Ok,

Chatter here at Braingell called Rankinsdragon thinks Black Sabbath started the basic Metal genre, which I disagree with.

I remember many years ago on some BBC mass deabate about this and it was defined that Led Zeppelin actually started it. I think the fact that Ozzy going solo has kept Sabbath alive with the new kiddies who like Metal think Sabbath is so old they must have started it.

Rankinsdragon isnt young but word gets around in the Rock/Metal circle and facts gets distorted via pubs chatrooms and new magazines.
I know allot of people in the Industry who agree with me thank god.

So who do you think? care to research it with some evidence? Here is one link I found from many on the web.
Lez Zeps albums was out before Sabbaths 1970 release! which kinda says it really.
http://www.answers.com/topic/led-zeppelin? cat=entertainment