# The Best Marty Friedman Guitar Solos > The 17 best Marty Friedman guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Tornado of Souls (1990), then Hangar 18 and Holy Wars... The Punishment Due. Canonical URL: Marty Friedman brought an exotic, Eastern-scale melodic vocabulary to shred guitar, first with Jason Becker in Cacophony and then as Megadeth's lead guitarist through the 1990s. His unusual picking technique and vocal bends made solos like 'Tornado of Souls' touchstones of metal guitar. Informed by: [Wikipedia - Marty Friedman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Friedman), [Wikipedia - Rust in Peace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_in_Peace) 1. [Tornado of Souls](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-tornado-of-souls/) — Megadeth · solo by Marty Friedman · 1990 2. [Hangar 18](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-hangar-18/) — Megadeth · solo by Marty Friedman & Dave Mustaine · 1990 3. [Holy Wars... The Punishment Due](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-holy-wars-the-punishment-due/) — Megadeth · solo by Marty Friedman, Dave Mustaine · 1990 4. [Lucretia](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-lucretia/) — Megadeth · solo by Dave Mustaine & Marty Friedman · 1990 5. [Five Magics](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-five-magics/) — Megadeth · solo by Dave Mustaine · 1990 6. [Symphony of Destruction](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-symphony-of-destruction/) — Megadeth · solo by Marty Friedman · 1992 7. [Countdown to Extinction](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-countdown-to-extinction/) — Megadeth · solo by Marty Friedman · 1992 8. [Poison Was the Cure](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-poison-was-the-cure/) — Megadeth · solo by Marty Friedman · 1990 9. [Sweating Bullets](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-sweating-bullets/) — Megadeth · solo by Marty Friedman · 1992 10. [Architecture of Aggression](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-architecture-of-aggression/) — Megadeth · solo by Marty Friedman · 1992 11. [A Tout le Monde](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-a-tout-le-monde/) — Megadeth · solo by Marty Friedman · 1994 12. [Train of Consequences](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-train-of-consequences/) — Megadeth · solo by Marty Friedman · 1994 13. [Trust](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-trust/) — Megadeth · solo by Marty Friedman · 1997 14. [Speed Metal Symphony](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cacophony-speed-metal-symphony/) — Cacophony · solo by Marty Friedman, Jason Becker · 1987 15. [Thunder March](https://greatestsolos.com/song/marty-friedman-thunder-march/) — Marty Friedman · solo by Marty Friedman · 1988 16. [Dragon Mistress](https://greatestsolos.com/song/marty-friedman-dragon-mistress/) — Marty Friedman · solo by Marty Friedman · 1988 17. [Forbidden City](https://greatestsolos.com/song/marty-friedman-forbidden-city/) — Marty Friedman · solo by Marty Friedman · 1988 --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)