# The Best Death Guitar Solos

> The 19 best Death guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Crystal Mountain (1995), then Symbolic and Spirit Crusher. Every video starts at the solo.

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Chuck Schuldiner led Death from raw gore-soaked beginnings to technical, progressive death metal, with a rotating cast of gifted second guitarists. His melodic, vocal-like solos proved that the most extreme metal could still have beautiful, memorable guitar leads.

Informed by: [Wikipedia: Death (metal band)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_(metal_band)), [Wikipedia: Human (Death album)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_(Death_album))

1. [Crystal Mountain](https://greatestsolos.com/song/death-crystal-mountain/) — Death · solo by Chuck Schuldiner · 1995
2. [Symbolic](https://greatestsolos.com/song/death-symbolic/) — Death · solo by Chuck Schuldiner · 1995
3. [Spirit Crusher](https://greatestsolos.com/song/death-spirit-crusher/) — Death · solo by Chuck Schuldiner · 1998
4. [Pull the Plug](https://greatestsolos.com/song/death-pull-the-plug/) — Death · solo by Chuck Schuldiner · 1988
5. [Lack of Comprehension](https://greatestsolos.com/song/death-lack-of-comprehension/) — Death · solo by Chuck Schuldiner · 1991
6. [The Philosopher](https://greatestsolos.com/song/death-the-philosopher/) — Death · solo by Chuck Schuldiner · 1993
7. [Flattening of Emotions](https://greatestsolos.com/song/death-flattening-of-emotions/) — Death · solo by Chuck Schuldiner · 1991
8. [Voice of the Soul](https://greatestsolos.com/song/death-voice-of-the-soul/) — Death · solo by Chuck Schuldiner · 1998
9. [Zombie Ritual](https://greatestsolos.com/song/death-zombie-ritual/) — Death · solo by Chuck Schuldiner · 1987
10. [Flesh and the Power It Holds](https://greatestsolos.com/song/death-flesh-and-the-power-it-holds/) — Death · solo by Chuck Schuldiner · 1998
11. [Overactive Imagination](https://greatestsolos.com/song/death-overactive-imagination/) — Death · solo by Andy LaRocque · 1993
12. [Cosmic Sea](https://greatestsolos.com/song/death-cosmic-sea/) — Death · solo by Chuck Schuldiner · 1991
13. [Leprosy](https://greatestsolos.com/song/death-leprosy/) — Death · solo by Chuck Schuldiner · 1988
14. [Scavenger of Human Sorrow](https://greatestsolos.com/song/death-scavenger-of-human-sorrow/) — Death · solo by Chuck Schuldiner · 1998
15. [Trapped in a Corner](https://greatestsolos.com/song/death-trapped-in-a-corner/) — Death · solo by Chuck Schuldiner · 1993
16. [Spiritual Healing](https://greatestsolos.com/song/death-spiritual-healing/) — Death · solo by Chuck Schuldiner · 1990
17. [Living Monstrosity](https://greatestsolos.com/song/death-living-monstrosity/) — Death · solo by Chuck Schuldiner · 1990
18. [Empty Words](https://greatestsolos.com/song/death-empty-words/) — Death · solo by Chuck Schuldiner · 1995
19. [Together as One](https://greatestsolos.com/song/death-together-as-one/) — Death · solo by Chuck Schuldiner · 1991

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