THE BEAST

Taylor recently revealed his ten favorite metal albums of all time as part of As part of  Rolling Stone’ s ongoing series about  ‘The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time’  (previous participants, if you don’t recall, include Metallica’s Lars Ulrich , Judas Priest’s Rob Halford , and Black Sabbath’s Ozzy Osbourne ). There aren’t a ton of surprises here — Nickelback didn’t make the cut! — but number the absence of Slayer will probably throw some people for a loop… as well Taylor’s number one selection. It’s worth remembering that Taylor almost sang on that album, and it ultimately wasn’t his choice  not to , so it makes sense that he’d feel somewhat wistful about the record.

Read, argue, live, love:

10. White Zombie, Astro-Creep: 2000 – Songs of Love, Destruction and Other Synthetic Delusions of the Electric Head (1995)
09. Sepultura, Roots (1996)
08. Pantera, Far Beyond Driven (1994)
07. Metallica, Master of Puppets (1986)
06. Metal Church, The Dark (1986)
05. Megadeth, Peace Sells … but Who’s Buying? (1986)
04. Korn, Korn (1994)
03. Judas Priest, Screaming for Vengeance (1982)
02. Iron Maiden, Somewhere in Time (1986)
01. Anthrax, Worship Music (2011)

[ via Metal Insider ]