Heavy metal branch
Proto-metal
Heavy metal › Proto-metal
- Emerged
- 1968
- Origin
- USA / United Kingdom
- Subgenres
- None
The heavy bands from before the term existed: over-amplified acid rock, already built around the riff.
- Heaviness
- 6
- Speed
- 5
- Melody
- 7
Key acts
- Blue Cheer
- Steppenwolf
- Sir Lord Baltimore
- Budgie