# The Best Judas Priest Guitar Solos

> The 18 best Judas Priest guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Painkiller (1990), then Beyond the Realms of Death and Victim of Changes. Every video starts at the solo.

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Judas Priest defined the twin-lead heavy metal guitar partnership, with Glenn Tipton's precise, composed solos contrasting K. K. Downing's wilder, whammy-bar abandon. From the progressive seventies epics to the speed-metal onslaught of Painkiller, their solos became a textbook for generations of metal players.

Informed by: [Wikipedia – Judas Priest discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_Priest_discography)

1. [Painkiller](https://greatestsolos.com/song/judas-priest-painkiller/) — Judas Priest · solo by Glenn Tipton & K.K. Downing · 1990
2. [Beyond the Realms of Death](https://greatestsolos.com/song/judas-priest-beyond-the-realms-of-death/) — Judas Priest · solo by Glenn Tipton & K.K. Downing · 1978
3. [Victim of Changes](https://greatestsolos.com/song/judas-priest-victim-of-changes/) — Judas Priest · solo by Glenn Tipton & K. K. Downing · 1976
4. [The Sentinel](https://greatestsolos.com/song/judas-priest-the-sentinel/) — Judas Priest · solo by Glenn Tipton & K. K. Downing · 1984
5. [Exciter](https://greatestsolos.com/song/judas-priest-exciter/) — Judas Priest · solo by Glenn Tipton & K. K. Downing · 1978
6. [Dreamer Deceiver](https://greatestsolos.com/song/judas-priest-dreamer-deceiver/) — Judas Priest · solo by K. K. Downing · 1976
7. [Freewheel Burning](https://greatestsolos.com/song/judas-priest-freewheel-burning/) — Judas Priest · solo by Glenn Tipton & K. K. Downing · 1984
8. [The Hellion / Electric Eye](https://greatestsolos.com/song/judas-priest-the-hellion-electric-eye/) — Judas Priest · solo by Glenn Tipton & K. K. Downing · 1982
9. [The Ripper](https://greatestsolos.com/song/judas-priest-the-ripper/) — Judas Priest · solo by Glenn Tipton & K. K. Downing · 1976
10. [Riding on the Wind](https://greatestsolos.com/song/judas-priest-riding-on-the-wind/) — Judas Priest · solo by Glenn Tipton & K. K. Downing · 1982
11. [Sinner](https://greatestsolos.com/song/judas-priest-sinner/) — Judas Priest · solo by Glenn Tipton & K. K. Downing · 1977
12. [Tyrant](https://greatestsolos.com/song/judas-priest-tyrant/) — Judas Priest · solo by Glenn Tipton & K. K. Downing · 1976
13. [Hell Bent for Leather](https://greatestsolos.com/song/judas-priest-hell-bent-for-leather/) — Judas Priest · solo by Glenn Tipton · 1978
14. [A Touch of Evil](https://greatestsolos.com/song/judas-priest-a-touch-of-evil/) — Judas Priest · solo by Glenn Tipton · 1990
15. [Night Crawler](https://greatestsolos.com/song/judas-priest-night-crawler/) — Judas Priest · solo by Glenn Tipton & K. K. Downing · 1990
16. [Screaming for Vengeance](https://greatestsolos.com/song/judas-priest-screaming-for-vengeance/) — Judas Priest · solo by Glenn Tipton & K. K. Downing · 1982
17. [Desert Plains](https://greatestsolos.com/song/judas-priest-desert-plains/) — Judas Priest · solo by Glenn Tipton · 1981
18. [Firepower](https://greatestsolos.com/song/judas-priest-firepower/) — Judas Priest · solo by Richie Faulkner · 2018

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