I wrote a column on this a few moons back, here is the excerpt:
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by Neal Woodall (MysticX10@...)
-I love bands with two guitarists, especially when they take trade-off
solos. Most everyone reading Detritus is no doubt familiar with some
of the great guitar teams in metal, such as Glenn Tipton/K.K. Downing,
Dave Murray/Adrian Smith, Rudolph Schenker/Matthias Jabs and Michael
Wilton/Chris DeGarmo. This week, however, I thought I would list some
of my other favorite tandem units along with a representative example
of their recorded work. So here goes, in no particular order of
importance:
Vicious Rumors - Mark McGee/Geoff Thorpe: DIGITAL DICTATOR
Leatherwolf - Carey Howe/Geoff Gayer: STREET READY
Thin Lizzy - John Sykes/Scott Gorham: THUNDER AND LIGHTNING
Racer X - Paul Gilbert/Bruce Bouillet: SECOND HEAT
Cacophony - Jason Becker/Marty Friedman: SPEED METAL SYMPHONY
Riot - Mark Reale/Rick Ventura: FIRE DOWN UNDER
Accept - Wolf Hoffmann/Jorg Fischer: RESTLESS AND WILD
Saxon - Paul Quinn/Graham Oliver: WHEELS OF STEEL
Helloween - Michael Weikath/Kai Hansen: KEEPER OF THE 7 KEYS PART 2
Obsession - Bruce Vitale/Art Maco: METHODS OF MADNESS
Exodus - Gary Holt/Rick Hunolt: PLEASURES OF THE FLESH
Labyrinth - Olaf Thorsen/Andrea Cantarelli: RETURN TO HEAVEN DENIED
Recently a new breed of dual guitar virtuosos have emeged. Here are my
current favorites:
Evergrey - Tom Englund/Henrik Danhage: IN SEARCH OF TRUTH
Sinergy - Alexi Laiho/Roope Latvala: SUICIDE BY MY SIDE
Mors Principium Est - Jori Haukio/Jarkko Kokko: INHUMANITY
Arch Enemy - Michael Arnott/Chris Arnott: ANTHEMS OF REBELLION
I know I've left a bunch of great teams off the list, and I pretty
much avoided the bands featuring a predominant rhythm guitarist with a
lead player (like Jag Panzer); I'll save those for another time. Now
go check out some of the above-mentioned albums!