Metallica

The most innovative? The most historic? Not even with a telescope! The Sabbath were setting the standards for Metal while Hetfield and his gang were still going through puberty. Bringing Metal to catchy levels? Because, before that, it was unlistenable? British Steel, just to name one, has an astonishing immediacy. For the rest I’ve already said, the band has its merits, but overall it’s pretty overrated. And the Megadeth piss all over them, no doubt about it.