# The Best Megadeth Guitar Solos

> The 18 best Megadeth guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Tornado of Souls (1990), then Hangar 18 and Holy Wars... The Punishment Due. Every video starts at the solo.

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Dave Mustaine's Megadeth has been a school for virtuoso lead guitarists, and the Rust in Peace line-up with Marty Friedman set a standard for technical thrash soloing. Friedman's exotic, melodic phrasing on songs like "Tornado of Souls" is still a benchmark for metal players.

Informed by: [Wikipedia: Megadeth discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megadeth_discography), [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. [Symphony of Destruction](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-symphony-of-destruction/) — Megadeth · solo by Marty Friedman · 1992
5. [Five Magics](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-five-magics/) — Megadeth · solo by Dave Mustaine · 1990
6. [Lucretia](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-lucretia/) — Megadeth · solo by Dave Mustaine & Marty Friedman · 1990
7. [Peace Sells](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-peace-sells/) — Megadeth · solo by Chris Poland, Dave Mustaine · 1986
8. [Wake Up Dead](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-wake-up-dead/) — Megadeth · solo by Dave Mustaine · 1986
9. [Sweating Bullets](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-sweating-bullets/) — Megadeth · solo by Marty Friedman · 1992
10. [Take No Prisoners](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-take-no-prisoners/) — Megadeth · solo by Dave Mustaine · 1990
11. [Rust in Peace... Polaris](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-rust-in-peace-polaris/) — Megadeth · solo by Dave Mustaine · 1990
12. [In My Darkest Hour](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-in-my-darkest-hour/) — Megadeth · solo by Dave Mustaine · 1988
13. [A Tout le Monde](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-a-tout-le-monde/) — Megadeth · solo by Marty Friedman · 1994
14. [Trust](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-trust/) — Megadeth · solo by Marty Friedman · 1997
15. [Ashes in Your Mouth](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-ashes-in-your-mouth/) — Megadeth · solo by Dave Mustaine & Marty Friedman · 1992
16. [Into the Lungs of Hell](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-into-the-lungs-of-hell/) — Megadeth · solo by Jeff Young · 1988
17. [Head Crusher](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-head-crusher/) — Megadeth · solo by Dave Mustaine · 2009
18. [Dystopia](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-dystopia/) — Megadeth · solo by Kiko Loureiro · 2016

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