Com os olhos voltados à pré-história do heavy metal, a revista Guitar World publicou uma lista das 50 músicas mais pesadas do rock antes do advento do BLACK SABBATH em seu álbum de estréia de 1970.
Confira a relação, elaborada por Josh Hart e Damian Fanelli:
50 - THE TROGGS, "Wild Thing" (1966)
49 - THE YARDBIRDS, “Happenings 10 Years Time Ago” (1966)
48 - THE WHO, "My Generation" (1965)
47 - COVEN, "Pact With Lucifer" (1969)
46 - THE GUESS WHO, “American Woman” (1970)
45 - PINK FLOYD, "Interstellar Overdrive" (1967)
44 - THE COUNT FIVE, "Psychotic Reaction" (1966)
43 - THE WAILERS, “Out of Our Tree” (1966)
42 - SAM GOPAL, "Season of the Witch" (1969)
41 - CREAM, "Sunshine of Your Love" (1967)
40 - THE KINKS, "You Really Got Me" (1964)
39 - DRAGONFLY, “Blue Monday” (1968)
38 - CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, “Diddy Wah Diddy” (1966)
37 - BUNKER HILL, “The Girl Can’t Dance” (1963)
36 - CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL, “Fortunate Son” (1969)
35 - HUMBLE PIE, "Desperation" (1969)
34 - THE BEATLES, “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” (1969)
33 - ARZACHEL, "Leg" (1969)
32 - TEN YEARS AFTER, "Bad Scene" (1969)
31 - LED ZEPPELIN, "Whole Lotta Love" (1969)
30 - JIMI HENDRIX, "Purple Haze" (1967)
29 - IRON BUTTERFLY, "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (1968)
28 - VANILLA FUDGE, "You Keep Me Hangin’ On" (1967)
27 - BLACK WIDOW, "Come to the Sabbat!" (1969)
26 - THE SONICS, “The Witch” (1965)
25 - ANDROMEDA, "Keep Out ’Cos I’m Dying" (1969)
24 - VELVET HAZE, "Last Day on Earth" (1967)
23 - THE KINKS, "All Day and All of the Night" (1964)
22 - THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN, "Fire" (1968)
21 - STEPPENWOLF, "Born to be Wild" (1967)
20 - LED ZEPPELIN, "Communication Breakdown" (1969)
19 - BLUE CHEER, "Summertime Blues" (1968)
18 - STONE GARDEN, "Oceans Inside Me" (1969)
17 - CREAM, "Tales of Brave Ulysses" (1967)
16 - KING CRIMSON, "21st Century Schizoid Man" (1969)
15 - SCREAMIN’ JAY HAWKINS, “I Put a Spell on You" (1956)
14 - DEEP PURPLE, "Wring That Neck" (1968)
13 - VALHALLA, “Hard Times” (1969)
12 - THE STOOGES, “I Wanna Be Your Dog” (1969)
11 - THE 31 FLAVORS, "Distortions of Darkness" (1969)
10 - THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE, "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" (1968)
09 - CROMAGNON, "Caledonia" (1969)
08 - THE BEATLES, "Helter Skelter" (1968)
07 - JACULA, “Triumphatus Sad” (1969)
06 - BITTER CREEK, "Plastic Thunder" (1967)
05 - EDGAR BROUGHTON BAND, "Evil" (1969)
04 - PINK FLOYD, "The Nile Song" (1969)
03 - HIGH TIDE, "Death Warmed Up" (1969)
02 - MC5, "Kick Out the Jams" (1969)
01 - LED ZEPPELIN, "Dazed and Confused" (1969)
Fonte: Antes do Black Sabbath: as 50 músicas mais pesadas do rock - Melhores e Maiores https://whiplash.net/materias/melhores/131104-ledzeppelin.html#ixzz1yxEPziiN
