that was "Sountrack to falling down the stairs" . I hope DT see that and make it their next album title. Brilliant!!
2: No other band in the history of Heavy Metal has ever embraced the genre as much as Judas Priest. When others were distancing themselves from the label, Halford was out there with no shame, proud to called metal. The whole band are legends, but Rob Halford is the undisputed king of Metal. It's criminal that they're not on your list.
9:57 What I fucking love about Iowa is that it’s literally just Pop DeathMetal. Like the songs have an easy to follow pop structure and the riffs are easy to understand but at the same time, Joey Jordison is popping the fuck off on the kit
i know it likely wasn’t meant that seriously, but Slipknots Iowa as “the most accessible death metal album, makes so much sense. i’ve been calling slipknot “death metal lite” for so long, and everyone always acts like i’m stupid for it 😭