Original sentence: Even though Blue Cheer, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Cream, and Deep Purple had a profound influence on the emergence of hard rock and heavy metal music, Black Sabbath are more readily reconisable as a "modern" heavy metal band.The newly-named Black Sabbath adopted darker lyrical themes and a slower, ominous style, and a significant element in the genre that would later be known as heavy metal, often ranked along side Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Judas Priest in importance and influence in the genre
Edited sentence: Even though Blue Cheer, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Cream, and Deep Purple had a profound influence on the emergence of hard rock and heavy metal music, Black Sabbath was the first true heavy metal band.The newly-named Black Sabbath adopted darker lyrical themes and a slower, ominous style, and became the definitive heavy metal band, often ranked above Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Judas Priest in importance and influence in the genre