Every year in metal is a great year (and if you disagree, you're not hunting hard enough for great new bands, fresh album releases or exciting gigs, alright?!). That said, it's undeniable that certain years in metal history have taken on a special significance.
1970 is the first obvious one: the year that gave us Black Sabbath's seminal debut album and therefore established heavy metal as a living, breathing new force of music from which everything else would follow.
