The 10 Most Iconic METAL Solos Of All Time (/w Tabs!)

[@BradleyHallGuitar]

Get tabs, backing tracks and video lessons for all these legendary solos! 👉 www.patreon.com/bradleyhallguitar

[@onbedoeldekut1515]

You might not have ever heard this, the most metal solo in a pop song. Down at McDonnelzz by Electric 6. I've cued it up just before the solo kills. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWnOkoB7itCLbZI The whole album's actually quite murderous, and has THE BEST NAME for an album in the history of recorded music... 'I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me From Being The Master'!

[@somegymguy3210]

i was expecting the tornado of souls solo 10 times

[@normanjerjerrod5376]

worth it if it'was it lmai

[@arjen6850]

Did he play that solo from Tornado of souls before? 😅😅 It's a tasty solo for sure😋, and he plays it well.

[@chigamarak1343]

He played but not the taste

[@Guitarlover-r6g]

It’s a great solo

[@Mr.variety381]

Is it just me that actually likes tornado of souls for the music and not just the solo

[@dustdreamer673]

As a non guitar player, watching my favourite solos with a tab makes me realize it's 1000x harder than I imagined. Huge respects

[@BradleyHallGuitar]

Appreciate you watching this stuff even as a non-guitarist!

[@joedalton155]

As a guitar player the tabs remind me how difficult it truly is

[@cagdas135]

@@joedalton155 They are a lot easier when I "play by the ear" 😬

[@Obi-WanKannabis]

tabs often make easy parts look insane, and hard parts look easier than they are.

[@mkz4383]

Nah tabs just looks hard but easy when u know the tempo and all

[@cdprince768]

Everybody has their favorites, but a Rhoads solo can still bring me to tears.

[@joedalton155]

there really was something special with rhoads style

[@ThorstenBartel-c7w]

Yes, his solos and the circumstances of his death 😢

[@erabearm2565]

Dimebag solos hit me that way

[@albertrocamacia9269]

When you see Bradley doing jokes and memes you easily forget the monster he is playing guitar, he nailed easily every single solo.

[@augustus1138]

Seriously! A true Renaissance man! If the Renaissance was ridiculous jokes and ridiculous shredding

[@doomslayerplushie6662]

​@@augustus1138 Which it was

[@mofomartianp]

He's a beast.

[@johnpsy4129]

after how many tries tho 😂😂😂😂

[@shlomorothstein9691]

I doubt they are easy even for him

[@lordobserver5092]

Is it just me or the beans are in a better image quality now?

[@BradleyHallGuitar]

Very astute observation there, sir

[@lordobserver5092]

@@BradleyHallGuitar As a fellow bean appreciator i couldn't help but to notice

[@V3ntilator]

Bradley upgraded the beans to 720p and is why they look better than ever.

[@RÅNÇIÐ]

When you can finally afford that Shutterstock subscription.

[@johnscott2076]

He’s rolling that beautiful bean footage

[@TheHeadown]

That Painkiller solo still slaps hard

[@lukevontajikistan3929]

I got wood!

[@DobbeltJensen]

And the riff itself, mayn! Gotta be one of the most recognizable riffetyraffathons in the history of electrified guitar.

[@TheHeadown]

@@DobbeltJensen Yea, it´s so damn good. Love the rest of the album as well. Listened to Priest since back in the early 90´s so I´m a huge fan overall (and yes, I´m old af 😂). I haven´t listened as much to them as I used to, but it's always great to see others appreciate them as well. 🤘

[@sanate_sanghming]

The opening sweep might be one of the most iconic sweeps of all time!!

[@oyc7946]

wdym still, it never stoppped slaping hard

[@thebordenasylum7726]

Imagine being Randy F'k'n Rhoads and inventing that solo out of thin air. Learning it and being able to play it is one thing, but coming up with it must have been an out of body experience.

[@theslay66]

There are tons of excellent guitar players out there, who can play all kind of crazy stuff. But the ones we remember are the ones writing the good stuff.

[@jacka602]

@@theslay66agreed! creativity is by far the most important part of being a memorable musician

[@CruckDuck03]

I am glad crystal mountain is here

[@totally_not_putin]

Me too, the whole Symbolic album is iconic

[@eRRoR__peRga]

👍

[@DimageSapelkin]

All Death solos since Human could be among the best solos ever

[@Oguzhanacar1907]

​@@DimageSapelkin don't forget pull the plug and left to die solos from leprosy

[@ak47dragunov]

@@Oguzhanacar1907 Bobby's solo on Perennial Quest is absolutely legendary. Chuck's isn't a slouch either

[@dainhamilton7746]

Bradley never misses the opportunity to put tornado of souls in a video 😂😂 Well done on all of these dude. The a7x shout out was wild BTW.

[@aryantyagi12a]

cant blame him, it is just that good of a song

[@megaduck7965]

The solos an awesome short standalone composition even without the rest of the song .

[@chrisCANguitar]

Being that I am one of your students. I’m pumped to learn this stuff.

[@BradleyHallGuitar]

Hell yeah!

[@reinhardt_official]

Can't believe how almost no one is talking about how Bradley nailed the Tornado of Souls solo, literally perfection

[@johnnyRandomadness]

To be fair, all these solos are pretty god damn difficult 😂

[@Cheximus]

Almost. The iconic note was a bit dull. 7:04. You need to put your soul into that note. It was a bit meh. Incredible effort though. Painkiller was the best imo.

[@BrainWasherAttendent]

Not really. I’ve seen way better examples of nailing the solo.

[@jordault3321]

There’s a way that you’re playing these solos and not only are you playing them but you are insanely comfortable in them, as a guitarist I see that and the time that has gone into it. You didn’t just learn them, you mastered them. Well fucking done lad!

[@seanwechsler6783]

I absolutely love Jim Root’s half of the solos to Psychosocial.

[@GoneTo11]

Got to experience The Trooper solo live last Saturday in Toronto - they're still giving it 100% .

[@xanmman1]

Adrian smith and Dave Murray are unbelievable live still. Saw them in Portland and it was 10/10.

[@illydeewilliams3045]

I didn't realize that the verses/2nd solo of Master of Puppets switches back and forth from 4/4 to 21/32. Fascinating!

[@Kyrelel]

There is an odd time signature in the intro as well.

[@unclepasha2718]

It's actually a joke from Bradley. In fact, 5/8.

[@woolybear]

So cool to see Chuck's genius solo on Crystal Mountain here dude! Well done!

[@gargus6287]

i like that you kept the monocle even tho your face is out of the frame

[@ΓιάννηςΓουμαράς]

Glen Tipton is a criminally underatted guitarist. From Rock Rolla to Killing machine and to Ram it Down and Painkiller.... he is not as ''clean'' as Ritchie Faulkner who is a younger generation of guitarists, but his evolution as a guitarist is imperssive. The Maiden guys sound the same on the solos 45 years now, while Kirk Hammett actually de-evolved as a soloist. Needless to say you nailed all the solos!

[@claudeman]

So freaking awesome M. Shadows gave you a shout out.

[@tristansmith2721]

Never really stopped to think about what a monster that Painkiller solo is. Beastly.

[@lauremorgana4589]

Mr Crowley, Painkiller , The trooper and Master of puppets you made my day !

[@priestfan81]

All great. I was still in my dads ballbag when Randy created the Mr Crowley solo but it is absolutely phenomenal and tells a story all by itself.

[@BradleyHallGuitar]

What other iconic solos would have added to this list??

[@Colby-d7m]

floods

[@WhoDaF0ok1sThatGuy]

Iron Maiden - Phantom of the Opera

[@jrlikeshockeyandmetal]

Enter sandman Metallica

[@WhoDaF0ok1sThatGuy]

@ it’s moreso the riff that’s iconic, definitely not the solo. For Metallica, I’d say MoP or For Whom The Bell Tolls has the most iconic solo.

[@jrlikeshockeyandmetal]

@@WhoDaF0ok1sThatGuy fade to black intro solo

[@bigdoudou5204]

That is a solid list

[@dustdreamer673]

a solid list with a solid performance

[@fyleth7703]

Brilliant!! I can imagine, the Judas priest Solo was really difficult to play with all these unique nuances. Probably the most difficult of them all to reproduce! 🙏

[@vermillion2023]

My personal favorite Death solo has to be Sacred Serenity just because of that harmonic at the start which is just eargasmic

[@GCKuss23]

Mine is Perennial Quest. That solo is just perfect

[@RsBanez]

All of his solos from Symbolic are top tier tbh.

[@vocecaiunocontodomalakoi7541]

​@@GCKuss23 honestly, every bobby solo on symbolic is mind bending

[@wiktusplay9805]

Symbolic album is perfect

[@son8I7]

0:21 THATS AWESOME my favorite band

[@pizzaforever69]

Master of puppets, tornado of souls, painkiller, the troopers and any one song from Death's album was anticipated since they are all so damn good.

[@crestfallen5638]

That Painkiller performance was fucking nuts dude. Suuuuch a great solo by all standards.

[@henmat3000]

Check these out too: Marty Friedman's solo album Dragon's Kiss Under a Glass Moon No More Tears, Bark at the Moon Lights Out Ice Cream Man, I'm the One, Spanish Fly Scarified, Technical Difficulties Far Beyond the Sun, Black Star, Evil Eye, Now Your Ships Are Burned, I Am a Viking Sails of Charon End of the World, Victims of the Future, Murder in the Skies, Out in the Fields, Over the Hills and Far Away If you're not an elitist, there's so much great stuff out there: Satriani, Vai, Eric Johnson, Guthrie Govan, Jeff Beck, GN'R, Alice in Chains, Eagles, RHCP, Prince, BB King, Hendrix, Santana, SRV, Chet Atkins, George Harrison, AC/DC, RATM, The Police, Radiohead, Led Zeppelin, Clapton, David Gilmour, Brian May, Ritchie Blackmore, Mark Knopfler, Paul Simon, Django Reinhardt, Allan Holdsworth, John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Joe Pass-and this is just the tip of the iceberg.

[@PaxtonFike-v5x]

That shout-out goes into the Bradley Hall History Book of Awesomeness. Truly impressive young lad you are!

[@darthshitto2524]

Amazing vid as usual thanks beans, and congrats on the shoutout from Shadows

[@bim41337]

Damn, this is so freaking impressive! I'm really kinda at a loss for words. How on earth do you get to this level of skill? I'm playing guitar consistently for about 14 years now, and I'm barely able to play the Creeping Death solo. I tried learning Tornado of Souls once, and there's no way in hell I'm ever going to pull that one of. I mean, learning one of these solos is impressive on its own, but being able to pull all of them out of your sleeve so perfectly ... just wow.

[@Yek0ms]

You're a beast of a guitarist. Amazing stuff, you play with such ease, as if it was nothing. I tried to play some of those solos and I know how hard they are. You made it look like it was nothing. Kudos.

[@metalboy5150]

Thank you so much for including the FIRST solo from Mr. Crowley. Everyone always creams themselves over the second solo, but for me, the first one is where it's at. It's just such an incredible shred. 🤘🏻

[@UrbanLegend9669]

1 Ozzy - Mr Crowley 2 Ozzy - Flying High Again 3 Megadeth - Tornado Of Souls 4 Night Ranger - Don't Tell Me You Love Me 5 Metallica - Master Of Puppets 6 Dokken - Tooth And Nail 7 Bon Jovi - Runaway 8 Metallica - Unforgiven One 9 Pantera - Cemetery Gates 10 Annihilator - Alison Hell 💯🔥💥⚡🌟💫✨🎸

[@NHndrsn1234]

I can never get tired of all of these solos. Great list my friend! Watching from the 🪶 Navajo Nation 🇺🇸. Navajos LOVE Metal 🤘🏽

[@martonkorosi8708]

Finally you learned the end of Tornado's solo better, you're such a great guitarist man, congrats!

[@milostomovic5960]

I am guitarist too. I am enjoying how you play and how it sounds. Literally I can't explain the feeling. Thank you Bradley so much.

[@stephenc2527]

Painkiller always holds a place me my dark heart.... so fluid. You killed Crystal Mountain and played my wife's favorite solo, Master. Awesome dude!

[@victherattlehead5099]

As a guitar player, i feel like im getting better at sight reading, and now these tabs finally make sense. I still wouldnt be able to play them, but just watching this is almost informative for my guitar understanding of how notes sound, and is like practice for sightreading.

[@raisage]

That's sick man, so cool you got to see that show, and get a shout out!

[@jimmygillard]

Mr Crowley solo is just amazing. Randy Rhoads neo-classical shredding straight up, no chaser.

[@ProtogenCube]

*This* is the beanley collab that we've been waiting for.

[@unmatchedindifference8606]

You played all these solos with the most possible respect. Huge props 👏

[@qwwupp4763]

so sick matt gave you that shoutout. I would actually die right there

[@XBones]

It's hard to imagine Glenn Tipton wrote that solo with arpeggios for Painkiller, i mean that solo is just friggen so crazy and unique. Give it to the best guitarist duo to make such great music!

[@DanielFromSonic]

Say what you want but my top 10 in no particular order are: Beyond The Realms Of Death Prisoner Of Your Eyes Dreamer Deceiver / Deceiver Victim Of Changes Here COME THE TEARS Rock Hard Ride Free Some Heads Are Gonna Roll Painkiller A Touch Of Evil Tyrant

[@rorymacleod2919]

Another one I would personally throw in there is the solo in Over the Wall by Testament.

[@olafkozerawski5088]

I know that Bradley won't miss opportunity to put Megadet's tornado here, love each of this solos, absolute masterpieces.

[@IamBoge]

Good list and great playing Brad, also you getting a shout out at the show was super awesome

[@samope2360]

that 21/32 time signature change in the master solo was completly necesary

[@the_pathologist]

Your phrasing on Crystal Mountain was perfect, cheers

[@wojciechszeler2]

Amazing video! A lot of hard work must have went into learning those solos to such a high level!

[@FeelingLikeThatNow]

Thanks for dressing appropriately for the occasion!

[@arkaacharjee11]

Thank you Brad for all these cover solos. Really appreciate your existence on KZbin my brother. God bless ❤you

[@basirroslan9727]

Ive always know that Tornado of souls solo will be up there ,Bradley!

[@Jonhobbs64]

Mind blown! Well done sir!

[@sakurasfish2115]

I seriously watch your channel for your guitar playing over the memes and entertainment content (although those are a nice extra)

[@bripolar9241]

And he NAILS Tornado of Souls with the PROPER 10 to 17 stretch!!!

[@leonfox1350]

Wow. Every tone was spot on. Love it.

[@shawntrevordaniel]

Now this is what we wanna see. Banging metal, Bradley shredding, and great tabs too fuck yeah

[@dinarnis7707]

bradley i can't believe you finally put the string from the right side of the tuning peg on your charvel

[@Agte1234]

Superb choices and playing🔥🔥🔥Dream Theater, Nevermore, DragonForce, Helloween/Gamma Ray, Blind Guardian, Savatage, Helstar, Malmsteen, Jag Panzer, Firewind, Annihilator, Coroner in part 2!

[@spitfirex2599]

massive tones, amazing playing, great video man!

[@baalrog887]

I bet you dont even really have to think about playing Tornado of Souls anymore, you just pick up the guitar and out it comes 😂 killer work as always 🔥🔥🔥

[@b.e.8845]

OK, face melted! That was a beast of a list, but ngl I was expecting maybe DT's under a glass moon somewhere in there or COB's kissing the shadows. 🤘

[@OdinAllFather77]

Impecable playing!!! Wish you the best of success maestro. Abrazo Mexicano. 🤘🏻🇲🇽🤘🏻🇲🇽🤘🏻🇲🇽🤘🏻🇲🇽🤘🏻

[@yourilevesque2]

Thank you fir the Mr Crowley solo! 🤘

[@andreschalag6762]

Se las tiene de parche!!!! Un abrazo parce 🤘🏼🎸🇨🇴🫂

[@iduncanw]

Very nicely played Brad, some absolute bangers in there 🤘🤘

[@blankwavemessiah]

Brad is so fuckin good, man. And getting even better

[@martinkguitarcover4933]

Nice playing dude. And sick axe! 👍👍

[@deletedmovies]

Sometimes I forget after so many dank metal memes you are an amazing guitarist

[@federicocervigni7525]

Bradley is one of the best guitar youtubers to learn stuff from imo🤘

[@alessandrotp]

Very neat list and performance, mater. Nice video!

[@sughratsiddiqui8498]

Brilliant selection, brilliantly played, pleasantly surprised to see a Slipknot solo. Octavarium would have been great to see your take on that.

[@nickshepley2566]

Thanks so much for uploading, these are awesome

[@djaybeetoo]

What i love about the Trooper Solo is it blends into the main riff at the end, it seems organic ;p

[@maceoryan-hess9235]

I love watching these videos so I can see just how bad I am in the grand scheme of guitar playing

[@vermillion2023]

can't believe you didn't include Mary had a little lamb

[@DirkTheReunification]

Tisket... Tasket...

[@phillyflyers27]

As a non guitar player.... this video just helped me gain a basic understanding of guitar tabs by playing along with the video. Reading sheet music always looked like blobs of ink to me. Tabs seem a lot more intuitive.

[@CosmicOrWhatever]

Awesome Sauce!

[@arjenbeens5271]

Dude a shoutout from avenged sevenfold live is crazy!

[@GREG-SC]

WOW... great selections & great job 👍👍

[@KamilPawelczykGuitar]

Very well played as always, makes me want to check out the patreon

[@tomasjonsson7141]

Pretty okay solos mate 😺😺😺

[@Zynith0]

I love watching videos like this despite knowing that over half of these are well outside my skill level. Definitely gonna get there one day, but that day is not today lol

[@crimsontyphoon4574]

Those beans are so high quality now, it's sad. Anyway, great covers on all the solos!

[@ak1ratron]

More videos like this sir! Back to playing awesome solos!!!!

[@kurzackd]

*CORRECT video title:* *BRADLEY HALL's **_FAVORITE_* 10 metal solos... -_- .

[@lancemoss1466]

My dude, there is no doubt that you are a top-tier player! Your hands look so relaxed while playing these ridiculous lines and you play them so clean. How about an outtake reel with lots of swear words to prove you are actually human!?

[@dejzzster]

Nice to see you play :)

[@chiropracticleipzig4328]

Great work! Thanks for sharing this.

[@jimmiller2270]

Awesome playing. So very nice.

[@arunpat16]

Tabs were very helpful 👍 Learnt the painkiller solo in 2mins. Full speed

[@SkorpioMusic]

Sometimes you forget how good Bradley is because he's such a goofball. 🤣

[@Richy666]

Awesome list! I also love the Hail And Kill solo by Manowar

[@shayneleonard6763]

Dude! Psychosocial's solo is bonkers...respect