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Black Sabbath ↔ Iron Maiden
Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden share audio lineage through legendary producer Martin Birch.
Verified Knowledge Graph Lineage
Origin Band
Black Sabbath
📍 Birmingham, England
The fathers of heavy metal. Tony Iommi’s downtuned tritone riffs, Geezer Butler’s driving bass and dark lyrics, Bill Ward’s jazz-metal swing, and Ozzy Osbourne’s eerie delivery created the genre.
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Connecting Bridge (producer)
Martin Birch
Record Producer / Audio Engineer
Connected Band
Iron Maiden
📍 Leyton, London, England
Flagbearers of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) driven by Steve Harris’s galloping bass, Bruce Dickinson’s theatrical vocals, and three-guitar harmonies.
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