Here we go, another "Greatest x who do y" list. I got this from Jeff Waters's FB feed where he's listed as #3. I have so many problems with this list (like James Hetfield being # 8 ), but my doctor told me to avoid stress to keep my blood pressure down. Anyway, Here is the list. 1 Dave Mustaine- Megadeth 2 John Petrucci- Dream Theater 3 Jeff Waters- Annihilator 4 Zakk Wylde- Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne 5 Dimebag- Pantera, Damage plan 6 Tony Iomi- Black Sabbath 7 Trey Azagthoth- Morbid Angel 8 James Hetfield- Metallica 9 Mikeal Akerfeldt- Opeth, Bloodbath 10 Chuck Schukdiner- Death, Control Denied 11 Fredrik Thordendal- Meshuggah 12 Pat Obrien- Cannibal Corpse 13 Alex Skolnick- Testament 14 Ralph Santolla- Deicide, Obituary, Iced Earth 15 Kirk Hammett- Metallica 16 Tom Morello- Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave 17 Ihsahn ( Vegard Sverre Tveitan)- Emperor 18 Kerry King- Slayer 19 Mick Thomson- Slipknot 20 Herman Li- Dragonforce 21 Alex Laiho- Children Of Bodom 22 Jeff Hanneman- Slayer 23 Phil Demmel- Machine Head 24 Samoth (Tomas Haugen)- Emperor, Zyklon 25 Glen Tipton- Judas Priest 26 Marty Friedman- Megadeth, Cacophony 27 James Murphy- Death, Testament 28 Michael Amott- Arch Enemy, Carcass 29 K.K Downing- Judas Priest 30 Marten Hagstrom- Meshuggah 31 Alex Auburn- Cryptopsy 32 Ron Jarzombek- Watchtower, Blotted Science 33 Christopher Amott- Arch Enemy 34 Bjorn Gelotte- In Flames 35 Erik Rutan- Hate Eternal, Morbid Angel 36 Eric Peterson- Testament 37 Rudolf Schenker- Scorpions 38 Jeff Loomis- Nevermore 39 Fredrik Akesson- Opeth 40 Andres Bjoler- The Haunted, At The Gates 41 Adrian Smith- Iron Maiden 42 Michael Schenker- Michael Schenker Group, Scorpions, UFO 43 Dino Cazares- Divine Heresy, Fear Factory 44 Waclaw 'Vogg' Kieltyka- Decapitated 45 Jensen (Patrik Jensen)- The Haunted 46 Rob Barrett- Cannibal Corpse, Malevolent Creation 47 Dave Murray- Iron Maiden 48 Kai Hansen- Gamma Ray. Helloween 49 Andreas Kisser- Sepultura 50 Devin Townsend- Strapping Young Lad 51 James Root- Slipknot, Stone Sour 52 Karl Sanders- Nile 53 Corey Beaulieu- Trivium 54 Matt Bachand- Shadows Fall 55 Gary Holt- Exodus 56 Rand Burkey- Atheist 57 Mille Petrozza- Kreator 58 Scott Ian- Anthrax 59 Timo Tolkki- Stratovarius 60 Andy La Rocque- King Diamond, Death 61 Martin Larsson- At The Gates 62 Chris Degarmo- Queensryche 63 Niklas Sundin- Dark Tranquility 64 Andre Olbrich- Blind Guardian 65 Jon Schaffer- Iced Earth 66 Synyster Gates ( Brian Haner JR.)- Avenged Sevenfold 67 Matt Heafy- Trivium 68 Piotr Wiwczarek- Vader 69 Dallas Toler-Wade- Nile 70 Jason Mendonca- Akercocke 71 Jesse Pintado- Terrorizer, Napalm Death 72 Marc Rizzo- Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy 73 Zacky Vengeance (Zachary Baker)- Avenged Sevenfold 74 Jack Owen- Decide, Cannibal Corpse 75 Sam Totman- Dragonforce 76 Matt Tuck- Bullet For My Valentine 77 Matthias Jabs- Scorpions 78 Kirk Windstein- Down, Crowbar 79 Thomas Fischer- Celtic Frost, Hellhammer 80 Janick Gers- Iron Maiden 81 Dan Spitz- Anthrax 82 Chris Poland- Megadeth, Ohm 83 Dave Suzuki- Vital Remains 84 Michael Weikath- Helloween 85 Max Cavalera- Soulfly, Sepultura, Cavalera Conspiracy 86 'Fast' Eddie Clarke- Motorhead, Fastway 87 Michael Denner- Mercyful Fate, Force Of Evil 88 Stefan Elmgren- Hammerfall 89 Galder (Thomas Rune Andersen)- Dimmu Borgir, Old Man's Child 90 Paul Allender- Cradle Of Filth 91 Paul Masvidal- Cynic 92 Mantas (Jeff Dunn)- Venom 93 Robb Flyn- Machinehead 94 Dan Swano- Edge Of Sanity, Bloodbath 95 Joe Duplanter- Gojira, Cavalera Conspiracy 96 Michael Romeo- Symphony X 97 Jim Martin- Faith No More 98 Matt Wilcock- Akercocke, The Berzerker 99 Peter Lindren- Opeth 100 Euronymous (Oystein Aarseth)- Mayhem Ja Rei
Not that I expected to see them on the list, I guess, but the fact that Jorn Viggo from Pagan's Mind and Mattias from Freak Kitchen aren't on the list is just a crime. This, when they've included dudes from Trivium, Avenged Sevenfold, Shadows Fall, and Bullet for my Valentine...and put all three of those above Paul Masvidal. It's worthless to bitch about I guess, but I did anyway. Edit: and a dude from Slipknot is above Andy LaRocque. I'm done. I'm not clicking on this thread again. Sorry. I choked on my coffee. I get bitter this early in the morning. I gotta go do the weather now.
(like James Hetfield being # 8 ) You think James should be lower on the list? Or not on the list at all?
Hahaha! I mean really, how in the world can someone put these people that low on the list. I was going to rant but the list is soo far off what it should be. It just seems like a giant trolling list lol I mean Dave is number one with no mention at all of Chris Broderick? Or Chris Impelliteri?
Based on this list though, I would still say he's better and more worthy of a 'top20' position over the dude from Slipknot! Edit: not that he isn't a good guitarist, I just think a maiden guitarist would know a little more about music composition.
Lower on the list. Then again, I have no idea what this guys criteria is to be a "Great Metal Guitar player". When you say the name James Hetfield, I think frontman first, guitar second. now if Kirk Hammett was #8 instead of #15, I wouldn't have a problem with it. Ja Rei
I still think James is a great guitarist. Some of his solos are better than Hammett solos (he doesn't rely too heavily on the goddamn wah pedal), and his riffs are crushing. To play those riffs and sing at the same time takes great talent. And Jon Schaffer is the greatest rhythm guitar player ever in my opinion. Even he deserves a spot on the list. But the omissions and placements based purely on popularity are laughable.
Also, why are both guitarists for Slipknot listed? Have I missed something, where both guitar players for Slipknot are listed and a myriad of prog/power/thrash guitarists remain dormant? This IS a heavy metal list and not a greatest of all genres list right? Extra bitching over. Back to doing the news.
There are 8 billion errors on this list of 100, but to pick at just one silly one: Rudolf Schenker ahead of Michael, and no mention of Uli Roth? If you're going to regard Rudolf to be a metal guitarist, then I can't begin to comprehend... Where's the :exploding brains: emoticon?
Who who and who? * This list is actually way better than I thought it'd be. Haters gonna hate everything. I think Mustaine at number one is really stupid though, and I don't agree with some of the ordering. Also while James is a terrible guitarist now, he was one of the tightest rhythm players in metal and pretty much re-defined that style of playing. Even in the thrash scene, nobody played that razor-sharply. (*inb4 raeg. I'm a huge Freak Kitchen fan, but lettuce be sereal)
I really think IA is only respected in Sweden (where he's guested for bands like Evergrey and Soilwork among others) and in niche communities elsewhere. I'm guilty of not know his or Freak Kitchen's music until before their ProgPower performance. But that goes with several other bands that do have guitar players on that list. Next will be Revolver's Top 50 most brutal albums with Sepultura - Roots right at the top or some shit.
I'm so very confused. This list is like a couple years old. Why are we talking about it? Why do we all care so much about these sort of lists when realistically, no list is ever going to be to everyone's likings?
Any "Metal" list that doesn't even breathe the words "Randy Rhoades" in it's top 5 let alone omit him completely is a complete waste of space.