Originally Posted by axemansean
True... metal was very prevalent in Britain with Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath and hence the term NWOBHM - New Wave Of British Heavy Metal was coined. Sabbath, Maiden and Priest helped bring metal to mainstream America. I'd include Deep Purple in that, but they were more progressive than metal.
Deep Purple I would put into Hard Rock category rather than metal. lathough they played songs that would fit in either category they tended more on the rock side.
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