# The Best Slipknot Guitar Solos

> The 18 best Slipknot guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Snuff (2008), then Psychosocial and Sulfur. Every video starts at the solo.

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Slipknot began with barely any solos, but Mick Thomson and Jim Root brought more and more lead guitar into the band from Vol. 3 onward. Root's melodic playing and Thomson's aggressive shredding became a key part of their later sound.

Informed by: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slipknot_discography)

1. [Snuff](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slipknot-snuff/) — Slipknot · solo by Jim Root · 2008
2. [Psychosocial](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slipknot-psychosocial/) — Slipknot · solo by Jim Root & Mick Thomson · 2008
3. [Sulfur](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slipknot-sulfur/) — Slipknot · solo by Jim Root · 2008
4. [Before I Forget](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slipknot-before-i-forget/) — Slipknot · solo by Mick Thomson & Jim Root · 2004
5. [The Nameless](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slipknot-the-nameless/) — Slipknot · solo by Mick Thomson & Jim Root · 2004
6. [Gematria (The Killing Name)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slipknot-gematria-the-killing-name/) — Slipknot · solo by Mick Thomson & Jim Root · 2008
7. [All Hope Is Gone](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slipknot-all-hope-is-gone/) — Slipknot · solo by Mick Thomson & Jim Root · 2008
8. [The Devil in I](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slipknot-the-devil-in-i/) — Slipknot · solo by Jim Root · 2014
9. [Custer](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slipknot-custer/) — Slipknot · solo by Mick Thomson · 2014
10. [Dead Memories](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slipknot-dead-memories/) — Slipknot · solo by Jim Root · 2008
11. [Unsainted](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slipknot-unsainted/) — Slipknot · solo by Jim Root & Mick Thomson · 2019
12. [Nero Forte](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slipknot-nero-forte/) — Slipknot · solo by Mick Thomson & Jim Root · 2019
13. [Solway Firth](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slipknot-solway-firth/) — Slipknot · solo by Mick Thomson & Jim Root · 2019
14. [Three Nil](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slipknot-three-nil/) — Slipknot · solo by Mick Thomson & Jim Root · 2004
15. [Opium of the People](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slipknot-opium-of-the-people/) — Slipknot · solo by Mick Thomson & Jim Root · 2004
16. [The Heretic Anthem](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slipknot-the-heretic-anthem/) — Slipknot · solo by Mick Thomson · 2001
17. [Disasterpieces](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slipknot-disasterpieces/) — Slipknot · solo by Mick Thomson · 2001
18. [The Dying Song (Time to Sing)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slipknot-the-dying-song-time-to-sing/) — Slipknot · solo by Jim Root & Mick Thomson · 2022

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