# The Best Metallica Guitar Solos

> The 20 best Metallica guitar solos, ranked. #1 is One (1988), then Master of Puppets and Fade to Black. Every video starts at the solo.

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Metallica turned thrash metal's speed into a vehicle for epic composition, and Kirk Hammett's wah-soaked leads became as recognizable as James Hetfield's riffs. From One to Master of Puppets, their solos are rites of passage for generations of metal guitarists.

Informed by: [Wikipedia: Metallica discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallica_discography), [Wikipedia: Kirk Hammett](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Hammett)

1. [One](https://greatestsolos.com/song/metallica-one/) — Metallica · solo by Kirk Hammett · 1988
2. [Master of Puppets](https://greatestsolos.com/song/metallica-master-of-puppets/) — Metallica · solo by Kirk Hammett · 1986
3. [Fade to Black](https://greatestsolos.com/song/metallica-fade-to-black/) — Metallica · solo by Kirk Hammett · 1984
4. [Orion](https://greatestsolos.com/song/metallica-orion/) — Metallica · solo by Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield · 1986
5. [Nothing Else Matters](https://greatestsolos.com/song/metallica-nothing-else-matters/) — Metallica · solo by James Hetfield · 1991
6. [Enter Sandman](https://greatestsolos.com/song/metallica-enter-sandman/) — Metallica · solo by Kirk Hammett · 1991
7. [The Call of Ktulu](https://greatestsolos.com/song/metallica-the-call-of-ktulu/) — Metallica · solo by Kirk Hammett · 1984
8. [Welcome Home (Sanitarium)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/metallica-welcome-home-sanitarium/) — Metallica · solo by Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield · 1986
9. [Creeping Death](https://greatestsolos.com/song/metallica-creeping-death/) — Metallica · solo by Kirk Hammett · 1984
10. [Battery](https://greatestsolos.com/song/metallica-battery/) — Metallica · solo by Kirk Hammett · 1986
11. [The Unforgiven](https://greatestsolos.com/song/metallica-the-unforgiven/) — Metallica · solo by Kirk Hammett · 1991
12. [Ride the Lightning](https://greatestsolos.com/song/metallica-ride-the-lightning/) — Metallica · solo by Kirk Hammett · 1984
13. [Disposable Heroes](https://greatestsolos.com/song/metallica-disposable-heroes/) — Metallica · solo by Kirk Hammett · 1986
14. [Blackened](https://greatestsolos.com/song/metallica-blackened/) — Metallica · solo by Kirk Hammett · 1988
15. [...And Justice for All](https://greatestsolos.com/song/metallica-and-justice-for-all/) — Metallica · solo by Kirk Hammett · 1988
16. [The Four Horsemen](https://greatestsolos.com/song/metallica-the-four-horsemen/) — Metallica · solo by Kirk Hammett · 1983
17. [For Whom the Bell Tolls](https://greatestsolos.com/song/metallica-for-whom-the-bell-tolls/) — Metallica · solo by Kirk Hammett · 1984
18. [Wherever I May Roam](https://greatestsolos.com/song/metallica-wherever-i-may-roam/) — Metallica · solo by Kirk Hammett · 1991
19. [The Day That Never Comes](https://greatestsolos.com/song/metallica-the-day-that-never-comes/) — Metallica · solo by Kirk Hammett · 2008
20. [Seek & Destroy](https://greatestsolos.com/song/metallica-seek-and-destroy/) — Metallica · solo by Kirk Hammett · 1983

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