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The hell you say!
Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple and Black Sabbath and Kiss and Motorhead and Judas Priest and Iron Maiden and Rainbow and so on and so on...was what, exactly?
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Hard rock, or as it's now called, "classic rock".

Although the case can always be made that Black Sabbath were the true fathers of "metal" (as a non-blues based music). Obviously the term was created in the 70s, and applied to Zep (my favorite band) and friends, but it was co-opted by "speed metal" and "thrash metal" in the 80s. They even let the nu-metal guys call themselves metal now, along with Poison and Bon Jovi. Anyone can get into this club!
Death to all Butt Metal!
YouTube - Steel Panther - Death To All But Metal
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