# The Best Avenged Sevenfold Guitar Solos

> The 18 best Avenged Sevenfold guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Afterlife (2007), then Bat Country and Beast and the Harlot. Every video starts at the solo.

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Avenged Sevenfold brought shred-style lead guitar back into mainstream American metal in the 2000s, when many rock radio bands had dropped solos altogether. Synyster Gates's sweep-picked, neoclassical leads, set against Zacky Vengeance's rhythm and harmony parts, made the band a gateway to virtuoso guitar for a generation of players.

Informed by: [Wikipedia - Avenged Sevenfold discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avenged_Sevenfold_discography), [Wikipedia - Synyster Gates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synyster_Gates)

1. [Afterlife](https://greatestsolos.com/song/avenged-sevenfold-afterlife/) — Avenged Sevenfold · solo by Synyster Gates · 2007
2. [Bat Country](https://greatestsolos.com/song/avenged-sevenfold-bat-country/) — Avenged Sevenfold · solo by Synyster Gates · 2005
3. [Beast and the Harlot](https://greatestsolos.com/song/avenged-sevenfold-beast-and-the-harlot/) — Avenged Sevenfold · solo by Synyster Gates · 2005
4. [So Far Away](https://greatestsolos.com/song/avenged-sevenfold-so-far-away/) — Avenged Sevenfold · solo by Synyster Gates · 2010
5. [Buried Alive](https://greatestsolos.com/song/avenged-sevenfold-buried-alive/) — Avenged Sevenfold · solo by Synyster Gates · 2010
6. [Seize the Day](https://greatestsolos.com/song/avenged-sevenfold-seize-the-day/) — Avenged Sevenfold · solo by Synyster Gates · 2005
7. [Nightmare](https://greatestsolos.com/song/avenged-sevenfold-nightmare/) — Avenged Sevenfold · solo by Synyster Gates · 2010
8. [Unholy Confessions](https://greatestsolos.com/song/avenged-sevenfold-unholy-confessions/) — Avenged Sevenfold · solo by Synyster Gates and Zacky Vengeance · 2003
9. [A Little Piece of Heaven](https://greatestsolos.com/song/avenged-sevenfold-a-little-piece-of-heaven/) — Avenged Sevenfold · solo by Synyster Gates · 2007
10. [Almost Easy](https://greatestsolos.com/song/avenged-sevenfold-almost-easy/) — Avenged Sevenfold · solo by Synyster Gates · 2007
11. [Save Me](https://greatestsolos.com/song/avenged-sevenfold-save-me/) — Avenged Sevenfold · solo by Synyster Gates · 2010
12. [The Stage](https://greatestsolos.com/song/avenged-sevenfold-the-stage/) — Avenged Sevenfold · solo by Synyster Gates · 2016
13. [Exist](https://greatestsolos.com/song/avenged-sevenfold-exist/) — Avenged Sevenfold · solo by Synyster Gates · 2016
14. [Hail to the King](https://greatestsolos.com/song/avenged-sevenfold-hail-to-the-king/) — Avenged Sevenfold · solo by Synyster Gates · 2013
15. [Shepherd of Fire](https://greatestsolos.com/song/avenged-sevenfold-shepherd-of-fire/) — Avenged Sevenfold · solo by Synyster Gates · 2013
16. [Strength of the World](https://greatestsolos.com/song/avenged-sevenfold-strength-of-the-world/) — Avenged Sevenfold · solo by Synyster Gates and Zacky Vengeance · 2005
17. [Blinded in Chains](https://greatestsolos.com/song/avenged-sevenfold-blinded-in-chains/) — Avenged Sevenfold · solo by Synyster Gates · 2005
18. [Critical Acclaim](https://greatestsolos.com/song/avenged-sevenfold-critical-acclaim/) — Avenged Sevenfold · solo by Synyster Gates · 2007

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