Best Heavy Metal Band of all time. (Do people still listen to metal?)

Slight deviation... while I love Led Zeppelin, their "innovation" was really repackaging old blues music into a heavier version. It was great, and did take skill to do so, but I'm not sure I'd call them super innovative for it. I also would have preferred that they gave credit to those blues musicians in advance instead of under duress.

Mostly agree here....but they did venture into different styles (even country) on III (which is probably my favorite album)....Also while I do like LZ most blues purists absolutely can't stand them....

LZ and Rush are about as metal as Dolly Parton and Chet Atkins...

DP is a hard rock band, not metal. So they are disqualified (despite the fact that my guitar god has played with them for the last 25+ years)...

My vote for best is Judas Priest, when I hear them I think .....METAL!!!!!