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A Brief Survey Of The State Of Metal Music Today

Metal Mike Saunders, Phonograph Record, April 1973

When you get right down to it, the story of heavy metal rock has been the tale of Led Zeppelin. As indicated by its name, Heavy Metal has been an evolution of heavy rock – you know, the stuff that emerged back in 1967.

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