# The Best Testament Guitar Solos

> The 18 best Testament guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Over the Wall (1987), then Practice What You Preach and The New Order. Every video starts at the solo.

Canonical URL: <https://greatestsolos.com/list/testament-guitar-solos/>

Testament was one of the Bay Area thrash scene's standard-bearers, distinguished by Alex Skolnick's melodic, jazz-informed lead playing. His solos elevated thrash with a sophistication rarely heard in the genre.

Informed by: [Wikipedia – Testament (band)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testament_(band)), [Wikipedia – Testament discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testament_discography)

1. [Over the Wall](https://greatestsolos.com/song/testament-over-the-wall/) — Testament · solo by Alex Skolnick · 1987
2. [Practice What You Preach](https://greatestsolos.com/song/testament-practice-what-you-preach/) — Testament · solo by Alex Skolnick · 1989
3. [The New Order](https://greatestsolos.com/song/testament-the-new-order/) — Testament · solo by Alex Skolnick · 1988
4. [Into the Pit](https://greatestsolos.com/song/testament-into-the-pit/) — Testament · solo by Alex Skolnick · 1988
5. [Trial by Fire](https://greatestsolos.com/song/testament-trial-by-fire/) — Testament · solo by Alex Skolnick · 1988
6. [Return to Serenity](https://greatestsolos.com/song/testament-return-to-serenity/) — Testament · solo by Alex Skolnick · 1992
7. [Souls of Black](https://greatestsolos.com/song/testament-souls-of-black/) — Testament · solo by Alex Skolnick · 1990
8. [Disciples of the Watch](https://greatestsolos.com/song/testament-disciples-of-the-watch/) — Testament · solo by Alex Skolnick · 1988
9. [The Ballad](https://greatestsolos.com/song/testament-the-ballad/) — Testament · solo by Alex Skolnick · 1989
10. [Electric Crown](https://greatestsolos.com/song/testament-electric-crown/) — Testament · solo by Alex Skolnick · 1992
11. [Musical Death (A Dirge)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/testament-musical-death-a-dirge/) — Testament · solo by Alex Skolnick · 1988
12. [Apocalyptic City](https://greatestsolos.com/song/testament-apocalyptic-city/) — Testament · solo by Alex Skolnick · 1987
13. [Alone in the Dark](https://greatestsolos.com/song/testament-alone-in-the-dark/) — Testament · solo by Alex Skolnick · 1987
14. [Greenhouse Effect](https://greatestsolos.com/song/testament-greenhouse-effect/) — Testament · solo by Alex Skolnick · 1989
15. [More Than Meets the Eye](https://greatestsolos.com/song/testament-more-than-meets-the-eye/) — Testament · solo by Alex Skolnick · 2008
16. [Native Blood](https://greatestsolos.com/song/testament-native-blood/) — Testament · solo by Alex Skolnick · 2012
17. [D.N.R. (Do Not Resuscitate)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/testament-d-n-r-do-not-resuscitate/) — Testament · solo by James Murphy · 1999
18. [Low](https://greatestsolos.com/song/testament-low/) — Testament · solo by James Murphy · 1994

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