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Zweck

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Posted: March 26 2006 at 07:14

I like me a good Frippian shredd.

Ed_The_Dead View Drop Down

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Posted: March 26 2006 at 07:17

W.Chuck wrote:

I love slow and fast solos, as long as they have a certain medlody and a sense.

Solos Michael Romeo, Tony MacAlpine, Marcel Coenen, Jani Liimatainen, Kirk Hammet, Stephan Forte, Uli Jon Roth, etc... are awesome.

But guitarists like Rusty Cooley or John Petrucci are just terrible when they play fast...

Kirk Hammet has melody and sence?!

W.Chuck

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Posted: March 26 2006 at 07:24

not always

I know many great solos of him,
nevertheless there are still some boring and senseless solos.

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Posted: March 26 2006 at 16:13

How could you say Kirk Hammet has melody and sense and Petrucci doesn't? I think Petrucci is one of the finest in terms or melody and sense at all speeds.

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W.Chuck

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Posted: March 27 2006 at 01:56

Well it's my personal opinion. John Petrucci is nice when
he plays slow, no doubt, but whenever he plays fast, I
just think "Oh...well...fast but nothing else".
I'm not saying that there is no melody, but it simply
sounds awful. Too fast, bad sound (way too clean) and
so I get the pereception that they are mindless.
(Even if you won't agree, and I'm sure you won't this
is my personal notion, please accept it)

And Kirk Hammet, I find some great solos in Metallicas
songs and some worse and senseless as well. But in the solo sessions live he really proves that he is a great
guitarist. And I really love his blues orientated side.

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Posted: March 30 2006 at 14:04

It depends. Petrucci and Vai and annoying but Joe Satriani can do the right.

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Posted: March 30 2006 at 14:19

I don't listen to any w**kery "virtuoso" music, but Metal/Speed solo's are good exactly in Speed/Trad/Thrash Metal, and often are used in some of the Avant-Metal I listen to.

I also cringed when I saw another post claiming that "everything that isn't Dream Theater is bad about Progmetal". Oh well, can't heal the sick!

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Posted: March 30 2006 at 15:39

Usually it's just pointless, emotionless, crap that bothers me and gets in the ay of the real music.

Poll Question: What do you think about ultra-fast metal/speed guitar solos
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
awesome!	32	[41.56%]
o.k.	19	[24.68%]
don’t care	2	[2.60%]
annoying	24	[31.17%]
This topic is closed, no new votes accepted