Vrtuosos of the decade

[Eligos]

What with all this 2000-2009 talk going on, I thought I'd address the topic of this decade's virtuosos as it nears its close.

Some personal choices for me would be:
Colin Marston of Behold... The Arctopus and Krallice
Tosin Abasi, more for his work in Animals as Leaders than in Born of Osiris
Vladimir Cochet of Mirrorthrone
Vindsval and W.D. Feld of Blut Aus Nord
The core members of Negura Bunget's best lineup

Those are just a few. I'll add more in later posts. What musicians do you think should be considered virtuosos of the 00's?

 

[metal_wrath]

Micheal Ammott - Arch Enemy, Spiritual Beggars
Dan Swano - Edge of Sanity, Bloodbath, Nightingale, etc...
Karl Sanders - Nile
Syu - Galneryus
Mikael Akerfeldt - Opeth, Bloodbath

 

[Lateralus14]

Hasjarl for Deathspell Omega
Vindsval for Blut Aus Nord
Whoever was behind 'N Crugu Bragadui and Om for Negura Bunget

Regarding DsO we don't really know Mikko's contribution but if he does anything in addition to vocals I'd put him on there for contributing to that AND Stabat Mater, etc.

And to a lesser extent:

Grutle for Enslaved
Mikael Akerfeldt for Opeth (and not for all the material - we don't need to have an Opeth songs are disjointed discussion again, we know)

Also I would never mention Bloodbath in this thread even if those people are involved.

 

[divine_torture]

Satan of Hell and leader of the Forces of Darkness

 

[Chaosmönger]

Perhaps not a virtuoso, but Chuck Keller of Order From Chaos/Vulpecula/Ares Kingdom is one hell of a shredder.