Watch: we asked a bunch of metal artists to pick four classic metal albums

Mark Morton, Lzzy Hale, Matt Tuck and Diamond Rowe struggling to name their favourite metal albums — (Image credit: Future)

Metalheads love lists. It's as much as fact of life as the sun being hot, grass being green and the Earth being round (sorry, flat Earth weirdos!). Whether it's reeling off our favourite albums of the year, comparing top five Metallica album openers or getting stuck into whatever controversial listicle has hit the internet this week, curating, comparing and bickering over lists has basically become a foundational part of metal culture at this point.

So, we thought we'd hit up some of our favourite artists from the metal scene and ask them to pick four classic metal albums. That's it. That's the brief: just four metal albums that mean something to them, for whatever reason that may be.

Some of our interviewees agonised over it ("Only four?!" bemoaned Lamb Of God's Mark Morton), while others relished the chance to shout about their favourite records.

We're not entirely sure everyone got the memo (we'll let Lzzy off for including an Alice Cooper record, but Lorna Shore's Will Ramos seemed to go rogue and just pick his favourite albums from alternative music in general, the scamp).

Regardless, if you're looking to top up your listening with some timeless classics, overlooked underground bangers or a revisit of that one In Flames album you forgot about, check out what albums everyone picked below.

Mark Morton, Lzzy Hale, Matt Tuck, Will Ramos and more pick their fave metal albums | Metal Hammer - YouTube

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Merlin was promoted to Executive Editor of Louder in early 2022, following over ten years working at Metal Hammer. While there, he served as Online Editor and Deputy Editor, before being promoted to Editor in 2016. Before joining Metal Hammer, Merlin worked as Associate Editor at Terrorizer Magazine and has written for Classic Rock, Rock Sound, eFestivals and others. Across his career he has interviewed legends including Ozzy Osbourne, Lemmy, Metallica, Iron Maiden (including getting a trip on Ed Force One courtesy of Bruce Dickinson), Guns N' Roses, KISS, Slipknot, System Of A Down and Meat Loaf. He has also presented and produced the Metal Hammer Podcast, presented the Metal Hammer Radio Show and is probably responsible for 90% of all nu metal-related content making it onto the site.

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