Top Ten Early Song Examples for Metal Genres

This song doesn't seem like a neoclassical metal song to me. I'd say its more like power metal (because of the solo).

Highway Star came before this song. It had neoclassical elements.

Oh Yes... I made this list when I was a newcomer who believed everything about this song

I love this song related to speed and thrash metal. Overall it's a very Deep Purple-ish song: especially the intro which reminds of Highway Star a lot, and some other parts are also Purple-esque. I don't blame Judas Priest - all bands trying to become metal bands in the 70s were influenced by Deep Purple and Rainbow. Highway Star was the most important song for speed metal and indirectly, via songs like Dissident Aggressor, for the future thrash. Thrash is speed metal + hardcore punk.

It even got covered by a thrash band (Slayer)

Stone cold crazy is a an example of thrash metal not speed metal.

An awesome song from 1979 with no weak spots. They didn't use a symphonic orchestra but the symphonic vibe is there start to finish and I wonder how they did it!

The Sweet were part of the glam rock scene but the music to this song isn't glam metal. It's just metal. Moreover, this song is a rip off of "Flight of The Rat" by Deep Purple.

I thought glam metal isn't a sub-genre of metal.

Is it progressive metal?

It was called by the experts a gothic metal treasure.

Love that song

I'm sure this is neoclassical - it's an instrumental and is a metal cover of Beethoven's Ode To Joy. I love this experimental song and I would recommend to give it a listen - Ritchie Blackmore guitar work is incredible.