# The Best Slayer Guitar Solos

> The 17 best Slayer guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Raining Blood (1986), then Angel of Death and South of Heaven. Every video starts at the solo.

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Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King made the chaotic, whammy-driven thrash solo their own, putting noise and atonality ahead of neat scale runs. Their traded leads shaped the sound of extreme metal guitar for decades.

Informed by: [Wikipedia - Jeff Hanneman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Hanneman), [Wikipedia - Raining Blood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raining_Blood), [Steve Hoffman Forums - Slayer guitar solos](https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/opinion-slayer-guitar-solos.418572/)

1. [Raining Blood](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slayer-raining-blood/) — Slayer · solo by Kerry King, Jeff Hanneman · 1986
2. [Angel of Death](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slayer-angel-of-death/) — Slayer · solo by Jeff Hanneman, Kerry King · 1986
3. [South of Heaven](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slayer-south-of-heaven/) — Slayer · solo by Jeff Hanneman & Kerry King · 1988
4. [Seasons in the Abyss](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slayer-seasons-in-the-abyss/) — Slayer · solo by Jeff Hanneman, Kerry King · 1990
5. [Hell Awaits](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slayer-hell-awaits/) — Slayer · solo by Jeff Hanneman & Kerry King · 1985
6. [War Ensemble](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slayer-war-ensemble/) — Slayer · solo by Jeff Hanneman & Kerry King · 1990
7. [Dead Skin Mask](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slayer-dead-skin-mask/) — Slayer · solo by Jeff Hanneman & Kerry King · 1990
8. [Postmortem](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slayer-postmortem/) — Slayer · solo by Jeff Hanneman & Kerry King · 1986
9. [Mandatory Suicide](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slayer-mandatory-suicide/) — Slayer · solo by Jeff Hanneman & Kerry King · 1988
10. [Chemical Warfare](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slayer-chemical-warfare/) — Slayer · solo by Jeff Hanneman & Kerry King · 1984
11. [Black Magic](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slayer-black-magic/) — Slayer · solo by Jeff Hanneman & Kerry King · 1983
12. [At Dawn They Sleep](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slayer-at-dawn-they-sleep/) — Slayer · solo by Jeff Hanneman & Kerry King · 1985
13. [Die by the Sword](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slayer-die-by-the-sword/) — Slayer · solo by Jeff Hanneman & Kerry King · 1983
14. [Disciple](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slayer-disciple/) — Slayer · solo by Jeff Hanneman & Kerry King · 2001
15. [Silent Scream](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slayer-silent-scream/) — Slayer · solo by Jeff Hanneman & Kerry King · 1988
16. [Criminally Insane](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slayer-criminally-insane/) — Slayer · solo by Jeff Hanneman & Kerry King · 1986
17. [Repentless](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slayer-repentless/) — Slayer · solo by Kerry King & Gary Holt · 2015

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