Synyster Gates, Avenged Sevenfold
“Great Riffs. Plays Guitar as clean as anyone right now.
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“AVENGED SEVENFOLD ARE THE BEST BAND EVER! With awesome guitar!
WOOP”
“A modern day guitarist god... nothing more to say...”
“his rifts are smooth and catchy. one of the best guitarist of modern metal”
“The top spot should be synyster gates from avenged sevenfold. He has composed amazing riffs and harmonies and he can shred like a demon.”
“This man is amazing, look up his solos on youtube.”
“mean he's not good he is the greatest”
“he can do any thing with the guitar
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“all of his solos from city of evil are incredible. even just regular verse riffs are extremely advanced. from his unique solos he creates to the advanced riffs in songs, he should definitely be #1”
“Syn Gates is clearly not the best but in few years he will be up there. His solos are really well played. Seize the Day solo is really sweet! Beast and the Harlot is another cool solo and he picks unbelievalably fast”
“His solo's make you smile,they make you happy,they make you go wow,they make you amazed,they stun you,they put you into it,he's one of the greatest,if not the greatest,guitarist of today,and he will get more noticed as time goes on”
“syn wouldnt be as great with out zacky vengeance they together are the best”
“Technically perfect. Reminds me of Joe Pss or Coryell”
“no need talk much... Just Hear him playing in Chapter 4 and Unholy Confession”
“Deffinetly, Syn(brian hanner) and Zacky(Zack Baker) are one of these days top guitarists. Syn's solos make my knees weak! he desereves to be the best modern metal guitarist!”
“He's hot!!! He's the reason I'm playing guitar! (along with kurt :])”
“He's amazing, on Bat Country, Seize The Day, and Beast and the Horlot
obviously THE BEST guitarist still playing”
“a reason to start play guitar!”
“have you guys even heard some of the solos this guy plays, its awsum”
“synester is a god given guitarist, and plays for my favorite band a7x, without him wut wud music be today syn and slash are THE METAL GODS”
“okay syns is one of the best gutair players i ever seen my top 6 would be 1-jimmy hendrix 2-jimmp page 3-dimebag 4-stevie ray v 5- synyter gates 6_slash”
“by far the best guitarist alive today
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“synyster is the best he's good at everything not just a couple of things. HE can do anything you ask of him he is amazing and still younge.”
“At this point in time, there are 3 people in the world who define shredding... Synyster, Michaelangelo, and Herman Li... No one can touch Syn for melodies AND shredding abilities... (Check M. I. A. )”
“The solo in M. I. A is one of the best iv hear, and Seize The Day is legendary
This man is rightfully ahead of Dimebag!”
“he's young, talented, genius... he's sick, man! look at his hands when he played his solo... AWESOME!”
“Syns solo in MIA off the city of evil album is epic! not a well known song cos they didnt release it. i recommend a listen.”
“WORLD HAS CHANGE..
WE SHOULD ACCEPT IT.
That young man is better than the older..
Synyster Gates ROCKS the world..”
“Syn's really young and still he's allready placed as one of the best ever... Probably in a couple of years he'll be top 10... I haven't heard someone like him lately, his creativity is superb...”
“damn he's great!(i would vote for hendrix but he's already in first place..lol)”
“syn gates and slash should be a duo, like slash solos, then syn solos, then they harmonize, that would be theeeeeeee SINGLE SICKEST concert in da world.”
“synyster gates of a7x is like the best in the world he should be number 1!”
“because he is the greatest guitarist ever!”
“Synister has some of the fastest fingers ever. No wonder they say he's the next Slash.”
“great , awesome guitarist player ..
i like him so much ..
bunga”
“He inspired me to play guitar.
If it wasn't for Syn i wouldn't be the same person I am today.”
“His solos OWN!!”
“I love A7X
i heard his solo
it's so cool man
god is playing”
“He Is Like The God Of Guitar Solo's ..TO ME!!”
“Definately one of the best guitarist to come by in years.”
“from year 2003 till current, i think synyster gates holds the top spot~! best living guitarist! m/”
“This MAN IS AWMAZING and I do love him”
“One of the best guitarist has a bright future seize the day solo will be treated like november rain soon”
“A7X pwns. This guy is the BEST.”
“Listen to the solo at the end of 'Dear God' on their new album...'Nuff said.”
“He is No. 1 in the world.He has fastest finger ever.”
“I just LOVE the solos he plays. I play guitar myself, and I KNOW he has a talent that few people on the world own.”
“no beats syn if you think any one is better than him you wrong if you haven't listend to bat country,beast and a harlot,M.I.A,second heart beat,lost,seize the day,unbound the wild ride,dear god,trash scatterd or afterlife than you have no idea”
“inspired me to start guitar”
“he's the best damn guitarist ever!”
“All you have to do is listen to an Avenged Sevenfold CD and you'll realize why he is on this list. I am a huge fan of classic rock, so don't think I'm just a teenage punk that hasn't heard the older stuff- I've heard it all. This dude can play guitar.”
“synyster gates is the best.. every song of them has a great lick.. or even solo... he's just great...”
“Listen to the song MIA, and you will have to vote for the man. HE ROCKS!”
“synyster gates solos are amazing if u haven't heard them listen to afterlife and the 1 in strength of the world”
“his guitar solo are awesome dude... I wanna be like him one day...”
“Synyster Gates is So Wicked! His Solos are like OMG@ He plays like a machine gun! Woo go Synyster!”
“Awesome guitar player, listening to one song just makes you wanna listen to all of them.”
“Synyster Gates Playing Gutiar is like hearing Dimebag all over agian.. Syn is the best ever vote for him and Zacky Vengeance...”
“Man, just listen to Afterlife - the solo on that will Blow your mind away.
I think his skills run in the family too, because his father (Brian Haner sr. ) Is AMAZING too.”
“Don't talk about him until you hear songs like "The Wicked End", "MIA" and The "Nine Minute Strength of th WORLD".. he's the best.”
“The guy is a legend!
He's THE SHREDDER!
No doubt he's a Metal-God!”
“syn gates rules on the guitar and no 1 ever sounds like him you know his style and he's amazing”
“syn gates makes the band as awesome as they are besides the fact that he's gorgeous in every sense of the word he kills on that guitar! the smartest schector ever did was give him his own custom because he is guitar god of the world!”
“its the most amazing guitar player I ever see”
“Definitely one of the best ever. Listen to his live solos, and also listen to the solos in songs like 'Bat Country', 'Beast and the Harlot', and of course 'To End the Rapture. "
Also, listen to some of the new stuff he does, such as the melodic awesomness of 'Lost' and the insanely difficult and all picked "Scream"”
“HE MAKES UP SOME OF THE BEST SOLOS IVE EVER HEARD”
“The best guitar solo's I've ever heard”
“amazing guitarist!
listen to afterlife you wont be disappointed”
“The greatest guitar player EVER, hands down.”
“Synyster Gates is young talented guitarist.. His playing is the same like senior guitarist.. Vote for Him!”
“Listen to the afterlife solo, and you'll know.
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“He Is Very Very Very Good ans beautiful”
“insane, this guys play guitar like no one does on stage”
“The Beast and the Harlot solo. All I gotta say. Or Seize the Day.”
“Just listen To His SOLOS!
What a guitarist!”
“YES THIS IS SO TRUE
he is amazing one of the best modern guitarists ever plays amazing riffs”
“Plays rediculous solos, shreds like no one else can, and plays with great feeling... Listen to Bat Country and Dear God, and you will know what I mean”
“Great solos. Plays fast and smooth.”
“best guitarist ever!”
“Synyster Gates is a gutiar God... He is so great... You feel like(and sometimes do) cry everytime you hear him play”
“Bat Country Solo, Seize The Day solo, plus many more”
“definitely deserves at least 7th”
“This guy is amazing. Avenged Sevenfold is my favorite band. Synyster Gates has the best solos ever. He's amazing.”
“Syn Can Compete With Any Guitarist In The Top 5”
“He's awesome guitarist.. Listen to M. I. A, Afterlife, Beast and Harlot, Bat Country, Strenght of The World, Wicked End, Lost, Seize The Day..”
“If you just listen to him you would think he would be in the top 10”
“Syn is just the greatest.. hands down.”
“this guy is a genuine legend
amazing is the word for this guy”
“Synyster is an amazing guitar player, he deserves to be higher. This guy is a God.”
“Every song is consistent with dark and chilling solos that are just balls off the walls!”
“Listen to Beast and the Harlot and vote for him”
“ZOMG HES THE FRIKKIN BESTTTT!
his guitar is amazing, good harmonics with zacky vengeance and exelent playing”
“afterlife solo”
“He has killed over 7 wolverines with his solos alone. We need to stop the torture. Vote for Synester. Stop the Madness”
“listen to the solos in afterlife and second heartbeat that is why he should be at least in the top 5”
“just listen to the solo's of Bat Country, Afterlife, M. I. A. , Scream, Beast and the Harlot, Burn It Down and all of Trashed and Scattered. You'll see why”
“Favorite band, Favorite guitarist. Amazing solos”
“greatest guitarist ever...
i think he should make a solo album”
“Syn is my biggest influence, I want to meet him so bad one day, and jam with him, he is one hell of a guitar player, he's my favorite guitar player.”
“Synyster Gates writes some of the tastiest and best riffs of modern rock. It's almost a guarantee that any Synyster Gates Guitar part, will be anugumentated and as catchy as can be!”
“he is amazing, listen to afterlife, beast and the harlot, seize the day, bat country, mia, burn it down, second heartbeat, hell listen to any of avenged sevenfold's songs and you will be amazed by what this guy can do with a guitar.”
“Synyster Gates is one of the best guitarists of our time (the best as far as I'm concerned)He's got amazing skills and he plays so clean, and his solos are always very melodic...
Syn = Guitar GOD!”
“Syn is one of the best modern guitarists out there. He is very underrated and deserves much more attention than he gets.”
“best guitarist ever. dalton rainwater is wrong>”
“he is the best guitarist ever.”
“He's so cool...”
“sin is the best and thats it
no one is better, just listen to bat country, beast an the harlot afterlife, crittical aclaim and then youll relize he's the best at riffs, shredding, dime sqeals, everthing to do with guitar, how can you peaple listen to heavy metal, metal, rock without knowing sin is the best guitarist in the world”
“awesome solos and awesome riff's and not boring like slash don't see how so many people like him I would have it
1. synyster gates
2. buckethead
3. eddie van halen
the second two are good cause there like the best tappers ever.”
“Synyster Gates, will soon be THE TOP guitarist of all time, his breakneck picking speed and fingers are m. His solos have a lot of soul, you feel it deep down, just like the intro to Afterlife or the ending to Dear God or the outro to Bat Country.
The man is a god, Incredibly innovative, great sound (including Whammy bar effects and squeals), very clean, fast picker, and one of the best sweep pickers out there. Words cannot describe how talented he is”
“Best guitarist today. His solos are flat out ridiculous. The solos in afterlife and bat country just render you speechless.”
“synyster gates, so cool, his solos was so very good.. and I like it listening A7x songs”
“Synyster is just flat out awesomness”
“Awesome and can actually play live”
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