From the Kinks to Sabbath: The Genealogy of Heavy Metal

This episode unpacks how early British rock—from the Kinks’ power chords and fuzz experiments through Beatles distortion, Led Zeppelin’s blues‑heavy arrangements, to Black Sabbath’s downtuned riffs—laid the sonic, technological, and lyrical foundations that would define heavy metal. It traces the incremental building of distortion, rhythm, and dark imagery, revealing how each step broadened rock’s extreme palette.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices