They are good solos, no doubt.

One of my favourite solos are the two solos in "Surrounded" and "Take The Time", by the Dream Theater, both songs from Images of Words, but that's just a coincidence.

Definitely second Hetfield's solo in Nothing Else Matters. Most good ballads have great solos, they are actually one the rare moments where the shredder remembers he's a human being and not fretboard-jabbing robot.

I prefer melody and structure to speed and technique in solos.. Of course if you can mix both then that's even better.. therefore my favorite solo of all time is November Rain by Slash. There's actually three solos in that song. All of them are extremely brilliant.

My favorite soloists from a metal band are the Ammot Brothers from Arch Enemy. Silverwing, Burning Angel, Bridge of Destiny (the outro), Dead Eyes See No Future are good examples.

DragonForce have some pretty sweet solos but can never seem to get them right when they're playing live.

One more AWESOME solo I forgot about. Scorpions - Sails of Charon - the solo at the beginning of the song played by Uli Jon Roth. This solo slays almost anything. Check it out. The video is funny too.

Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine (almost all slash's solos)
Deep Purple - Highway Star

Dimebag Darrell - Domination
Zakk Wylde - Farwell Ballad
Dave Mustaine - Hangar 18
Dave Murray - Wasted Years

When there's a solo i really like on a song i try to play on guitar, i'm more like "oh cool, so i'm playing rhythm guitar with Glenn Tipton/whoever doing all that awesome shit on the lead!" and thus i remembered JUDAS PRIEST - Beyond the Realms of Death which is probably the best solo he ever put out, it's got more hooks than a Slash solo(beating the technicality of Painkiller and Metal Meltdown)

The best solo atm the moment in my not humble opinion:

!T.O.O.H.! - Kali

THE solo... The way the guitar solo turns into a bass solo [one bass solo that actually kick the shit out of any guitar easily] and then into another guitarr solo that seems mor elike a riff instead.

One of the most beautiful ends I've seen on a song [and also album]... I almost cry at the fact that Kali was the last song of their last album...
Like a way to say good bye, giving all they had...

Blind Guardian - Mirror, Mirror

and my apologize to mods for creating similar topic...

Written by Ellrohir on 12.03.2009 at 18:04

Blind Guardian - Mirror, Mirror

and my apologize to mods for creating similar topic...

Yea, a great one...my favourite one from them.

My favourite guitar solo is the one in Sonata Arctica's Black Sheep. It was my first solo I've heard and seen live (2 times). And it also sounds quite good and speedy enough.

Written by Azrael on 14.03.2009 at 16:55

Well there are a lot but there is one that i adore:
system of a down - spiders

there no solos in that song. I just listened to it because I thought, "wow, SOAD, solo, interesting." But no solo there, man. wtf

Written by Azrael on 15.03.2009 at 09:51

Written by K✞ulu on 14.03.2009 at 21:13

Written by Azrael on 14.03.2009 at 16:55

Well there are a lot but there is one that i adore:
system of a down - spiders

there no solos in that song. I just listened to it because I thought, "wow, SOAD, solo, interesting." But no solo there, man. wtf

maybe it's not a guitar solo but i like that part a lot (2:03-2:30)
so i will pick another
metallica- Whenever I May Roam

yeah gotcha. Yeah, Whenever I May Roam has an awesome original solo. that's a good choice

Considering technicality and feeling, i am gonna go with paul gilberts "technical difficulties" and testaments "return to serenity"

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird

My favorite metal band in solo is Arch Enemy

I would say that one of my favorites would have to be from Where the Slime Live by Trey Azagthoth from Morbid Angel. Just before they are going into the solo is really powerful and then the solo comes and just leaves you floored and wanting more.

Also any solo from Death is damn good in my opinion. Really well structured and laid out IMO.

Written by Azrael on 16.04.2009 at 19:14

Written by ms68 on 27.03.2009 at 19:53

My favorite metal band in solo is Arch Enemy

I agree there are a lot of great solos by AE my favorite is (Skeleton Dance)

that is good but i prefer Taking Back My Soul and I Am Legend/Out For Blood

The latest version of "Fields of Desolation" is IMO not only the best Arch Enemy solo but also maybe the best solo overall.

Written by Warman on 30.04.2009 at 01:48

The latest version of "Fields of Desolation" is IMO not only the best Arch Enemy solo but also maybe the best solo overall.

Listen to King Diamond - The 7th Day Of July 1777 (starting at 2:30) (Abigail 1987) and
In Flames - The Hive (starting at 3:19) (Whoracle 1997) - released right after Arch Enemy's Stigmata.

Not suggesting the rip-off scenario by any of the bands, but those are just similar solos.

Written by K✞ulu on 30.04.2009 at 11:18

In Flames - The Hive (starting at 3:19) (Whoracle 1997) - released right after Arch Enemy's Stigmata.

I know "The Hive" in and out.

After looking over some of the responces to provoke some thought, when it comes down to "favorite guitar solo" I have to say it's with Iron Maiden's "Powerslave" solo. Like it has that "Brilliance that just doesn't stop and when it does you feel totally satisfied with what you just heard" feeling to it. The writing of that sends me soaring every time and it's built amazingly. THey slow it down just the right way and then "POW!" they're off and flying.

Other's that did come to mind for me were Death's guitar solo on "misanthropic" and Judas Priest's "Riding on the Wind" & "Ram it Down" really works for me too, but not nearly as much as "Powerslave" did.

A. my favorite solo is War Pigs- Black Sabbath, i know its "old" and not as fast nor complicated as new shit, but still its iommi back in the day, when sabbath was pure evil

B. Spiders dosen't have a solo, it's just a faster riff. Daron Malakian dosent have a lot of solos, besides Psycho

Jason Becker - Altitudes (what an ending!)

Wintersun - Battle Against Time (idk, i just love it)

Death - Story To Tell (one of the best Death solos imo)

Stratovarius - Speed of Light
( this song changed the way I looked at guitar playing )

Megadeth - Wake up dead
( The Solo's just rapes all! )

Iron Madien - Number of the Beast
( The First real metal solo I ever heard )

Megadeth - Tornado of Souls,end of story.

Opeth-The Twilight Is My Robe (especially the last solo)
Opeth-Forest Of October
Opeth-White Cluster
Opeth-Ghost Of Perdition
Opeth-A Fair Judgment
Guns N' Roses-Sweet Child O' Mine
Guns N' Roses-Estranged
Katatonia-Distrust (Just for emotional reasons)
Led Zeppelin-Since I've Been Loving You
In Flames-The Hive
Metallica-Master Of Puppets
Metallica-Shortest Straw

Yeah, at lot more people should be putting master of puppets here

Written by [user id=36287] on 28.05.2009 at 21:54

Yeah, at lot more people should be putting master of puppets here

that's too trivial.

Many Opeth songs have fantastic solos. I like Iron Maiden and Symphony X solos too, but my fav one are the solo on
At The Gates - Suicide Nation
for the feeling of the end that it makes me feel and
Rhapsody - Unholy Warcry
because it's tooooooooooo nice