My band got to play a show with one of my personal guitar gods the other night. Archaon, real name Idar Burheim, from the Norwegian Black metal band 1349. The guy is a total fucking master of black metal riffs and has been playing metal since before I was born (1992). Not only did I get the honor of getting to play a show with one of the biggest black metal bands out there right now but I also got to see one of my all time favorite guitarists from a mere few feet away standing in the same spot that I generally stand when playing at that venue (Ground Zero in Spartenburg SC). I should add that he is good enough to make up for only having one guitarist and not just because he plays through 2 Marshall full stacks; his talent is more than enough to compensate for not having 2 guitarists. Below is one of my favorite 1349 songs and a pic that I took at the show of their guitarist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0xSttP-KvE
the man single handedly changed the way the world thought a guitar should or could sound like. listen to the whole video if you want to hear a guitar sing and beg for mercy at the same time. wish i knew when/where this was... do enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_lwocmL9dQ p.s. the only guitarist who can best EVH is Jimmy Page.
My favorite vid on YouTube haha. I can't help but watch the whole thing every time I push play. Eddie made the guitar his bitch. And my mom is the biggest Zep fan on the planet and we always argue over Eddie/Jimmy. She can never know Page sparked Eddies idea to start tapping. 'Too blessed to be stressed'
David Gilmour Jimi hendrix Jimmy page Eric Clapton Daron Malakian BB king Tony Iommi Jose Gonzalez Jon Gomm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vck7ObKBNlg&list=PLZVzx0DvTcdbx6oig_KNhBRhBVzIzBhE6&index=9 the solo toward the end is killer
Here's some of my favorties. Not even going to try to put them in order lol. Jimi Hendrix David Gilmour K.K. Downing Dave Mustaine Kirk Hammett Jimmy Page B.B. King Eric Clapton Dimebag Darrell Stevie Ray Vaughan Brian"Head" Welch James "Munky" Shaffer
Buckethead Jerry Cantrell(Alice In Chains) mike McCready(Pearl Jam) SRV Hendrix Jimmy Page Comfortably Dumb