Sir Lord Baltimore-Sir Lord Baltimore (1971)

Sir Lord Baltimore was another band from the late sixties that helped popularize the term "heavy metal" due to their style, which featured distorted and abrasive guitar riffs, extremely high volume, and shrill, mournful vocals. Formed in the late 1960s by guitarist Louis Dambra, bassist Gary Justin, and drummer/vocalist John Garner, the trio signed a contract with Mercury Records in 1970 to record several albums. Their first, "Kingdom Come", was released that same year and received both commercial and critical acclaim. A year later, they returned with their self-titled album, "Sir Lord Baltimore", which marked the end of their short-lived adventure due to poor sales despite its undeniable quality. An album that contains everything from epic moments with the heavy rock "Man From Manhattan", to proto-metal pieces like "Where Are We Going" and "Woman Tamer", passing through the hard blues "Chicago Lives" or heavy and dark hard rock like "Caesar LXXI" or "Loe And Belhod".