Rollingstone.com recently polled Opeth vocalist/guitarist Mikael Åkerfeldt for a list of his top ten favorite metal albums as part of their ‘The 100 Greatest Metal Albums Of All Time‘ feature. The list of his choices, complete with his lengthy explanations for each can be found here, while a flat list can be found below:
10. Lucifer’s Friend – “Where The Groupies Killed The Blues”
09. Deep Purple – “Stormbringer”
08. Yngwie J. Malmsteen – “Rising Force”
07. Entombed – “Left Hand Path”
06. King Diamond – “Them”
05. Morbid Angel – “Altars Of Madness”
04. Led Zeppelin – “Led Zeppelin II”
03. Rainbow – “Rising”
02. Judas Priest – “Sad Wings Of Destiny”
01. Black Sabbath – “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath“
