Best guitar solos on Reddit

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#1

Opeth

4.9
(39)
"Spring 1974 guitar solo is epic."
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"The solo of 'Burden' is my favorite."
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"Hours of Wealth, Windowpane."
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"Okay i ran through all of the comment section and i couldnt see Baying of the Hounds."
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"The guitar solo on Wreath is so damn good 🎸."
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"A Fair Judgment Burden."
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"The guitar solos in Era and Wilde Flowers are fuckin fantastic."
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"The ones in A Fair Judgement"
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"The last minute or so on The Twilight Is My Robe is so freaking good"
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"Peter's 1st solo on When is amazing."
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#2

Led Zeppelin

5.0
(23)
"All of them in that song. Holy hell Page was on fire."
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"Stairway to Heaven by Zeppelin."
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"Lady Writer - Dire Straits Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin"
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"It's similar to the solo in Since I've Been Loving You by Led Zeppelin."
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"Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin"
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"Led zeppelin- Since I've been loving you"
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""Stairway To Heaven"-LZ"
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"In no order "Whole Lotta Love"-LZ"
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"Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin"
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"- **Whole Lotta Love** - Led Zeppelin."
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#3

Pink Floyd

5.0
(16)
"Time- Pink Floyd"
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"Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb"
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"I really really love Pink Floyd - Time's solo."
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"Comfortably Numb (4:29): Pink Floyd (David Gilmore) - any one of the notes could make you cry."
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"Pink Floyd - High Hopes"
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"2. Comfortably Numb - Floyd"
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"Comfortably Numb (2nd solo) - Pink Floyd"
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"Time - Pink Floyd"
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"- **High Hopes** - Pink Floyd."
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"Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb."
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#4

Dire Straits

4.8
(11)
"You should do a deep-dive into Dire Straits/Mark Knopfler. He's got amazing guitar solos in 80% of his songs."
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"Dire Straits - Telegraph Road"
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"3. Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits"
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"Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits"
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"Dire Straits - Sultan Of Swings."
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"Telegraph Road - Dire Straits."
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"2. Sultans of Swing(2nd solo) - Dire Straits"
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"Sultans of swing — Dire Straits."
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"Sultans of Swing- Dire Straits."
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"Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits is a good one."
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#5

Megadeth

5.0
(10)
"Tornado of Souls - Megadeth"
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"Tornado of Souls (Megadeth)"
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"Tornado of souls - Megadeth"
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"Hangar 18 - Megadeth (but like the entire song then lol)"
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"5. “Hangar 18” - Megadeth"
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"Megadeth - Tornado Of Souls."
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"Tornado of Souls - Megadeth."
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"1. Tornado of souls - Megadeth"
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"Tornado of Souls (Megadeth)"
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#6

Ozzy Osbourne

5.0
(10)
"No More Tears - Ozzy"
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"2. “Mr. Crowley” - Ozzy Osbourne"
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"1. No More Tears - Ozzy"
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"Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne"
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"No more tears: ozzy."
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"6. No more Tears - Ozzy Osbourne"
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"Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears"
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"3. Ozzy Osbourne - Mr. Crowley"
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"6. Let me hear you scream - Ozzy Ozbourne"
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"9. Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne"
#7

Metallica

4.8
(9)
"Metallica - Ride the Lightning, Steve Vai - Tender Surrender, Megadeth - Tornado of Souls."
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"Wherever I may roam- Metallica."
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"Ride the lightning - Metallica"
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"Wherever I may roam - Metallica"
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"6. Metallica - Master of Puppets (James' solo)"
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"Fade to Black (Intro)- Metallica."
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"Master of Puppets - Metallica."
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"Honestly the intro to Fade to black - Metallica is pretty easy."
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"The first slow solo, precursor to the hard fast solo in master of puppets is a good one."
#8

Guns N' Roses

5.0
(6)
"November Rain by Guns n Roses."
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"1. “November Rain” - Guns ‘n’ Roses"
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"4. November Rain - GnR"
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"November Rain - Guns N' Roses"
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"5. Guns N' Roses - November Rain"
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"8. Paradise City - Guns N Roses"
#9

Van Halen

5.0
(5)
"Just in case Eruption by Van Halen if you’ve been living under a rock"
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"Eruption (whole song): Van Halen (Eddie Van Halen)- Guitar Perfection"
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"Van Halen - Eruption."
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"Eruption."
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"10. Eruption - EVH"
#10

Michael Jackson

5.0
(5)
"Beat it - Michael Jackson with Eddie Van Halen guitar solo."
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"Beat it - Michael Jackson (feat. Eddie Van Halen)."
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"Beat It - Mike Jack"
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"Beat It -EVH/Michael Jackson"
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"- **Beat It** - Michael Jackson/Eddie van Halen."
#11

Iron Maiden

5.0
(5)
"Iron Maiden - Aces High."
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"Aces High -Iron Maiden"
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"Fear of the Dark - Iron Maiden"
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"Aces High - Iron Maiden."
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"Fear of The Dark - Iron Maiden."
#12

Periphery

5.0
(5)
"Wax Wings by Periphery has a ripper in it also."
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"Marks solo after the crazy high note in “Wax Wings”"
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"Periphery - Absolomb"
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"Wildfire - Periphery"
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"2. Absolomb - Periphery"
#13

Dream Theater

5.0
(5)
"Nothing beats Breaking all Illusions."
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"Dream Theater - Breaking All Illusions"
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"Dream Theater - Hollow Years live at Budokan"
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"Dream Theater - Lines in the sand"
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"10. Stream of Consciousness - Dream Theater"
#14

Deep Purple

5.0
(4)
"- **Highway Star** - Deep Purple."
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"4. Deep Purple - Highway Star"
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"Highway Star — Deep Purple."
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"***Highway Star- Deep Purple"
#15

Pantera

5.0
(4)
""Floods"-Pantera"
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"Pantera: Floods."
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"Floods (Pantera)."
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"Floods - Pantera."
#16

Funkadelic

5.0
(4)
"Maggot Brain - Funkadelic."
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"Funkadelic - Maggot Brain."
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"Maggot brain - Funkadelic."
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"Maggot Brain—Funkadelic."
#17

Judas Priest

5.0
(4)
"Painkiller - Judas Priest"
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"Beyond The Realms of Death -Judas Priest"
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"Painkiller - Judas Priest."
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"2. Judas Priest - Painkiller"
#18

Prince

5.0
(4)
"Prince's solo on While My Guitar Gently Weeps at the George Harrison tribute concert"
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"Turns out they practiced with Jeff Lynne playing that part, but the director of the show felt something was off."
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"Purple Rain by Prince 1985 live concert in Syracuse"
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"Purple rain - Prince."
#19

Phinehas

4.8
(4)
"Phinehas - I am the lion - eternaly apart."
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"If I had to pick just one: "I Am the Lion." I've been trying to learn to play that solo for years."
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"The whole song is the quintessential metalcore song but the solo itself is really good."
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#20

Steely Dan

4.8
(4)
"It's got three."
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"Kid Charlemagne - Steely Dan."
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"Reelin' In The Years."
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"Check out the work of a guitarist by the name of Jeffrey Dunn."
#21

Fleetwood Mac

4.8
(4)
"Family Man and his solo song, Trouble has some quality guitar playing from Mr. Buckingham."
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"I’m so afraid, The Chain, Isn’t it midnight…"
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"I love all the flourishes he sprinkles through 'You make loving fun'."
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"His solo song called Swan Song has a great guitar solo."
#22

Lynyrd Skynyrd

5.0
(3)
"Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd"
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"3. Free Bird - Lynryd Skynyrd"
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"FreeBird-Lynryd Skynyrd"
#23

Unprocessed

5.0
(3)
"Unprocessed - Blackbone. My favourite solo after Roadrunner United - In the Fire."
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"One that’s recently stood out to me is the solo in Blackbone by Unprocessed."
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"Unprocessed - Blackbone."
#24

Eric Johnson

5.0
(3)
"Do yourself a favor and listen to Cliffs Of Dover by Eric Johnson."
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"Cliffs of Dover - Eric Johnson"
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"7. Cliffs Of Dover - Eric Johnson"
#25

Eagles

5.0
(3)
"Since you like the Hotel California solo"
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"Can’t ever go wrong with the Hotel California solo."
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"Hotel California."
#26

Caligula's Horse

5.0
(3)
"6. Dream the Dead - Caligula's Horse"
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"1. Graves - Caligula's Horse"
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"5. The World Breathes With Me - Caligula's Horse"
#27

Plini

5.0
(3)
"Plini - Ember"
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"Plini's Solo on Daniel Tompkins - Wounded Wings"
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"9. Electric Sunrise - Plini"
#28

David Bowie

5.0
(2)
"Moonage Daydream - David Bowie"
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"Moonage Daydream— David Bowie."
#29

Mastodon

5.0
(2)
"The Czar by Mastodon is #1 in my book."
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"Mastodon - The Czar."
#30

Dokken

5.0
(2)
"In My Dreams - Dokken"
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"In My Dreams by Dokken"
#31

Between the Buried and Me

5.0
(2)
"Between the Buried and Me - White Walls outro is definitely my favorite solo of all time."
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"Between the Buried and Me - White Walls outro is definitely my favorite solo of all time."
#32

Erra

5.0
(2)
"ERRA - Hybrid Earth"
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#33

DragonForce

5.0
(2)
"Through the Fire and Flames-DragonForce"
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"4. Through the fire and Flames- Dragon Force"
#34

As I Lay Dying

5.0
(2)
"AILD - Parallels - The Sound of Truth - Nothing left."
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#35

Ted Nugent

5.0
(2)
"I love Nugent - Stranglehold"
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"Stranglehold intro (Ted Nugent)"
#36

Horizons

5.0
(2)
"Any solo off Horizons."
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"Pick any song of Horizons, and it’ll have a solo better than majority of bands."
#37

Queen

5.0
(2)
"Bohemian rhapsody-QUEEN saw that live a few years ago I melted."
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"Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen."
#38

The Knack

5.0
(2)
"My sharona - The Knack"
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"The guitar solo from “The Knack - My Sharona” is totally badass."
#39

Frank Zappa

5.0
(2)
"[Frank Zappa - Watermelon In Easter Hay](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWBYjjzKvIw)"
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"Watermelon in Easter Hay - Frank Zappa."
#40

ZZ Top

5.0
(2)
"ZZ Top— La Grange"
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"La Grange— ZZ Top."
#41

Marillion

5.0
(2)
"Dry Land by Marillion (Steve Rothery)"
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"Dry Land by Marillion (Steve Rothery)"
#42

Genesis

5.0
(2)
"Genesis- Firth Of Fifth (Steve Hackett)"
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"Firth of Fifth - Genesis"
#43

Currents

5.0
(2)
"Just to name a few :)"
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#44

Novelists

5.0
(2)
"All of the Novelists stuff have amazing solos! My favorite is probably Souvenirs."
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"So many NOVELISTS solos are absolutely amazing, namely Terrorist, Lost Cause, and Prisoner."
#45

Parkway Drive

5.0
(2)
"The intro to Breaking Point by Parkway Drive."
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#46

Liquid Tension Experiment

5.0
(2)
"Key To The Imagination main solo (around 8 minute mark) from Liquid Tension Experiment's latest album is amazing."
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"Key To The Imagination (Liquid Tension Experiment)."
#47

Ne Obliviscaris

5.0
(2)
"[Ne Obliviscaris - Misericorde II](https://youtu.be/-8NxoWHtYj0?t=141) (starts at 2:21, progresses heavily at 2:53)"
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"Ne Obliviscaris - Misericorde II, best fucking solo of all time imo."
#48

Eric Clapton

5.0
(2)
"Lady Writer - Dire Straits Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin"
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"Layla - Eric Clapton."
#49

Pagan's Mind

5.0
(2)
"Pagan's Mind: Intermission."
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"Pagan's Mind - Intermission has some of the smoothest tapping you'll ever hear."
#50

After The Burial

5.0
(2)
"After The Burial - “Ometh”."
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"After the Burial - “Ometh”. Starts at 3:15."
#51

Meshuggah

5.0
(2)
"Do Not Look Down - Meshuggah. The father of Djent don’t do manny shred solos, but when they do, it’s amazing."
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"Do Not Look Down - Meshuggah. The father of Djent don’t do manny shred solos, but when they do, it’s amazing."
#52

Avenged Sevenfold

4.5
(2)
"Second Heartbeat (Avenged Sevenfold)."
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"Avenged Sevenfold - Second Heartbeat."
#53

Bleed From Within

4.0
(2)
"Bleed From Within - Levitate."
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"Levitate by bleed from within goes crazy too."
#54

Yob

5.0
(1)
"Yob or pallbearer imo have particularly interesting, unconventional but great riffs."
#55

Angra

5.0
(1)
"Anyone of Angra"
#56

Candlemass

5.0
(1)
"Epicus Doomicus Metallicus - Candlemass. Lars Johansson rips."
#57

King Crimson

5.0
(1)
"Robert fripp was doing some wild shit"
#58

Steve Vai

5.0
(1)
"3. Tender Surrender - Steve Vai"
#59

Cathedral

5.0
(1)
"Cathedral. The ethereal mirror. Stone cold classic."
#60

Gin Blossoms

5.0
(1)
"29 - Gin Blossoms"
#61

War on Drugs

5.0
(1)
"An Ocean in Between the Waves(KEXP) - War on Drugs"
#62

Steven Wilson

5.0
(1)
"Guthrie Govan’s solo in Ancestral by Steven Wilson is the best solo I’ve ever heard."
#63

Sabaton

5.0
(1)
"Bismarck - Sabaton"
#64

Kim Mitchell

4.0
(1)
"Very subjective, obviously. Kim Mitchell 'Kids in Action'."

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