You can’t ignore a genre as culturally, commercially and creatively important as heavy ... rock band that bordered on metal tendencies, Thin Lizzy is responsible for an endless list of timeless ...

B lazing out of the fires of heavy metal and adopting the pace and aggression of the burgeoning hardcore movement, thrash ...

So, what criteria did we use here in compiling this list ... as strictly heavy metal, it’s clearly one of the great hard rock songs of the 70s and inspired countless metal bands in its wake.