Which metal band has better guitar solos — Metallica or Megadeth? The Kirk Hammett vs Marty Friedman debate has been raging for decades. But if we’re going to crown a true king of shred, we have to stop arguing emotionally and look at the facts. Let's take each band's most popular song to see who wins:
👉 Metallica – “Enter Sandman” vs 👉 Megadeth – “Tornado of Souls”
1. LICKS Licks are the DNA of every great solo. The right phrase can make us weep, feel invincible, or shake our fists in defiance. Kirk Hammett leans heavily on classic blues-based vocabulary in Enter Sandman. It works. It’s familiar. It fits the song perfectly. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: You can find versions of those licks in dozens of other solos. They’re effective — but interchangeable.
Marty Friedman takes the opposite approach. During the fast section of Tornado of Souls, Marty isn’t recycling language — he’s inventing it. Dave Mustaine’s harmonic choices are awkward, angular, and hostile to stock patterns. So Marty does what composers do: He writes new licks that could only exist inside that progression. Those phrases didn’t come from a lick book. They were forced into existence by the harmony. That’s the difference between playing licks… and writing music.
2. PHRASING Phrasing is how licks fuse into meaning. Call and response. Breathing room. Rhythmic tension. This is the language shred lords use to bleed emotion on their hardwood. Kirk’s phrasing in Enter Sandman is smooth and conversational. You can feel where it’s headed. That’s not a flaw — but it is predictable. Marty’s phrasing is something else entirely. He disrupts expectation: Uneven rhythmic groupings Strange note lengths Phrases that refuse to resolve when your ear begs them to It feels unstable. Almost reckless. That unpredictability is why the solo stays burned into your nervous system decades later. That's the difference between a guitarist and an ARTIST
3. CHANGES Every professional knows this truth: Great solos don’t float above the chords —they wrestle with them. In Enter Sandman, Kirk largely plays over the progression. The solo works, but it doesn’t chase the harmony as it shifts. Marty does the opposite. In Tornado of Souls, he references every chord change with precision. Target tones. Voice leading. Intentional tension and release. You can feel the harmony pulling each phrase forward. This is why Marty’s solo feels inevitable — like it couldn’t have gone any other way. That’s not instinct. That’s composer-level thinking.
⚔️ WHY IT MATTERS Most guitarists practice technique in isolation. Scales. Patterns. Speed drills. And then wonder why their solos feel empty. The difference between Kirk and Marty isn’t talent. It’s how they think. That’s exactly what I teach inside Guitar Solo Bootcamp. Not random licks. Not theory for theory’s sake. But how to: Write solos that outline the harmony Connect phrases into a narrative Use technique as a language, not a flex Think like a composer while you shred
⏳ CLOCK IS TICKING Guitar Solo Bootcamp closes in 4 days. When the clock hits zero: The doors shut The price goes up Another year slips by with your best riffs rotting in your mind You already know how this story ends if you don’t act. Make a choice to fight before it's too late....
⚔️ Learn more about Guitar Solo Bootcamp below 🔥 50% OFF — 4 days left 🔥
I still remember the night I sold my soul to the abyss. Rain poured from a blackened sky, like fate knocking at the door. I was a prisoner — locked inside four walls of despair. I took hold of my hardwood and made a vow. I wouldn’t leave until I played something the devil himself would be proud of.
A bolt of lightning pierced the heavens as my fingers danced across the fretboard —searching for haunting harmonies, enchanting melodies, anything that felt true. The longer I stayed, the deeper I went. Falling headfirst into my own twisted mind. And that’s when it hit me
No one is coming to save you
If you’ve ever felt like the world is trying to break you — beating you down, mercilessly...I feel your pain. It's like drowning in a sea of darkness, the last traces of light fading from view. There’s a cold truth waiting down here in the depths. As the water floods your lungs, I'm here to tell you: If you want out...
RESCUE YOURSELF
When you stop waiting to be saved, 3 things happen...
🛑 SELF BELIEF If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will. You must believe your voice is worth defending. This is where most guitarists die quietly. They stop trusting their instincts. They stop chasing sounds that feel dangerous.They start playing it safe.
Inside Guitar Solo Bootcamp, this is why we begin with legendary solos that survived time. We dissect why they work. Why certain notes cut deeper. Why phrasing matters more than speed. Because scales, chords, and techniques are useless if you can’t see yourself onstage commanding the moment.
🛑 BREAKDOWN Once you make peace with PAIN, it's time for a plan. This is where people get overwhelmed and quit — not because they’re weak, but because they’re lost. Guitar Solo Bootcamp gives you structure when motivation disappears:
hours of video lessons Guitar Pro files PDFs and tabs backing tracks
We break down why certain solos rip your heart from your chest: ✅ Harmony ✅ Target tones ✅ Phrasing ✅ Theory
This is where the Solo Sorcery System lives — not theory for theory’s sake, but a way to move through darkness without guessing. One phrase at a time. One decision at a time.
🛑 CELEBRATE This is the step no one teaches — and why people burn out. If you can’t acknowledge progress, you’ll bleed out on the battlefield before mastery arrives. Guitar Solo Bootcamp is built to give you WINS. Small challenges for the level you're at now. Most courses drown you in busy work...exercises you can't even use in real songs. In Guitar Solo Bootcamp, I teach you something no one else does:
HOW TO THINK LIKE A COMPOSER
It's the connection between technique and theory that sets the gods apart. This course is a way of life...a weapon, a discipline, a ritual. Inside you'll learn to banish the plagues infecting modern guitar players:
⚔️ TIME IS RUNNING OUT If you’re ready to break the 3 Curses, and learn cheat codes that 10x your playing…learn more about Guitar Solo Bootcamp below 👇
I’m about to reveal the Shred God cheat code no one tells you about. Most guitar players never escape pentatonic prison.They grind licks. They chase speed.They repeat the same tired patterns for years…
Here’s the brutal truth: It’s impossible to become a shred god if you don’t even know the path. Below are 3 cheat codes every shred god uses
🔑 #1: TASTE This is the one most players ignore — and the reason they stay stuck. Taste is knowing what to play… and just as importantly, when not to. Taste comes from: deep listening studying theory absorbing different styles experience recording music This is why Randy Rhoads still sounds untouchable decades later. He didn’t just shred — he composed.
🔑 #2: TONE If your tone sucks, no one cares what you’re playing. We’ve all heard it: That ear-splitting, brittle racket from a guitarist who never learned restraint. Good tone comes down to one word: Balance
✅ Highs ✅ Lows ✅ Mids When they’re in balance, every note cuts through the mix like a predator circling its prey.
🔑 #3: TECHNIQUE Everyone obsesses over this one — and most people destroy themselves with it. Endless exercises. Metronome slavery. Shred sickness. Here’s the rule I live by: If you wouldn’t listen to it on an album… stop playing it. Technique only matters when it: outlines chord progressions serves phrasing reinforces emotion Otherwise, it’s just finger gymnastics that corrupt your soul
⚔️ The Shred God cheat code is only part of what you unlock inside Guitar Solo Bootcamp. You’ll learn to think like: Bach Beethoven Mozart
Inside GSB, you'll access: emotional power harmonic awareness phrasing intelligence tone control tabs, backing tracks, videos All fused into one ritual.
🔥 5 DAYS LEFT 🔥 Guitar Solo Bootcamp is 50% OFF for the next 5 days with code GSB50 at checkout. This Saturday: the price doubles the doors close You may have never been told this… …but you have far more talent than you think. Don’t let the world break you before you unlock it. 👉 Learn more about Guitar Solo Bootcamp here below 👇
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Which metal band has better guitar solos — Metallica or Megadeth?
The Kirk Hammett vs Marty Friedman debate has been raging for decades. But if we’re going to crown a true king of shred, we have to stop arguing emotionally and look at the facts. Let's take each band's most popular song to see who wins:
👉 Metallica – “Enter Sandman”
vs
👉 Megadeth – “Tornado of Souls”
1. LICKS
Licks are the DNA of every great solo. The right phrase can make us weep, feel invincible, or shake our fists in defiance.
Kirk Hammett leans heavily on classic blues-based vocabulary in Enter Sandman. It works. It’s familiar. It fits the song perfectly.
But here’s the uncomfortable truth:
You can find versions of those licks in dozens of other solos.
They’re effective — but interchangeable.
Marty Friedman takes the opposite approach.
During the fast section of Tornado of Souls, Marty isn’t recycling language — he’s inventing it. Dave Mustaine’s harmonic choices are awkward, angular, and hostile to stock patterns. So Marty does what composers do:
He writes new licks that could only exist inside that progression.
Those phrases didn’t come from a lick book.
They were forced into existence by the harmony.
That’s the difference between playing licks…
and writing music.
2. PHRASING
Phrasing is how licks fuse into meaning. Call and response.
Breathing room. Rhythmic tension. This is the language shred lords use to bleed emotion on their hardwood. Kirk’s phrasing in Enter Sandman is smooth and conversational. You can feel where it’s headed. That’s not a flaw — but it is predictable.
Marty’s phrasing is something else entirely.
He disrupts expectation:
Uneven rhythmic groupings
Strange note lengths
Phrases that refuse to resolve when your ear begs them to
It feels unstable. Almost reckless.
That unpredictability is why the solo stays burned into your nervous system decades later. That's the difference between a guitarist and an ARTIST
3. CHANGES
Every professional knows this truth: Great solos don’t float above the chords —they wrestle with them. In Enter Sandman, Kirk largely plays over the progression. The solo works, but it doesn’t chase the harmony as it shifts.
Marty does the opposite. In Tornado of Souls, he references every chord change with precision. Target tones. Voice leading. Intentional tension and release. You can feel the harmony pulling each phrase forward. This is why Marty’s solo feels inevitable — like it couldn’t have gone any other way.
That’s not instinct. That’s composer-level thinking.
⚔️ WHY IT MATTERS
Most guitarists practice technique in isolation. Scales. Patterns. Speed drills.
And then wonder why their solos feel empty.
The difference between Kirk and Marty isn’t talent.
It’s how they think.
That’s exactly what I teach inside Guitar Solo Bootcamp.
Not random licks. Not theory for theory’s sake.
But how to:
Write solos that outline the harmony
Connect phrases into a narrative
Use technique as a language, not a flex
Think like a composer while you shred
⏳ CLOCK IS TICKING
Guitar Solo Bootcamp closes in 4 days.
When the clock hits zero:
The doors shut
The price goes up
Another year slips by with your best riffs rotting in your mind
You already know how this story ends if you don’t act. Make a choice to fight before it's too late....
⚔️ Learn more about Guitar Solo Bootcamp below
🔥 50% OFF — 4 days left 🔥
🛑 Guitar Solo Bootcamp (50% Off code: GSB50)
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I still remember the night I sold my soul to the abyss.
Rain poured from a blackened sky, like fate knocking at the door. I was a prisoner — locked inside four walls of despair.
I took hold of my hardwood and made a vow.
I wouldn’t leave until I played something the devil himself would be proud of.
A bolt of lightning pierced the heavens as my fingers danced across the fretboard —searching for haunting harmonies,
enchanting melodies,
anything that felt true.
The longer I stayed, the deeper I went. Falling headfirst into my own twisted mind. And that’s when it hit me
No one is coming to save you
If you’ve ever felt like the world is trying to break you — beating you down, mercilessly...I feel your pain. It's like drowning in a sea of darkness, the last traces of light fading from view. There’s a cold truth waiting down here in the depths. As the water floods your lungs, I'm here to tell you: If you want out...
RESCUE YOURSELF
When you stop waiting to be saved, 3 things happen...
🛑 SELF BELIEF
If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will. You must believe your voice is worth defending. This is where most guitarists die quietly.
They stop trusting their instincts.
They stop chasing sounds that feel dangerous.They start playing it safe.
Inside Guitar Solo Bootcamp, this is why we begin with legendary solos that survived time.
We dissect why they work.
Why certain notes cut deeper. Why phrasing matters more than speed.
Because scales, chords, and techniques are useless if you can’t see yourself onstage commanding the moment.
🛑 BREAKDOWN
Once you make peace with PAIN, it's time for a plan.
This is where people get overwhelmed and quit — not because they’re weak, but because they’re lost.
Guitar Solo Bootcamp gives you structure when motivation disappears:
hours of video lessons
Guitar Pro files
PDFs and tabs
backing tracks
We break down why certain solos rip your heart from your chest:
✅ Harmony
✅ Target tones
✅ Phrasing
✅ Theory
This is where the Solo Sorcery System lives — not theory for theory’s sake, but a way to move through darkness without guessing.
One phrase at a time. One decision at a time.
🛑 CELEBRATE
This is the step no one teaches — and why people burn out.
If you can’t acknowledge progress, you’ll bleed out on the battlefield before mastery arrives. Guitar Solo Bootcamp is built to give you WINS. Small challenges for the level you're at now. Most courses drown you in busy work...exercises you can't even use in real songs. In Guitar Solo Bootcamp, I teach you something no one else does:
HOW TO THINK LIKE A COMPOSER
It's the connection between technique and theory that sets the gods apart. This course is a way of life...a weapon, a discipline, a ritual. Inside you'll learn to banish the plagues infecting modern guitar players:
☠️ Shred Sickness
☠️ Riff Block
☠️ Fretboard Blindness
⚔️ TIME IS RUNNING OUT
If you’re ready to break the 3 Curses, and learn cheat codes that 10x your playing…learn more about Guitar Solo Bootcamp below 👇
🛑 Guitar Solo Bootcamp (50% Off code: GSB50)
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I’m about to reveal the Shred God cheat code no one tells you about.
Most guitar players never escape pentatonic prison.They grind licks.
They chase speed.They repeat the same tired patterns for years…
Here’s the brutal truth:
It’s impossible to become a shred god if you don’t even know the path. Below are 3 cheat codes every shred god uses
🔑 #1: TASTE
This is the one most players ignore — and the reason they stay stuck.
Taste is knowing what to play…
and just as importantly, when not to.
Taste comes from:
deep listening
studying theory
absorbing different styles
experience recording music
This is why Randy Rhoads still sounds untouchable decades later.
He didn’t just shred — he composed.
🔑 #2: TONE
If your tone sucks, no one cares what you’re playing.
We’ve all heard it: That ear-splitting, brittle racket from a guitarist who never learned restraint. Good tone comes down to one word: Balance
✅ Highs
✅ Lows
✅ Mids
When they’re in balance, every note cuts through the mix like a predator circling its prey.
🔑 #3: TECHNIQUE
Everyone obsesses over this one — and most people destroy themselves with it. Endless exercises. Metronome slavery. Shred sickness.
Here’s the rule I live by:
If you wouldn’t listen to it on an album…
stop playing it.
Technique only matters when it:
outlines chord progressions
serves phrasing
reinforces emotion
Otherwise, it’s just finger gymnastics that corrupt your soul
⚔️ The Shred God cheat code is only part of what you unlock inside Guitar Solo Bootcamp.
You’ll learn to think like:
Bach
Beethoven
Mozart
Inside GSB, you'll access:
emotional power
harmonic awareness
phrasing intelligence
tone control
tabs, backing tracks, videos
All fused into one ritual.
🔥 5 DAYS LEFT 🔥
Guitar Solo Bootcamp is 50% OFF for the next 5 days with code GSB50 at checkout.
This Saturday:
the price doubles
the doors close
You may have never been told this…
…but you have far more talent than you think.
Don’t let the world break you before you unlock it.
👉 Learn more about Guitar Solo Bootcamp here below 👇
🛑 Guitar Solo Bootcamp (50% Off code: GSB50)
riff-lord-challenge.teachable.com/p/guitar-solo-bo…
⚔️ SHRED
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