# Spirit Crusher guitar solo > Chuck Schuldiner's guitar solo on Spirit Crusher by Death (1998) starts at about 3:50. From the album The Sound of Perseverance. Canonical URL: Death, 1998, from *The Sound of Perseverance*. Solo by *Chuck Schuldiner*. Schuldiner's solo sings with vibrato-heavy melody over a crushing progressive riff. It is often cited as the high point of the band's final album. Spirit Crusher by Death is #3 in our ranking of the best Death guitar solos. The solo is played by Chuck Schuldiner and the song was released in 1998. ## In our lists - [The Best Death Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/death-guitar-solos/) — #3 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1998](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1998/) — #9 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Spirit Crusher? Chuck Schuldiner played the solo on Death's Spirit Crusher (1998). ### What guitar was used on the Spirit Crusher 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/)