ROB HALFORD On SLAYER's 'Reign In Blood': 'It's Like Listening To Music On Fire'

July 7, 2008

In a collection of brief interviews with Suite101.com, JUDAS PRIEST's Rob Halford, DEICIDE's Steve Asheim and HIGH ON FIRE's Matt Pike pick their essential metal albums

Matt Pike from HIGH ON FIRE on "Black Sabbath" by BLACK SABBATH:

"They're probably my favorite heavy metal band ever so I would have to say 'Black Sabbath' by BLACK SABBATH. It's the most essential album that anyone could f***ing have in their catalogue because it was like the birth of all that was heavy. We borrowed a lot from SABBATH in SLEEP but, y'know, they put this monster out there and it was probably inevitable that others were going to try to take a piece of it for themselves."

Steve Asheim from DEICIDE on "Killers" by IRON MAIDEN:

"I don't know if it's the best metal album ever made but the metal record I look upon most fondly would be IRON MAIDEN's 'Killers'. It's just a great, great record and it brings me back to those early days. That was the first of that new wave of metal that I was exposed to — before that it was all KISS and SABBATH. For me as a drummer listening to Clive Burr's playing, it was very in your face and precise and well executed straight-ahead metal. JUDAS PRIEST had the riffs and the twin guitar stuff but they still used a rock style of drumming, whereas Clive Burr was just laying in there heavy-duty and that's what caught my attention."

Rob Halford from JUDAS PRIEST on "Reign In Blood" by SLAYER:

"I love that record. It's a style of metal that I really like and I just love the attitude. It's really, really intense and potent — it's like listening to music on fire."

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