It's part of the primordial soup that metal emerged from. UK rock in the early 70 created Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Judas Priest, etc. and they were probably all listening to Queen at the time.
Those groups ARE the og "heavy metal" bands, it's just that metal got heavier during the 80s and 90s. Judas Priest was the heaviest metal going! It's exactly the music the mag Heavy Metal was named after. If you haven't seen the original movie (not the 2000s remake), why haven't you yet?
I'm sorry if I'm bringing idpol shit into this, but I dont care that rob halford is gay. Guy is an absolute beast of a vocalist (even now at his old age). Just listen to the songs 'all guns blazing' and 'hell patrol' off of their 1990 album painkiller (and he still sings the song painkiller live in concerts to this day, even at his current age! One of the greatest clean vocalists in metal (I know hes a common pick for one of the best metal singers, but it's for good reason). One of my favorite vocalists aside from Robert plant, frank mullen from suffocation, phil anselmo, killjoy from necrophagia, bill steer / jeff walker from carcass, and dax riggs from acid bath.
I've always thought of In a Gadda Da Vida as one of the earliest "metal-like" songs, but there were many around this time that I think inspired the first metal bands.
Iron butterfly is great. "Summer time blues" by blue cheer is also another great song that was heavy for its time and came before Black Sabbath (and can very well be considered a "proto-metal" song).
Because Queen absolutely had moments that dipped a toe into the mix that would be metal. Razorfist, as divisive as he can sometimes be here, does a pretty good job with his Music Mythos videos, and his Queen video is no different. Queen strived to go everywhere, and do it well.
As for why this song in particular hits notes of feeling like metal, it's probably because of thematic elements to a certain extent due to Power Metal often having those fantasy themes they play into that leads into Metal that isn't as heavy as other metal sub-genres, so it makes sense this would be a track that would bridge that gap a little.
The heavy use of reverb int he vocals probably doesn't hurt either, nor the guitar work.
The only things that really feel like they might be out of place in a metal song, honestly, are the sea-shanty the song transitions into at the end, and the piano work, which is still marvelous
Was never a big fan of Queen tbh. Mercury was a great vocalist, but I always prefered other notable classic rock acts like Led Zeppelin, thin lizzy, motorhead, rush, and zz top. Though I like the album sheer heart attack (and the title track of that album is said to be a notable insipiration for thrash metal, even said by kirk hammett of metallica himself).
It's part of the primordial soup that metal emerged from. UK rock in the early 70 created Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Judas Priest, etc. and they were probably all listening to Queen at the time.
Those groups ARE the og "heavy metal" bands, it's just that metal got heavier during the 80s and 90s. Judas Priest was the heaviest metal going! It's exactly the music the mag Heavy Metal was named after. If you haven't seen the original movie (not the 2000s remake), why haven't you yet?
Sadly, I've seen it, but only because of the south park episode, lol.
That being said...
I'm sorry if I'm bringing idpol shit into this, but I dont care that rob halford is gay. Guy is an absolute beast of a vocalist (even now at his old age). Just listen to the songs 'all guns blazing' and 'hell patrol' off of their 1990 album painkiller (and he still sings the song painkiller live in concerts to this day, even at his current age! One of the greatest clean vocalists in metal (I know hes a common pick for one of the best metal singers, but it's for good reason). One of my favorite vocalists aside from Robert plant, frank mullen from suffocation, phil anselmo, killjoy from necrophagia, bill steer / jeff walker from carcass, and dax riggs from acid bath.
I've always thought of In a Gadda Da Vida as one of the earliest "metal-like" songs, but there were many around this time that I think inspired the first metal bands.
Iron butterfly is great. "Summer time blues" by blue cheer is also another great song that was heavy for its time and came before Black Sabbath (and can very well be considered a "proto-metal" song).
Because Queen absolutely had moments that dipped a toe into the mix that would be metal. Razorfist, as divisive as he can sometimes be here, does a pretty good job with his Music Mythos videos, and his Queen video is no different. Queen strived to go everywhere, and do it well.
As for why this song in particular hits notes of feeling like metal, it's probably because of thematic elements to a certain extent due to Power Metal often having those fantasy themes they play into that leads into Metal that isn't as heavy as other metal sub-genres, so it makes sense this would be a track that would bridge that gap a little.
The heavy use of reverb int he vocals probably doesn't hurt either, nor the guitar work.
The only things that really feel like they might be out of place in a metal song, honestly, are the sea-shanty the song transitions into at the end, and the piano work, which is still marvelous
okay, I just watched the razorstyx (I know, shush) video, and I had an incredibly stupid thought that still makes me giggle like an idiot;
Can you imagine if Queen made a hiphop album?
Hey maybe not hiphop but we're almost there.
lol, pretty cool when you consider freddy mercury and michael jackson were supposedly friends...
damn...can you imagine if they did a duet on this, like freddy did with david bowie on under pressure?
The original headbangers where Beethoven fans, change my mind.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Was never a big fan of Queen tbh. Mercury was a great vocalist, but I always prefered other notable classic rock acts like Led Zeppelin, thin lizzy, motorhead, rush, and zz top. Though I like the album sheer heart attack (and the title track of that album is said to be a notable insipiration for thrash metal, even said by kirk hammett of metallica himself).