@@Walamonga1313 I think Chris Poland doesn't get enough credit. Marty came in and kinda over shadowed him since the band was gaining popularity at that time.
@@brpadington Yesh I know. My fav albums are the first 2 cause they had that odd jazz vibe + crazy thrash. Chris and Gar were monster players that don't get much recognition. Still love Marty's playing but Chris' solos in Good Mourning, Bad Omen or the 1987 version of These Boots are just perfect for my taste.
Mostly for my future reference: 1. Galneryus - Silent Revelation 2. Dream Theater - Another day 3. Cacophony - The Ninja 4. Opeth - The Lotus Eater 5. Arch Enemy - Skeleton Dance 6. Avenged Sevenfold - Roman Sky 7. Megadeth - A Tout Le Monde 8. To-Mera - Traces 9. In Flames - Only for the Weak 10. Ghost - Ritual
@@nissanchhetri2989 watch Ben Ellers video for that mate. Its the way you pick it, it's easy when you pick it right. I struggled thinking it was alternate picked
Damn, those are 2 of my absolute favorites right there..... I believe Fredrick Johansson from Dark Tranquility actually played the solo on December Flower. Definitely one of my all time favorites
@@gregdjentyguy9986 the Rev got me into them and Syn has kept me a fan ever since. He’s one of the best living guitarists. His work on the stage is absolutely incredible.
These are all such amazing picks! One of my favorites might not even count as a solo, but the slow dual guitar part about six minutes into Harlequin Forest by Opeth just takes me on such a journey every single time.
Under A Glass Moon is like a lead guitar stunts master class. Check out Ralph Salati fucking KILL it playing a JPM100 Ibanez with an old Axe FX Ultra doing all the heavy lifting. As good as the original.
Fran yeah forgot that one but its a definitely a favorite, also in their first album with Phil power metal, “we’ll meet again” is amazing as well, and thanks in a big fan men those dime is the reason I still play guitar and vinnie phil and rex are straight up legends as well
Great list, fantastic solos. I would also add The Best of Times (Dream Theater) and Altitudes (Jason Becker), both with an insane amount of melodic and technical stuffs.
Oh man, 100%. I would recommend the solo to Ancestral too. I swear on my life the first time I heard it rose the hairs on my neck, it's that goddamn good.
Amazing list thanks! Here is my list: 1. Dream Theater - Best of times (6 minutes of pure joy) 2. Anathema - Anathema 3. David Gilmore - In Any Tongue 4. Tool - Descending 5. Steve Wilson - Refuge 6. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb 7. Toto - I Won't Hold You Back 8. Perfect Circle - By And Down The River 9. Metallica - Master Of Puppets 10. Accept - Amamos La Vida
Omg I’ve never met anyone else who even knew about I won’t hold you back - let alone rated it that highly. It’s an amazing guitar solo. The second half where the strings come in is just incredible.
Chuck Schuldiner’s solos are missing in here. He brought both of best worlds like no other. A lot of technicality, speed, but also a lot of emotions and soul. Listening to Voice of the soul bring me tears, good luck finding that in other death metal bands
I think the best solos are the ones that blend so seamlessly into the track that you don't even necessarily realise you're listening to a solo, but just get swept up in the wholr experience. For that reason, my favourite solo is in The Fall of Consciousness by Psychonaut. Plus the way they transition back into the main theme is brilliant.
Some of my favorites: Death - Voice Of The Soul Wintersun - Death And The Healing Kalmah - 12 Gauge Children Of Bodom - Children Of Bodom In Flames - December Flower Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery Stratovarius - Destiny Avantasia - Scarecrow Helloween - Victim Of Fate Darkest Hour - Doomsayer Burning The Masses - Tsar Bomb Scar Symmetry - Ghost Prototype I & II Polyphia - Impassion Judas Priest - Painkiller Pantera - Floods Megadeth - Holy Wars Metallica - Orion
Here are some solos that I really love! Holy wars ... the punishment due - Megadeth Ea, Lord of the depths - Burzum Rats - Ghost Through the fire and flames - Dragonforce Ace of spades - Motorhead Black bart - Running wild Also the solo from another day is just incredible!
Why not both?!?! My favorite melodic metal solos would have to include Whispers or Shades of Grey by Symphony X (super under-rated MJR solos), Ministry of Lost Souls (Outro solo) or A New Beginning (TA? I know, but this song is a banger) by Dream Theater, The Dream Sequencer by Ayreon (Arjens best guitar work ever imho), outro to November Rain is a classic (but is it metal???). that's all i can think of at the moment. Cheers!
Oh my god. I thought you'd pick an older avenged sevenfold song.. Roman Sky is my favorite song because of the emotion.. I actually love this channel now just because of this. Thank you for recognizing a beautiful song.
HOLY SHIT! I was not expecting to see the ninja here. It never fails to give me goosebumps. That's legit one of my favorite songs of all time. Probably top 3. It's great that you make different lists instead of what everyone does.
Great choices, one and all. I especially appreciate the inclusion of Cacophony (I'm a big fan of Jason and Marty). One of my favorite melodic guitar solos is the 6:00 to 7:00 minute stretch of Joe Stump's "The End Approaches". Heck, the whole song is melodic and includes some of the most technical solos you're likely to hear. In fact, the solos in the outro rival most anything out there.
The Ninja was great! Cacophony doesnt get 1/10th the recognition they deserve. Its impressive that, even while they had two of the best guitarists out there, they also had some of the most melodic solos as well (not to mention Jason Becker and Marty Friedman’s solo stuff)
Awesome album for sure. One of the first death metal albums I listened to (as in death metal as a whole, Arch Enemy is of course melodeath) and it blew me away. Punchy drums and mix, and crazy stuff going on with guitars with an ultra-aggressive tone to boot. Personally I've been a drummer for 15+ years but only recently started getting into guitar. So it's cool to actually understand now why I liked a load of guitar work on Doomsday Machine when I first heard it all those years ago - they use a number of interesting scales/modes that give it a really exotic flavour, especially in the solos, e.g. Hybrids of Steel. And My Apocalypse was probably the closest thing to djent I heard before discovering Meshuggah!
Awesome list! Here is mine (In No particular order)...so tough to just pick ten! Andy Timmons - Cry For You XYZ - What Keeps me Loving You Savatage - Ghost in the Ruins Testament - Return to Serenity Tony MacAlpine - Tears of Sahara T&N - Alone Again Van Halen - Push Comes to Shove DLR - Ladies Night in Buffalo Leatherwolf - The Way I feel George Lynch - We Don't Own This World
Yeah it is. I think its because it was such a change of pace for A7X but i enjoyed it quite a bit i prefer there older stuff with the rev. But stage was good and a nice change.
Candlemass has the best of both worlds when it comes to guitar solos, both technical and extremely melodic. Lars johansson is a great guitarist but criminally underrated.
Savatage - Ghost in the Ruins John Norum - Back on the Streets Queensryche - Eyes of the Stranger (and basically any other solo from the O:M / Empire era lol ) Vicious Rumors - Digital Dictator (Mark McGee is sooooooooo underrated) just the few that immediately pop to my mind
My favorite melodic solo: PANTERA - The Sleep ruclips.net/video/j-4w0NwqHZE/видео.html CARCASS - Death certificate ruclips.net/video/_8sLxqq0_GM/видео.html
Some of my favourite g solos: Iron Maiden - Powerslave Steve Vai - Building the church Symphony X - The sacrifice Scorpions - Wind of change Pearl Jam - Alive Pagan's Mind - Aegeans Shores Gamma Ray - All of the damned Dream Theater - The ministry of lost souls Children of Bodom - Downfall Angel Vivaldi - . _ _ _ _ Andromeda - Arch Angel Kvelertak - Ulvetid really like your channel, real guitarist within
my favorite song and guitar solo is in shine on your crazy diamonds. gilmour somehow makes the guitar into a being and talks to you with it. it just hits perfectly
Didn't know most of these but just going off my ear I'd say it's a solid list. To me the most melodic metal solo is "The Best of Times" outro solo by Dream Theater. Perfect combo of melody and shred imo. Gives me chills everytime.
You should definitely check out the Solo of the Demo Version of A Tout Le Monde - it's so much more emotional, much longer and incredibly underrated. The song quality is complete dog but I would pick it over the version that made it onto the final recording any day.
A lot of famous Japanese guitarist are great at writing melodic solos combined with crazy shredding parts. I mean Syu from galenryus is legit the reason why I want to play guitar at the first place. His solos are just too amazing
1. Dream Theater - The Ministry Of Lost Souls (outro) 2. Dream Theater - Another Day 3. Avenged Sevenfold - Bat Country 4. Avenged Sevenfold - Danger Line 5. Dimmu Borgir - Kings of The Carnival Creation 6. Helloween - I Want Out 7. Pantera -Hollow (intro) 8. Dream Theater - Forsaken 9. Pantera - Floods 10. Dissection - The Somberlain
Death: Without Judgement Ayreon: The Dream Dissolves Nevermore: The Heart Collector Dream Theater: A Change of Seasons (15:38 & 17:00) + Breaking All Illusions Necrophagist: Advanced Corpse Tumor + Fermented Offal Discharge (that first half, man...) Obscura: Convergence Testament: The Legacy + Return to Serenity + Cold Embrace
2 Marty Friedman’s. Can’t argue that! Love the Petrucci and Synyster Gates ones too. A7X doesn’t get enough love from the musician community. They are legit amazing. But I’m a drummer, so what do I know about music?🤷♂️
A mix can be good, sometimes shred can be good, sometimes melodic af playing can be good. The Flower Kings guitarist played some very melodic solos on The Whirlwind by Transatlantic and I think that musical guitar player is very underrated. Nick Johnston has a great mix of both melodic and shred stuff and same with Kiko Louriero I think. John Petrucci has some very good solos that have buildups. I like many genres and have realized I myself likenplaying melodic sometimes as well as sometimes more shreddy.
1. Comfortably Numb 2. Jester Script Transcriped- In Flames 3. Thrown into the Fire-Trivium 4. Eyes of a Stranger-Queensryche 5. Descend The Shades of Night-Machine Head 6. 18 & Life-Skid Row 7. Mr. Crowley 8.Disposable Heroes-Metallica 9. Until the World Goes Cold-Trivium(2nd Solo) 10. Hard Lines, Sunken Cheeks-Pantera Not by any means comprehensive, but some of my favorites
My top 5 Solo : 5:Bathory : a fine day to die 4:Dissection: Unhalowed ( TRVE CVLT SWEDISH MELODIC BLACK METAL) 3:Dissection : In the cold wind Of nowhere 2:Wispered : our voice shall be heard (FIRE Shredding) 1:Emperor :with strength I burn ( SO melodic and EPIC)
Props for adding Ghost, the solo in Ritual is insane and I’d also say that a number of their solos are melodic and badass (some of my favourite solos are Cirice, Square Hammer, Year Zero, Dance Macabre and Rats)
I might be very late to this but: Suicidal Tendencies - Sorry Suicidal Tendencies - What Else Could I Do Silversun Pickups - Three Seed Red Hot Chili Peppers - Easily Pink Floyd - Comfortable Numb Pink Floyd - Pigs The Pineapple Thief - The Final Thing On My Mind Parkway Drive - Anasasis (Xenophontis) Metallica - To Live Is To Die Mercyful Fate - Satan's Fall Iron Maiden - These Colours Don't Run For Today - Benedictus (Song Of Zachariah) Enough Has Been Said - Unity Some of these aren't quite full on metal but the rock the hell out. Would love to see even just one of these done by you. Your channel is awesome, found so many new songs and bands from you. :)
New guitar! Noice! One that always gets me is the lead break from Screaming Ghost by Hibria. Not sure if it qualifies as being melodic, but the phrasing is brilliant.
All Tommy Vetterli (coroner) solos are melodic and outstanding, but especially on the album Grin, on this one he is beyond magical. By far my favorite soloist in a metal band, shortly preceeding Marty Friedman.
Alot of dream theater's stuffs are melodic, but my favorite is Wither and Hollow Years live version from budukan. A7 - seize the day malmsteen - forever one Megadeth - trust Sonata arctica - tallulah Hammerfall - never ever Helloween - a tale that wasn't right
80% of Megadeth’s Marty solos are melodic and fast
Melodic, fast and techncal.
I'm so fan of Marty Friedman
Chris Poland too
@@Walamonga1313 I think Chris Poland doesn't get enough credit. Marty came in and kinda over shadowed him since the band was gaining popularity at that time.
@@brpadington Yesh I know. My fav albums are the first 2 cause they had that odd jazz vibe + crazy thrash. Chris and Gar were monster players that don't get much recognition. Still love Marty's playing but Chris' solos in Good Mourning, Bad Omen or the 1987 version of These Boots are just perfect for my taste.
Mostly for my future reference:
1. Galneryus - Silent Revelation
2. Dream Theater - Another day
3. Cacophony - The Ninja
4. Opeth - The Lotus Eater
5. Arch Enemy - Skeleton Dance
6. Avenged Sevenfold - Roman Sky
7. Megadeth - A Tout Le Monde
8. To-Mera - Traces
9. In Flames - Only for the Weak
10. Ghost - Ritual
In flames the hive
I feel like tornado of souls manages to fit on a top ten best melodic solos list and shred solos list
Almost anything Marty plays is based on a melody.. What a genius he is.
It's a Shrelodic solo hahahahahaha
😶so hard 😔 😭 I can't play the last fucking part
This is the truth. Its the best of both worlds individually as well as combined.
@@nissanchhetri2989 watch Ben Ellers video for that mate. Its the way you pick it, it's easy when you pick it right. I struggled thinking it was alternate picked
Victim - Avenged Sevenfold is a massively underrated solo imo
100% Agreed
i know right its got this really feeling to it that's just perfect synyster gates is honestly one of the greatest players of our time
Agreed it’s an incredible solo.
I agree
Agree
You need to cry when playing guitar. Ok show me some tears now.
Bro
PLAY LESS NOTES
*Oh yes*
@@-ff958-4 you' re not trying to get in Dragonforce
What is this a Rudy sect😂
James Hetfield's solo en To Live Is To Die is just amazing. Dimebag's in Cemetery Gates is also
"Sleep" too! Man, one of the best Dime's solo for sure!
and floods
There's no bad Dimebag solo.
@@harrisontownsend910 5 Minutes Alone..?
@laffelson4549 Fair. I hardly listen to Far Beyond Driven so I forgot about that one.
1. In Flames - December Flower
2. Between the Buried and Me - Selkies: The Endless Obsession
Yo the end of Selkies is amazingly melodic
December Flower is the most amazing solo ever
Damn, those are 2 of my absolute favorites right there..... I believe Fredrick Johansson from Dark Tranquility actually played the solo on December Flower. Definitely one of my all time favorites
Love that solo in December flower
Ahh selkies, good one
Syu is one of my favorite guitarists, I love the emotion he puts into each solo
he's my fav guitarist of all time :D
My favorite guitar player too. He's an absolute beast.
The solos, especially the end solo, in Fade To Black, are really good too.
When they play live it's like the intro solo makes time stand still
hell craft73 exactly what I was thinking. Every guitar part in that song is so amazing
First one rule
Some of my favorite guitar ever in that song.
I love end solos. Off the top, I can only remember fade to black, and hotel California
The Ninja by Cacophony was a really nice choice, totally love that song and the solos are really fuckin beautiful. 2 masters of guitar
Cool to see Roman Sky on here. Syn's guitar work on The Stage is incredible.
I feel like Syn's solos alone are a reason to get into A7X
@@gregdjentyguy9986 that’s exactly how i got into them, ended up liking every fucking bit of A7X.
@@gregdjentyguy9986 the Rev got me into them and Syn has kept me a fan ever since. He’s one of the best living guitarists. His work on the stage is absolutely incredible.
I fucking love the riff in that song as well
These are all such amazing picks!
One of my favorites might not even count as a solo, but the slow dual guitar part about six minutes into Harlequin Forest by Opeth just takes me on such a journey every single time.
Absolutely agree. That harmony is just amazing. One of the greatest moments in modern music in my opinion.
There's one solo from A7X's Danger Line that always made my neck hair stand on end. And then the whistling, God...
-Fröstbyte- makes me think of my math teacher, well former math teacher, since he’s in the military and would always whistle
Jolly fella, I imagine?
-Fröstbyte- definitely is
-Fröstbyte- that song as a whole is one of my favorites
Good to know. I wish him the best.
Not so much a solo, more of a lick but the chorus lead in Nemesis by Arch Enemy does it for me every time. Just constant goosebumps
I really love the little shred solo in Nemesis. It's so thunderbolt quick but also ruthless.
Petrucci is an example of having shred and melody, Under A Glass Moon has it all
Jorge Pastor that solo is just simply genius
Breaking all illusions for me when it comes to melody
@@christiancaygle3947 my fav as well
Under A Glass Moon is like a lead guitar stunts master class.
Check out Ralph Salati fucking KILL it playing a JPM100 Ibanez with an old Axe FX Ultra doing all the heavy lifting. As good as the original.
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Can't go wrong with that Becker/Friedman solos. Also, a surprisingly melodic solo and one of my favorites is the one in Zombie Inc by In Flames.
Playing a Dream Theater solo on Musicman? Badass!
That guitar is a beaut!!
Not just a Music Man...John Petrucci’s signature guitar.
That solo was done during his Ibanez era.
@@perclevfors876 but it is John Petrucci's solo with his own signature guitar, not heckled
Fade to black
My friend misery
Floods
Seize the day
Body & blood
Idolatrine
November rain
Blackbird
The sleep
So far away
AtheistZ of all of them, seize the day 100%
Guns N' Roses is hard rock tho
I was also going to suggest floods
@@junkhead_92 its talkin melodic solos buddy, not just metal
Fade to black hahaha
Pantera:
10s
Drag the water
Floods
It makes them disappear
Hard lines sunken sheets
Cemetery gates
*Cemetery
For me the sleep is the best one, good list btw
The sleep
There is muuuch more
Fran yeah forgot that one but its a definitely a favorite, also in their first album with Phil power metal, “we’ll meet again” is amazing as well, and thanks in a big fan men those dime is the reason I still play guitar and vinnie phil and rex are straight up legends as well
I love older in flames solos. the little harmony flourishes sound like they're just smearing that lick over your ears.
0:14 I bet he got Tendinitis after playing that.
Hey david !
Now I'm seeing you too everywhere 😐😐😕
Lol do u have post notifications on everything guitar related
Sounds like some pac man shit
Fast, but seems a bit rusty
Ghost's Monstrance Clock and Ghost's Year Zero solos.
Mine would probably have to be the best of times by dream theater. The last three minutes is the most emotion-provoking guitar solo I have ever heard.
But it would have taken the whole video to show it entirely 😂
Actually last 6 minutes. Absolute magic
That solo makes me cry when I'm happy
For me, the dream Theater song with the best melodic guitar solo is This is The Life. A bonkers solo that one.
Great list, fantastic solos. I would also add The Best of Times (Dream Theater) and Altitudes (Jason Becker), both with an insane amount of melodic and technical stuffs.
Steven Wilson - Drive home solo played by Guthrie Govan, one of the best.
Oh man, 100%.
I would recommend the solo to Ancestral too. I swear on my life the first time I heard it rose the hairs on my neck, it's that goddamn good.
Good song, good solo, but not metal
I had that same profile pic for a while
Amazing list thanks!
Here is my list:
1. Dream Theater - Best of times (6 minutes of pure joy)
2. Anathema - Anathema
3. David Gilmore - In Any Tongue
4. Tool - Descending
5. Steve Wilson - Refuge
6. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
7. Toto - I Won't Hold You Back
8. Perfect Circle - By And Down The River
9. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
10. Accept - Amamos La Vida
Omg I’ve never met anyone else who even knew about I won’t hold you back - let alone rated it that highly. It’s an amazing guitar solo. The second half where the strings come in is just incredible.
They are great indeed, but, in my opinion, some aren't in the metal genre. Great list, tho 👍
Favorite melodic solos.... hmm..... all Martydeth! Orion by metallica was always a favorite. A7x, Alex scolnic.
I've always loved Ghost's solos ❤
I love this kind of videos. Thanks for covering The Ninja from Cacophony. You nailed it. Jason Becker and Marty Friedman are the best.
Chuck Schuldiner’s solos are missing in here. He brought both of best worlds like no other. A lot of technicality, speed, but also a lot of emotions and soul. Listening to Voice of the soul bring me tears, good luck finding that in other death metal bands
Gustavo Landín So does Sacred Serenity,Without judgment, Destiny and Perennial Quest!
Moment of clarity
Adrian Smith's solo in Stranger in a Strange Land is one of the best solos I've ever heard.
I think the best solos are the ones that blend so seamlessly into the track that you don't even necessarily realise you're listening to a solo, but just get swept up in the wholr experience. For that reason, my favourite solo is in The Fall of Consciousness by Psychonaut. Plus the way they transition back into the main theme is brilliant.
YES!!
Ok list but where's the Angel of death solo??
ikr, the way kerry king uses javanese scale pretty heartwarming
MacAlpine and Young's Tears of Sahara solos - hit you in the feels...
Some of my favorites:
Death - Voice Of The Soul
Wintersun - Death And The Healing
Kalmah - 12 Gauge
Children Of Bodom - Children Of Bodom
In Flames - December Flower
Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery
Stratovarius - Destiny
Avantasia - Scarecrow
Helloween - Victim Of Fate
Darkest Hour - Doomsayer
Burning The Masses - Tsar Bomb
Scar Symmetry - Ghost Prototype I & II
Polyphia - Impassion
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Pantera - Floods
Megadeth - Holy Wars
Metallica - Orion
FINALLY SOMEONE MENTIONED DECEMBER FLOWER
7:51 fkn love that Ritual solo. For me perfect blend of speed and melody.
Here are some solos that I really love!
Holy wars ... the punishment due - Megadeth
Ea, Lord of the depths - Burzum
Rats - Ghost
Through the fire and flames - Dragonforce
Ace of spades - Motorhead
Black bart - Running wild
Also the solo from another day is just incredible!
Why not both?!?! My favorite melodic metal solos would have to include Whispers or Shades of Grey by Symphony X (super under-rated MJR solos), Ministry of Lost Souls (Outro solo) or A New Beginning (TA? I know, but this song is a banger) by Dream Theater, The Dream Sequencer by Ayreon (Arjens best guitar work ever imho), outro to November Rain is a classic (but is it metal???). that's all i can think of at the moment. Cheers!
Yup.. The best of times was hailed as the best melodic solo of DT. but i prefer TMOLS outro silo more
Nice List! I also like:
DT - The Best of Times
A7X - Lost
RHCP - Wet Sand
DragonForce - Reasons to Live
Since when is RHCP metal?
Lost can be first
Lost is such an underated song
Oh my god. I thought you'd pick an older avenged sevenfold song.. Roman Sky is my favorite song because of the emotion.. I actually love this channel now just because of this. Thank you for recognizing a beautiful song.
I f*cking love GALNERYUS! Thanks for starting with them! They really deserve more fans.
Music sounding: nothing happens.
0:48: my mom came to see what I'm doing 🤣
HAHAHHAHA
Revocation - Bound by Desire
In Flames - December Flower
Wintersun - Death and the Healing
Galneryus makes the best solos change my mind!
@@BradleyHallGuitar hes a genius...an his tone💦💦💦
Yes! I agree their music is also splendid!
@Dang Memes
I have a tone on AmpliTube that sounds similar (took me 4 months to figure it out on my own, a day using youtube)
@@striveforsuccessstudysmart3509 yeah it sucks when you then find it and facepalm because some things are clear now
@@VeigarEUW
duuuuude....
The 2nd solo in November Rain. That one always gives me the chills.
HOLY SHIT!
I was not expecting to see the ninja here. It never fails to give me goosebumps. That's legit one of my favorite songs of all time. Probably top 3. It's great that you make different lists instead of what everyone does.
Great choices, one and all. I especially appreciate the inclusion of Cacophony (I'm a big fan of Jason and Marty). One of my favorite melodic guitar solos is the 6:00 to 7:00 minute stretch of Joe Stump's "The End Approaches". Heck, the whole song is melodic and includes some of the most technical solos you're likely to hear. In fact, the solos in the outro rival most anything out there.
The Ninja was great! Cacophony doesnt get 1/10th the recognition they deserve. Its impressive that, even while they had two of the best guitarists out there, they also had some of the most melodic solos as well (not to mention Jason Becker and Marty Friedman’s solo stuff)
Stratocaster Sam 100% agree, Cacophony have some of the best solo work I’ve heard
Arch Enemy’s _Doomsday Machine_ is an absolutely solid album. That’s the album that made me fall in love with the band.
Same here. And of course I started from Nemesis.
Awesome album for sure. One of the first death metal albums I listened to (as in death metal as a whole, Arch Enemy is of course melodeath) and it blew me away. Punchy drums and mix, and crazy stuff going on with guitars with an ultra-aggressive tone to boot.
Personally I've been a drummer for 15+ years but only recently started getting into guitar. So it's cool to actually understand now why I liked a load of guitar work on Doomsday Machine when I first heard it all those years ago - they use a number of interesting scales/modes that give it a really exotic flavour, especially in the solos, e.g. Hybrids of Steel. And My Apocalypse was probably the closest thing to djent I heard before discovering Meshuggah!
Dude, yes. Angela is a beast. Certified underrated metal legend, from the intro to the end it is just grand, roomy, and heavy with those great growls.
Absolution has another great melodic solo by Ghost
Awesome list!
Here is mine (In No particular order)...so tough to just pick ten!
Andy Timmons - Cry For You
XYZ - What Keeps me Loving You
Savatage - Ghost in the Ruins
Testament - Return to Serenity
Tony MacAlpine - Tears of Sahara
T&N - Alone Again
Van Halen - Push Comes to Shove
DLR - Ladies Night in Buffalo
Leatherwolf - The Way I feel
George Lynch - We Don't Own This World
Iron Maiden - Dave’s solo on 22 acacia avenue. Something about it makes the hair on my neck shoot up
Definitely. Quite simple but oh so tastefully played
I've only seen 2 videos but I freaking love your tributes to.Cacophony, a real forgotten Treasure, Thank you for that!
Btw the stage album is so underappreciated, finally some recognition
Yeah it is. I think its because it was such a change of pace for A7X but i enjoyed it quite a bit i prefer there older stuff with the rev. But stage was good and a nice change.
NINJA!!
Speed Metal Symphony was probably my favorite shred album of all time. Friedman AND Becker. Can't beat it.
Candlemass has the best of both worlds when it comes to guitar solos, both technical and extremely melodic. Lars johansson is a great guitarist but criminally underrated.
I completely agree!
Candlemass is super underrated!
Roman Sky is my favorite here. Syn is such an amazing guitarist!
Savatage - Ghost in the Ruins
John Norum - Back on the Streets
Queensryche - Eyes of the Stranger (and basically any other solo from the O:M / Empire era lol )
Vicious Rumors - Digital Dictator (Mark McGee is sooooooooo underrated)
just the few that immediately pop to my mind
Savatage Edge of Thorns
Almost all solos by Synyster Gates are melodic lmao
Love how you ended with ghost because I’m that song it just kinda fades out and I love it
Definitely has to be Michael Ammott and Jeff Loomis from Arch Enemy ...Michael's solos burn on all the Spiritual Beggars albums also 🤘🤘🤘
Welcome home (sanitarium) 1st and 2nd solo
My favorite melodic solo: PANTERA - The Sleep ruclips.net/video/j-4w0NwqHZE/видео.html CARCASS - Death certificate ruclips.net/video/_8sLxqq0_GM/видео.html
the solo at 2:55 in black swan by megadeth (th1rt3en) is just perfection in my opinion
Some of my favourite g solos:
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Steve Vai - Building the church
Symphony X - The sacrifice
Scorpions - Wind of change
Pearl Jam - Alive
Pagan's Mind - Aegeans Shores
Gamma Ray - All of the damned
Dream Theater - The ministry of lost souls
Children of Bodom - Downfall
Angel Vivaldi - . _ _ _ _
Andromeda - Arch Angel
Kvelertak - Ulvetid
really like your channel, real guitarist within
The solo to white lion's - Wait is amazing! Has some amazing phrasing and fun tapping
Almost every Bratta solo is like that. Little Fighter, going home tonight, Tell Me, Broken Home. The mas is straight melodic!
Vito Bratta is awesome,it's a shame he stopped playing guitar after that injury he had.
Yeah hes an amzing guitarists, i never really cared for the singer though.
One of my all time favorites is Return to Serenity by Testament. Still gives me chills. I freaking love it!
Avantasia - The scarecrow
Opeth - Dignity
Savatage - Alone you breathe
Dream Theater - The spirit carries on
The spirit carries on is my favorite dt solo
Edge of thorns solo is also a good one Chris Olivia was a beast
@@LeeHibbs i was going to mention Criss, way too few remember him!
Metallica Unforgiven and Ozzy No More Tears 1st come to mind for me.
BOTH, fk yea
Mr crowley ozzy
@@egigstertroll3521 anything randy did would do it for me
Any Fans Of X Japan??🙋🏻♂️🙋🏻♂️
Most Of Their Solos Are Amazing...🤘🏻
Im a huge fan!! Hide and Pata are top making melodic solos. For me their best solos are
Kurenai
Art Of Life
Rose of Pain
X
Blue Blood
Endless Rain
Endless Rain! I always play that solo when I practice
We are X
Silent jealousy the one that started it all
blue blood 好き！
my favorite song and guitar solo is in shine on your crazy diamonds. gilmour somehow makes the guitar into a being and talks to you with it. it just hits perfectly
The Ninja! \m/
It's been a while since last time I listened to cacophony. Nice selection right there.
Sidewinder outro is absolutely amazing
So happy to see Galneryus get recognition like this!
Didn't know most of these but just going off my ear I'd say it's a solid list. To me the most melodic metal solo is "The Best of Times" outro solo by Dream Theater. Perfect combo of melody and shred imo. Gives me chills everytime.
I'm a huge fan of galneryus, Syu is my legend, SO GLAD THAT I SEE THEM HERE :)
BTW YOU'RE AWESOME
This guy's included all kinds of metal. Even obscured European and American metal.
hiroshi 80 Same! Love them
Me too.. angel of salvation have really epic solo
@@hafizhfz3476 agree!
That majesty is beautiful and your technique is impeccable , you are getting a subscribe
You should definitely check out the Solo of the Demo Version of A Tout Le Monde - it's so much more emotional, much longer and incredibly underrated. The song quality is complete dog but I would pick it over the version that made it onto the final recording any day.
A lot of famous Japanese guitarist are great at writing melodic solos combined with crazy shredding parts. I mean Syu from galenryus is legit the reason why I want to play guitar at the first place. His solos are just too amazing
Great to see Galneryus getting some love!! Nice list🤘
Ritual solo was by far the best melodic solo
It has such a diferent and mastering structure, and it is too beautiful to be called a masterpiece
1st song ~ Galneruys ~ Aww a man of quality !!!!
And thats how i subbed
1. Dream Theater - The Ministry Of Lost Souls (outro)
2. Dream Theater - Another Day
3. Avenged Sevenfold - Bat Country
4. Avenged Sevenfold - Danger Line
5. Dimmu Borgir - Kings of The Carnival Creation
6. Helloween - I Want Out
7. Pantera -Hollow (intro)
8. Dream Theater - Forsaken
9. Pantera - Floods
10. Dissection - The Somberlain
Thunder March, Devil Take Tomorrow, and Be by MARTY FRIEDMAN
Another Day is literally my favorite Dream Theater song, incredible job playing that solo!
I like Hollow Years, Live at Budokan.
Death: Without Judgement
Ayreon: The Dream Dissolves
Nevermore: The Heart Collector
Dream Theater: A Change of Seasons (15:38 & 17:00) + Breaking All Illusions
Necrophagist: Advanced Corpse Tumor + Fermented Offal Discharge (that first half, man...)
Obscura: Convergence
Testament: The Legacy + Return to Serenity + Cold Embrace
2 Marty Friedman’s. Can’t argue that! Love the Petrucci and Synyster Gates ones too. A7X doesn’t get enough love from the musician community. They are legit amazing. But I’m a drummer, so what do I know about music?🤷♂️
A mix can be good, sometimes shred can be good, sometimes melodic af playing can be good. The Flower Kings guitarist played some very melodic solos on The Whirlwind by Transatlantic and I think that musical guitar player is very underrated. Nick Johnston has a great mix of both melodic and shred stuff and same with Kiko Louriero I think. John Petrucci has some very good solos that have buildups. I like many genres and have realized I myself likenplaying melodic sometimes as well as sometimes more shreddy.
I always really liked the solo in December Flower by In Flames.
1. Comfortably Numb
2. Jester Script Transcriped- In Flames
3. Thrown into the Fire-Trivium
4. Eyes of a Stranger-Queensryche
5. Descend The Shades of Night-Machine Head
6. 18 & Life-Skid Row
7. Mr. Crowley
8.Disposable Heroes-Metallica
9. Until the World Goes Cold-Trivium(2nd Solo)
10. Hard Lines, Sunken Cheeks-Pantera
Not by any means comprehensive, but some of my favorites
Awesome seeing The Ninja on this list!
Bradley Hall agreed!
My top 5 Solo : 5:Bathory : a fine day to die
4:Dissection: Unhalowed ( TRVE CVLT SWEDISH MELODIC BLACK METAL)
3:Dissection : In the cold wind Of nowhere
2:Wispered : our voice shall be heard (FIRE Shredding)
1:Emperor :with strength I burn ( SO melodic and EPIC)
I like the solo to Testament The Legacy.
And Return to Serenity
I like every single Testament solo lol
Props for adding Ghost, the solo in Ritual is insane and I’d also say that a number of their solos are melodic and badass (some of my favourite solos are Cirice, Square Hammer, Year Zero, Dance Macabre and Rats)
Silent jealousy by X Japan has to be one of the most melodic solos of all time.
I might be very late to this but:
Suicidal Tendencies - Sorry
Suicidal Tendencies - What Else Could I Do
Silversun Pickups - Three Seed
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Easily
Pink Floyd - Comfortable Numb
Pink Floyd - Pigs
The Pineapple Thief - The Final Thing On My Mind
Parkway Drive - Anasasis (Xenophontis)
Metallica - To Live Is To Die
Mercyful Fate - Satan's Fall
Iron Maiden - These Colours Don't Run
For Today - Benedictus (Song Of Zachariah)
Enough Has Been Said - Unity
Some of these aren't quite full on metal but the rock the hell out. Would love to see even just one of these done by you. Your channel is awesome, found so many new songs and bands from you. :)
New guitar! Noice!
One that always gets me is the lead break from Screaming Ghost by Hibria. Not sure if it qualifies as being melodic, but the phrasing is brilliant.
All Tommy Vetterli (coroner) solos are melodic and outstanding, but especially on the album Grin, on this one he is beyond magical. By far my favorite soloist in a metal band, shortly preceeding Marty Friedman.
How about half of Blind Guardian's discography? Melodic AND fast.
I was just coming down here to say it lol. Andre is who I consider to be the Guitarist most underappreciated by the metal community as a whole.
Alot of dream theater's stuffs are melodic, but my favorite is Wither and Hollow Years live version from budukan.
A7 - seize the day
malmsteen - forever one
Megadeth - trust
Sonata arctica - tallulah
Hammerfall - never ever
Helloween - a tale that wasn't right