Favorite guitar solo

[Caecius]

I don't really pay that much attention to solos, but I enjoy the intro solo on Megadeth - Devil's Island.

 

[viewerfromnihil]

nevermore-the heart collector
zyklon-2000 years

 

[Belligerent]

Crystal Mountain has a kickass solo, the one about at two minutes. All of the solos from Holy Wars as well kick ass, not sure about my favorite, but it'd probably be one of those.

I was going to say Crystal Mountain.

But this thread is impossible because I can't choose just one.
Bloodbath's Soul Evisceration is up there too.
And Steve Vai - For The Love Of God

 

[AchrisK]

I love well done solos, but I can't even remember any of them, let alone what songs they are in.

 

[Vossyrus]

I've always really liked the guitar solo on "Smell the Incense" by Dead Silent Slumber.

 

[SentinelSlain]

I fucking love them.

Don't have a favourite.

 

[CF87]

Amorphis ~the white swan,the way,perkele(the god of fire),the castaway,the smoke.
Type O Negative ~my girlfriends girlfriend
Sentenced ~cross my heart and hope to die
Old Man's Child ~felonies of the christian art.
Bloodbath ~feeding the undead.
Opeth ~the funeral portrait,windowpane.
Katatonia ~instrumental,distrust

Various Alice In Chains,GNR,Paradise Lost,Candlemass,Daylight Dies and Solitude Aeturnus solos.

 

[Einherjar86]

I still maintain that Kristian Niemann is one of the best guitarists in metal. His solos aren't technically spectacular, but his phrasing is damn near perfect. He matches the mood of a song with his taste. My favorite solos he plays are in the songs:

Asgard
Midgard
Three Treasures
Trul
The Khlysti Evangelist
The Dreams of Swedenborg

 

[tagradh]

Soilwork - Millionflame
In Flames - December Flower
Dream Theater - Pull Me Under, Take The Time
Wintersun - Death and the Healing
Unearth - Zombie Autopilot (mainly because it's the first one I learned)
Opeth - In Mist She Was Standing
Morbid Angel - Chapel of Ghouls
Nevermore - The Psalm of Lydia


first things that came to mind.

 

[Guybrush Threepwood]

Three that come to mind right now are:

X Japan - Silent Jealousy
Nevermore - This Godless Endeavour
Guthrie Govan - Rhode Island Shred

 

[Avigrus]

Arch Enemy - Burning Angel, Ravenous, In this Shallow Grave

 

[ShredHeadJHJ]

Steve Vai - Windows to the Soul

 

[SatansSon]

Megadeth - Holy Wars

The last two minutes of that song never gets old for me.

 

[Hatebreeder]

Pestilence - Twisted Truth

Always stands out to me.

 

[ShredHeadJHJ]

Really? That's a Dave solo. I like Marty's solos in Lucretia, Tornado of Souls, & The Killing Road.

 

[ShredHeadJHJ]

Guthrie Govan - Rhode Island Shred

Good to see another Govan fan here! I like the solos in Ner Ner, but I always forget which one is the Richie Kotzen solo. Guitarists have to check this guy out.

 

[SatansSon]

Yeah, the other solos are more technical, and I do appreciate them, but I just really like the pace of the one in Holy Wars. Just a personal preference.

 

[10293847]

The first few that popped to mind were:

Morbid Angel - Evil Spells - The ending solo
Immortal - Frozen by Icewinds - The ending solo
Gordian Knot - Rivers Dancing - The ending solo

 

[waif]

How the hell do you remember your own name?

 

[cannibal corpse]

There was a time where I didn't know left from right and didn't know which number came after which, but never in my life have I forgotten my own name, how is that possible?