Questions · Music
Greatest metal band
14 of 22
models named Black Sabbath · each model counted once, by its most frequent named answer
Next came Metallica with 7 and Iron Maiden with 1. 11 models (Llama 3.3 70B and Claude Opus 5 among them) gave the same answer in every reply.
Every model’s answer (22)
| Model | Answer | Replies |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 5 | Black Sabbath | 4 of 4 · every reply |
| Command A | Black Sabbath | 4 of 4 · every reply |
| GLM 5.3 Flash | Black Sabbath | 4 of 4 · every reply |
| GLM-5.3 | Black Sabbath | 4 of 4 · every reply |
| GPT-5.6 Terra | Black Sabbath | 4 of 4 · every reply |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Black Sabbath | 4 of 4 · every reply |
| Kimi K2 | Black Sabbath | 4 of 4 · every reply |
| Kimi K3 | Black Sabbath | 11 of 12 |
| Large 2512 | Black Sabbath | 4 of 4 · every reply |
| Llama 3.3 70B | Black Sabbath | 4 of 4 · every reply |
| Llama 4 Maverick | Black Sabbath | 4 of 4 · every reply |
| Nova Micro | Black Sabbath | 9 of 12 |
| Qwen3.8 Max | Black Sabbath | 4 of 4 · every reply |
| Step 3.5 Flash | Black Sabbath | 5 of 12 |
| Edge | Metallica | 7 of 8 |
| GPT-4o Mini | Metallica | 4 of 4 · every reply |
| MiMo v2.5 | Metallica | 7 of 12 |
| Nemotron 3.5 | Metallica | 9 of 12 |
| Phi-4 | Metallica | 6 of 12 |
| Seed 1.6 Flash | Metallica | 6 of 12 |
| Small 2603 | Metallica | 4 of 4 · every reply |
| Qwen3 32B | Iron Maiden | 4 of 4 · every reply |
In their words
“Black Sabbath. They didn't just play metal, they invented it — the 1970 self-titled album and *Paranoid* established the tritone-heavy riffing, doom-laden atmosphere, and lyrical darkness that every subsequent subgenre builds on.”
Anthropic · Claude Opus 5 · Black Sabbath
“Black Sabbath As the pioneers who essentially invented heavy metal with their gloomy riffs and doom-laden atmosphere in 1970, they laid the foundational blueprint for almost every subgenre that followed.”
Google · Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite · Black Sabbath
“Black Sabbath. This choice is based on their significant influence on the development of heavy metal music and their enduring popularity.”
Meta · Llama 3.3 70B · Black Sabbath
“Black Sabbath The question is subjective and opinions on the greatest metal band vary widely.”
Meta · Llama 4 Maverick · Black Sabbath
- 22 models gave a usable, named answer; 148 replies in all under default sampling. Refusals, errors and ties are not counted.
- “Every reply” marks a model that gave the same answer in every one of at least three replies.
- Part of a published study: read it.