Doom metal before Black Sabbath. Golden Earring - Everyday's Torture. From Eight Miles High (1969 album)

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3. George was influenced by all sorts of music. Heavy as this album is, it was just 7 months after they'd

released a double album best known for two songs he wrote apparently for his girlfriend (later wife), which couldn't be farther from doom metal. Though there was an early, short version of Song Of A Devil's Servant, which went from 4 minutes on that April 1969 album to 6 minutes on November's Eight Miles High. Thread about that from 2022: https://www.democraticunderground.com/103478673 .

I posted recently about one of those songs for his girlfriend, which GE didn't release as a single but became a hit single for another Dutch group: https://www.democraticunderground.com/1034147342

The other song about his girlfriend, the hit single from On The Double, a single released in late 1968, spent 10 weeks in the top 40, 6 of those in the top 10 (though it never reached #1 on the singles chart, just #2). It was so popular that it became a concert staple not just for Golden Earring through their long career, but for Vreemde Kostgangers, the Dutch supergroup trio George also belonged to. Below is video of Vreemde Kostgangers in 2018. Lovely song...and then the next album had Everyday's Torture. The band kept trying different sounds.