Black Sabbath is the greatest metal band of all time, says Metal Sucks poll (duh)

the greatest metal band of all time in NJ in 2013 (more by Greg Cristman)

On Thursday, we posted MetalSucks’ list of the 25 greatest metal bands of all time as voted on by a poll of musicians, critics and other music industry types. Well we posted #2 – #25 at least. #1 hadn’t been revealed yet, but with the absence of Black Sabbath thus far it seemed obvious who MetalSucks would be revealing as the winner. It’s officially announced now, and duh. Here’s some of what Kim Kelly had to say about the greatest metal band of all time:

It’s hard to quantify Black Sabbath’s impact on heavy metal, because without Black Sabbath, there would be no such thing as heavy metal. Theirs was a logical continuation of the increasingly heavy sounds that came before, from Wagner to The Beatles and Deep Purple to Steppenwolf, but it took a perfect storm of Birmingham’s working class gloom, Tony Iommi’s mangled fingers, inner demons both real and imagined, and the nascent menace of Thatcherism waiting in the wings to first coax true heavy metal thunder down from the lofty realm of the gods and into this mortal coil.

…So, why is Black Sabbath one of the most important metal bands of all time? If it weren’t for them, none of us would be here. For that at the very least, to say nothing of their incredible music, they deserve our veneration.

No Sabbath, no metal. Period.

Read more on them and the rest of the bands on the list over at MetalSucks.

Let’s hope that new album and (allegedly final) tour come sooner than later. Rock out to some Sabbath and check out the list in full below…

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MetalSucks’ Top 25 Metal Bands of All Time (via poll)
#1 — Black Sabbath
#2 — Iron Maiden
#3 — Slayer
#4 — Metallica
#5 — Pantera
#6 — Judas Priest
#7 — Megadeth
#8 — Death
#9 — Motorhead
#10 – Carcass
#11 – Cannibal Corpse
#12 – Anthrax
#13 – Sepultura
#14 – Dio
#15 – Mercyful Fate
#16 – Morbid Angel
#17 – Meshuggah
#18 – Opeth
#19 – Testament
#20 – At The Gates
#21 – AC/DC
#22 – Celtic Frost
#23 – Ozzy Osbourne
#24 – Napalm Death
#25 – Lamb of God