Top Ten Reasons Deep Purple Deserves More Credit for Creating Metal Than Black Sabbath

1Ian Gillan's screaming singing style is much closer to metal than Ozzy Osbourne's


2Deep Purple is more influenced by classical music


3Deep Purple has faster songs


4The guitar playing in Deep Purple is more complex and technical


5Iron Maiden and Judas Priest do not sound like Black Sabbath at all


6In Rock is a heavier album than Black Sabbath


7Ian Paice introduced double bass drumming to rock


8Deep Purple songs are less monotonous


9Deep Purple has set a record for loudest band


10Tony Iommi himself didn't consider Black Sabbath metal