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No, Metallica did not create metal. Heavy metal as a music genre has existed since the late 1960s, pre-dating Metallica’s formation in 1981. Bands such as Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin are often credited with being foundational to the genre. Metallica is, however, one of the “big four” bands that revitalized and popularized thrash metal in the 1980s.