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Metal was literally (literally) born from classical influence.

Geezer Butler on how the first metal song was invented (direct quotation)
>"I was listening to Holst at the time, The Planets suite,” Geezer recalled, “and I loved Mars.” He began to hum the lumbering, dramatic opening stanza. “I was playing it on my bass one day, and Tony changed it a bit, and it went from there. It just seemed to write itself.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLC2qwFLbqc