Number 78 Stephen Carpenter

A lot of these Nu-Metal guitar players get over-looked because they don't do solos, well I think that's stupid because Stephen can wield the axe like no other. KoRn, I see your 7 string and raise you an 8 STRING. And he pulls it off too, not like some kid with a new toy who uses it every opportunity he has, but using it like he's been playing one all his life, like an 8 string guitar is all he knows. With complex time signatures, odd and funky chord shapes and progressions, Stephen Carpenter is the Frederik Thordendal of Nu-Metal.

Songs: "Korea" "Back To School (Mini-Maggit)" "Change (In The House Of Flies)"

Number 79 Corey Beaulieu and Matt Heafy

It's hard to make a dynamic duo when it comes to metal, you need 2 guys with a considerable amount of skill but one can't have too much skill because you don't want them stepping on each others toes, but they can't have the same style because that would sound boring. BUT Matt and Corey not only pull it off, but pull it off just as good if not BETTER then the legends (like Maiden) they play as one guitar player, one unit it's astonishing just how tight these guys are, but at the same time they have two completely different styles and two goals to reach for as guitar players these guys blow my mind every time.

Songs: "A Gunshot To The Head Of Trepidation" "Entrance Of Conflagration" "Shattering The Skies Above"

Number 80 Jake E Lee

With guitarists like Randy Rhoads, Zakk Wylde, and Gus G a guy like Jake can get over-looked but that doesn't mean he's not skilled, oh no, this guy could do to that guitar what most bedroom rockers dream of, writing such hits like "Bark At The Moon," and anyone who's tried to play that knows already what a beast this guy is, "Killer Of Giants" "Shot In The Dark" well, just check out those songs and you'll understand what I mean.

Songs: "Bark At The Moon" "Killer Of Giants" "Shot In The Dark"

Number 81 Jeff Loomis

Jeff Loomis isn't the typical shredder who's just in it to make everybody else look bad, he's actually got astounding melodic control over the fret-board, not to mention high knowledge of music theory and he's about as clean as a quarantined house. Being the (former) primary guitarist, and only writer, for Nevermore is challenge enough but then he starts doing solos, yeah consider your face melted.

Songs: "Sanity Assassin" "Miles Of Machines" "Enemies Of Reality"

Number 82 Doug Aldrich

Doug Aldrich usually falls under the radar as a guitar player because he's primarily a session musician, jumping from band to band, leaving his mark wherever he goes. But ol' Doug has been ripping it up with his trademark style longer then a lot of people. With his solo albums of a rocky-blues feel he decided to venture deeper into the roots of metal and join Dio's band. He then went on (and is currently now in) Whitesnake with the legendary Reb Beach.

Songs: "Push" "Live Whitesnake Solo" "Superfly"

Number 83 Johnny Winter

The soul man himself Mr. Johnny Winter isn't one of your common blues musicians (not just because of his looks) but his approach to the fret-board is uncanny mixing in hybrid picking with the blues and shredding up the big licks like he taught VAN HALEN how to play. This guy is a master axe-man and a hero to all the little bluesy boys and girls that got sick and tired of doing those slow bends.

Songs: "Jumpin' Jack Flash"

Number 84 Nergal

Adam Darski, or more known by his stage name Nergal, is the lead guitarist and frontman for the Blackened Death Metal band "Behemoth" the grandmaster of the genre, a man so badass and so "tr00" that he even scared the shit out of the cancer that tried to kill him. A very underrated guitar player his solo in "Conquer All" should go down in history as one of metals best solos.

Songs: "Conquer All"