Best guitarist in metal

I'm going to go with Tommy T. Baron (Coroner)
his later solos were mind blowing. and his riffs....out of this world.

Jeff Loomis is up there too, definately up there
 
I always love Adrian and Dave from Maiden. Fantastic leads and incredible harmonies too.

Zakk is great - no doubt about it.

Mustaine is fantastic too.
God so many to choose from.

But `the axe man' of the moment is probably Zakk.
 
There's a ton of great ones but for lead I always thought James Murphy was one of the best, and for rhythm Scott Ian is the man! :headbang: I could list TONS of great players though, and I don't think there's a best guitarist anyway. Once you've reached a certain level it's all opinion.