Slash Reveals His Top Metal Picks – New Favorites and All-Time Greats
Guitar legend Slash, known for his blues-influenced playing, discussed his favorite metal bands in a recent interview on the YouTube channel Coffee With Ola. Despite working on his upcoming blues covers album Orgy of the Damned, which features various guest vocalists including Brian Johnson from AC/DC, he expressed his admiration for several metal bands.
Slash praised the latest albums from veteran bands, saying, “AC/DC had a new record (Power Up, 2020). That was really good. Queens of the Stone Age’s got a new record (In Times New Roman…, 2023). I love Gojira, it’s great. The new Metallica (72 Seasons, 2023) is fucking amazing. So there’s a lot of new stuff in that vein.”
He also mentioned the band Dirty Honey as a newer group that caught his attention.
When asked about other metal bands he’s been into, Slash mentioned, “Yeah, well, Gojira’s one, Metallica’s one. The last Megadeth record (The Sick, The Dying… and the Dead!, 2022) was cool. I think that’s about it for me at the moment.”
