# Demiurge guitar solo > Fredrik Thordendal's guitar solo on Demiurge by Meshuggah (2012) starts at about 3:25. From the album Koloss. Played on an Ibanez 8-string. Canonical URL: Meshuggah, 2012, from *Koloss*. Solo by *Fredrik Thordendal*. A towering riff-driven track with a ghostly, sustaining solo. The lead acts as a surreal counterweight to the mechanical rhythm. Demiurge by Meshuggah is #8 in our ranking of the best Meshuggah guitar solos. The solo is played by Fredrik Thordendal and the song was released in 2012. ## In our lists - [The Best Meshuggah Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/meshuggah-guitar-solos/) — #8 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Demiurge? Fredrik Thordendal played the solo on Meshuggah's Demiurge (2012). ### What guitar was used on the Demiurge solo? An ibanez 8-string, 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/)