# Hail to the King guitar solo > Synyster Gates's guitar solo on Hail to the King by Avenged Sevenfold (2013) starts at about 2:57. From the album Hail to the King. Canonical URL: Avenged Sevenfold, 2013, from *Hail to the King*. Solo by *Synyster Gates*. Gates opens with a twisting, exotic-scale lead and follows with a bluesier, more classic-rock solo than his earlier shred. Hail to the King by Avenged Sevenfold is ranked #495 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Synyster Gates and the song was released in 2013. ## In our lists - [The Best Avenged Sevenfold Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/avenged-sevenfold-guitar-solos/) — #14 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 2013](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-2013/) — #2 ## Sources - [Thomann: 25 Iconic Guitar Solos](https://www.thomannmusic.com/blog/inspire/25-iconic-guitar-solos/) ### Who played the guitar solo on Hail to the King? Synyster Gates played the solo on Avenged Sevenfold's Hail to the King (2013). ### Where does Hail to the King rank among the greatest guitar solos? #495 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 1 of them. --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)