Your Favourite Metal Guitarist

[Valerie]

There are many facets to being a good guitarist. Technical ability is one, musical knowledge is another, as well as taste. Each one can be more important than the other depending on the music you create, but when determining overall greatness, it's much harder to say who's great and why.

 

[Rabid Headbanger]

I had to Wiki Chris Masochist to find out you were talking about "Gospel of the Horns". Sounds like interesting stuff, I'll check it out. I've never heard of the band but I believe I've heard of the man.

Every song on this album kicks so much fucking ass.

 

[MURAI]

Aigh, too many to name.

Trey Azagthoth (Morbid Angel)
Kerry King/Jeff Hanneman (Slayer)
Phil Fasciana/Jon Rubin (Malevolent Creation)
Waclaw "Vogg" Kieltyka (Decapitated)
John Gallagher/Sparky Voyles (Dying Fetus/Misery Index)
John McEntee (Incantation)
Terrence Hobbs/Doug Cerrito (Suffocation)
Alex Hellid/Uffe Cederlund (Entombed)
Andreas Kisser (Sepultura)
Trevor Peres/Allen West (Obituary)
James Murphy (Death/Obituary)
Dimebag Darrell (Pantera)
Kamil/Tomek (Mutilation [Polish])

 

[Zephyrus]

How many times do you have to post that album cover, Rabid?

 

[Rabid Headbanger]

How many times do you have to post that album cover, Rabid?

666.

Half way there.

 

[CF87]

Linde from HIM(his infernal majesty) is an incredible guitarist. I noticed that him and Esa from Amorphis are actually pretty similiar guitarists and both use some similiar scales and you can tell right off both guitarists are from Finland, both are blending pop/rock/metal/doom and prog and very unique and talented.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

lol

 

[Hatebreeder]

Personally, I have encountered few guitarists who meld together melody, passion, and technicality as masterfully as Andre Olbrich from Blind Guardian. Chuck Schuldiner is a close second, but the two are of different genres and shouldn't be rated in comparison to each other.

 

[Satanstoenail]

Chuck wasn't a great lead player at all. His tone was bizarre, his feel was lacking and his technicality pales in comparison to most accomplished lead players. He was an awesome rhythm player though.

 

[Rabid Headbanger]

Linde from HIM(his infernal majesty)

I'd rather have the guy from infernal majesty, since he isn't a cockfag.

 

[ShredHeadJHJ]

Fuck, I'm listening to "Fire & Ice" by Yngwie Malmsteen. I forgot how good this guy was back in the day

As for Chuck, he is undeserving of that high of a spot on the "accomplished" guitarist spot, but he had some cool riffs & some pretty sick rhythm chops I would say.

 

[Rabid Headbanger]

Well, you're undeserving of mercy during the ZOMBIE RITUAL!

 

[The Ozzman]

As for Chuck,he is undeserving of that high of a spot on the "accomplished" guitarist spot

No he isn't.

 

[AchrisK]

Fuck, I'm listening to "Fire & Ice" by Yngwie Malmsteen. I forgot how good this guy was back in the day

As for Chuck, he is undeserving of that high of a spot on the "accomplished" guitarist spot, but he had some cool riffs & some pretty sick rhythm chops I would say.

Yngwie = wanker

I don't care, man. I don't care where Chuck compares to who and technical wankery and bleek blarp bloing or whatnot. Chuck Rules!

 

[Matt]

Yngwie is terribly overrated. He can't write a decent song.

 

[The Butt]

Tony Iommi, for he invented metal.

 

[ShredHeadJHJ]

Yngwie is terribly overrated. He can't write a decent song.

Yngwie revolutionized guitar & he writes some great songs.

Chuck is aight, but I've been playing guitar for a long time. It's much more difficult to put things in context like Yngwie than it is to write stuff like Chuck. Chuck was very talented no doubt, but even I'm sure he would have told you that Yngwie was a better player.

 

[Addo_Of_Nex]

Yngwie is terribly overrated. He can't write a decent song.

While I find him vastly over rated, I still think Rising Force and Marching Out are phenomenal albums.

 

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Some of you rate mostly old guitarists that formed the genre Metal.
I think we should rate guitarists from nowadays.
Christopher Amott (ArchEnemy) & Alexi Laiho (Children of bodom)
I like these two best not only because of their music but of their image

 

[Rabid Headbanger]

Some of you rate mostly old guitarists that formed the genre Metal.
I think we should rate guitarists from nowadays.
Christopher Amott (ArchEnemy) & Alexi Laiho (Children of bodom)
I like these two best not only because of their music but of their image

I think your the most pathetic human being alive. Scratch that, I KNOW it.

Fucking scene kid.