Forgotten heavy bands from late 60's to early 70's

Most bands mentioned are,not metal. Maybe a,precursor in down tuned guitars.

with the Sabbath slow dirge and bass heavy sound.

   Leaf hound, possibly a steep towards that direction  

coven (lyrics are amazing, Jinx has the perfect voice for the band. I may be wrong, but if I remember history, didn’t the,first Coven LP predate the,first sabbath,album by weeks???  They have a song titled “Black Sabbath” and early sabbath was known as,”earth”  

quartz is active again!!

tysondog

PENTAGRAM  !

BANG

NAZARETH!  
 

ted nugent

 new York,dolls

thin lizzy

uriah heep

scorpions

UFO

AC/DC

JUDAS PRIEST

trapeze

stray

horse

may blitz

moxy

bow wow

many more  brain hurts

@arcticdeth This is true, but then metal really came into vogue around mid 70's. Both prog and metal morphed from these earlier bands.

@bdp24 - Indeed - I'm a big fan of Rockpile and got to see them several times during the 70's - got some cool pictures of Nick, Dave, and Billy, too! I imagine Terry got a bit larger paycheck with Dire Straits than with Man! Got some cool pictures of Man, too; wish I could copy and paste them here.... 

@richmon that Leaf Hound record was one (actually 2) of the most expensive sales on Discogs last month. I had no idea it was that in demand.

@larsman Besides Man and Budgie there was also another Welsh band called Sassafras. They toured extensively in the US and Europe but never made the Big Time. Their Riding High album is on Tidal. Man and Budgie also on Tidal.

Beckett another forgotten band which I saw live backing Slade, remember them?

Beckett only issued one album "Beckett" then disbanded after the lead singer died in a car crash. That is a hard to find album.