# The Best Tony Iommi Guitar Solos

> The 17 best Tony Iommi guitar solos, ranked. #1 is War Pigs (1970), then Heaven and Hell and Paranoid. Every video starts at the solo.

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Tony Iommi practically invented heavy metal guitar with Black Sabbath, turning the loss of his fingertips in an industrial accident into a detuned, doom-heavy sound that defined the genre. His solos mix blues pentatonics with dark, modal phrasing, and he stayed a benchmark from the Ozzy era through the Dio years and Heaven & Hell.

Informed by: [Wikipedia - Tony Iommi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Iommi), [Wikipedia - Paranoid (album)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoid_(album)), [Wikipedia - Heaven and Hell (Black Sabbath album)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven_and_Hell_(Black_Sabbath_album))

1. [War Pigs](https://greatestsolos.com/song/black-sabbath-war-pigs/) — Black Sabbath · solo by Tony Iommi · 1970
2. [Heaven and Hell](https://greatestsolos.com/song/black-sabbath-heaven-and-hell/) — Black Sabbath · solo by Tony Iommi · 1980
3. [Paranoid](https://greatestsolos.com/song/black-sabbath-paranoid/) — Black Sabbath · solo by Tony Iommi · 1970
4. [Iron Man](https://greatestsolos.com/song/black-sabbath-iron-man/) — Black Sabbath · solo by Tony Iommi · 1970
5. [Children of the Grave](https://greatestsolos.com/song/black-sabbath-children-of-the-grave/) — Black Sabbath · solo by Tony Iommi · 1971
6. [Snowblind](https://greatestsolos.com/song/black-sabbath-snowblind/) — Black Sabbath · solo by Tony Iommi · 1972
7. [Black Sabbath](https://greatestsolos.com/song/black-sabbath-black-sabbath/) — Black Sabbath · solo by Tony Iommi · 1970
8. [N.I.B.](https://greatestsolos.com/song/black-sabbath-n-i-b/) — Black Sabbath · solo by Tony Iommi · 1970
9. [Fairies Wear Boots](https://greatestsolos.com/song/black-sabbath-fairies-wear-boots/) — Black Sabbath · solo by Tony Iommi · 1970
10. [Symptom of the Universe](https://greatestsolos.com/song/black-sabbath-symptom-of-the-universe/) — Black Sabbath · solo by Tony Iommi · 1975
11. [Neon Knights](https://greatestsolos.com/song/black-sabbath-neon-knights/) — Black Sabbath · solo by Tony Iommi · 1980
12. [Die Young](https://greatestsolos.com/song/black-sabbath-die-young/) — Black Sabbath · solo by Tony Iommi · 1980
13. [Children of the Sea](https://greatestsolos.com/song/black-sabbath-children-of-the-sea/) — Black Sabbath · solo by Tony Iommi · 1980
14. [Mob Rules](https://greatestsolos.com/song/black-sabbath-mob-rules/) — Black Sabbath · solo by Tony Iommi · 1981
15. [Into the Void](https://greatestsolos.com/song/black-sabbath-into-the-void/) — Black Sabbath · solo by Tony Iommi · 1971
16. [Sabbath Bloody Sabbath](https://greatestsolos.com/song/black-sabbath-sabbath-bloody-sabbath/) — Black Sabbath · solo by Tony Iommi · 1973
17. [Laguna Sunrise](https://greatestsolos.com/song/black-sabbath-laguna-sunrise/) — Black Sabbath · solo by Tony Iommi · 1972

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