10 Best Rock + Metal Guitarists of All Time 

Agree

Agreed, they're on totally different levels.

Agree, there's a huge difference between a Rock n Roll guitarist like Eric Clapton to a Dimebag Darrel of metal.

Agree

I agree

Joseph Ancion this is the metal equivalent of edging

Yes sir

Sacrilegious 🤕

or when someone goes and pauses the song when it gets to a solo

Putting Dime at number 5 instead of 1 is evil. Getcha Pull !

yeah

Tragic to say atleast

Dimebag too

a talent that really inspired many guitarists out there . RIP RANDY RHOADS

@@lifeinlondon144 Yes, and the mighty riffmeister, too. The death of Randy was especially hard on Rudy Sarzo... he even said the reason he rejoined QR was that he felt that it was the only way he could enjoy playing bass, this truly is representative of how close those two were....

Lil Wayne sucks at the guitar

@@Miist3rDuce1 that’s the j o k e

@@Miist3rDuce1 oh dear. It’s a joke

@@Miist3rDuce1 well I’m entitled to my opinion so no I won’t stay out of it.

C'mon lil wayne jokes are getting old..

He should be number 1

@@marcelodominguezromero4702 i agree

@@marcelodominguezromero4702 buy this list is such shit, because metal and rock are so different

👊

Pretty Much - RIP Dime

We need those lists! Where are they, @Loudwire?

and then Top 10 virtuoso guitar players !

like slash for rock and Thompson/hetfield for metal ? lot of influential like blackmore too. or god petrucci

@@avesena975 god vai, god malsteen.

I totally agree with you... because (I may get hate here) I don't think Hendrix was the "best" guitarist ever.... I do believe he was one of the most influential guitarists ever. He was doing things with a guitar that no one at the time was doing, and slot of the techniques he helped pioneer are still deeply rooted in rock today. Another example is Clapton. While I agree, he was, and continues to be influential to the industry, I dont thing he is in the top 10 best rock guitarists in the world... let the hate flow through you...

The fact that number 2 isn't fast at all makes me question your statement

I think Eddie and tony should’ve been swapped

Eddie's solos sound the same lol

Marty and dimebag have both soooo

@@angle.0255 I’m not sure how many Eddie Van Halen solos you’ve heard, but that comment is plain stupid

god damn fuckin right we do, everyone appreciates that guy

Who doesn't?

@@gcat7145 me

@@sullivan5933 i am a metalhead and i dont really like his music, but you cant tell me, he is a bad guitarist

@@sullivan5933 I feel bad for you. So sorry

Or you could write the guitarist who wrote the floods solo

Luca Piscopo or the guy who wrote the cemetery gates solo

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@@ritualdeathmetal or the guy who wrote the sleep solo

My list is sth similar 🤘🤘🤘

Send me that link

@@nomo1970 Dude, just google it

So true, Very humble of Dave Mustaine to praise another musician like that. Legend

You are right mate!!!

@@davemustaine5857 Dave! how's everything going?

If the list was a top 15

@@dinobambino7724 nope, man makes the guitar cry. So he's in top 5.

@@shrishikesh2292 i know but these legends made something better in my opinion, but if was a top 15 gilmour should be 11 for sure

Agreed, I feel like his solos aren’t appreciated as much as they should be

It’s metal orientated, what would you expect?!

best Blues Player of all time

Respect him.

I was gonna say "this sounds alot like iommi"😂

Metal*

@@D-Man_Jam Yeah in Rock Brian May would be the one man

@@noahglanz1646 no that would go to slash for rock

@@kaibrace8805 Hard Rock

@@noahglanz1646 Hard rock it's in the spectrun of Rock

Yes, Dave Mustaine should've been higher. He's legit the man of metal/ both thrash and heavy

@CHEYENNE WEBER got a feeling in a couple years kiko will be on one of these lists so far he’s been killing it with megadeth

All these lists are SO subjective!! Love all your picks... every one of them OVER Brian May and (forgive me) Eric Clapton! And please give a shout out for Zakk !!! Hello! I’ve seen him smoke almost every solo from the Top 10 list!!

Where is paul gilbert

They are all legends

No four is a good place for him it’s still a incredible feat

^

If he was number 1 this list would have been ruined

Him and Tony Iommi should have switched imo

@@isaacmorrow7077 I'm sorry man but as much as I respect Eddie, he was a very good guitarist and invented tapping, but Tony was one of the people responsible for invention of metal.

This is not e p i c Dime is my favorite guitarist

The put dimmebag above Eric Clapton

And put Hendrix ahead of him

Wait...That’s legal?

Brian Peters ummm obviously, did you think there could be any other outcome

😂😂😂😂

@Dafyd 'The Riffmeisiter' Maddz So true 👍😂

😂

🤣

Dave is pretty good tho. He is here becuse he can write so many riffsand is good at shredding

Solos weren't from Friedman(?)

@@tinomir67 He pretty sucks at shredding. All of his Rust in Peace solos end with the same fucking bending. He is inprecise, blues scale-based only, and kind of repetitive. He writes badass riffs, of course, but Marty's playing is just another level. Anyway, I love Mustaine's soloing, it reflects perfectly which kind of person he is, but when it comes to objectiveness Friedman is eclectic, original and almost impossible to replicate, which are the reasons why he's one of my favourites too.

@@marius9372 I agree, Dave is a bit sloppy but I think the catchiness of his riffs and solos make up for it. Plus he plays and sings Holy Wars live perfectly to this day, he deserves a spot on this list for sure.

Dave is more influential

Correct

Chris Oliva!

It was a crime that Chuck was left off of this list The one in the video that is

Dave mustaine is on there

And lest not forget the guy who carried OZZY for 20 years!!!! And smoked almost everyone on the “Top Ten!”

Dave was on the 10th position.

speed eddie is missing too

Gilmour? I didn't know Pink Floyd was a hardrock band. I thought they were psychodelic at early period and cosmo rock band further

Ryan Staley +1

So true

Maybe in another future that could be true

That's a close call dude what about dimebag

Randy Rhodes was in the movie The Dirt

R.I.P🤘🤘🔥🔥

ABSOLUTELY, SRV,Robin Trower, Frank Marino all in place of the ever so repetitive Clapton.

JakubD it’s pathetic not to add chuck

Fuck Loudwire

He would be number 20 LOL! :D :)

Yeedo Kim lmfao so deep in the ground you can’t imagine

Mark Ass Brownlee in the top trillion list and i'm not sur he would be in

UP UR FUCKIN ASS YOU IDIOT !!!!!!!!

Fuck lil wayne

They are great but not top 10, top 15

And Alip Ba Ta 😂

You don't understand jokes do you. Both Nick Jonas and Lil Wayne suck at guitar.

***** He doesn't. He just plays it anyway. (and it sounds fucking awful)

Noah Sabla Nah mate. Best guitarist ever

Noah Sabla There was no reason to add your age to that comment...

And lars ulrick

Now that's one comment i can totally agree with

What's the difference? The most influential are usually the greatest

+Luis Darrell Burton Agreed. Black Sabbath is my favorite band of all time, but to claim Tony Iommi is the second best rock/metal guitarist of all time? Ridiculous. The most influential, absolutely, but as far as technique goes, he doesn't belong on this list.

+Luis Darrell Burton then where is malmsteen? he started the 80s shredding in terms of harmonic minor, dorian, phrygian, legato and all of that metal goodness

+brian nielsen well that's true, i just say that 'cause less a lot of guitarrists :p

And one is missing his fingertips 🧐😁

I am lefty too

Mike the Music snob needs to see this comment

LOL

Santana ?

John Bonham 😂😂😂😂😂 dead

nick jonas?

T-swift?

Stevie T wants to know your location

Dafyd Maddz Nick is my fav guitarist, I’ll go buy one right this instant

Dafyd Maddz WHAT, are you serious! I’ve gotta myself some of that!

I know! His “Nick Knee” technique is mind-blowing! 😂

SHAVE MY FRIENDS TONIGHT

And James Hatfield

@@vihainensika4141 not

Joe Satriani ?

Arkhan ah satriani for sure

@@vihainensika4141 we are talking petrucci and satriani you say hetfield ı hope it was a joke

This is the perfect list.

Well, if you're going to include Clapton on that list, I highly suggest you check out Stevie Ray Vaughan. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-evjMjpd4PNM.html

CHUCKKKKKKKKKKK

And Gilmour for the rock list.

You forgot the God of downpicking

+The Dude has spoken.

+Koyomi Vamp Nice profile pic

Rick and morty sucks

This is the fucking internet, what do you expect?

in a list next to lil wayne n nick jonas

BUILD THAT WALL He plays drums

cx2055607 badly .....

Are you serious?

BUILD THAT WALL Warum schreibst du Deutsch?

synyster gates? Herman li? Michael Angelo batio?

Nice list

@@vitocorleone4799 fuck yeah, where are Gates, Zacky V, Hetfield, Hammet,...

Where is Marty Friedman??

@@akashbiswakarma8604Marty Fiedman....yes. where is Jason Becker?..

You forgot how to troll.

+I made you read this. Why

lel

+dharzfreeman redemption song has an awesome riff tho

And Nick Jonas xD

He is too good to be on the list

It is around 12 O'clock everybody he is terrible guitarist

Disgrace

Evde

Su listeye schuldiner mi sokacaksın gerçekten ya ı mean he is good but boy.. really?

@@iwishididnotexistrn yav he

@@harunyldrm225 kardeş gidip gerçekten adam akıllı death dinlersen ne kadar melodik ve ne kadar kompleks sololar riffler yazdığını schuldinerin görürsün. Bu tabiki benim görüşüm ama hakikaten belki metal tarihinin en yetenekli insanı diyebilirim, hem söz yazma açısından hem gitar açısından

@@harunyldrm225 hes better than 90percent of this list

Best comment ever...

Hell yeah man 🤘🏻

#1steve vai

@@bigboichris5743 ... Well... Can't really argue with that, Chuck's still amazing and Dimebag, and Petrucci...

Lol, perfect comment. Chuck is my favorite.

glad im see other guitarrists like Smith or Vai the rest is the most famous all choices them but for me not the best

Because he was a blues guitarist

I think this list is for humans only. It would not be fair to include gods :-/

sebben13 haha

+TheBushwooky see the link of the top 50 on description, Petrucci is on 17 I think before Kirk Hammett.... lol

Christian Benitez lol. behind kirk? Don't get me wrong I love Metallica but really?

TheBushwooky Yeah I know, i do love also metallica but Kirk isn´t that good, come on it´s Petrucci he should be at least in top 10, as i said, this is more "10 Most Known Guitarist"

Kane Oakley he is severely overrated

Kane Oakley Better tunesmith than guitarist, and really, not the only one that does not belong....

Katy Ellison Katy Ellison Katy Ellison I mean Brian May, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Dimebag Darrel, Randy Rhoades, Jimi Hendrix, and Eddie Van Halen definitely belong, really the sore thumb that sticks out is Eric Clapton which they easily could have replaced him with like Alex Lifeson or a lot of other guitarists.

Clapton, May, and Beck don't belong on this list.

@@PlyrMava. I can see Clapton and May not making the list, but Beck definitely should be on it.

Just what I was thinking

He is way better than half the guys on this list.

+Richard Herzog I'm sorry you think that.

+MysticMilotic Or Joe Satriani

he could replace Dimebag Darrell

+Casimir1100 I never saw zeppelin as metal and never will. They were heavier than the stones but not metal. I was shocked Tipton from priest wasn't on here. I would put Alex Lifesson before I put Brian May on here. Rush was the most technical band I can think of from that time period

Just metal right

Yes

I like this mans list

lemme add slash and buckethead to that list

Nice list

Sebastian Alejandro I agree 100% with this list

I like it but eric Clapton should be 2

You can't put God on the list XD

Monado Boy damn right

Petrucci is probably better than all of these guys, except for maybe Jimi Hendrix, Randy Rhoads and Dimebag.

Aidan Demaria better than May?

MegaFreedomfighter13 you can't put jesus on this list

you are a good man

I would say neither of those

@Bryce Schwager a man of culture i see

i prefer dime but randy is one hell of a guitarist too

Slash??? 😂😂😂 OMG

Lol

Slash

not slash.

For top ten No

I turned off the vid, and continued from where the clip left off xD

@@zylavormusic2616 good man... I should have done the same

i agree

His guitar is sick. I love it. Looks so evil

He was a founding father. And I love him! But by no means the best! My 2¢......

Tell me about it...

Yes Ritchie needs to at least be mentioned

SHITTEST LIST EVER MAN

They re-made the top in their site, Rickie is 6.

yea he should be number one , he is a dick but he knows how to play

+Speed D HAHA are you serious? Slash? Matt? i'll take this as a bad joke

Pablo Gallardo They both rock. End of story.

they do, but they're not on the top 10, end of story

Speed D first comment I've seen support syn...gg

Speed D Kirk IS a wah player not a guitar player

kirk hammet is a joke.

+MrOmegaaaX Slash is a joke

+Mr 1 Singularity anything to say about maiden?

+MrOmegaaaX Your mother is joke ;)

+Mr 1 Singularity Yes Janick. Dave and Adrian is very good but Janick is best guitarist in Iron Maiden ;)

Thank you! I was checking to see if anyone mentioned Frusciante!

YES on Ritchie Blackmore!!! He one the very best! And the works of his career are very hard to beat!

Solid list

Escorpion de Plata solid list, who is that nuno guy?

Escorpion de Plata I agree with your list, but I feel like Satch should be above slash. Dimebag number one baby.

Escorpion de Plata wow, hendrix aint best guitar player, hes a peasant in front of real gods like becker and gilbert

+RsanchezBc Hendrix is not a guitar player. he's god. technique is for humans, miracles are for gods.

Friedman?

Chuck!!!!

Friedman chuck petrucci satriani

Stevie Ray Vaughan

this list is for mainstream metal and Rock fans they only hear the same 10 bands everyday ,theres over 100 Guitarrists who also can be in that Video

@Dafyd Maddz agree but at some point, I know a lot of people who would choose a guitarist as being the greatest just because of how technical or how fast they play but that's not what it's about. It's about the soul , the passion, the emotions man those who can make you feel it through their playing are the best, that's what I think. And I can hear that in Dimes playing and Dave and I can hear the story and feel it I think people who are Truly passionate about music would agree. There's so many who can shred so damn fast but it doesn't sound good or pleasing cause they lack the emotions

Papa het is also a riff master and do solos at least 5x better than mustaine, but I dont think both deserve a spot on this list... kirk or marty should have been mentioned

Did Kirk do anything for the guitar

Randy Rhoads is straight fire

I agree with everything u said, but hendrix is still number 1

I've said it before. Anyone from rush or dream theatre should have spots on top 10 lists, hell Geddy was a monster on 2 different instruments all while singing.

scott maclean I like Dream Theater, but I’ve never liked James LaBrie vocals. But, I agree Rush and Dream Theater are some of the most talented bands on the planet, and I don’t know how Geddy’s sings, plays crazy baselines, plays keyboards, and bass pedals.

@@nickavenoso7851 I agree I said instruments. I'm not the highest on Geddys vocals either but the are masters with their instruments of choice.

scott maclean I know that you said instruments, and yes they were masters of their instruments, imo. But, I said I don’t like James LaBrie’s of Dream Theater vocal’s, Geddy’s vocal’s don’t really bother me

@@nickavenoso7851 I am more into heavier sounding vocals so they are both a different brand for me, just my opinion.

I’m pretty sure they just don’t include prog rock bands in the lists.

+Jarryd Mahabir And who might that be? I thought it was Mustaine?!

***** The guy who probably never had a childhood because his parents forced him to play 13 hours a day

+Jarryd Mahabir That solo is rank. Who's responsible for ripping that solo Loudwire?

+buck3theadman That's "Thor's Hammer" by Ethan Meixsell. The song is found in the Audio Library under Create in the My Channel menu. He's got a bunch of other great stuff!

+Jarryd Mahabir Looking at that pic we all saw this coming.

joe abario who knows, probably at his home rn why?

Led Floyd I agree that he should be here, but metal is so underappriciated. There's guitarrists like: Friedman, Mustaine, Dimebag, Randy, Iommi, etc.

MohammadAmin AB yeah

no

@@Endo-uu8mo Yeah

Joe Satriani is a beast