# A Farewell to Arms guitar solo

> Phil Demmel's guitar solo on A Farewell to Arms by Machine Head (2007) starts at about 5:30. From the album The Blackening.

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Machine Head, 2007, from *The Blackening*. Solo by *Phil Demmel*.

The album closer builds to a stately, melodic solo that works like a requiem over the anti-war theme.

A Farewell to Arms by Machine Head is #4 in our ranking of the best Machine Head guitar solos. The solo is played by Phil Demmel and the song was released in 2007.

## In our lists

- [The Best Machine Head Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/machine-head-guitar-solos/) — #4

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on A Farewell to Arms?

Phil Demmel played the solo on Machine Head's A Farewell to Arms (2007).

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