Traditional heavy rock

I like traditional heavy rock like Black Sabbath, Budgie, Boston, Blue Oyster Cult, City Boy, Stray and Robin Trower. Am I in the right place or is it all thrash metal here?

As a matter of fact, traditional / proto metal, hard rock and stuff in that vein is quite popular among MMA users it seems, compared to "newer" genres. So I'm sure you're in the right place, hehe.

Proto-metal, I think, is just another term for 70s hard rock, but in the context of heavy metal history.

It doesn't differ, at least not in this description: http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/proto-metal%28subgenre%29.aspx

"Proto-metal" just indicates that traditional hard rock came before metal and, in many ways, laid the foundations of what would become heavy metal. That's what I meant by "in the context of heavy metal history". The term "proto-metal" is fairly new to me, too, by the way.

While discussion is always a good thing, please let's avoid running in circles around the issue of subgenres like people did on PA. The site celebrated its first month of existence yesterday, and we cannot be expected to have reached perfection in such a limited amount of time. Therefore, definitions and such have a large margin for improvement - it is just not going to happen overnight.

As Admin Team, we have had to make some decisions that may prove unpopular at first, but at the very least will avoid the problems that have ended up tearing PA apart. It is better to be exclusive now, in the early days of the site, than be too inclusive right from day one, and cause no end of controversy. This is why we have decided to keep out of the database bands such as the ones you mention - with the exception of BOC, Budgie and, of course, Black Sabbath. There will be time in the future to reopen the discussion, and possibly add them (something which I support, on a merely personal level) - but first the site has to establish itself.

I just wanted to know if this is the place for the original heavy rock. I suggested Robin Trower for inclusion in the archive and understand the suggestion was removed. I would describe Black Sabbath as a blues-inspired heavy rock band and they are included. I understand the site is called METAL Music Archives, but back in the day heavy/ hard rock was also called heavy metal (whether we liked it or not).