The Opening Ceremony

For years, the metal genre (and its subgenres) have been looked down upon by many as mindless, blasphemous music played and listened to by rebellious and confused young people.  This must be the most misleading fact about the metal genre itself.  Therefore, the sole purpose of this blog shall be the listing and recognition of glorious bands that have far outperformed other musicians from the pop "musicians" to even the classic/romantic era composers.  In other words, this blog shall be for bands that have become gods of metal!  And thus I will present to you the first metal god in this Opening Ceremony of the Heavy Metal Hall of Fame:

Black Sabbath

Band: Black Sabbath

Genre: Heavy/Doom Metal

Important Albums: Black Sabbath (self-titled), Paranoid, Master of Reality, Heaven and Hell 

This band was the first to ever truly play the "metal" sound.  They had the right amounts of all of the metal elements: perfect distortion on guitars, emphasis on loud drums, the "dark" atmosphere, dark lyrics, and an overall feeling of heaviness with lots and LOTS of metal riffs.   

There are also some exclusive recognitions that must be given: Ozzy Osbourne, lead vocalist from the debut, who stayed for several other albums; Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler for their innovative work on the guitar and bass, respectively; Bill Ward, for his metal drumming; Ronnie James Dio for his trademark 80's metal vocals.