Rock Notes: Ozzy Lists His Favorite Heavy Metal Albums

Ozzy Osbourne has contributed his list of top 10 favorite heavy metal albums of all time to Rolling Stone.

Ozzy's Top 10 (listed in alphabetical order):

AC/DC, Highway To Hell (1979)
Alice in Chains, Facelift (1990)
Guns N’ Roses, Appetite For Destruction (1987)
Judas Priest, British Steel (1980)
Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
Megadeth, Rust In Peace (1990)
Metallica, Master Of Puppets (1986)
Motörhead, Ace Of Spades (1980)
Pantera, Cowboys From Hell (1990)
Rob Zombie, Hellbilly Deluxe (1999)

Ozzy told Pulse of Radio that the band had no idea at the time it was launching a new genre of music:

I mean, when you're in the eye of the storm, you never know what's really going on, you know. So it's like, we didn't go, 'I know, let's just all of us sit down and make this stuff called heavy metal.' It just happened, and up the road, I mean, when I started doing the Ozzfest and kids would come up to me and go, 'You know, Ozz, you guys in Sabbath were the reason why we wanted to play,' that's a big bonus." - Ozzy Osbourne

Currently, Ozzy is working on a new solo album after a Black Sabbath final tour.