# Save Me guitar solo > Synyster Gates's guitar solo on Save Me by Avenged Sevenfold (2010) starts at about 4:30. From the album Nightmare. A heavy metal classic from the 2010s. Canonical URL: Avenged Sevenfold, 2010, from *Nightmare*. Solo by *Synyster Gates*. The eleven-minute closer of Nightmare includes long, progressive instrumental sections with some of Gates's most expansive playing. Save Me by Avenged Sevenfold is #11 in our ranking of the best Avenged Sevenfold guitar solos. The solo is played by Synyster Gates and the song was released in 2010. ## In our lists - [The Best Avenged Sevenfold Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/avenged-sevenfold-guitar-solos/) — #11 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Save Me? Synyster Gates played the solo on Avenged Sevenfold's Save Me (2010). --- 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/)