4 Heavy Metal Songs From 1971 That Give Me Instant Goosebumps Every Time

An enthusiast selects four heavy metal songs released in 1971 that they say still give them goosebumps. The choices illustrate how rock had grown louder and heavier over the previous decade, helping explain the genre’s rising popularity.

The tracks are Black Sabbath’s “Lord of This World”, Led Zeppelin’s “When the Levee Breaks”, The Who’s “Baba O’Riley” and Jethro Tull’s “Locomotive Breath”. The writer highlights the songs’ heavy riffs, ominous atmosphere, tension-building and arrangements, and notes that Led Zeppelin reworked a song originally recorded in the 1930s.