Not in order: John Petrucci, Marty Friedman, Dimebag Darrell, Synyster Gates, Yngwie Malmsteen

@PossessedByMetal666

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your cool list! 😊👊🤘

Tony Iommi, Ritchie Blackmore,Jake E Lee, Vivian Campbell,Zakk Wyld

@PossessedByMetal666

Ай бұрын

Thanks Will, great list. Vivian Campbell is one i had criminally forgotten! Craig Goldy too.

Since I've posted my list on "Possessed by metal -VIP" at Skool I thought I might as well post it in here. Dave Mustaine Wolf Hoffman Paul Quinn Michael Schenker Jeff Waters If you haven't already, check out the Possessed by metal - VIP.

@PossessedByMetal666

2 ай бұрын

Thank you JD! And it's just as much of a pleasure to see this fine list here, as it was in our VIP group. Glad you're enjoying the place! 😊👊🤘

I'd have to have more of a think about my top 5 Metal guitarists but I just want to mention Jerry Cantrell. That dude is able to create music and riffs that range from heavy and depressing to melodic and beautiful! I'm putting Jerry's name out there because I've rediscovered Alice in Chains recently and it's been like meeting an old friend you haven't seen in a while!

@PossessedByMetal666

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Yes, good call. 😊👊🤘

@kylereece1979

2 ай бұрын

Yes totally and absolutely. Dirt always gets the mention, but I think "Facelift" has some very interesting things there. Some of the best riffs of his life were on We Die Young, - the chorus riff to It aint like That, and THAT verse riff in Bleed the Freak. Absolute WOW. Then, later in the album you get a stunning sleazy strut of "Put you Down". Real Slash vibe there, downtown badass grooves that, he didnt really return to as the albums progressed. The acoustic side? Jar Of Files. All of it. Eternal.

@HammerHeart3229

2 ай бұрын

@@kylereece1979 I don't know if this a controversial opinion or not but Facelift is my favourite Alice in Chains album! In terms of riffs, We Die Young, Man in the Box, It Ain't Like That, Bleed the Freak, Real Thing... The album is filled with riffage just from those songs alone! Sea of Sorrow has probably my favourite Cantrell solo in it, I Can't Remember and Love, Hate, Love are brilliant creepy sounding songs (Love, Hate, Love is my favourite Layne Staley vocal performance), Put You Down sounds like a lost Guns N' Roses song. It's a fantastic album! Dirt is a great album don't get me wrong but there's just something about Facelift that appeals to me more! Saying that every Alice in Chains release is great. All of their albums and the two EPs they released are brilliant!

@kylereece1979

2 ай бұрын

@@HammerHeart3229 "Put you Down" is interesting. It absolutely Slashes of GnR. But while musically, that song lays in decadent LA sleaze, it is Layne's vocal that is bridging it to the 90s. The verse: You can imagine a vocal from Axl or Seb Bach doing vocal over that riff, like something like Rocket Queen's verses. But Layne's gravely drawl makes it different. We have a musically late 80s kick ass rock with a vocal style that, within a few years would be the voice mimiced by everyone. Facelift is fascinating in that sense. A brilliant album with a couple of styles of its time, as it also is leading into the 90s.

The lead guitarist who gives me shivers down my spine every time is Marty Friedman. Hetfield is a hero of mine too, the riff lord. Dave Murray from Maiden, his lead solos are like honey and just seem effortless when you watch him play. Tom Morello, holy shit. And I'll throw in Eddie Van Halen for just generally being from the Planet Shred.

@PossessedByMetal666

2 ай бұрын

An excellent list, Mr P. I thank you! Yes, Morello certainly introduced a whole new style to rock.

Muhammed Suiçmez, Tobi Morelli, Dean Lamb

Tony Iommi, Dimebag Darrell, Randy Rhoads, Synyster Gates, James Hetfield

@PossessedByMetal666

Ай бұрын

Great list, thanks for sharing, John! If you had to pick one would it be Iommi?

@johndesteno6461

Ай бұрын

@@PossessedByMetal666 Absolutely.

1. Buckethead 2. Randy Roads 3. Jeff Hanneman 4. Tony Iommi 5. Dave Mustaine

@PossessedByMetal666

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for the cool list! Although hilariously a KZread option has appeared underneath the list, saying Translate to English 👀😆

Uli Jon Roth, Micheal Romeo, Criss Oliva, Akira Takasaki, Micheal Schenker

@PossessedByMetal666

2 ай бұрын

Criss Oliva! Great call, Paul. 😊👊🤘

No order. Malmsteen . Rhoads. Skolnick. Hetfield. Rocky George there was something about his solo's pure feel that spoke to me.. Schuldiner probably the best metal player in the era.

@PossessedByMetal666

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the cool list! 😊🤘👊

Marty Friedman, Jeff Loomis, Andy Sneap, "Fast" Eddy Clarke and Jeff Hanneman. It's actually harder than you think to pick just 5 :/

@PossessedByMetal666

2 ай бұрын

It so is! I was lucky that I was allowed to get away with six. Thank you for sharing your list!

Andy LaRocque is my no 1 of all time , followed by Jeff Waters, Steve Vai, Mike Wead and Lars Johansson

@PossessedByMetal666

2 ай бұрын

Fine choices! Although I can't remember who Mike is. 👀😆🤘

@under-one-flag

2 ай бұрын

@PossessedByMetal666 He is in King Diamond , played in Candlemass, Hexenhaus etc.

Not in any order: Dave Mustaine, KK/Tipton, Criss Oliva, Tony Iommi, Mark Reale

@PossessedByMetal666

2 ай бұрын

Oh wow, yeah, Criss Oliva and Mark Reale are great choices I had shamefully forgotten! Thank you.

@melomenezes

2 ай бұрын

There are many. It is a very hard list.

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@PossessedByMetal666

2 ай бұрын

A fine axeman for sure!

I honestly think KK is a little overrated and crammed along with Glenn, when the main guy behind most of Judas Priest is really Glenn. It's to the point that it blurs the line between guitar duo and Glenn being a de facto lead guitarist and KK just making noise most of the time.

@PossessedByMetal666

Ай бұрын

Hey there! Belated thanks for sharing your thoughts 😊👊🤘

In no particular order - Tony Iommi Adrian Smith Jeff Hannaman Scott Ian Dimebag Darrell Have to agree with you on the Kerry King album; I found it repetitive and boring.

@PossessedByMetal666

2 ай бұрын

Awesome list - thanks MB! Yes, I do rate Scott's work too. :) Glad you agree on the KK record. A real shame! Had been looking forward to it.

@somethingelse04

2 ай бұрын

What a garbage list. Imagine thinking Scott Ian and Jeff Hanneman are better than Dave Mustaine. You clearly have no knowledge/appreciation for actual guitar playing/skills

@MosherBear

2 ай бұрын

@@somethingelse04 each to their own. I do like Mustaine's playing and song writing but seeing that it's a top five and not top ten, I chose those who inspired me to pick the guitar.

@PossessedByMetal666

2 ай бұрын

Dear @somethingelse04, if you speak to a fellow metal fan like that again in comments here, I'll ban you. Please learn the difference between your opinion and fact, okay?