# The Best Mastodon Guitar Solos

> The 19 best Mastodon guitar solos, ranked. #1 is The Last Baron (2009), then Oblivion and The Czar. Every video starts at the solo.

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Mastodon brought a feral, eclectic lead-guitar voice to 21st-century metal, largely thanks to Brent Hinds's banjo-derived hybrid picking and psychedelic, country-tinged phrasing. Paired with Bill Kelliher's riffing and dense harmony lines, their solos pulled prog ambition and sludge weight into the same frame.

Informed by: [Wikipedia: Mastodon discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_discography), [Wikipedia: Brent Hinds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Hinds), [Wikipedia: Crack the Skye](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_the_Skye), [Wikipedia: Leviathan (Mastodon album)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_(Mastodon_album)), [Wikipedia: Blood Mountain (album)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Mountain_(album))

1. [The Last Baron](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mastodon-the-last-baron/) — Mastodon · solo by Brent Hinds · 2009
2. [Oblivion](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mastodon-oblivion/) — Mastodon · solo by Brent Hinds · 2009
3. [The Czar](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mastodon-the-czar/) — Mastodon · solo by Brent Hinds · 2009
4. [Blood and Thunder](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mastodon-blood-and-thunder/) — Mastodon · solo by Brent Hinds · 2004
5. [Megalodon](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mastodon-megalodon/) — Mastodon · solo by Brent Hinds · 2004
6. [Hearts Alive](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mastodon-hearts-alive/) — Mastodon · solo by Brent Hinds · 2004
7. [Crystal Skull](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mastodon-crystal-skull/) — Mastodon · solo by Brent Hinds · 2006
8. [Colony of Birchmen](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mastodon-colony-of-birchmen/) — Mastodon · solo by Brent Hinds · 2006
9. [Sleeping Giant](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mastodon-sleeping-giant/) — Mastodon · solo by Brent Hinds · 2006
10. [The Wolf Is Loose](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mastodon-the-wolf-is-loose/) — Mastodon · solo by Brent Hinds · 2006
11. [Divinations](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mastodon-divinations/) — Mastodon · solo by Brent Hinds · 2009
12. [Ghost of Karelia](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mastodon-ghost-of-karelia/) — Mastodon · solo by Brent Hinds · 2009
13. [Quintessence](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mastodon-quintessence/) — Mastodon · solo by Brent Hinds · 2009
14. [Circle of Cysquatch](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mastodon-circle-of-cysquatch/) — Mastodon · solo by Brent Hinds · 2006
15. [Curl of the Burl](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mastodon-curl-of-the-burl/) — Mastodon · solo by Brent Hinds · 2011
16. [Black Tongue](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mastodon-black-tongue/) — Mastodon · solo by Brent Hinds · 2011
17. [The Sparrow](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mastodon-the-sparrow/) — Mastodon · solo by Brent Hinds · 2014
18. [Sultan's Curse](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mastodon-sultan-s-curse/) — Mastodon · solo by Brent Hinds · 2017
19. [Teardrinker](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mastodon-teardrinker/) — Mastodon · solo by Brent Hinds · 2021

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