Author Topic: Greatest metal guitar solo of all time? (Read 12566 times)

wolfking · « **Reply #70 on:** May 19, 2015, 05:39:28 PM »

Lots of good ones in earlier Ryche. Take Hold, Propechy, Nightrider etc.

ZKX-2099 · « **Reply #71 on:** May 19, 2015, 08:46:22 PM »

The solo in Bat Country is also tip top as well.

NunoTenniscourt · « **Reply #72 on:** May 19, 2015, 11:36:05 PM »

Some of my all time favorite solos probably wouldn't fall under the "metal" category, but I'll stick with the genre..

1. George Lynch - Heaven Sent, In My Dreams, Into the Fire
2. Criss Oliva - Edge of Thorns, All That I Bleed
3. Yngwie - I'd Die Without You
4. Tom Englund and Henrik Danhage - King of Errors
5. Nuno Bettencourt - too many to mention
6. Warren Demartini and Robbin Crosby - Wanted Man

Tiko · « **Reply #73 on:** May 20, 2015, 12:56:15 AM »

I've always loved Petrucci's solo in Hollow Years @ Budokan, even though that's not a metal song. Another favourite of mine is actually a solo from our guitarist (out of this world), here's a link: https://youtu.be/KSV9aRr9qNc?t=5m37s

wolfking · « **Reply #74 on:** May 20, 2015, 06:18:57 AM »

Quote from: NunoTenniscourt on May 19, 2015, 11:36:05 PM

Some of my all time favorite solos probably wouldn't fall under the "metal" category, but I'll stick with the genre..

1. George Lynch - Heaven Sent, In My Dreams, Into the Fire
2. Criss Oliva - Edge of Thorns, All That I Bleed
3. Yngwie - I'd Die Without You
4. Tom Englund and Henrik Danhage - King of Errors
5. Nuno Bettencourt - too many to mention
6. Warren Demartini and Robbin Crosby - Wanted Man

Another Yngwie one from Magnum Opus. That's actually quite an underrated one from him IMO. Cross the Line is stellar too.

Speaking of Evergrey, they have loads of brilliant ones. My fav is probably Tom's A Touch of Blessing solo. I remember when I got the album I use to just repeat that solo, it's incredible.

me7 · « **Reply #75 on:** May 20, 2015, 06:30:26 AM »

Judas Priest - One Shot at Glory

sneakyblueberry · « **Reply #76 on:** May 20, 2015, 06:31:55 AM »

Lil Wayne's guitar solo is a standout for me

wolfking · « **Reply #77 on:** May 20, 2015, 06:33:26 AM »

Quote from: me7 on May 20, 2015, 06:30:26 AM

Judas Priest - One Shot at Glory

Possibly Priest's most underrated solos, and top 5 KK solo anyway. Some of the trickest stuff they have come up with too.

TheCountOfNYC · « **Reply #78 on:** May 20, 2015, 01:49:41 PM »

Quote from: ZKX-2099 on May 19, 2015, 08:46:22 PM

The solo in Bat Country is also tip top as well.

That harmonized solo is amazing. It gives me chills every time I hear it.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #79 on:** May 20, 2015, 01:51:13 PM »

I don't mean to brag but this is the best solo i've ever done

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HQnwD-1IAc < - - - 2:57 for the magic.

wolfking · « **Reply #80 on:** May 20, 2015, 04:12:51 PM »

Video not available.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #81 on:** May 21, 2015, 08:37:00 AM »

Pfffft. Your browser just can't handle TEH AWSUM

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #82 on:** May 21, 2015, 08:40:06 AM »

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Bertielee · « **Reply #83 on:** May 21, 2015, 01:25:25 PM »

Quote from: BlobVanDam on May 21, 2015, 08:40:06 AM

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Kotowboy · « **Reply #84 on:** May 21, 2015, 02:05:49 PM »

Quote from: Kotowboy on May 21, 2015, 08:37:00 AM

Pfffft. Your browser just can't handle TEH AWSUM

Lemme try summat else !

https://open.spotify.com/track/4bxdi7gQQoadcmTn3NEhV0

King Postwhore · « **Reply #85 on:** May 21, 2015, 02:41:31 PM »

Quote from: Kotowboy on May 20, 2015, 01:51:13 PM

I don't mean to brag but this is the best solo i've ever done

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HQnwD-1IAc < - - - 2:57 for the magic.

Video is available and is awesome. Not metal but awesome.

Onno · « **Reply #86 on:** May 22, 2015, 06:23:01 AM »

Quote from: Kotowboy on May 21, 2015, 02:05:49 PM

Quote from: Kotowboy on May 21, 2015, 08:37:00 AM
Pfffft. Your browser just can't handle TEH AWSUM

Lemme try summat else !

https://open.spotify.com/track/4bxdi7gQQoadcmTn3NEhV0

Sounds very good!

Kotowboy · « **Reply #87 on:** May 22, 2015, 03:22:29 PM »

Thanks !

Very happy with that solo !

Tom Bombadil · « **Reply #88 on:** May 22, 2015, 05:02:32 PM »

That song was like seriously amazing.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #89 on:** May 23, 2015, 02:16:02 PM »

Quote from: Tom Bombadil on May 22, 2015, 05:02:32 PM

That song was like seriously amazing.

Which one ?

My song ?

If so - Thanks a lot !

xx

Tom Bombadil · « **Reply #90 on:** May 23, 2015, 08:20:03 PM »

Quote from: Kotowboy on May 23, 2015, 02:16:02 PM

Quote from: Tom Bombadil on May 22, 2015, 05:02:32 PM
That song was like seriously amazing.

Which one ?

My song ?

If so - Thanks a lot ! xx

Yeah dude I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Anyway to get on topic my favorite guitar, while not metal, would probably be Steve Hackett's solo in the live recording of The Lamia. Blows me away every time.

sneakyblueberry · « **Reply #91 on:** May 24, 2015, 08:50:01 PM »

^nice pick!

LudwigVan · « **Reply #92 on:** May 24, 2015, 10:22:03 PM »

Love the solo(s) on Aces High by Maiden.

That said, even though I love metal, I don't find metal guitar solos anywhere near as interesting as those made by practitioners of 70s hard rock and prog, i.e. Jimmy Page , David Gilmour ,Jerry Garcia, Steve Howe\Hackett, Alex Lifeson, Rossington-Collins, Martin Barre, etc

wolfking · « **Reply #93 on:** May 25, 2015, 05:38:51 AM »

Quote from: LudwigVan on May 24, 2015, 10:22:03 PM

Love the solo(s) on Aces High by Maiden.

That said, even though I love metal, I don't find metal guitar solos anywhere near as interesting as those made by practitioners of 70s hard rock and prog, i.e. Jimmy Page , David Gilmour ,Jerry Garcia, Steve Howe\Hackett, Alex Lifeson, Rossington-Collins, Martin Barre, etc

Although I'm a metalhead, I can see what you're saying. Most of those guys have really creative and memorable solos.

twosuitsluke · « **Reply #94 on:** June 14, 2015, 04:50:50 PM »

Two of my faves that haven't been mentioned:

Dancing Mad -The Black Mages

It's a slow burner of a track and has some different styles. Is a bit EL&P in places but the build up makes the solo even better, it's just beautiful and I often air guitar alone in my room to it, actually I air guitar to it whilst walking down the road and get funny looks 😈

In the Fire - Roadrunner United Album.

This track is from the roadrunner united album that roadrunner records put out to celebrate their 25th (I think) anniversary. The album featured a crazy list of past and present musicians signed to roadrunner. This particular track features King Diamond

on vocals but the solo us by Corey Beaulieu from Trivium and is just a perfect metal solo (in my opinion) been listening to this song for 10 years and still love it.

twosuitsluke · « **Reply #95 on:** June 14, 2015, 05:04:23 PM »

Here's a link for The Black Mages song Dancing Mad, this is just the solo, the song is about 12 minutes long but here is the solo, I can't imagine that anybody would dislike this, especially on this forum, it's very John Petrucci

https://m.youtube.com/watch?sns=fb&v=4b60gSFB2Nw

I urge you all to give it a quick listen

XB0BX · « **Reply #96 on:** June 14, 2015, 05:28:55 PM »

Classic era JRPG music is basically 70's prog rock, I'm sure a lot of the posters here would love the soundtracks to Chrono Trigger and FF6.

wolfking · « **Reply #97 on:** June 14, 2015, 07:59:21 PM »

Quote from: twosuitsluke on June 14, 2015, 04:50:50 PM

In the Fire - Roadrunner United Album.

This track is from the roadrunner united album that roadrunner records put out to celebrate their 25th (I think) anniversary. The album featured a crazy list of past and present musicians signed to roadrunner. This particular track features King Diamond on vocals but the solo us by Corey Beaulieu from Trivium and is just a perfect metal solo (in my opinion) been listening to this song for 10 years and still love it.

This is indeed a good solid metal solo, even if it is pretty generic. Great song and a definite standout on that album. Although, Matt does parts of the solo also. Goes Matt-Coery-Matt-Corey to end.

Also, come to think of it, Jeff Waters solo on The Dagger I think it is, is friggin awesome too from that same album.

bl5150 · « **Reply #98 on:** June 14, 2015, 08:02:02 PM »

Jeff Waters is massively under rated. If he had as much talent re keeping a decent band together as he does natural talent as a guitarist maybe things would be different.

wolfking · « **Reply #99 on:** June 14, 2015, 08:05:59 PM »

Quote from: bl5150 on June 14, 2015, 08:02:02 PM

Jeff Waters is massively under rated. If he had as much talent re keeping a decent band together as he does natural talent as a guitarist maybe things would be different.

Very underrated. I always wanted to see him in a decent heavy metal band. When I mean decent, Annihilator is good but I think his skills would be much better off in a more prog/melodic/classic style band as opposed to the thrash thing.

As you say though, if Annihilator could stay consistent, the band might be much more enjoyable and accessible.

The Dark Master · « **Reply #100 on:** June 14, 2015, 09:57:40 PM »

Quote from: twosuitsluke on June 14, 2015, 04:50:50 PM

Dancing Mad -The Black Mages

It's a slow burner of a track and has some different styles. Is a bit EL&P in places but the build up makes the solo even better, it's just beautiful and I often air guitar alone in my room to it, actually I air guitar to it whilst walking down the road and get funny looks 😈

Heh, I was just listening to the Black Mages recently and that solo made me think of this thread. Truly epic. Definitely one of the highlights from their albums. I once cried my eyes out to that solo (although at the time, I was tripping balls and had just had a bad breakup, so it may not have been just the solo

). But still, really fucking amazing solo.

As far as video game metal goes, the Dracula Battle Perfect Selections have some really bad-ass solos as well, especially Iron Blue Intention and Dance of Illusions. I would love to play some Castlevania with those tracks as the BGM.

425 · « **Reply #101 on:** June 14, 2015, 10:09:26 PM »

Adrian Smith.

I've never been wild about metal guitar solos taken as a whole. A lot of them don't really stick in my head. They can be good solos, but they won't necessarily stick with me, especially if they're fast and shreddy. Granted, there are exceptions. Marty Friedman occasionally turned out an excellent solo, as did, actually Kirk Hammett. Yeah, he gets lazy, but the One solo is pretty fantastic. Tony Iommi, obviously, played some quality guitar solos as well.

Obviously, if we're counting DT in here, Under A Glass Moon has a stellar solo, as do many other DT songs such as Breaking All Illusions. Including DT, my favorite metal solos would probably mostly be Petrucci, starting with UAGM, BAI and the solo after the F# in LTL.

But leaving DT and prog aside for the more straightfowardly-heavy metal artists, there really are only a handful of soloists who do it for me. I love the Iron Maiden guys for sure, and all three would rank among my favorite metal guitarists (sorry Dennis Stratton), especially Adrian Smith and Dave Murray (sorry Janick). I would name Janick's rendition of the Hallowed Be Thy Name solo (at its best) as one of his best solos, and for Dave Murray I would name Sign of the Cross as my favorite of his solos.

Adrian Smith, of course, is indisputably (/hyperbole) the best Iron Maiden guitarist and also the best guitarist in metal. Adrian Smith plays many excellent solos, but Stranger In a Strange Land is probably Adrian Smith's best solo. His two Seventh Son of a Seventh Son solos are also noteworthy, as, naturally, are many many other Adrian Smith solos.

The Cat Of Tuscany · « **Reply #102 on:** June 15, 2015, 09:09:47 AM »

Certainly not the greatest, but one of my favorite guitar solos is found in Avenged Sevenfold's "Strength Of The World" from about 5:15 to 7:30.

wolfking · « **Reply #103 on:** June 15, 2015, 03:28:22 PM »

Well said 425, Adrian is incredible. Some of my favourite solos from him are actually some of the ones he did with Bruce;

Gates of Urizen
Man of Sorrows
Jerusalem

Amazing.

Cable · « **Reply #104 on:** June 15, 2015, 11:41:10 PM »

Quote from: twosuitsluke on June 14, 2015, 05:04:23 PM

Here's a link for The Black Mages song Dancing Mad, this is just the solo, the song is about 12 minutes long but here is the solo, I can't imagine that anybody would dislike this, especially on this forum, it's very John Petrucci

https://m.youtube.com/watch?sns=fb&v=4b60gSFB2Nw

I urge you all to give it a quick listen

Fitting with ur very JP, the one guitarist used a JP MM.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clurnF42DtQ

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Author Topic: Greatest metal guitar solo of all time? (Read 12566 times)