Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett top 25 albums and songs of the decade

Year 2009 is about to end, and it is also end of the decade, which means it is time for the top lists. It is not only Metallica fans that are deciding their favourite Metallica songs of all time, it is also the Metallica band members that get to make their own favourite songs and albums lists.

Rolling Stone has asked Metallica’s Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett on their favourite 25 albums and favourite 25 songs of the decade so here they are.

Both Metallica members have recognized some of their old friends including Alice in Chains, Guns’n'Roses and Motorhead, they also found place for some of their tour supporters like The Sword, Mastodon and Machine Head, but there are also some surprising pop names like Sean Paul and Afroman.

Lars Ulrich’s top 25 albums of the decade

1. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever people say I am, that’s what I’m not
2. System of a down – Toxicity
3. The sword – Age of winters
4. Kings of Leon – Aha shake heartbrake
5. White Stripes – Elephant
6. Green Day – American Idiot
7. Slipknot – Vol 3: Sibliminal Verses
8. Eminem – The Eminem show
9. Wolfmother – Wolfmother
10. Rage against the machine – Renegades
11. U2 – No line on the horizon
12. Kasabian – Kasabian
13. The mars volta – De-loused in the comatorium
14. Oasis – Don’t believe the truth
15. Queens of the stone age – Rated R
16. System of a down – Mezmerize
17. Arctic Monkeys – Favorite worst nightmare
18. Alice in chains – Black gives way to blue
19. Black keys – Attack & release
20. Audioslave – Audioslave
21. Mastodon – Crack the skye
22. Motorhead – Inferno
23. Guns’n'roses – Chinese Democracy
24. The Datsuns – The datsuns
25. Last Shaddow Puppets – The age of understatement

Kirk Hammett’s top 25 albums of the decade

1. Radiohead – Kid A
2. The Mars Volta – De-Loused in the Comatorium
3. Sigur Ros – ( )
4. Muse – Absolution
5. Lamb of God – Ashes of the Wake
6. Damian Marley – Welcome to Jamrock
7. Mastodon – Crack the Skye
8. Outkast – Speakerboxxx / The love below
9. Interpol – Turn on the bright lights
10. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – 100 days, 100 nights
11. System of a Down – Mezmerize
12. The Black Keys – Magic Potion
13. PJ Harvey – Stories from the city, stories from the sea
14. Sinead O’Connor – Faith and Courage
15. Gojira – The way of all flesh
16. Machine Head – The blackening
17. Ry Codder & Manuel Galban – Mambo Sinuendo
18. Queens of the Stone Age – Rated R
19. Tool – Lateralus
20. Tom Waits – Alice
21. My Morning Jacket – It still moves
22. Alice in chains – Black gives way to blue
23. The Sword – Age on winters
24. Pink Martini – Hey Eugene!
25. All Shall Perish – Awaken the dreamers

Lars Ulrich’s top 25 songs of the decade

1. U2 – Moment of surrender
2. Eminem – Cleaning out my closet
3. Arctic Monkeys – From the ritz to the rubble
4. Rage against the machine – How I could just kill a man
5. The sword – Freya
6. Oasis – Lyla
7. Arctic Monkeys – Fake tales of San Francisco
8. Green Day – Boulevard of broken dreams
9. Slipknot – Duality
10. Oasis – Falling down
11. Johnny Cash – Thirteen
12. White Stripes – Seven nation army
13. System of a down – Toxicity
14. Zwan – Number of the bent
15. Wolfmother – White unicorn
16. Kings of Leon – Sex on fire
17. U2 – vertigo
18. Pink – Get the party started
19. Alice in chains – Check my brain
20. Stand – It’s been a while
21. Sean Paul – Get busy
22. System of a down – B.Y.O.B.
23. Kid Rock – Picture
24. Lamb of God – Redneck
25. Kasabian – Club foot

Kirk Hammett’s top 25 songs of the decade

1. Radiohead – Everything in its right place
2. Dengue Fever – One thousand tears of a tarantula
3. Mastadon – Oblivion
4. Afroman – Becuase I got high
5. Kings of Leon – The bucket
6. Lamb of God – Set to fail
7. U2 – Beautiful day
8. The Mars Volta – Intertiatic E.S.P.
9. Muse – Stockholm Syndrome
10. Damian Marley – Welcome to Jamrock
11. Gojira – Vacuity
12. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – How long do I have to wait for you?
13. Queens of the stone age – Tension head
14. Alice in Chains – Check my brain
15. My morning jacket – Mahgeetah
16. System of a down – Violent pornography
17. The Sword – Freya
18. Outkast – Hey ya!
19. Sigur Ros – Svef-g-englar
20. Lamb of God – Now you have something to die for
21. At the drive-in – One armed scissor
22. Korn – Here to stay
23. Kid Rock – American bad ass
24. The black keys – You’re the one
25. Amy Winehouse – Back to black

What do you think? Do you agree with Lars’ and Kirk’s choices? Are there any specific albums and songs that you liked in this decade?