# Crystal Mountain guitar solo > Chuck Schuldiner's guitar solo on Crystal Mountain by Death (1995) starts at about 2:30. From the album Symbolic. Played on a B.C. Rich Stealth. Canonical URL: Death, 1995, from *Symbolic*. Solo by *Chuck Schuldiner*. Schuldiner's melodic lead weaves through a Spanish-tinged acoustic break before a soaring solo. It is one of the most beloved guitar moments in extreme metal. Crystal Mountain by Death is featured in our Progressive Metal (#9) list. The solo is played by Chuck Schuldiner and the song was released in 1995. ## In our lists - [The Best Death Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/death-guitar-solos/) — #1 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1995](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1995/) — #15 - [The 18 Best Progressive Metal Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/prog-metal-guitar-solos/) — #9 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Crystal Mountain? Chuck Schuldiner played the solo on Death's Crystal Mountain (1995). ### What guitar was used on the Crystal Mountain solo? A b.c. rich stealth, according to widely reported accounts. --- 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/)