Until then, here are Lars Ulrich’s Top 15 metal and hard rock albums – and his commentary on each – presented in alphabetical order at his request.įrom Black Sabbath to Metallica, Rolling Stone picks the Greatest Metal Albums of All Time. Last week, I asked the members of the System of a Down subreddit to participate in a poll where they listed what they believe are the top 10 System of a Down songs. EST to hear the drummer to discuss his picks and play cuts from them, and to hear him interview Rolling Stone’s Kory Grow about how the 100 Greatest Metal Albums list came together. SYSTEM OF A DOWN singer Serj Tankian has once again shot down reports that the band is making plans to make a new studio album. photo books or you want to keep costs down because youre making multiple copies. Ulrich had such a good time breaking down his favorite records, that he decided to dedicate an upcoming episode of his Apple Music Beats 1 radio show It’s Electric to his list. Mixbook makes creating photo albums fun by gathering images from your. So what I picked is a combination of what that album represents from the artist and what impact it had on me.” “And for a lot of these bands, they went through a kind of evolution, a kind of a growth and a lot of them have a lot of great records. Part thrash, part punk, their endlessly inventive output still sounds fresh and interesting today. Similar in attitude and sound to Faith No More heavy music with a light touch.
System of a Down were a 90s/00s metal band with real personality. “For each artist that’s part of my ultimate metal or hard-rock albums, I went for what you would call the definitive moment in their catalogue,” he explains. A perfect way to discover the music of one of the best heavy metal outfits ever to have outraged our speakers. The list of metal records he prepared for Rolling Stone represent a wide array of heavy styles, from the intricate arrangements of Iron Maiden to the go-for-the-gut punk spirit of Guns N’ Roses. In short, Ulrich and his bandmates’ taste defined the tastes of generations to come. He’s demonstrated his impeccable taste in interviews and on Metallica’s numerous “garage days” releases, on which they’ve covered songs by Diamond Head, Black Sabbath, Motörhead, Mercyful Fate and many other artists who also ultimately made the cut on our list.
Not only did he co-write and drum on five of the LPs that made the list – including the Number Two pick, Master of Puppets – he’s been one of metal’s most prominent and outspoken mouthpieces for nearly four decades now. When Rolling Stone began ranking the 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time, one of the first musicians we consulted was Metallica‘s Lars Ulrich.