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Top 20 Favourite Guitar Solos

Mostly off the top of my head, surely there's way more, but it's a good start.
1The Mars Volta
Frances the Mute

Cygnus.... Vismund Cygnus: 4:25 - 6:57

This solo has made me cry tears of joy so many times, and send intense shivers through my body, almost spasming in ecstasy. The way it ramps up and up, and finally hits that beautiful little 2 note phrase at 6:30. Me and a good friend have discussed that exact part many times. There's so much emotion in this solo. Infinite awe and sorrow. Then when Cedric comes crashing back through at the climax it's complete perfection. It's probably my all time favourite song.
2The Mars Volta
De-Loused in the Comatorium

Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt: 4:58 - 7:10

Just a gorgeous emission of joy from all the preceding tension.
3The Mars Volta
Noctourniquet

Empty Vessels Make the Loudest Sound: 4:34 - 5:53

So cool to hear Omar try something really simple, and it just hits so hard. There's something almost 80s emotional ballad about it.
4Tool
Ænima

Hooker with a Penis: 2:48 - 3:13

This little ripper from Adam Jones is goddamn eerie, thick, menacing and heavy, and sounds like falling into a k-hole.
5Tool
Ænima

Pushit: 6:22 - 8:20

Hard to say where this one starts, but you know the bit I mean. A song about feeling as low and worthless as you possibly can erupts into an orgasm of furious joy, helmed by good old Adam Jones. Another one of those full body shiver generators where you are touched by God personally.
6Tool
Ænima

Third Eye: 11:53 - 12:20

Finally, the song gives way to an outburst of pleasure. There's something kinda shoegazy about this one, kinda 80s somehow, and always stood out to me. It's so unique in the context of the song.
7Tool
Lateralus

Lateralus: 6:40 - 7:14

A celebration of single note ravaged by harmonics for its first half, a fucking beautiful climax to one of the most truly uplifting songs I’ve ever heard.
8Suffocation
Blood Oath

Blood Oath: 2:51 - 3:13

After that flirty little solo at 0:55 that gets you in the mood then leaves you hanging, the third base version comes in at 2:51, which is goddamn euphoric fucking insanity distilled into music.
9Suffocation
Blood Oath

Pray for Forgiveness: 1:32 - 2:06

Imagine if you were a blood-starved werewolf, and you were running through the woods at night, wildly tearing into flesh, blood flying everywhere, infinite fury and euphoria. That's this solo.
10Suffocation
Pierced from Within

Depths of Depravity: 2:22 - 3:10

A very playful and joyous solo from Terrance Hobbs that steps in and out of insanity, and hits some light-hearted and humorous moments, before collapsing back into chaos at the end.
11Morbid Angel
Gateways to Annihilation

Summoning Redemption: 4:41 - 6:30

Starting off gently with a very dreamy tone in a middle-eastern sounding scale, it eventually moves into psychedelic chaos, weaving in and out of an 80s thrash sound into complete insanity and back again. It sounds like someone witnessing the simultaneous birth and death of the entire universe.
12Morbid Angel
Gateways to Annihilation

Ageless, Still I Am: 2:10 - 2:43; 3:32 - 3:53; 4:40 - 5:15

I had to include all 3 solos from this one. Trey is back with more psychedelic insanity, with some truly amazing noises created from a guitar.
13Morbid Angel
Gateways to Annihilation

To the Victor the Spoils: 2:12 - 2:47

This one is so fucking joyous, goddamn! But the end is completely fucked and twisted. It's one of those times where you make a weird expression and kind of nod back and forth in appreciation of such intensity.
14Yes
Close to the Edge

Close to the Edge: 0:57 - 3:53

My God, what a start to an album. Honestly, if you listen to this after the death metal ones, it sounds pretty fucking similar in vibe. Goes from break-neck fury into joyous ecstasy.
15Metallica
Master of Puppets

Disposable Heroes: 4:25 - 5:24

This is just a perfect version of the 80s thrash solo. So melodic, expressive, and epic.
16Opeth
Ghost Reveries

Ghost of Perdition: 7:56 - 8:21

So beautifully melodic, those perfect bends and tremelos, an emotional climax.
17Opeth
Ghost Reveries

Hours of Wealth: 3:37 - 5:14

A real bluesy one, everything is perfectly in its place.
18Mastodon
Blood Mountain

Sleeping Giant: 2:48 - 3:30

Really dreamy and haunting.
19Decapitated
Organic Hallucinosis

Post (?) Organic: 1:07 - 1:30

Really inventive, playful, and trippy.
20Nile
Those Whom the Gods Detest

Kafir!: 4:51 - 5:27

After that brilliant middle section with the middle eastern singing, the solo explodes out of the ether and shatters the fucking universe.
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